NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Cadillac SRX Recalls
The 2016 Cadillac SRX has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 21, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Cadillac SRX. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 169
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Cadillac SRX, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2016 Cadillac SRX
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 26V329000
- Reported
- May 21, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,014
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2015 SRX, 5 other models
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 2010–2015 SRX, 1 other model
2016 Cadillac SRX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 169 owner complaints about the 2016 Cadillac SRX, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (7%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2016 Cadillac SRX, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (58%), followed by the suspension (9%) and the electrical system (9%).
1 of the 2016 Cadillac SRX's 2 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2016 Cadillac SRX owners gave the mileage (66 complaints), the median was 47,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting98
- Unknown Or Other23
- Suspension16
- Electrical System15
- Air Bags8
- Service Brakes6
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 25 | |
| 2021 | 43 | |
| 2022 | 22 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2016 Cadillac SRX peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 43. 20% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Cadillac SRX drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Cadillac SRX year in the same window: 7th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 169 complaints about the 2016 Cadillac SRX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac SRX by model year
Other 2016 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted