2025 Cadillac LYRIQ SUV Consumer Reviews
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Luxury 1 (Editors' Pick) - $59,990 MSRP
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Wanted to give it 5 stars
Stew C, 11/23/2024
2025 Cadillac LYRIQ Luxury 1 4dr SUV (electric DD)
13 of 13 people found this review helpful
My Lyric is 1 week old and it truly is an amazing car but too many issues already. In my opinion, it is gorgeous inside and out. The ride is perfect for me; luxurious, quiet and comfortable in Sport mode. Not sporty but that works for me. The performance from the 500HP AWD motors is exhilarating. 2 hours after receiving my car, I noticed that the wireless phone charging was not working so I plugged my phone using a USB C cable. This caused my entire display to crash. The car was not drivable. Tried to re-boot the system several times but no luck. The next day, the display was fully functional again. Cadillac is apparently working on an updated charging module but no idea when it will be available. Too many annoying small creeks and rattles in the car especially in the center console. Not having a simple latch to open the glove box is ridiculous (must open it electronically from the display and this is only accessible when the car is in park). No rear wiper/washer is a terrible oversight. No spare tire gives me little confidence when going on a road trip. No ventilated front seats on a $60,000 car is another oversight. Gridlines on the backup camera not working. Great car but several quality issues have to be corrected.
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So far so good
Lyriq driver, 01/19/2025
2025 Cadillac LYRIQ Sport 2 4dr SUV (electric DD)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
We bought our Lyriq in June 2024 and wanted to wait before sharing our experience with other prospective buyers. Now, with 10k miles and 6 months under the belt, here's our review: As with most US automotive brands, you need a dose a luck for your vehicle not to be a lemon from the getgo. This is not something you need to worry when buying a Japanese vehicle, regardless if it's made stateside or in Japan. Our 8 years old Toyota Highlander is bulletproof, even some European cars we had(BMW and VW seemed better put together -amazing because the VW was also assembled in TN where the assembly plant for Cadillac is). We got lucky in the sense that there were no immediate issues and, for the last 6 months, the vehicle stayed worry free except for a first world problem: the controller that handles the driver lumbar and massage function went out after 4 months. Clearly, not a mission critical component but it did take 1 month for the dealer to find the part. It was handled under warranty. In the last 6 months, we grew to love the vehicle: Supercruise is the best level 2.5 in the business, perfect for a family of 4 including 2 teens, exterior that is handsome. Very cool to see the camera turn on automatically when the radar indicates close proximity to an obstacle - saves our bacon everytime we park in our very tight garage, nice for the light under the storage tunnel to turn white when you reach with your hand to grab an object. Seats in the front are actually cooled and not just ventilated like our Highlander which is amazing in the hot weather of Southern California. The interior could use a splash or color - the ambient lighting helps but, if you choose black seats, there is a lot of black everywhere you look. Things that we don't like: no thigh extender available for any seat, not even the driver. Doors that slam shut back on you and don't stay open - this is a major hazard for kids, elderly or a person with not enough strength as there are only 2 points where the doors stay in position - if you open and try to leave a door outside of those 2 places, it slams shut on you. This is valid even on perfectly flat surface and on all 4 doors. At the end of the day, we like this vehicle more than we expected to and don't have road envy when we look at an Mercedes EQE or BMW IX - honestly, the Caddy is that good.
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Setting the standard for luxury EVs...almost
D Whitaker, 04/25/2025
2025 Cadillac LYRIQ Sport 3 4dr SUV (electric DD)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I have been driving a 2025 Cadillac Lyriq Sport 3 for two months. My wife and I both have owned PHEVs, and we have a 240 volt line and Wallbox EVSE in our garage. I mostly use my car for commuting and local driving, and when my old auto lease was up we wanted to see what it was like having an electric car. My wife’s Pacifica, with its hybrid ICE, is our vehicle of choice for longer trips anyway. In shopping for an EV, I looked at the Genesis GV70 Electrified, Acura ZDX, Tesla Model S, BMW iX, Jeep Wagoneer S, and Cadillac Optiq. I chose the Lyriq for a number of reasons, including: - The Lyriq’s nearly 300 mile range — the Genesis, in particular, while very attractive and well-designed, has limited range. While I plan to mostly use my car locally, and charge it at home, I still prefer a healthy power reserve. - Related to that, the Cadillac has access to a wide range of charging services, including Tesla superchargers (with an adapter). So longer trips are still a viable option, if desired. - The Lyriq both looks and feels rock solid, and is aesthetically a home run, both inside and out. The Tesla and the Jeep look and feel flimsy and cheap by comparison. The interior design of the Acura is at least one step down from the Cadillac, in my opinion. - The Lyric mostly retains conventional controls for many features, including physical climate controls and recognizable controls for headlights, windshield wipers, and other functions. Both the Tesla S and the BMW iX go overboard with “clever controls for the sake of being clever”, in my view. - The Lyriq still includes Apple CarPlay (unlike other GM EVs), and has an optional panoramic sunroof (which I got) that both opens and vents. The Optiq, while otherwise a very nice car, has neither. The Lyriq also has a powered opaque sunshade, which my wife and I insist on in all our cars. After two months of use, I can report that my Lyriq has been completely trouble free. All the major gremlins widely reported for the 2023 and 24 models appear to have been excised — the HVAC vents work properly and stay where you point them, the car cools and heats properly, and there have been no malfunctions in the electronics, the battery charging, or the infotainment system. Even with the 22-inch wheels, the ride is smooth and serene (although it can get a little busy over broken pavement). The handling is solid and predictable, but not agile. The car is a big, heavy SUV with a suspension focused on comfort (I saw one amateurish online video where an “influencer” threw the Lyriq into hard curves like it was a Porsche 911, and then griped about the handling — Jeez). While the Lyriq is great for driving on side streets, it is happiest during the highway portion of my daily commute. The car just GLIDES when it gets up to highway speeds, and SuperCruise works remarkably well. The interior is very comfortable. The cabin employs active noise control and is stunningly quiet. The car has a wide variety of other nice functions and design features, including: - Customizable easy entry/exit positioning for the driver’s seat and steering wheel; - A clever center drawer in the dash that is great for sunglasses, kleenex packages, etc.; - A perfectly-placed fan-ventilated charging slot for a cellphone; and - A 115-volt household electrical outlet in the backseat center console. The AKG sound system is quite good, but a bit of an acquired taste. AKG is known for neutral, clinical sound reproduction, and that approach is evident here — there is none of the lower midrange emphasis that is baked into many car sound systems. This means the AKG system may sound “thin” to some people. There are equalization and surround sound settings you can use to adjust the sound more to your individual taste. The MyCadillac app works great, and has a pile of useful functions and information. I especially like that on cold mornings I can pre-condition the car cabin from the app. On the downside, the infotainment system, while no longer glitchy, could still use much improvement. The interface has layered functions for things that are harder to find and use than they should be. There is minimal customization of screens and shortcuts -- the sysem isn’t nearly as configurable as a lot of the competition. The USB music software is rudimentary. One thing I do appreciate is that in addition to the touchscreen, Cadillac includes a well-designed joystick control (which I prefer) that works for both the Google system and Apple CarPlay. The thought of having no access to CarPlay is unappealing — I tried using just Google without CarPlay being active, as an experiment — it was not a success. Without Carplay, I had to watch three different online tutorials to iron out all the required changes to iPhone default settings for it to read me text messages and accept a dictated reply. Waze is available, but it is not fully functional — for example, you can’t verbally enter destinations. And while the integrated Google Maps works well and does permit oral instructions, it doesn’t provide alerts for things like traffic light and speed cameras. I think GM may be shooting itself in the foot by dropping CarPlay support in other EV models (and, according to rumor, in future versions of the Lyriq). Other things I think GM really should fix: - Put physical homelink buttons on the visor for garage doors — the universal remote built into the infotainment system is clumsy and distracting to use. I put a physical remote back on the visor. - There should be a physical switch for turning on all the dome lights — it is beyond comprehension why I have to go into an infotainment sub-menu to turn on all the dome lights simultaneously. - Banish piano black plastic from the car. It collects dust and fingerprints and scratches. The industry geniuses that decided piano black should be the latest “trend” in car design should be relegated to designing car ash trays (and yes, I know U.S. cars don’t have those anymore — that’s my point). - Add a HUD. No car this expensive should come without one, and there is one in the less expensive Optiq. - Take a different approach to controlling the lumbar support and massage functions in the front seats. The current rotary control is nearly unusable. Lesser issues I wish GM would address: - Put a physical latch on the glove compartment. Having an electronic opening switch that is accessed through the infotainment system is just silly and inconvenient. - Add a Settings option that turns off passive door unlock when parked at the home location. If I am passing by our garage or go into the garage for another reason, with the key fob in my pocket, the car goes through its light show and presents the door handles every time. - Add adjustable thigh extensions to the front seats — this is one thing Acura does better than GM. - Make the center storage drawer below the climate control a little deeper - that will make it much more versatile, and it looks like there is plenty of room to do so. The bottom line is that for commuting and local driving, and with home charging available, I have found the Lyriq to be an absolute joy. I’m not sure I could ever go back to an ICE vehicle. Long-distance trips might be a different story — It's not clear to me that EVs are really suitable for road trips unless your schedule is flexible and you can tolerate unexpected delays.
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LYRIQ is comfortable but ….
Craig , 12/01/2024
2025 Cadillac LYRIQ Luxury 3 4dr SUV (electric DD)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
I test drove a rear wheel drive 2025 LYRIQ and was impressed with its styling and comfort. The ride was smooth and the handling was ok. It has a little bit of a floating feel. However, the regenerative braking was a problem. On there standard setting it didn’t feel like it was working and barely slowed the car down. On their hard setting when you took your foot off the pedal it almost stopped us short and was scary. For the rest of the drive I had to carefully take my foot off the pedal. The tech seemed old compared to a Tesla . I ended up buying a 2025 long range AWD model Y . I liked the LYRIQ but would give it a few more years to work out the kinks.
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ROBERT GAVER, 01/01/2025
2025 Cadillac LYRIQ Luxury 2 4dr SUV (electric DD)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Do not like the rear view camera the mercedes is much better. It is not clear and it is confusing. The garage door button does not open from the rear view window. Iwould prefer.That the warning signal would be a sound signal instead of the seat vibrating. The screen is not large nor clear enough, look at the wiew the mercedees suv gives
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