Gms Recalls The 2011 Cadillac Srx

By Author: Marty Vergel Baes
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One of the most important aspects that most car buyers are looking into when buying their cars is its safety. This is because nobody wants to own a defective vehicle no matter what. The awareness towards vehicle safety has actually intensified these days since the number of cases of car-related accidents continues to increase. As a result, aside from searching the best auto financing deals more and more new car finders are now looking for vehicles with sophisticated safety features to at least secure them in the event of collisions or accidents.

One of the most common safety tools installed in cars these days are airbags. These inflatable devices cushions car occupants in the event of impact and almost all car brands including the Cadillac have these. However, General Motors has recently announced that they would be recalling an estimated 47,401 units of the 2011 Cadillac SRX due to alleged airbag problem.

The recall was issued as a response to the report from the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
... Administration (NHTSA) that the airbag of the SRX particularly on the right rear passenger area of the vehicle is having a problem with its launching mechanism. With this, the passenger on that area might be left unprotected in the event of frontal and side crashes.

In the recall summary issued by the NHTSA, the administration determined that the airbags in the 2011 Cadillac SRX is programmed to turn the airbag mounted on the right-side-roof-rail off when the passenger sensing system sense that the passenger seat in front is unoccupied. This simply means that when the front passenger seat is unoccupied and the rear right passenger seat is, the airbag will not automatically launch in the event of crashes leaving the passenger exposed to possible injuries brought by the collision.

Due to this, General Motors requested their dealerships to place the sale of the 2011 Cadillac SRX that are still on their lot on hold while they are trying to fix the cause of the problem. The recall will take effect on June 17 to allow the GM to reprogram the airbag system. For SRX that were already sold to previous car finders, they are allowed to have their units fixed by calling the numbers posted by Cadillac to handle this issue.