2026 Cadillac LYRIQ
11 kW Charger
Premium Electric SUV · RWD
Based on battery health, build quality, owner data, EPA range, and market pricing
Above average for 2026 EV Compact SUVs (class avg 68 · top 19%)
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2026 Cadillac LYRIQ (11 kW Charger): the score gets it into the conversation; battery and service records decide whether to make an offer.
Score read
A 72/100 makes this good enough to inspect, not good enough to skip diligence. Do not let the composite hide this split: build quality score is 92/100, while owner feedback score is 51/100. Owners on Reddit repeatedly cite software tech and owner satisfaction as recurring problems. Documented completion matters more than the recall count itself.
Price context
This trim started from $59,200 new. Used examples have come down since launch, but pricing varies by miles, condition, and how the model is moving right now; pull a current KBB Fair Purchase, an Edmunds True Market Value, or an active dealer listing for this exact trim, and anchor your offer there. Walk if the seller will not move off new-car-style pricing.
Who this is for
✓ Good for
- ⏱ Daily commuter ≤50 mi/day, predictable charging
- ↦ Road tripper Long trips, needs DC fast network
- ★ Weekend driver Performance, fun, low mileage
✗ Avoid if you are a
- $ Bargain hunter Best TCO, reliability + low depreciation
Gotchas
- Serviceable Recall paperwork has to match the exact VIN.
Mitigation Use NHTSA and the automaker lookup, then require repair records instead of a verbal promise.
- Verify Owner feedback is the part to read carefully (51/100).
Mitigation Read the complaint themes and ask whether this VIN has already had those issues repaired.
- Verify Current market pricing is not confirmed well enough for this trim.
Mitigation Compare KBB, J.D. Power, and live listings for the same trim before treating price as a buying signal.
Pre-purchase inspection
- 1 Run the exact VIN through NHTSA and the automaker recall lookup before discussing price.
- 2 Compare the dashboard range estimate with the EPA 326-mile rating after a full charge.
- 3 Confirm how much of the 8-year/100,000-mile battery warranty remains and whether it transfers.
- 4 If road trips matter, run a short DC fast-charge session and watch whether speed tapers normally.
- 5 Read the complaint themes, not just the count, and ask the seller whether those issues have shown up on this VIN.
VIN status first This model has 1 NHTSA recall record. The exact VIN lookup decides whether the car in front of you is clear.
Complaint context This scan found 4 NHTSA complaint records (1.1 per 10K VINs, low for any vehicle class). Read the themes below before treating the raw count as the verdict.
Price needs outside confirmation Current market pricing is incomplete, so MSRP should not be used as the deal signal. Compare KBB, J.D. Power, and live listings for this exact trim.
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Vehicle Specifications
The federal $4,000 used-EV credit ended Sept 30, 2025.
But 10 states still run their own used-EV rebate programs — some up to $5,000. Pick your state to see what's available for this trim.
Source & disclaimer
Dealers make ~$3,575 on the average car loan.
After the price is set, the finance manager runs four plays to rebuild margin. Every buyer without a pre-approval is a target. Here's exactly what they run — and what stops each one.
78% of dealer loans carry a hidden +1.13% markup above what the lender actually charges. You never see it — it's buried in the contract. · CFPB
Dealer must match or beat your lender — they can't add margin invisibly. The markup play is dead on arrival.
Once you answer, they stretch the term to hit your number. Median result: $4K less off the price, 12 more months on the loan. · Industry avg
Financing is done. Only the sale price is on the table — and the dealer knows it.
Back-office F&I profit averages $1,975/vehicle, up 8.5% YoY. These products exist — but dealer markup is 4–10x what you'd pay elsewhere. · Dealership Guy
Dealer GAP runs $500–1K. Your insurer sells the same coverage for $100–250 over 5 years. Now you know.
"Your loan fell through — come re-sign." This pulls your APR up +5% on average. It's legal. It works because you've already driven the car home. · Ctr for Responsible Lending
A lender commitment letter means the deal is final. "Pending dealer approval" doesn't apply. You can't be yo-yo'd.
Margin handed to the dealer's finance department — for nothing.
Takes 2 minutes. No obligation to use it — but you'll walk in with all the leverage.
Pre-approval is a soft credit inquiry — no score impact. FICO treats all auto-loan hard pulls within 14 days as one, so you can still shop rates at the dealer.
NHTSA Recalls (1)
General Motors has decided that certain 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV, 2025-2026 Cadillac OPTIQ, Chevrolet Colorado, Equinox EV, GMC Canyon, 2026 Buick Enclave, Envision, Cadillac CT5, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Escalade IQ, Escalade IQL, LYRIQ, VISTIQ, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Corvette Convertible, Corvette Coupe, Corvette Convertible E-Ray, Equinox, Silverado 1500, 2500, 3500, Silverado EV, Suburban 1500, Tahoe, Traverse, GMC Acadia, Hummer EV Pickup, Hummer EV SUV, Sierra 1500, 2500, 3500, Sierra EV, Terrain, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles. The radio may not have been set to the correct status to download the electronic owner's manual during production. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Protection."
