Long-Term Road Tests - 2007 Cadillac SRX: Service and Sun(roof)

2007 Cadillac SRX: Service and Sun(roof)

Our long-term SRX is back not only from it’s conquering of Oregon, but also from a trip to Martin Cadillac in Los Angeles. First and
foremost was an oil-change, full synthetic as with our previous changes. We
also needed them to look at issues surrounding our key-fob and sunroof. Both
issues have been documented throughout this blog.

The sunroof was a known problem, easily fixed by lubing the
tracks as specified by a service bulletin. The key-fob had a recall issued,
#07007, which called for the remote to be reprogrammed. Both are now in
excellent working order at no cost to us. We’re glad to have our giant sunroof
back, and plan on testing it extensively this weekend.

Total cost to us: $89.45 for the synthetic oil change and inspection.

Mike Magrath, Vehicle Testing Assistant @ 23,272 miles.

Posted by Mike Aug 31, 2007 12:15 pm

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Comments

stingray454 - Sep 4, 2007 8:02 am (#5 Total: 5)

I'm not sure how many miles Edmunds got on this last oil change, but if the oil life monitor works like my '02 Corvette does, it was probably around 8,500 miles. $90 in maintenance cost for 8,500 miles is pretty damned good, especially for a luxury car.

stovt001 - Aug 31, 2007 3:08 pm (#4 Total: 5)

Well it depends on what value you put towards driving dynamics and the like. Yes you pay more, but how much of the extra money goes to the cost of the ultimate service, and how much goes to everything else that makes it a better car. Since both Cadillac and BMW are luxury brands, we can assume that a similar service would be similar to or even greater in cost for the BMW. That money can add up after a while. It might be interesting to do the math on that.

sddoc07 - Aug 31, 2007 2:21 pm (#3 Total: 5)

San Diego, CA

Hey Stov - you may save on oil, but you already "paid' for your "ultimate" service with your monthly lease/ownership bill buddy.

SubyTrojan - Aug 31, 2007 12:42 pm (#2 Total: 5)

Santa Monica, CA, USA

Much of the price of the service is probably "billed" through the synthetic oil price.

stovt001 - Aug 31, 2007 12:37 pm (#1 Total: 5)

Well, you're 1 1/2 for two on service appointments today. Glad both repairs were made without a problem, but $90 seems quite steep even for synthetic oil. I like the $20 for a full service on the jeep a lot better. This makes BMW's ultimate service look awfully nice doesn't it?