# 2010 Cadillac SRX - Dead dash

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-cadillac-srx-dead-dash/181651>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cadillac\
**Created:** [January 4, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-cadillac-srx-dead-dash/181651 "2022-01-04T20:49:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![confused26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@confused26](https://community.cartalk.com/u/confused26)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-cadillac-srx-dead-dash/181651/1 "2022-01-04T20:49:28Z")

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dashboard completely dead drove out anyway like 15 miles with dashboard black everything was off than when I stopped at auto repair was no one available so I took off while driving dashboard came back on and said 3 keys were added what does that mean why did it do that was it hacked?

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-cadillac-srx-dead-dash/181651/2 "2022-01-05T04:25:10Z")

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I recommend taking it to a dealer. I’m not a mechanic or a Cadillac owner so I can’t speculate.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-cadillac-srx-dead-dash/181651/3 "2022-01-08T02:21:55Z")

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> [@confused26](#):
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> was it hacked?

No, it wasn’t hacked.

The dash has a fault and may need to be repaired or replaced. Likely you’ll need a specialty repair shop as I’ll be you can no longer get a dash from Cadillac.

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-cadillac-srx-dead-dash/181651/4 "2022-01-08T02:31:33Z")

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Crutchrields is a good plce to start.

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-cadillac-srx-dead-dash/181651/5 "2022-01-08T23:43:00Z")

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> [@Mustangman](#):
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> The dash has a fault and may need to be repaired or replaced.

Would that also explain why the dash indicated 3 keys had been added?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-cadillac-srx-dead-dash/181651/6 "2022-01-08T23:46:00Z")

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Possibly. Electronic failures can often give strange symptoms.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-cadillac-srx-dead-dash/181651/7 "2022-01-09T14:08:15Z")

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> [@Mustangman](#):
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> Electronic failures can often give strange symptoms.

+1  
But, this also makes me wonder if the OP’s alternator is not working optimally and is about to fail.