Without an owner's manual to consult, owners may not know how to safely use and operate the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
Check VIN status at NHTSA.govNHTSA Complaints (4 total · 1.1 per 10K US vehicles · low for any vehicle class)
**2026 - Cadillac Lyriq One-Pedal Driving and Brake Defect** On November 4, 2026, at approximately 9:30 AM, I was driving my 2026 Cadillac Lyriq using the one-pedal driving feature while going below 20 miles per hour. Suddenly, the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly. I lifted my foot off the accelerator, but the car did not slow down despite the one-pedal driving being enabled. Within a few seconds, various warning lights appeared on the dashboard, including messages such as "One-Pedal Driving Unavailable," "Brake Assist Off," "Auto-Hold Unavailable," and "Steering Assist is Reduced - Drive with Care." Additionally, warnings for "Service Headlamps," as well as red or yellow indicators for "Parking Setting," "ABS," and "Ready," were activated. I made several attempts to apply the brakes, but they did not respond. I even tried to engage the parking brake, which also failed. Fortunately, I was lucky enough not to hit anyone or run over any curbs during this incident. The 2026 Lyriq that I purchased has fewer than 500 miles on it and has been at the dealer service center for over two weeks. This is a significant safety concern, and I believe Cadillac should take immediate action to address this issue.
**2026 - Cadillac Lyriq One-Pedal Driving and Brake Defect** On November 4, 2026, at approximately 9:30 AM, I was driving my 2026 Cadillac Lyriq using the one-pedal driving feature while going below 20 miles per hour. Suddenly, the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly. I lifted my foot off the accelerator, but the car did not slow down despite the one-pedal driving being enabled. Within a few seconds, various warning lights appeared on the dashboard, including messages such as "One-Pedal Driving Unavailable," "Brake Assist Off," "Auto-Hold Unavailable," and "Steering Assist is Reduced - Drive with Care." Additionally, warnings for "Service Headlamps," as well as red or yellow indicators for "Parking Setting," "ABS," and "Ready," were activated. I made several attempts to apply the brakes, but they did not respond. I even tried to engage the parking brake, which also failed. Fortunately, I was lucky enough not to hit anyone or run over any curbs during this incident. The 2026 Lyriq that I purchased has fewer than 500 miles on it and has been at the dealer service center for over two weeks. This is a significant safety concern, and I believe Cadillac should take immediate action to address this issue.
2026 Cadillac LYRIQ experienced multiple complete electrical failures. INCIDENT 1: Vehicle broke down on the road. Waited 3 hours for roadside assistance. Roadside team did not know where to take the vehicle. Owner was taken home and told to call again for a tow. INCIDENT 2: Vehicle towed to Massey Cadillac South Orlando. Owner was told repair would be free. After 6 days with no communication, owner was charged $1,290 for the repair. INCIDENT 3 (CURRENT): After picking up the repaired vehicle, it suffered a complete electrical failure in a Walmart parking lot. Vehicle would not start, doors would not open electronically. Owner contacted MyCadillac app support and was told assistance was unavailable until Monday-Saturday business hours. Owner and family were stranded until 11pm. CURRENT STATUS: Vehicle is currently inoperational in owner's garage. The vehicle has experienced repeated total electrical failures making it unsafe and undrivable. The vehicle is a safety hazard as it can fail at any time without warning, leaving occupants stranded and unable to exit the vehicle.
2026 Cadillac LYRIQ experienced multiple complete electrical failures. INCIDENT 1: Vehicle broke down on the road. Waited 3 hours for roadside assistance. Roadside team did not know where to take the vehicle. Owner was taken home and told to call again for a tow. INCIDENT 2: Vehicle towed to Massey Cadillac South Orlando. Owner was told repair would be free. After 6 days with no communication, owner was charged $1,290 for the repair. INCIDENT 3 (CURRENT): After picking up the repaired vehicle, it suffered a complete electrical failure in a Walmart parking lot. Vehicle would not start, doors would not open electronically. Owner contacted MyCadillac app support and was told assistance was unavailable until Monday-Saturday business hours. Owner and family were stranded until 11pm. CURRENT STATUS: Vehicle is currently inoperational in owner's garage. The vehicle has experienced repeated total electrical failures making it unsafe and undrivable. The vehicle is a safety hazard as it can fail at any time without warning, leaving occupants stranded and unable to exit the vehicle.
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) caused dangerous unintended acceleration. This model of vehicle has an ACC that maintains following distance from a leading vehicle. It will decelerate to a full stop and will resume after a full stop while maintaining a proper following distance when prompted by a brief push on the accelerator. At the beginning of this incident, my ACC was set to about 40 MPH and I was following the car in front of me. At a traffic light, I came to a full stop behind the leading car for 10-15 seconds. At this point, I realized that the left lane turn signal changed to green which would allow me to proceed. Since there was no traffic in that lane, I decided to move from my lane to the open left lane. I turned the steering wheel to go around the car in front of me into the left lane. I then briefly touched the accelerator. The result was that the car accelerated at a high pace. Since my foot on the accelerator initiated the event, it took me a second or so to move my foot to the brake and disable ACC. During the acceleration, I was able to steer into the left lane and make the subsequent left turn without incident. I'm unlikely to make this mistake again. However, I'm pretty certain that this sequence is easily repeatable should you want to test for it. This ACC behavior seems dangerous. I expect that resuming ACC while following a vehicle will result in acceleration. But if the car is pointed in a new direction while it is stopped, it seems inappropriate to allow the ACC to resume by tapping the accelerator. A better ACC behavior would disable the"resume after a full stop" functionally if the wheel is turned more that a few degrees after an ACC controlled full stop.
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) caused dangerous unintended acceleration. This model of vehicle has an ACC that maintains following distance from a leading vehicle. It will decelerate to a full stop and will resume after a full stop while maintaining a proper following distance when prompted by a brief push on the accelerator. At the beginning of this incident, my ACC was set to about 40 MPH and I was following the car in front of me. At a traffic light, I came to a full stop behind the leading car for 10-15 seconds. At this point, I realized that the left lane turn signal changed to green which would allow me to proceed. Since there was no traffic in that lane, I decided to move from my lane to the open left lane. I turned the steering wheel to go around the car in front of me into the left lane. I then briefly touched the accelerator. The result was that the car accelerated at a high pace. Since my foot on the accelerator initiated the event, it took me a second or so to move my foot to the brake and disable ACC. During the acceleration, I was able to steer into the left lane and make the subsequent left turn without incident. I'm unlikely to make this mistake again. However, I'm pretty certain that this sequence is easily repeatable should you want to test for it. This ACC behavior seems dangerous. I expect that resuming ACC while following a vehicle will result in acceleration. But if the car is pointed in a new direction while it is stopped, it seems inappropriate to allow the ACC to resume by tapping the accelerator. A better ACC behavior would disable the"resume after a full stop" functionally if the wheel is turned more that a few degrees after an ACC controlled full stop.
Driver Side Headlight erratic flicker while parked. Low beam unexpectedly turns on and turns off. Causes eyeball light sensitivity upon approach and could cause epileptic seizures for some. Problem has been replicated by dealer with video evidence provided by me. First attempt to fix was to provide software updates. That did not remedy. The second attempt was a full and complete inspection of all wires and modules which were in tact followed by a full replacement of the headlight assembly. This also did not remedy. The third attempt did not perform any action and to mark the concern as "operating as intended." No warning lamps or other indications except being in front of the vehicle while it occurs.
Driver Side Headlight erratic flicker while parked. Low beam unexpectedly turns on and turns off. Causes eyeball light sensitivity upon approach and could cause epileptic seizures for some. Problem has been replicated by dealer with video evidence provided by me. First attempt to fix was to provide software updates. That did not remedy. The second attempt was a full and complete inspection of all wires and modules which were in tact followed by a full replacement of the headlight assembly. This also did not remedy. The third attempt did not perform any action and to mark the concern as "operating as intended." No warning lamps or other indications except being in front of the vehicle while it occurs.
What Owners Are Saying
"I bought the same model with about 9k early this year, it is also CPO. No issues whatsoever with it. I've been very happy. I had a 23 Bolt EUV that I traded in for the lyriq. We also have a 24 Chevy Blazer EV that is good also but doesn't get software updates as frequently as the lyriq and the blazer has poor Bluetooth voice quality (people complain that they can't hear me properly)"
"Used 2024 Cadillac Lyriq Lux 3 as title says, I came across this car with low mileage (12193) for 42990 $ ( taxes and others included - 49112 $) Original window sticker from carfax shows 75,710$ No accidents and single owner, it was registered on 11/6/24 So it has lot of bumper to bumper warranty for another 2.5 years and dealer is adding another 1 year as its a CPO car I looked at 2024 Lyriq issues online and I don’t see any constant issues but just a few here and there I wanted to check with community opinion on this ? I’m thinking 50k is more for a 2 year old electric car but I could be wrong Thanks for any inputs Edit: vehicle history - corporate lease Edit 2: the above car was at a far dealership and hence, went to test drive at a nearby dealership and ended up leasing a 2026 lux. Pretty good car and I like the drive Lease details : 14000 for 10k miles for 2 years , one time lease payment in WA"
"I got the VWP update on my 2024 Sport 3 AWD at the dealer in early February to fix a battery cooling issue and that’s when my GPS stopped initializing properly. Opening Waze would get it running. On March 17, the 654.51 magically became available OTA. It installed in 15 minutes and fixed GPS. It isn’t obvious how OTA updates get scheduled, I know this update was available for a while but was never listed when I checked for updates in the car. There are lots of “available” updates that should have been installed if you look on the Cadillac Forum but 664.51 is the only one my Lyriq found recently. As for non-Cadillac dealers doing updates, that is probably because they don’t get reimbursed as much for an update as they do for expensive service work that takes as long to do."
"Yet Another Lyriq GPS Thread: Dealer Update Explanation Edition The end of last month we took our 2024 Lyriq Lux 1 in for our 45k scheduled maintenance. We had been stricken by the GPS issue (well documented across this subreddit) for about three months now, and when I brought it in for service, I had printed off the software updates at that time to address missing updates in our history (654.40, 654.50, 654.60, 654.70, and PIT6425C for the GPS, which I believe was superseded by PIT6425D). I always also ask for vehicle wide programming when I arrive at the service lane, too. Upon picking it up two and a half weeks later, I didn't even leave the service lane parking space and our GPS was blank, as seen in the first pic. The second pic is our update history, which does not show any of the updates I requested. Before I left the dealer I asked my service advisor to sit in the car with me along with the Cadillac Concierge on the phone to show the map and GPS was displaying no roadways but I could enter navigation destinations, which replaced the "searching for GPS" message I received before taking it in for service. Their fix was to forget my WiFi hotspot credentials and connect again. That worked one time, but upon arriving home, the map presented with the missing roadways again. A few days after picking up the car and still with no luck, even after contacting Cadillac Concierge who said update 654.51 (the one that supposedly fixes the GPS issue) was installed, it still had not shown in my update history. This prompted me to contact Cadillac again both in online chat and the Concierge the next day. The Cadillac reps suggested that if I could not get my dealer to perform the updates, then I should try contacting other non-Cadillac GM dealers to perform the updates as they all should be able to do them. Long story short, one of the local non-Cadillac GM dealers said they are forbidden from doing Cadillac software updates and the other different GM dealer said they could do Cadillac updates. Both of them, however, mentioned perhaps these updates aren't getting done because updates are expensive, sometimes holding up a service bay for 3-5 hours, which ultimately costs the dealer more money than they get from GM. After composing an email, I sent my concerns to my dealer's service manager and operations VP (per my salesman's advice), and asked for a resolution. After a few more days, I heard from the service manager and their explanati"
"Considering 2024 Lyriq — Are the software "horror stories" still a reality or mostly fixed? Hey everyone, I’m currently in the market for a low-mile 2024 Cadillac Lyriq. It fits perfectly into my budget and I love the look and drive, but I’m struggling with the reliability reports. I recently ran a detailed reliability analysis through Gemini (AI), and it gave the 2024 model a 3.5/10 for reliability, mostly due to documented software "glitches" and 12V battery drain issues. It did note that if the recent major software patches were applied, the score would move up to a 5 or 6 out of 10, but that still feels a bit low for a luxury daily driver. My Questions for Real Owners: The Software: Are the blacked-out screens, CarPlay disconnects, and laggy menus actually resolved with the recent "PIT" updates, or do you still deal with them weekly? The 12V Battery: For those with 2024 models, are you still seeing the "bricking" issues, or has that been completely put to bed by the dealer updates? The Mechanicals: Aside from software, have you had issues with hardware (door handles, brake pumps, etc.)? The Verdict: If you were in my shoes looking at a 2024 today, would you pull the trigger, or do you wish you had gone with something else (like an iX or e-tron)? I really want to love this car, but I can't afford for my primary vehicle to be in the shop every other month for "module resets." Looking forward to hearing your honest experiences—the good, the bad, and the glitchy. Thanks!"
"Should I buy a 2024 Cadillac Lyriq Black Tech? Hey everyone, I’ve been seriously considering getting a 2024 Cadillac Lyriq Black Tech, but I keep going back and forth after reading so many mixed reviews both here and on YouTube. Visually and design-wise, the car looks amazing — no doubt about that. The interior is gorgeous, and the overall look really stands out compared to most EVs. However, I’ve seen quite a few concerning posts from owners mentioning that their Lyriq had to be towed multiple times due to software or electrical issues. That’s honestly making me hesitate. I’d be using the car mainly to drive to the office a few times a week and occasionally for Uber Black, so reliability is really important to me. I don’t want to spend around $34–38K just to end up with something that’s constantly in the shop. So, for those of you who own a Lyriq or have experience with it — would you still recommend buying one in 2024? Or should I go for something safer even if it’s not as stylish?"
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