Cadillac Lyriq Electrical Problems
58 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 3 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2024. Best year: 2025.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
While slowly turning into a parking space at approximately 1 mph (?) the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated. The vehicle mounted the curb, and struck a a parked car and hit a brick retaining wall, causing damage to both. This all happene...
My 2024 Cadillac EV is only 9900 miles. I was driving the car on Sunday Jan 11, 2026 with my family when we noticed smoke filled inside the cabin. My 3 children (a [XXX] , a [XXX] old, and a new-born who is [XXX] old) were in the car;...
on Sept 23, 2025, I was rear ended by a driver going between 50-60 mph. I am concerned that some safety features were potentially not working at the time of the incident. I will detail the information below: Background / Original Servic...
The contact owns a 2023 Cadillac Lyriq. The contact stated that while reversing and proceeding to make a U-turn, he crashed into a steel guardrail. The automatic braking system did not engage. There was no audible or visual alert or warn...
OnStar system on the vehicle is busted. Because of this the accident detection no longer works and the GPS is stuck in no mans land which makes it impossible to use their app to figure out charging percentage, how far and route to take t...
The vehicle has experienced repeated failures of the infotainment and display system, including the screen going blank and displaying “no content available” while functions such as Apple CarPlay are actively in use. The issue affect...
We own a 2024 Cadillac Lyriq EV. We began experiencing safety concerns related to battery performance and overall vehicle reliability during the active bumper-to-bumper warranty period. These concerns were reported to an authorized GM de...
Telematics module failed and the vehicle couldn’t connect to emergency OnStar services if involved in crash. GPS also doesn’t work with a faulty module. No cellular or WiFi connectivity. Car reroutes to somewhere without this module ...
The contact owns a 2024 Cadillac Lyriq. The contact stated that upon engaging the drive mode of the vehicle, the vehicle unintendedly switched back to parking mode. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where an unknown repair was perform...
The main driving display in my 2024 Cadillac Lyriq has faulty software or light sensor calibration - the vehicle automatically dims the screen (including the speedometer) to unreadably low levels, is extremely slow to respond to changing...
We were exiting a parking garage when the car suddenly slammed the brakes on in the path of traffic and lost all electrical power. We could not get the car to turn back on or even get it in neutral to move it out of the path of traffic. ...
The back up lights when in reverse at night are inadequate to safely back the vehicle up. This is true whether one is using the rear window and rearview mirrors or one is using the back up camera. No more than 10 feet of area behind the ...