NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Cadillac SRX Recalls
The 2012 Cadillac SRX has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 24, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Cadillac SRX. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 417
- Crashes reported
- 32
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Cadillac SRX, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2012 Cadillac SRX
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 21V473000
- Reported
- June 24, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 380,498
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2016 SRX, 1 other model
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 14V571000
- Reported
- September 19, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 290,241
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2015 SRX, 1 other model
Seats: front assembly: power adjust
- Campaign
- 14V447000
- Reported
- July 23, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 414,333
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 SRX, 5 other models
2012 Cadillac SRX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 417 owner complaints about the 2012 Cadillac SRX, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 32 describe a crash (8%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 32 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2012 Cadillac SRX, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (56%), followed by the service brakes (10%) and the suspension (10%).
2 of the 2012 Cadillac SRX's 3 recalls also concern the suspension.
Where 2012 Cadillac SRX owners gave the mileage (271 complaints), the median was 73,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting233
- Service Brakes42
- Suspension42
- Electrical System32
- Unknown Or Other27
- Structure19
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 25 | |
| 2017 | 33 | |
| 2018 | 48 | |
| 2019 | 87 | |
| 2020 | 62 | |
| 2021 | 49 | |
| 2022 | 31 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 12 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2012 Cadillac SRX peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 87. 11% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Cadillac SRX drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Cadillac SRX year in the same window: 6th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 417 complaints about the 2012 Cadillac SRX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac SRX by model year
Other 2012 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted