2005 CADILLAC CTS Problems & Recalls
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General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2004-2007 Cadillac CTS-V vehicles manufactured October 6, 2003, to March 15, 2007, and 2006-2007 Cadillac STS-V vehicles manufactured June 23, 2...
This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Until this recall is performed, customers should remove all items from their key rings, leaving only the ignition key. The key fob (if...
GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2007 CADILLAC CTS VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH REPEATED FLEXING OF THE PASSENGER SENSING SYSTEM MAT IN THE FRONT PASS...
GENERAL MOTORS HAS NOTIFIED NHTSA OF A DEFECT IN CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2003-2007 CADILLAC CTS VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN OR ORIGINALLY SOLD IN CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, MAINE,...
Steering wheel turns but no steering at wheels ,steering wheel just spins
The contact owns a 2005 Cadillac CTS. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning light illuminated. The contact stated that failure was intermittent at first but became persistent. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with a faile...
Mileage: 98,000
The contact owns a 2005 Cadillac CTS. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the brake warning light illuminated on the instrument panel with an abnormal hissing sound while depressing the brake pedal. The vehicle was initially taken to an independent mechanic where brake fluid was...
Mileage: 158,000
Oil leaks from unknown location. Also make a grinding noise when accelerating.
Air bag light is on saying the passenger side buckle tensioner not working when there never a accident on this car, Fuel level low illuminates when there is fuel in the tank still, fuel level goes down fast after a short drive when fuel just been put in
The contact owns a 2005 Cadillac CTS. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH, the SRS warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V394000 (Electrical...
Mileage: 118,000
The contact owns a 2005 Cadillac CTS. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that an unknown module under the passenger's side front seat needed to be replaced. The vehicle was t...
Mileage: 138,404
During normal driving, my service stibilatrak light comes on. While the message is on, the TCS kicks in and it grabs the wheel and stops the car. I've been reared ended once and two barely missed collisions. When the TCS activates, it stops the car completely and the only way to drive the car is to ...
During normal driving, my service stibilatrak light comes on. While the message is on, the TCS kicks in and it grabs the wheel and stops the car. I've been reared ended once and two barely missed collisions. When the TCS activates, it stops the car completely and the only way to drive the car is to ...
During normal driving, my service stibilatrak light comes on. While the message is on, the TCS kicks in and it grabs the wheel and stops the car. I've been reared ended once and two barely missed collisions. When the TCS activates, it stops the car completely and the only way to drive the car is to ...
Transmission cooler line fittings have dissimilar metals causing the threads inside the radiator transcooler to strip and dump coolant into Transmission lines and on road along with what was the transmission fluid as well as steam rolling out blocking vision through my windshield going uphill on a d...
Transmission cooler line fittings have dissimilar metals causing the threads inside the radiator transcooler to strip and dump coolant into Transmission lines and on road along with what was the transmission fluid as well as steam rolling out blocking vision through my windshield going uphill on a d...
Transmission cooler line fittings have dissimilar metals causing the threads inside the radiator transcooler to strip and dump coolant into Transmission lines and on road along with what was the transmission fluid as well as steam rolling out blocking vision through my windshield going uphill on a d...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE...
FIRST ECM MODULE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED, WE REPLACED IT THEN AFTER THAT STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE, 12 CODES POPPED UP. DID NORMAL MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE, OIL CHANGE SPARK PLUGS . THEN A FEW DAYS LATER WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LOST ALL POWER, PUSHED ON ACCELERAT...
Mileage: 197,300
FIRST ECM MODULE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED, WE REPLACED IT THEN AFTER THAT STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE, 12 CODES POPPED UP. DID NORMAL MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE, OIL CHANGE SPARK PLUGS . THEN A FEW DAYS LATER WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LOST ALL POWER, PUSHED ON ACCELERAT...
Mileage: 197,300
FIRST ECM MODULE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED, WE REPLACED IT THEN AFTER THAT STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE, 12 CODES POPPED UP. DID NORMAL MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE, OIL CHANGE SPARK PLUGS . THEN A FEW DAYS LATER WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LOST ALL POWER, PUSHED ON ACCELERAT...
Mileage: 197,300
THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A VERY WEAK REAR DIFFERENTIAL THAT WAS USED IN THE LESSER HORSEPOWER V6 AND WHEN TAKING OFF HARD THE CAR BEGINS TO WHEEL HOP AND DESTROYS THE REAR END THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN LESS THEN A YEAR AND A HALF
Mileage: 110,000
THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A VERY WEAK REAR DIFFERENTIAL THAT WAS USED IN THE LESSER HORSEPOWER V6 AND WHEN TAKING OFF HARD THE CAR BEGINS TO WHEEL HOP AND DESTROYS THE REAR END THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN LESS THEN A YEAR AND A HALF
Mileage: 110,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER DROVE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING AN ANIMAL AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE SWERVED, ROLLING OVER SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AS AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BEC...
Mileage: 114,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER DROVE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING AN ANIMAL AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE SWERVED, ROLLING OVER SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AS AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BEC...
Mileage: 114,000
I WENT TO CADILLAC TO GET THE RECALL FIXED THEY SAID IT WAS CLOSED OUT AND COULDN'T FIX IT AND NOW I CAN'T SMOG MY CAR AND I CAN'T TELL IF I HAVE GAS OR NOT AND I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT WITHOUT GETTING THE FUEL PUMP FIXED
I WENT TO CADILLAC TO GET THE RECALL FIXED THEY SAID IT WAS CLOSED OUT AND COULDN'T FIX IT AND NOW I CAN'T SMOG MY CAR AND I CAN'T TELL IF I HAVE GAS OR NOT AND I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT WITHOUT GETTING THE FUEL PUMP FIXED
I WENT TO CADILLAC TO GET THE RECALL FIXED THEY SAID IT WAS CLOSED OUT AND COULDN'T FIX IT AND NOW I CAN'T SMOG MY CAR AND I CAN'T TELL IF I HAVE GAS OR NOT AND I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT WITHOUT GETTING THE FUEL PUMP FIXED
MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS DOES HAVE RECALLS ON THOSE MODELS HOWEVER IN CONTACTING CADILLAC THEY ARE TELLING ME I NEED TO PAY TO HAVE THIS FIXED. I HAVE A SREVICE AIR BAG SHOWING UP ONSREEN AND IN MIRROR OF MY CAR. I AM HOPING I CAN FORCE THEM TO FIX THIS
Mileage: 109,000
AIRBAG ON NO PASSENGER AIRBAG. LIGHTS INSIDE WORK SOMETIMES. CAR WAS MOVING.
Mileage: 149,656
AIRBAG ON NO PASSENGER AIRBAG. LIGHTS INSIDE WORK SOMETIMES. CAR WAS MOVING.
Mileage: 149,656
I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR IN FEBRUARY 2019 AND IT WENT DOWN IN LATE APRIL OR EARLY MAY OF THIS YEAR. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR A FEW DAYS THEN IT WOULD GO OFF FOR A FEW DAYS. THE ENGINE WOULD RATTLE WHEN FIRST CRANKED AND THEN IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD CONSTANTLY KEEP TRYIN...
Mileage: 170,000
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2005 CADILLAC CTS WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AIRBAG RECALL, ACCORDING TO THE NHTSA AND GM WEBSITES, BUT HAS THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, AND DEFECTIVE AIRBAG AS THE ONES INCLUDED. I TOOK MY CADILLAC TO GET A 27 POINT INSPECTION, OIL CHANGE, ETC., ON 2/16/18, AND I WAS INFORMED ...
Mileage: 184,980
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT CALLED GENESIS CADILLAC (19900 E 9 MILE RD, ST CLAIR SHORES, MI 48080, (586) 772-8200) AND WAS INFORMED THAT AN UNKNOWN RECALL WAS ISSUED, AND THE VEHICLE COULD BE REPAIRED WITH...
NOT DRIVABLE
NOT DRIVABLE
NOT DRIVABLE
THERE'S A VERY HARD JERKING COMING FROM SOME WHERE IN THE REAR AREA WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS A LOST OF POWER. ALSO THE ENGINE OIL IS GOING SOME WHERE ,I KEEP HAVING TO PUT OIL IN IT , ABOUT TWO TO THREE QUARTS A WEEK. WHEN THE OIL GETS REAL LOW THE ENGINE SHAKES AND RUNS LIKE CRAP ...
THERE'S A VERY HARD JERKING COMING FROM SOME WHERE IN THE REAR AREA WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS A LOST OF POWER. ALSO THE ENGINE OIL IS GOING SOME WHERE ,I KEEP HAVING TO PUT OIL IN IT , ABOUT TWO TO THREE QUARTS A WEEK. WHEN THE OIL GETS REAL LOW THE ENGINE SHAKES AND RUNS LIKE CRAP ...
SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON, ONLY 52000 MILES ON VEHICLE.
Mileage: 52,000
TAKATA RECALL HAD WRECK AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT THE TIME IT SHOULD HAVE, RUSH IN AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL CAR WAS ON HIGHWAY GOING STRAIGHT,
Mileage: 28,500
TAKATA RECALL HAD WRECK AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT THE TIME IT SHOULD HAVE, RUSH IN AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL CAR WAS ON HIGHWAY GOING STRAIGHT,
Mileage: 28,500
TAKATA RECALL HAD WRECK AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT THE TIME IT SHOULD HAVE, RUSH IN AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL CAR WAS ON HIGHWAY GOING STRAIGHT,
Mileage: 28,500
ON ANY IN CLINING ROAD OR ACCERATION OF THE GAS, STALLING AND POWER ACCELERATION DECREASES DRAMATICALLY.AND EXTREMELY SMELL OF GAS INSIDE THE CARRIAGE CAUSED NAUSEA, SEVERE MIGRAINES, LIGHT HEADNESS, TO ME AND MY TOO YOUNG DAUGHTERS. FUEL EFFICIENCY ALSO DECREASED...
Mileage: 180,000
MY WIFE HAS BEEN COMPLAINTING ABOUT THE BRAKES DON'T STOP THE CAR SOMETIMES. I DROVE IT TODAY AND MADE A SHARP RIGHT TO ENTER IN A PARKING SPOT AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. THAT SCARED THE WHAT EVER OUT OF ME.
Mileage: 229,980
AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE I76, MY CAR LOST POWER AND CAUSED ME TO CRASH. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF MY CAR IS COMPLETELY SMASHED.
Mileage: 163,838
AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE I76, MY CAR LOST POWER AND CAUSED ME TO CRASH. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF MY CAR IS COMPLETELY SMASHED.
Mileage: 163,838
VEHICLE DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM OPEN RECALLS. I REPLACED FRONT BRAKE HOSES MYSELF AT MY OWN COST. THEY STATED VERY HIGH MILEAGE 184000 MILES AND YOU DID NOT BUY THE CAR HERE.
Mileage: 184,000
VEHICLE DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM OPEN RECALLS. I REPLACED FRONT BRAKE HOSES MYSELF AT MY OWN COST. THEY STATED VERY HIGH MILEAGE 184000 MILES AND YOU DID NOT BUY THE CAR HERE.
Mileage: 184,000
PER REPORT TJE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND AORBAG RECALL. WHEN I PURCHASED VEHICLE, INFORMATION WAS WARRANT TO ME. I TOTAL LOSS MY CAR DUE TO SUSPENSION AND AXLE MALFUNTION. IT CAUSED ME TO HIT A CURB. I COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL.
Mileage: 124,000
PER REPORT TJE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND AORBAG RECALL. WHEN I PURCHASED VEHICLE, INFORMATION WAS WARRANT TO ME. I TOTAL LOSS MY CAR DUE TO SUSPENSION AND AXLE MALFUNTION. IT CAUSED ME TO HIT A CURB. I COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL.
Mileage: 124,000
PER REPORT TJE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND AORBAG RECALL. WHEN I PURCHASED VEHICLE, INFORMATION WAS WARRANT TO ME. I TOTAL LOSS MY CAR DUE TO SUSPENSION AND AXLE MALFUNTION. IT CAUSED ME TO HIT A CURB. I COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL.
Mileage: 124,000
ELECTRIAL PROBLEMS ALSO ENGINE PROBLEMS AND FRONT LIGHT GWENT OUT 3 TIMES BURNS OIL
ELECTRIAL PROBLEMS ALSO ENGINE PROBLEMS AND FRONT LIGHT GWENT OUT 3 TIMES BURNS OIL
ELECTRIAL PROBLEMS ALSO ENGINE PROBLEMS AND FRONT LIGHT GWENT OUT 3 TIMES BURNS OIL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR KEPT ILLUMINATING AND REMAINED LIT. THE DEALER (ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS CADILLAC, 374 SYLVAN AVE, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ 07632, (201) 568-4800) WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A MANUFA...
Mileage: 130,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION AS WELL. THE DEALER (BARKSDALE CADILLAC: 700 ADCOCK DRIVE, RIDGELAND, MS 39157) INFORMED THE CONTA...
Mileage: 67,581
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION AS WELL. THE DEALER (BARKSDALE CADILLAC: 700 ADCOCK DRIVE, RIDGELAND, MS 39157) INFORMED THE CONTA...
Mileage: 67,581
THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN MY CAR. THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR DOES NOT ACTIVATE WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT, AND THEREFORE THE AIRBAG DOES NOT TURN ON. THIS WAS A NOTICED RECALL FOR THIS YEAR OF CAR, BUT WHEN I SEARCHED MY VIN, MY CAR DOES NOT QUALIFY.
Mileage: 138,825
TIMING CHAIN JUMPED TIME. MECHANICS WORKING ON IT STATE THEY HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS BUT STATE NO RECALL WILL BE PUBLISHED UNLESS SOMEONE GETS KILLED.
Mileage: 140,000
WE KEEP GETTING A MESSAGE ON THE CAR SCREEN THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IS OFF WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED WHETHER SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT OR NOT. CODE IS B0092 PASSENGER DETECTION ERROR. JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT CAR AND REGISTERED IT, CADILLAC DEALERS SAYS NO RECALL FOR THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I...
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE: I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY STOP GOING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A COOL DRY ROAD. WHEN I DID, THE CAR POWER, ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN AND REFUSED TO BRAKE ANY MORE THAN IT DID PRIOR TO MY SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. MY MOMENTUM WOULD HA...
Mileage: 137,000
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE: I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY STOP GOING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A COOL DRY ROAD. WHEN I DID, THE CAR POWER, ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN AND REFUSED TO BRAKE ANY MORE THAN IT DID PRIOR TO MY SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. MY MOMENTUM WOULD HA...
Mileage: 137,000
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE: I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY STOP GOING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A COOL DRY ROAD. WHEN I DID, THE CAR POWER, ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN AND REFUSED TO BRAKE ANY MORE THAN IT DID PRIOR TO MY SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. MY MOMENTUM WOULD HA...
Mileage: 137,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE "SERVICE STABILITY SYSTEM" AND THE "STABILITY SYSTEM OFF" MESSAGES DISPLAYED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON ACCELERATION, THE FRONT WHEELS SEIZED. AN UNKNOWN LOCAL CADILLAC DEALER OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILUR...
Mileage: 70,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE "SERVICE STABILITY SYSTEM" AND THE "STABILITY SYSTEM OFF" MESSAGES DISPLAYED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON ACCELERATION, THE FRONT WHEELS SEIZED. AN UNKNOWN LOCAL CADILLAC DEALER OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILUR...
Mileage: 70,000
SECURITY THEFT SYSTEM ACTIVATED AND WON'T TURN OFF CAUSING THE GAS METER AC UNIT POWER STEERING TO NOT WORK. TOOK IT TO THE GM DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM
TAKATA AIRBAGS. AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. PER TROUBLE CODS THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE PASSINGER SIDE SEAT.
Mileage: 69,008
TAKATA AIRBAGS. AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. PER TROUBLE CODS THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE PASSINGER SIDE SEAT.
Mileage: 69,008
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL LEAKED AND THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND THAT CAME FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL. COLE BUICK GMC CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V589000 (POWER TR...
Mileage: 150,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FUNCTION PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANU...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FUNCTION PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANU...
FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR SHORTED OUT AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. BOTH CADILLAC DEALERSHIP AND GM INDICATING THAT MY VIN # DOESN'T APPLY AS PART OF THE GM SAFETY RECALL 100355 NHTSA ID 10V644000 WHICH MEANS I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF PART AND LABOR FOR THE FIX.
Mileage: 119,668
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON, A "SERVICE AIR BAG" WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE "AIR BAG OFF" LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWAR...
Mileage: 55,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.
Mileage: 170,000
THE BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED THROUGH AS I WAS DRIVING 50MPH. WE LOST ALL BRAKES AND NEARLY HIT A CAR/TREE. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN WI, LOCATED IN FL NOW, AND HAS 120K MILES. THE LEAK IS CLOSE TO THE FUEL FILTER - AND CLEARLY VISIBLE. *TR
Mileage: 120,340
WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH OVER A WASHBOARD SURFACE, ALL ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES WENT BLANK. THE CAR CONTINUED ON IN A DRIVABLE CONDITION, BUT WINDOWS FOGGED UP. ELECTRIC RETURNED AFTER STOPPING AND RE-STARTING. PROBLEM HAS NOT RETURNED. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECREATE THE CONDITION. THE IGNITION KE...
Mileage: 20,000
WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THE INSTALLED PART 19259297: N-MODULE KIT (14865-K) IS DEFECTIVE. WE HAD THIS PART REPLACED TWICE -- ONCE ON 7/25/14 AT 42,943 MILES, AND, AGAIN ON 10/11/16 AT 46,589 MILES. ALTHOUGH THE PART DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE UNDER A CURRENT RECALL FOR OUR VIN NUMBER, PERHAPS SOMEON...
Mileage: 46,589
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR MAT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF...
Mileage: 80,000
THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT JUST CAME ON EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN A WRECK. ALTHOUGH, THIS WAS ISSUED A RECALL IT IS ONLY ON CERTAIN CARS OF THAT YEAR. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED SO NOT SURE WHY ALL CARS IN THIS YEAR RANGE ARE NOT FIXED ON THE RECALL SINCE THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED SA...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STATIONARY, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSORS DO NOT RECOGNIZE WHEN AN OCCUPANT WAS IN THE SEAT AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPA...
Mileage: 122,900
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN OVER TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING, INCLUDING WHILE DRIVING OVER A RAILROAD TRACK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM A PASSERBY TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OVER THE RAILROAD ...
Mileage: 160,000
I CANNOT UNLOCK THE IGNITION SYSTEM TO REMOVE THE KEY, I BELIEVE THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH. SO WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Mileage: 91,000
I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY, WHILE MAINITANING A CONSTANT SPEED. SUDDENLY ALL POWER TO THE VEHICLE CUT OFF INCLUDING MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. IN A PANIC AS I AS COASTING I WAS FORTUNE ENOUGH TO WEAVE MY WAY ACROSS 2 LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND ROLL TO A C...
Mileage: 74,000
I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY, WHILE MAINITANING A CONSTANT SPEED. SUDDENLY ALL POWER TO THE VEHICLE CUT OFF INCLUDING MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. IN A PANIC AS I AS COASTING I WAS FORTUNE ENOUGH TO WEAVE MY WAY ACROSS 2 LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND ROLL TO A C...
Mileage: 74,000
I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY, WHILE MAINITANING A CONSTANT SPEED. SUDDENLY ALL POWER TO THE VEHICLE CUT OFF INCLUDING MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. IN A PANIC AS I AS COASTING I WAS FORTUNE ENOUGH TO WEAVE MY WAY ACROSS 2 LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND ROLL TO A C...
Mileage: 74,000
I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CTS FOR A MONTH BUT WHEN BRAKING ON ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL PUSH BACK AGAINST MY FOOT. THESE HAVE OCCURRED TWICE IN MY DRIVEWAY STOPPING TO BACK INTO MY GARAGE AND ONCE COMING TO A STOP LIGHT.
Mileage: 38,400
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE F...
Mileage: 204,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY AND THE BRAKING DISTANCE INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. WHEN OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG SENS...
Mileage: 75,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY AND THE BRAKING DISTANCE INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. WHEN OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG SENS...
Mileage: 75,000
TAKATA RECALL - OWNED CAR SINCE 2007, NEVER NOTIFIED OF AIRBAG RECALL. SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC ON 3/15/15. ADVISED OF RECALL. CALLED CADILLAC CUST. SERV. RECALL WAS REMOVED 12/15/14 AND TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR HELP SINCE. ...
Mileage: 100,000
THE AIRBAG SENSING SYSTEM FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT HAS FAILED. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR GM WHO HANDLED IT BY MEANS OF A "SERVICE ACCOMMODATION" THAT EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES. IF IT WAS HANDLED AS A RECALL IT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THEM TO MAKE THE NEEDED REPAIRS NO MATTER WHAT, THEY ARE...
Mileage: 120,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CHECK BRAKE FLUID WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT REFILLED THE VEHICLE WITH BRAKE FLUID. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE CONTACT NOTICED A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE V...
Mileage: 136,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. A FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND AT THE PASSENGER SENSING SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WA...
Mileage: 180,000
TAKATA RECALL-NOT NOTIFIED OF AIRBAG RECALL. RECALL WITHDRAWN DECEMBER 2014. MARCH OF 2015 MY PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO MY CERTIFIED GM MECHANIC, CHECKED IT OUT AND SENT ME TO CHUCK FAIRBANKS (DEALER) BECAUSE OF RECALL. THIS IS WHEN I WAS TOLD THE RECALL HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN. I HAVE...
Mileage: 98,000
TAKATA RECALL-NOT NOTIFIED OF AIRBAG RECALL. RECALL WITHDRAWN DECEMBER 2014. MARCH OF 2015 MY PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO MY CERTIFIED GM MECHANIC, CHECKED IT OUT AND SENT ME TO CHUCK FAIRBANKS (DEALER) BECAUSE OF RECALL. THIS IS WHEN I WAS TOLD THE RECALL HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN. I HAVE...
Mileage: 98,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE SERVICE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT AND MESSAGE DISPLAYED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.
Mileage: 62,000
VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY USED KEY TO UNLOCK DOORS. ONCE VEHICLE WAS STARTED A MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN TO "SERVICE THEFT SYSTEM" AND GUAGES IN VEHICLE NO LONGER WORKED. I WAS AT A STORE WHEN THIS HAPPENED SO I PRECEED WITH MY TRIP AS I STARTED DRIVING CAR WAS HESITATING TO DRIVE, I THEN PULLED ...
Mileage: 95,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 58 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATE...
Mileage: 85,000
WHEN EVER I MAKE A SLIGHT TURN AT LOW SPEEDS,IE. 10 MPH OR LESS THE ABS ACTUATES AND THE CAR IS UNABLE TO STOP. THIS IS VERY PREVALENT WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT. I HAVE HAD FIRESTONE AUTO, PARKER CADILAC, AND AMERICAN TIRE AND AUTO IN MY HOMETOWN LOOK AT THIS ISSUE AND ALL TOLD ME THAT THEY ...
Mileage: 5,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS...
Mileage: 103,000
NHTSA 10043857 -- 2005 CTS ERROR CODE P0016 ENGINE TIMING CHAINS. CAR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND ENGINE THAT IS IN TECH BULLETIN SB-11340. 86,176 MILES ON ENGINE WHEN TESTED FOR THIS PROBLEM BY GM DEALERSHIP. I HAD CAR REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP EARLIER THIS MONTH AND HAVE SUBMITTED RECEIPTS TO CADILLAC F...
Mileage: 86,176
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V644000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23...
Mileage: 23,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES PREMATURELY CORRODED WITH EXTENSIVE RUST AND WERE REPLACED MORE THAN TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES ONCE. THE CONTACT ALSO HAD AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE LIN...
Mileage: 130,000
2005 CADILLAC CTS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BRAKE SYSTEM REPAIR ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE FAILED AND ESSENTIALLY SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HIT A GUARDRAIL AND ANOTHER VEHICLE AFTER BOUNCING OFF THE GUARDRAIL. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, WORK WAS PERFORMED ON THE ABS DASH ...
2005 CADILLAC CTS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BRAKE SYSTEM REPAIR ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE FAILED AND ESSENTIALLY SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HIT A GUARDRAIL AND ANOTHER VEHICLE AFTER BOUNCING OFF THE GUARDRAIL. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, WORK WAS PERFORMED ON THE ABS DASH ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AND THE MESSAGE TO SERVICE AIR BAG DISPLAYED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ...
Mileage: 93,000
WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY MY CAR STABILITY SYSTEM SPONTANEOUSLY ENGAGED CAUSING MY CAR TO SUDDENLY JERK TO THE LEFT. IT FELT AS THOUGH THE CAR DROPPED A LITTLE ON THAT SIDE AND THE TIRES LOCKED UP. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO FLIP MY CAR BUT LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO CORRECT IT IN TIME. THIS HA...
Mileage: 105,000
SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST MESSAGE ON SCREEN AND ABS/ TRAC CONTROL LIGHTS. BRAKES WERE CHECKED WITH NO ISSUES FOUND. ALSO ANTI-LOCKS WILL ACTIVE ON DRY ROAD FOR A SECOND OR TWO.
Mileage: 75,680
THE IGNITION IS HAVING A BREAK DOWN.THE KEY KEEPS GETING STUCK IN THE IGNITION, WHEN THE KEY DOES FINALLY COME OUT OF THE IGNITION, AS I GO TO PUT THE KEY BACK INTO THE IGNITION TO START THE CAR THE KEY GETS STUCK AT ONE POSITION IN THE IGNITION AND WILL NOT RESPOND TO START THE CAR.
Mileage: 141,092
AFTER A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AT BROGAN CADILLAC SERVICE IN TOTOWA, NJ, THE RECOMMENDED SERVICE (APPROX COST $1200) WAS THE REAR DIFF BUSHING WAS WORN AND THE REAR AXLE SEALS ARE LEAKING FLUID. AN INTERNET SEARCH UNCOVERED GM RECALL# 07204 FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL THAT STATES "THE REAR AXLE PINION S...
Mileage: 104,600
AFTER A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AT BROGAN CADILLAC SERVICE IN TOTOWA, NJ, THE RECOMMENDED SERVICE (APPROX COST $1200) WAS THE REAR DIFF BUSHING WAS WORN AND THE REAR AXLE SEALS ARE LEAKING FLUID. AN INTERNET SEARCH UNCOVERED GM RECALL# 07204 FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL THAT STATES "THE REAR AXLE PINION S...
Mileage: 104,600
AIR BAGS WERE REPAIRED 10/10/11, RECALL #10355. THIS WAS DONE AT MY OWN EXPENSE. THE AIR BAG INDICATOR IS ONCE AGAIN ON. I WAS NOT REIMBURSED FOR THE FIRST REPAIR. I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO HAVE THIS CORRECTED BY THE MANUFACTURE, WITHOUT ANY PERSONAL EXPENSE.
I WAS DRIVING INTO A DRUGSTORE PARKING LOT AND AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE CAR SPED UP INSTEAD OF STOPPING, THE MORE I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE FASTER THE CAR WENT...IT APPEARS THAT THE SPEED WENT FROM ABOUT 10 MPH TO ABOUT 40 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, MY CAR SPED UP AND WENT ACROSS A BUSY INTE...
Mileage: 125,000
CAR WAS BUCKING . ANALYSIS FOUND BROKEN MOTOR MOUNT
Mileage: 72,000
CAR WAS BUCKING . ANALYSIS FOUND BROKEN MOTOR MOUNT
Mileage: 72,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 97,000.
Mileage: 97,000
STARTING TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY ARE STIFF AND BARELY WORKING AND REALLY HARD TO STOP CAR.
Mileage: 73,990
STARTING TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY ARE STIFF AND BARELY WORKING AND REALLY HARD TO STOP CAR.
Mileage: 73,990
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE PINION SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ...
Mileage: 60,000
THE CAR HAS UNBELIEVABLE OIL CONSUMPTION. I WAS TRAVELING FROM ILLINOIS TO IOWA TO VISIT MY FATHER. DURING THE FIRST 4 HOURS, I HAD TO ADD 4 QUARTS OF OIL. THAN 20 MINUTES FROM OUR DESTINATION, WE HEAR A POP, THE CAR STOPS RUNNING, NO BRAKES AND I AM DOING 70 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE WITH NO POWER STEER...
THE TRUNK LID ON THE CTS HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND WILLNOT STAY UP. IT CAME DOWN ANS HIT ME ACROSS THE SHOULDERS WHEN TRYING TO UNLOAD ITEMS IN THE TRUNK. THIS HAD HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, MANY TIMES I HAVE OR OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN STUCK IN THE HEAD FORCEFULLY BY THIS HEAVY LID. *TR
Mileage: 83,100
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP DISCHARGED INTO THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE OIL AND ENGINE BEARINGS...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP DISCHARGED INTO THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE OIL AND ENGINE BEARINGS...
MY VEHICLE HAS A RECALL ON THE AIR BAG PRESSURE SENSOR MODULE. DUE TO MISSING THE CUTOFF DATE OF EXACTLY 1 MONTH THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HONOR THE PAIRS. DUE TO THE $650 REPAIRS REQUIRED I WAS NOT PREPARED TO HAVE THAT SERVICE DONE. ANY ASSISTANCE OR CLARITY ON THIS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR
THE TRACTION CONTROL TURNED OFF WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 45MPH. I HAVE LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER AND TRACTION CONTROL WILL NOT TURN BACK ON. I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME YEARS POWERTRAIN SEAL GOING BAD AND THINK THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE MODEL THAT WASN'T RECALLED. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT CA...
Mileage: 109,524
THE TRACTION CONTROL TURNED OFF WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 45MPH. I HAVE LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER AND TRACTION CONTROL WILL NOT TURN BACK ON. I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME YEARS POWERTRAIN SEAL GOING BAD AND THINK THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE MODEL THAT WASN'T RECALLED. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT CA...
Mileage: 109,524
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THERE WAS SLIGHT HESITATION WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. ADDITIONALLY, THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS T...
Mileage: 50,000
2005 CADILLAC CTS EXPERIENCED WHAT HE PERCEIVED WAS A FUEL PUMP PROBLEM. *MW THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL YEARS LATER, AFTER HE PERFORMED THE REPAIRS ON THE VEHICLE AND AT HIS EXPENSE. *JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED BACKWARD AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND ONCE RESTARTED, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED...
Mileage: 119,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED BACKWARD AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND ONCE RESTARTED, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED...
Mileage: 119,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND THE CONTACT HAD EXTREME DIFFICULTY IN MANEUVERING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE JERKED AND SWAYED VIOLENTLY, CAUSING THE SUS...
Mileage: 500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND THE CONTACT HAD EXTREME DIFFICULTY IN MANEUVERING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE JERKED AND SWAYED VIOLENTLY, CAUSING THE SUS...
Mileage: 500
WOKE UP IN THE MORNING TO GO TO WORK AFTER A COLD NIGHT. STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PUT IT IN REVERSE AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WITHOUT EXTREME EFFORT. CHECKED POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL THE RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. OBTAINED APPROPRIATE GM POWER STEERING FLUID AND REFILLED RESERVOIR ONLY TO...
Mileage: 74,000
CAME TO A STOP WAITING FOR A CAR AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. WAS THEN CONTACTED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND THAT WAS TRAVELING AT AN ESTIMATED 60 MPH. MY CTS-V WAS THEN PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THAT VEHICLE, AND CRUSHING MY FRONT END. OF ALL AIRBAGS IN...
Mileage: 55,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE F...
Mileage: 114,200
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAIL...
Mileage: 38,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V39000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING A DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE GARAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE GROUND AN...
Mileage: 87,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING A DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE GARAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE GROUND AN...
Mileage: 87,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ACTIVATED, THE FLUID WOULD CONTINUE TO SPRAY INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT PRESSING THE BUTTON FOR THE FLUID TO DISCHARGE. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FLUID WOULD SPEW OUT EVEN WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER...
Mileage: 200,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ACTIVATED, THE FLUID WOULD CONTINUE TO SPRAY INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT PRESSING THE BUTTON FOR THE FLUID TO DISCHARGE. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FLUID WOULD SPEW OUT EVEN WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER...
Mileage: 200,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE PRE-TENSIONER ASSEMBLY NEED...
Mileage: 144,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V62200 (AIR BAGS). T...
Mileage: 150,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL AIR BAG BECAME WARM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V394000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANU...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND ONLY STARTED AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V394000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOW...
Mileage: 149,497
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V394000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL ...
SHIFTING GEARS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY CLUNKING IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THIS OCCURRED WHEN SHIFTING OR WHEN LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR. IN MARCH OF 2014 A WHINING ALSO ACCOMPANIED DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 50 - 70 MPH. MY CADILLAC DEALER REPLACED THE DIFFERENTIAL WITH A NEW ONE UNDER A PRIVATE WARRANTY PROGRA...
Mileage: 51,250
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V394000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V394000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION: SWITCH) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNCERTAIN WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V394000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V394000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ADDITIONAL FORCE WAS REQUIRED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE TIRE AREA. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE BRAKES ...
Mileage: 60,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED ABNORMALLY TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE AND THE BRAKE FLUID WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S STOPPING DISTAN...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS T-BONED ON THE DRIVER SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THE LEFT SHOULDER THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE ...
THE BACK REAR IS MAKING A LOUD NOISING, LIKE THERE ARE BIG TIRES ON THE CAR. THE MECHANIC SAID ITS THE PINION SEAL. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE AND THERE IS A RECALL ON THE PINION SEAL. *TR
Mileage: 176,000
THE BACK REAR IS MAKING A LOUD NOISING, LIKE THERE ARE BIG TIRES ON THE CAR. THE MECHANIC SAID ITS THE PINION SEAL. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE AND THERE IS A RECALL ON THE PINION SEAL. *TR
Mileage: 176,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD ACTIVATE ON THEIR OWN INTERMITTENTLY. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WIPER MODULE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,0...
Mileage: 190,000
I HAVE A CADILLAC CTS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW AND JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THAT IT NEEDED TO BE SERVICED AND I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE PASSENGER AIR BAG THAT IT WOULD COST ME APPROX: 649.38 DOLLARS AND I HAVE SEEN WHERE SOME OF THE CADILLAC CTS HAVE ...
VEHICLE SHUTTERS/HESITATES (LIKE THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGING) AND THEN JERKS VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT INTO NEXT LANE. "SERVICE STABILITY SYS" MESSAGE COMES ON AND THEN GOES OFF. CADILLAC DEALER KEEPS "FIXING" IT AND CHARGING. PROBLEM RETURNS AGAIN WITHIN DAYS SOMETIMES HOURS. INTERNET IS LOADED WITH FO...
Mileage: 85,000
VEHICLE SHUTTERS/HESITATES (LIKE THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGING) AND THEN JERKS VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT INTO NEXT LANE. "SERVICE STABILITY SYS" MESSAGE COMES ON AND THEN GOES OFF. CADILLAC DEALER KEEPS "FIXING" IT AND CHARGING. PROBLEM RETURNS AGAIN WITHIN DAYS SOMETIMES HOURS. INTERNET IS LOADED WITH FO...
Mileage: 85,000
VEHICLE SHUTTERS/HESITATES (LIKE THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGING) AND THEN JERKS VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT INTO NEXT LANE. "SERVICE STABILITY SYS" MESSAGE COMES ON AND THEN GOES OFF. CADILLAC DEALER KEEPS "FIXING" IT AND CHARGING. PROBLEM RETURNS AGAIN WITHIN DAYS SOMETIMES HOURS. INTERNET IS LOADED WITH FO...
Mileage: 85,000
PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR WOULD NOT COME ON WITH PASSENGER IN SEAT. LOOKED UP AND THERE WAS A RECALL. CALLED CADILLAC AND WAS TOLD NO RECALL
Mileage: 87,000
DRIVING FROM A SIDE ROAD ONTO THE 505 FREEWAY, VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP ON THE SLOW LANE. WAS TOWED TO A CADILLAC DEALER. 1/6/14. REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED 1/27/2014. DRIVING ONTO I-80. EXACT PROBLEM OCCURRED AND WAS TOWED TO SAME CADILLAC DEALER. DEALER AD...
DRIVING FROM A SIDE ROAD ONTO THE 505 FREEWAY, VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP ON THE SLOW LANE. WAS TOWED TO A CADILLAC DEALER. 1/6/14. REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED 1/27/2014. DRIVING ONTO I-80. EXACT PROBLEM OCCURRED AND WAS TOWED TO SAME CADILLAC DEALER. DEALER AD...
DRIVING FROM A SIDE ROAD ONTO THE 505 FREEWAY, VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP ON THE SLOW LANE. WAS TOWED TO A CADILLAC DEALER. 1/6/14. REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED 1/27/2014. DRIVING ONTO I-80. EXACT PROBLEM OCCURRED AND WAS TOWED TO SAME CADILLAC DEALER. DEALER AD...
CLUNKING SOUND AND FEEL FROM REAR AXLE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS . APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE. *TR
Mileage: 46,450
THE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES ON FOR 2 SECONDS, THEN THE CAR DECELERATES FOR SECONDS, AND THEN ALL IS OKAY. THIS MAY HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW WITHIN 5 TO 10 MINUTES. WE FIRST HAD THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR REPLACED, AS SUGGESTED. THEN THIS HAPPENED 4 MORE TIMES, WHEREAS WE TOOK IT TO A DEALER WHO...
Mileage: 40,210
THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED OPERATING, DIFFERENT MECHANICS COULD NOT LOCATE PROBLEM, CADILLAC DEAL WANTED 200.00 JUST TO REVIEW. SEVERAL OWNERS OF SAME MOCEL HAVING SAME PROBLEM. DEALEARS REFUSE TO CORRECT OR EVEN LOOK AT THE CAUSE WITHOUT CUSTOMERS PAYING FOR SERVICE CALL. THIS SEEMS TO BE A CO...
Mileage: 78,000
THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED OPERATING, DIFFERENT MECHANICS COULD NOT LOCATE PROBLEM, CADILLAC DEAL WANTED 200.00 JUST TO REVIEW. SEVERAL OWNERS OF SAME MOCEL HAVING SAME PROBLEM. DEALEARS REFUSE TO CORRECT OR EVEN LOOK AT THE CAUSE WITHOUT CUSTOMERS PAYING FOR SERVICE CALL. THIS SEEMS TO BE A CO...
Mileage: 78,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FAILED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION BOTH N...
Mileage: 82,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FAILED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION BOTH N...
Mileage: 82,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V644000 (AIR BAGS) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICL...
Mileage: 119,000
A PASSENGER (6'2" 200 LB.) MAN SAT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND AS RESULT, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT WENT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I FIGURED IT WAS A SENSOR THAT MUST HAVE SNAPPED OR COME LOOSE. I WENT TO CADILLAC DEALER AND THEY CHARGE $140. TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND THEN WANTED ANOTHER $300 TO R...
Mileage: 140,000
ENGINE QUIT WITHOUT ANY WARNING (NOISE, ENGINE WARNING LIGHT) GOING 55MPH DOWN HIGHWAY. ENGINE IS RUINED. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND KEPT IT FOR ALMOST 8 YEARS. I HAD ALL ROUTINE AND RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE DONE BY DEALER. I SOLD THIS TO MY FRIEND WHO THIS HAPPENED TO. I HAVE DETERMINED THIS WAS ...
Mileage: 92,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL BECAME ABNORMALLY DARK, THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO READ THE FUEL LEVEL AND THE KEY COULD NOT BE RELEASED FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED ...
Mileage: 48,392
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL BECAME ABNORMALLY DARK, THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO READ THE FUEL LEVEL AND THE KEY COULD NOT BE RELEASED FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED ...
Mileage: 48,392
VEHICLE STOPPED DETECTING PERSON SITTING IN PASSENGER FRONT SEAT. PASSENGER AIRBAG REMAINS OFF WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER. SERVICE MESSAGE APPEARS ON DASH STATING TO SERVICE AIRBAG. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD CAUSE THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG TO NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS A RECALL ON 2...
Mileage: 90,000
VEHICLE STOPPED DETECTING PERSON SITTING IN PASSENGER FRONT SEAT. PASSENGER AIRBAG REMAINS OFF WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER. SERVICE MESSAGE APPEARS ON DASH STATING TO SERVICE AIRBAG. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD CAUSE THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG TO NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS A RECALL ON 2...
Mileage: 90,000
IN NOVEMBER 2011 I COULD NOT TAKE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION OF MY CAR.THEN IN 2012 THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON ABOUT THE SAME MONTH, COSTING ME A LITTLE UNDER $900.00 BOTH TIMES.THE PROBLEM MENTION WAS STATED INTERNAL FAILURE OF ENGINE CONTROL MODULE.THE MODULE COMPUTER CHIP, WENT OUT BOTH TIMES. ...
Mileage: 92,117
IN NOVEMBER 2011 I COULD NOT TAKE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION OF MY CAR.THEN IN 2012 THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON ABOUT THE SAME MONTH, COSTING ME A LITTLE UNDER $900.00 BOTH TIMES.THE PROBLEM MENTION WAS STATED INTERNAL FAILURE OF ENGINE CONTROL MODULE.THE MODULE COMPUTER CHIP, WENT OUT BOTH TIMES. ...
Mileage: 92,117
IN NOVEMBER 2011 I COULD NOT TAKE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION OF MY CAR.THEN IN 2012 THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON ABOUT THE SAME MONTH, COSTING ME A LITTLE UNDER $900.00 BOTH TIMES.THE PROBLEM MENTION WAS STATED INTERNAL FAILURE OF ENGINE CONTROL MODULE.THE MODULE COMPUTER CHIP, WENT OUT BOTH TIMES. ...
Mileage: 92,117
I WAS HIT FRONT END NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO REACT. 110 MPH IMPACT. ENGINE TRANSMISSION BRACKETS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SHEAR OFF TO KEEP ENGINE FROM GOING INTO DRIVER COMPARTMENT DID NOT . EVERYTHING CAME FORWARD CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, HORRIBLE INJURIES. *TR
Mileage: 55
I WAS HIT FRONT END NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO REACT. 110 MPH IMPACT. ENGINE TRANSMISSION BRACKETS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SHEAR OFF TO KEEP ENGINE FROM GOING INTO DRIVER COMPARTMENT DID NOT . EVERYTHING CAME FORWARD CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, HORRIBLE INJURIES. *TR
Mileage: 55
I WAS HIT FRONT END NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO REACT. 110 MPH IMPACT. ENGINE TRANSMISSION BRACKETS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SHEAR OFF TO KEEP ENGINE FROM GOING INTO DRIVER COMPARTMENT DID NOT . EVERYTHING CAME FORWARD CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, HORRIBLE INJURIES. *TR
Mileage: 55
THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT WORK. I PRESS IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WILL ROLL STILL. IT SEEMS THERE IS NO EMERGENCY BRAKE AT ALL. *TR
Mileage: 98,137
INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE, DURING SHARP RIGHT TURNS AT SLOW SPEEDS. MOST TIMES AS YOU PULL INTO A PARKING SPOT. STARTED AS A RUMBLE AND BUMPING STOP WHEN PULLING INTO PARKING SPOT, NOT LONG AFTER BUYING THE CAR, THOUGHT IT WAS JUST HOW ABS WORK?? OVER THE PAST 7 YEARS THIS HAS PROGRESSED TO WHERE...
Mileage: 15,000
I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE HAD HIT US FROM BEHIND EXCEPT THERE WAS NO ONE THERE. I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK END OF CAR AND IT SMELLED LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND STOPPED MY VEHICLE. AFTER STOPPING THE CAR IT I COULD NO LONGER GET IT...
Mileage: 121,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED INTO A PARKING LOT AND THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO...
Mileage: 61,998
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE SYSTEM ERRONEOUSLY ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT NO CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE HAD...
Mileage: 58,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH FRONT BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLIES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF ...
Mileage: 140,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH FRONT BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLIES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF ...
Mileage: 140,000
A FEW WEEKS AFTER MY LATEST OIL CHANGE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN SEMI CROWDED CONDITIONS WHEN THE CAR STARTED BUCKING. THE CAR SLOWED AND I HAD TO AVOID TRAFFIC AND ALMOST WAS HIT AS THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND, WAS SCARED TO DEATH. I THOUGHT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE BUT WHEN I CALLED THE ME...
Mileage: 68,751
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH AND A "SERVICE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM" MESSAGE CAME ON THE RADIO. THE ENTIRE DASH QUIT WORKING, RADIO WENT OFF, POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AND I WAS DRIVING WITHOUT KNOWING HOW FAST I WAS GOING OR WHAT WAS GOING ON. AFTER I GOT THE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED HOWEVER, THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ENGINE. THE MANUF...
Mileage: 59,000
WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT WITH THE WHEELS TURNED SHARPLY, THE BRAKING BECAME ROUGH AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS WAS THE 5TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. EACH TIME IT OCCURS AT LOW SPEED WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED SHARPLY. BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHTS ...
Mileage: 84,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V6...
Mileage: 120,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAI...
Mileage: 135,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FORWARD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS...
Mileage: 120,000
4/12/2010 - I WAS SLOWING DOWN PREPARING TO TURN INTO MY DEVELOPMENT WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER RAN A STOP SIGN. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT SEE MY CAR, BUT SAW THE ONCOMING CARS AND THE CARS BEHIND ME SO SHE DIDN'T PREPARE TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. SHE W...
Mileage: 71,000
4/12/2010 - I WAS SLOWING DOWN PREPARING TO TURN INTO MY DEVELOPMENT WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER RAN A STOP SIGN. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT SEE MY CAR, BUT SAW THE ONCOMING CARS AND THE CARS BEHIND ME SO SHE DIDN'T PREPARE TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. SHE W...
Mileage: 71,000
4/12/2010 - I WAS SLOWING DOWN PREPARING TO TURN INTO MY DEVELOPMENT WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER RAN A STOP SIGN. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT SEE MY CAR, BUT SAW THE ONCOMING CARS AND THE CARS BEHIND ME SO SHE DIDN'T PREPARE TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. SHE W...
Mileage: 71,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SIDE HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGES TO THE DOOR AND WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. A POLICE REPORT...
Mileage: 71,080
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SIDE HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGES TO THE DOOR AND WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. A POLICE REPORT...
Mileage: 71,080
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED TO THE RIGHT AND NEARLY CAUSED A CRASH. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF POSSIB...
Mileage: 73,000
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, MY PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND UNMODIFIED 2005 CADILLAC CTS CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE DRIVE TRAIN AND FUEL TANK WITH THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK SECONDS AWAY FROM BEING TOTALLY BREACHED BY FLAMES AND LIKELY SIGNIFI...
Mileage: 112,000
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, MY PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND UNMODIFIED 2005 CADILLAC CTS CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE DRIVE TRAIN AND FUEL TANK WITH THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK SECONDS AWAY FROM BEING TOTALLY BREACHED BY FLAMES AND LIKELY SIGNIFI...
Mileage: 112,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS FOUND ON THE WIRES UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE WIRES HAD A SHORT CIRCUIT AND FAILED TO RECOGNIZE WHEN A PASSENGER WAS SEATED....
Mileage: 25,273
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS FOUND ON THE WIRES UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE WIRES HAD A SHORT CIRCUIT AND FAILED TO RECOGNIZE WHEN A PASSENGER WAS SEATED....
Mileage: 25,273
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS CAUSING A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECAL...
Mileage: 71,200
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED OIL AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF TWENTY QUARTS PER MONTH. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL WAS LEAKING FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE AND THE CONTACT COULD NOT VISIBLY LOCATE A LEAK. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND ADV...
Mileage: 62,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH AND CRASHED INTO SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS/HER LEGS. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ...
Mileage: 62,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE S...
Mileage: 70,000
THIS CAR HAS HAD SEVERAL ISSUES THE NEWEST BEING IT STARTED USING EXCESSIVE OIL JUST AFTER THE MAIN COMPUTER WAS REPLACED. THIS CAR HAS HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE AT THE PROPER TIMES AND NEVER USED A DROP OF OIL. WHEN IT STARTED USING OIL IT USED FIVE LITERS OF OIL IN JUST 24 DAYS OR 2000 MILES. IT CON...
Mileage: 75,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED AND SHUT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, HE SMELLED AN UNUSUAL CHEMICAL ODOR WITHIN THE VEHICLE. ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL ASSISTED WITH ...
Mileage: 70,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN A LOUD RUMBLING WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH ...
Mileage: 73,075
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN A LOUD RUMBLING WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH ...
Mileage: 73,075
I WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS HEAD ON COLLISION WITH AN ONCOMING CAR. MY CAR WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING ME TO GET 10 STITCHES, A FRACTURED NOSE, NECK, BACK, CHEST AND ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE AIR BAGS WERE SERVICED LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AT THE SPECIFIC BRAND CAR DEALER BUT THIS DI...
Mileage: 116,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR AXLE PINION SEAL LEAKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THAT IT WOULD COST $315 TO BE REPAIRED. NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V589000, POWER TRAIN: AXLE ASSEMBLY: AXLE...
Mileage: 62,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE PASSENGER SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH A REPROGRAMMING. THE VEHI...
Mileage: 51,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE PASSENGER SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH A REPROGRAMMING. THE VEHI...
Mileage: 51,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE TRUNK LID CLOSED ON ITS OWN WHEN THE CONTACT WAS STANDING UNDERNEATH IT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT HIT HER SEVERELY ON THE HEAD AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. SHE BEGAN EXPERIENCING FORGETFULNESS AND DEPRESSION AFTER THE INCIDENT. S...
Mileage: 69,000
MY "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT CAME ON RECENTLY AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WOULD DETECT A PERSON IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I WENT ONLINE TO DISCOVER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2005 CADILLAC CTS MODELS. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO THE GM DEALERSHIP THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY C...
Mileage: 68,000
IN JANUARY I HEARD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2005 CADILLAC CTS FOR A POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SENSOR. IN LATE FEBRUARY WHILE ON VACATION, THE AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON EVERY TIME I STARTED MY CAR. I THEN NOTICED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG ON/OFF MESSAGE ON THE REAR VIEW MIRROR...
Mileage: 33,105
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS A PASSENGER EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V644000 (A...
Mileage: 85,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE STATING THE AIR BAG WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V644000, (AIR BAGS: FRONTAL: SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE) AND STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED...
Mileage: 59,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL CLUNKING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE PINION BUSHING FOR THE REAR AXLE WOULD NEED TO B...
Mileage: 115,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR FAILED AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE WOULD NEED REPLA...
Mileage: 127,000
THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT CAME ON. BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 2/26/2010. THE SAID THE SEAT WEIGHT SENSING MODULE WAS BAD AND OFFERED TO REPAIR IT AT ABOUT $611.00. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY OR RECALL. I CALLED CADILLAC CUSTOMER SERVICE ON 2/22/2011 AFTER DISCOVERING RE...
Mileage: 99,800
THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT CAME ON. BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 2/26/2010. THE SAID THE SEAT WEIGHT SENSING MODULE WAS BAD AND OFFERED TO REPAIR IT AT ABOUT $611.00. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY OR RECALL. I CALLED CADILLAC CUSTOMER SERVICE ON 2/22/2011 AFTER DISCOVERING RE...
Mileage: 99,800
I HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE 2005 CADILLAC CTS REGARDING THE AIR BAG PASSENGER SENSING SYSTEM AND SO I CALLED AND WAS TOLD MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. BUT AS I EXPLAINED TO THEM, I REPLACED THAT EXACT ITEM IN NOVEMBER OF 2009. MY VIN NUMBER IS [XXX] AND I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE REIMBU...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR AN UNRELATED ISSUE WHEN HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION SEAL WAS LEAKING. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION SEALS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT LOCATED A RECALL IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURE UN...
Mileage: 89,000
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS WITH 67,000 MILES. SINCE ABOUT 65,000 MILES CAR HAS BEEN MAKING A RATTLING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD DURING ACCELERATION. I HAVE GIVEN THE CAR A TUNE UP, OIL CHANGE AND THE CAR HAS OTHER FLUIDS ARE AT LEVEL. ONCE MY CAR HAS ACCELERATED AND THE GEARS HAVE CHANGED (I.E, SECOND GE...
Mileage: 63,000
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS WITH 67,000 MILES. SINCE ABOUT 65,000 MILES CAR HAS BEEN MAKING A RATTLING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD DURING ACCELERATION. I HAVE GIVEN THE CAR A TUNE UP, OIL CHANGE AND THE CAR HAS OTHER FLUIDS ARE AT LEVEL. ONCE MY CAR HAS ACCELERATED AND THE GEARS HAVE CHANGED (I.E, SECOND GE...
Mileage: 63,000
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS WITH 67,000 MILES. SINCE ABOUT 65,000 MILES CAR HAS BEEN MAKING A RATTLING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD DURING ACCELERATION. I HAVE GIVEN THE CAR A TUNE UP, OIL CHANGE AND THE CAR HAS OTHER FLUIDS ARE AT LEVEL. ONCE MY CAR HAS ACCELERATED AND THE GEARS HAVE CHANGED (I.E, SECOND GE...
Mileage: 63,000
2005 CADILLAC CTS-V REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHINE. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ON MY CADILLAC CTS-V WENT OUT. METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND IN THE DIFF FLUID. I TOOK THE CTS-V INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET A WARRANTY REPAIR DONE. *TR
Mileage: 32,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG SERVICE WARNING AND FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE AIR BAG SERVICE SWITCH WAS ENGAGED THE ILLUMINATION WOULD STOP ALTHOUGH THE FRONT AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED I...
Mileage: 73,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND MAKING A TURN, HE WOULD NOTICE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE NOISE WAS DUE TO A LEAK IN THE SEAL LOCATED IN THE DI...
Mileage: 65,000
THE BRAKES WILL SLIP WHEN APPLIED. IT SEEMS IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN GOING A LOW RATE OF SPEED. IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR I HAD RECALL ON BAKES FIXED. I THOUGHT THAT HAD FIXED PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY THE BRAKES STARTED SLIPPING AGAIN YESTERDAY (DEC. 29, 2010). I HAVE HAD BRAKES CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES IN TH...
Mileage: 30,000
MY US NAVY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR BY A NEGLIGENT DRIVER. THE CRASH WAS SO SEVERE, HE WAS FORCED INTO 3 MORE CARS-TOTALING MY CAR. ALL SAFETY FEATURES FAILED - INCLUDING ALL AIRBAGS AND THE SEAT BELT. MY SON WAS SPARED, BUT HE DID SUFFER INJURIES. I HA...
Mileage: 110,000
MY US NAVY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR BY A NEGLIGENT DRIVER. THE CRASH WAS SO SEVERE, HE WAS FORCED INTO 3 MORE CARS-TOTALING MY CAR. ALL SAFETY FEATURES FAILED - INCLUDING ALL AIRBAGS AND THE SEAT BELT. MY SON WAS SPARED, BUT HE DID SUFFER INJURIES. I HA...
Mileage: 110,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT WAS SITTING IDLE AT A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO HIS REAR. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS PUSHED INTO THREE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE CONTACT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED WHEN H...
Mileage: 112,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT WAS SITTING IDLE AT A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO HIS REAR. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS PUSHED INTO THREE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE CONTACT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED WHEN H...
Mileage: 112,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS OUT OF LUBRICANT. HE STATED THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS ALSO LEAKING OIL. HE REFERENCE RECALL 07V589000, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL AND WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFAC...
Mileage: 52,800
MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS JUST HIT 63,000 MILES STARTED TO HEAR A CHATTER UNDER THE HOOD WENT TO GO GET A DIAGNOSIS AND SAID TIMING CHAIN AND CRANKSHAFT BALANCER NEED TO BE REPLACED. ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE AIRBAG BAG SENSOR WENT BAD CAUSING THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO KEEP POPPING UP ON DISPLAY AND NOW NEEDS REPLA...
Mileage: 63,200
MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS JUST HIT 63,000 MILES STARTED TO HEAR A CHATTER UNDER THE HOOD WENT TO GO GET A DIAGNOSIS AND SAID TIMING CHAIN AND CRANKSHAFT BALANCER NEED TO BE REPLACED. ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE AIRBAG BAG SENSOR WENT BAD CAUSING THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO KEEP POPPING UP ON DISPLAY AND NOW NEEDS REPLA...
Mileage: 63,200
CADILLAC 2005 CTS / WHEN IN A SHARP TURN WILL NOT STOP SLIDES INTO WHAT EVER WILL STOP THE CAR- SEEMS LIKE FRONT BRAKES BECOME DISCONNECTED, ITS GOING TO KILL ME SOON IF I CAN'T STOP MAKING A TURN. *TR
Mileage: 50,000
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES FROM HIGHWAY SPEED, BOTH FRONT BRAKE HOSES RUPTURED. BRAKE FLUID WAS LOST AND BRAKING WAS OBVIOUSLY DIMINISHED A GREAT DEAL. *TR
Mileage: 53,000
2005 CADILLAC CTS- WHILE TRAVELING @35 MPH WAS STRUCK ON DRIVERS SIDE DOOR BY CHEVROLET 2500 SERIES TRUCK. CTS WAS PUSHED SIDEWAYS TOWARD CURB WHERE IT TURNED ON ITS SIDE, NO AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED, RESULTING IN HEAD INJURIES, LACERATIONS AND TRAUMA. *TR
Mileage: 45,000
THIS COMPLAINT IS PERTAINING TO THE 2005 CADILLAC CTS 3.6L V6. THE PROBLEM PERTAINS TO THE TIMING CHAIN FAILURE OF SAID CAR AT AROUND 80,000 MILES. HAVING DONE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I HAVE COME ACROSS MANY OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS SPANNING THE 2004-2007 MODEL YEARS, WITH COMMON FAILURE...
Mileage: 80,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, ALL OF THE SAFETY LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED BACK ON IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT SHE NEEDED TO BRING I...
Mileage: 4,100
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE REAR PINION SEAL WAS LEAKING AND WAS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE MECHANIC ADVISED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER IMMEDIATELY. THE DEALER VERIFIED THAT THE PINION SEAL WOULD NEED TO BE...
Mileage: 80,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE REVERSING AT A SPEED OF 3-4 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE LIGHT COMPONENT WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MECHANIC ALSO REPLACED ANOTHER...
Mileage: 57,068
MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS APPEARS TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER-ASSISTED STEERING. THE CAR PULLS TO THE RIGHT, AND IS DIFFICULT TO STEER TOWARD THE RIGHT. ALSO, ONCE TURNED BY MANUAL FORCE, THE WHEEL SOMETIMES DOES NOT SPIN BACK INTO PROPER POSITION. THIS MAKES TURNING IN TIGHT PLACES AND PARKING E...
Mileage: 72,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT THE DEALER, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR AXLE PINION SEAL WAS LEAKING AND THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT INQUIRED WITH THE MANUFACTURER IN RELATION TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUM...
Mileage: 70,000
2005 CADILLAC CTS. LETTER SENT FROM AN ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE CONSUMERS IN REFERENCE TO AN ACCIDENT RELATING TO A POTENTIAL DEFECT IN VEHICLE *TGW WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE. WHEN THE CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD HE SUFFERED SERIOUS BURNS WHICH LEFT HIM PERMANENTLY DISFIGURED. THE VEH...
2005 CADILLAC CTS. LETTER SENT FROM AN ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE CONSUMERS IN REFERENCE TO AN ACCIDENT RELATING TO A POTENTIAL DEFECT IN VEHICLE *TGW WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE. WHEN THE CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD HE SUFFERED SERIOUS BURNS WHICH LEFT HIM PERMANENTLY DISFIGURED. THE VEH...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 20 MPH ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO A VEHICLE AHEAD OF HIM. ONE INJURY WAS REPORTED AT THE SCENE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED ACCORDINGLY. THE VEHICLE WAS ...
Mileage: 70,000
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING AND I LOST COMPLETE BRAKE PRESSURE IN MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS. I WAS ABLE TO STOP JUST BEFORE I REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BY CONTINUING TO PUSH DOWN HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I TRIED TO PUMP THE BRAKES AND THE PRESSURE WOULD NOT COME BACK. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK...
Mileage: 53,335
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE AIR BAG SENSOR MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT PRIOR TO REPAIRS, IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN INV...
Mileage: 59,844
LESS THAN A YEAR AGO WE PURCHASED OUR 2005 CADILLAC CTS FROM CADILLAC OF TURNERSVILLE, NJ. I JUST RECENTLY NOTICED A SHIMMY WHILE DRIVING AND DECIDED TO INSPECT THE TIRES AND FOUND THAT BOTH FRONT TIRES HAVE A LARGE BUBBLE IN THE OUTER SIDEWALL. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR / EAGLE RS-A P225/55R16 94H. I ...
Mileage: 50,000
REAR DIFFERENTIAL OF MY CADILLAC CTS-V HAS BEGUN TO WHINE AT 70,000 MILES, DEALER SAYS THE ONLY OPTION TO FIX IT IS TO REPLACE. *TR
Mileage: 70,000
REAR DIFFERENTIAL OF MY CADILLAC CTS-V HAS BEGUN TO WHINE AT 70,000 MILES, DEALER SAYS THE ONLY OPTION TO FIX IT IS TO REPLACE. *TR
Mileage: 70,000
DEFECTIVE REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION BUSHING RESULTING IN A AUDIBLE "CLUNK" WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET OFFERS A REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION BRACE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE POOR GM DESIGN. *TR
Mileage: 55,704
I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR ON DECEMBER 18TH, 2009 FROM A SMALL DEALER. IT SNOWED OVER THE WEEKEND IN DELAWARE. I HAVE BEEN NOTICING A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR AXLES AS I WOULD TRY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SNOW. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE REAR IS HOPPING UP AND DOWN RADICALLY. THIS IS HAPPENING FROM THE...
Mileage: 65,110
WHILE TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED ON A WET ROAD, THE DRIVER HAD DIFFICULTY SHIFTING GEARS. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND LUNGED HARD TO THE RIGHT (THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT OR CONTROL). FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED TO A HIGH SPEED AND CRASHED INTO TWO TREES. THE ...
WHILE TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED ON A WET ROAD, THE DRIVER HAD DIFFICULTY SHIFTING GEARS. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND LUNGED HARD TO THE RIGHT (THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT OR CONTROL). FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED TO A HIGH SPEED AND CRASHED INTO TWO TREES. THE ...
REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT PROVOCATION ON 2005 CADILLAC CTS. DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY SERVICES AND DID NOT INVESTIGATE. *TR
Mileage: 40,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE LEFT AND THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER THE TECHNICIANS COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, THEREFORE THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE CUR...
Mileage: 90,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON ROUTINE INSPECTION, A TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE REAR AXLE PINION SEAL WAS LEAKING. A REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE MAY CAUSE LOSS OF MOTOR POWER AND CONTROL WHICH COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FA...
Mileage: 82,000
I OWN A 2005 CADILLAC CTS WITH A 3.7 LITER ENGINE, AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I AM THE SECOND OWNER, AND PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WHEN IT HAD 55,978 MILES ON IT. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR LESS THEN 2 YEARS, IT DEVELOPED A NOISE COMING FROM THE BACK (REAR END). I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY LOCAL CADILLAC D...
Mileage: 80,000
I OWN A 2005 CADILLAC CTS WITH A 3.7 LITER ENGINE, AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I AM THE SECOND OWNER, AND PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WHEN IT HAD 55,978 MILES ON IT. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR LESS THEN 2 YEARS, IT DEVELOPED A NOISE COMING FROM THE BACK (REAR END). I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY LOCAL CADILLAC D...
Mileage: 80,000
I HAVE AN REAR DIFFERENTIAL LEAK ON MY 2005 CTS CADILLAC AND THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT MY CADILLAC DO NOT FALL UNDER THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V589000 OR 06V020000. I HAVE THAT LEAK AT THE MOMENT AND THE CADILLAC'S TRYING TO CHARGE FOR THIS RECALL. *TR
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS AND HAVE TAKEN INTO THE CADILLAC DEALERSHIP FOR REAR END LOSS OF CONTROL AND BOUNCING OF REAR END. I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL ON SOME TYPE OF REAR END ISSUES. I AM TIRED OF ARGUING WITH THE ED MORSE DEALERSHIP IN TAMPA,FL ABOUT THE RECALL AND DEFECT WITH THE CAR. PLEASE...
Mileage: 19,000
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS AND HAVE TAKEN INTO THE CADILLAC DEALERSHIP FOR REAR END LOSS OF CONTROL AND BOUNCING OF REAR END. I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL ON SOME TYPE OF REAR END ISSUES. I AM TIRED OF ARGUING WITH THE ED MORSE DEALERSHIP IN TAMPA,FL ABOUT THE RECALL AND DEFECT WITH THE CAR. PLEASE...
Mileage: 19,000
WHENEVER IT GETS COLD AND/OR SNOWS, THE LEFT REAR DOOR OF MY CAR OPENS WITHOUT WARNING, THEN WILL NOT REMAIN CLOSED. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME I RETURNED TO CADILLAC, IT CLOSED WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, THE SECOND TIME MY SON WAS AB...
Mileage: 3,500
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS WHICH WAS PURCHASED IN 2004. HE HEARD A SLIGHT GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE FOR EIGHT MONTHS. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, HE HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKING SYSTEM. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION HE ...
Mileage: 24,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT PERIODICALLY NOTICED OIL ON THE FLOOR OF HIS GARAGE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR HIS VEHICLE, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V589000 (POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL). ONCE HE ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, THE CONTACT WAS INFOR...
Mileage: 70,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT NOTICED A LEAK ON HIS GARAGE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HE STATED THAT THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM THE REAR PINION SEAL AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THAT ...
Mileage: 58,000
ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION 2005 CADI CTS. BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 75K MILES. 3 MONTHS LATER AND 3800 MILES.. NO OIL, NO OIL LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE DAMAGED. DEALER BLOOSOM CHEVROLET SAID ENGINE REPLACEMENT WAS ALL ON ME. THEN LATER CAME BACK AND SAID DGM WAS PAYING 1/3 AND THE DEALERSHIP WOULD PAY 1/3 AN...
Mileage: 75,500
I OWN A 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V I CURRENTLY HAVE 33K MILES ON MY VEHICLE I HAVE SUFFERED THROUGH THREE CATASTROPHIC REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURES, THE HALF SHAFT WAS ALSO COMPLETELY SEVERED FROM THE HUB, POSSIBLE DUE TO A REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE AND MAIN BOLT FAILURE FROM A PRIOR REPAIR TO REAR DIFF 300...
Mileage: 33,400
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED EVENTUALLY, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THE ECM WAS REPLACED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN HOUR...
Mileage: 31,152
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED EVENTUALLY, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THE ECM WAS REPLACED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN HOUR...
Mileage: 31,152
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED EVENTUALLY, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THE ECM WAS REPLACED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN HOUR...
Mileage: 31,152
I AM THE 2ND OWNER MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP IS CALLING MY PROBLEM "CATASTROPHIC FAILURE DUE TO CUSTOMER ABUSE". I OWN A 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V. MY ISSUE WAS ABOUT 10 OR 11 DAYS AGO. I LEFT WORK HEADED HOME AND ON THE ONRAMP TO HIGHWAY 240 IN ASHEVILLE, NC I HIT THIRD GEAR GOING ABOUT 45 OR 55 MPH AND MY REA...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ECM (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) FAILED THREE TIMES. TWO OF THOSE TIMES, THE DEALER PERFORMED REPAIRS. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE TIRE FLATTENED. CADILLAC REFUSED TO COME OUT AND MAKE THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ...
Mileage: 3,615
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ECM (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) FAILED THREE TIMES. TWO OF THOSE TIMES, THE DEALER PERFORMED REPAIRS. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE TIRE FLATTENED. CADILLAC REFUSED TO COME OUT AND MAKE THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ...
Mileage: 3,615
BAD WHEEL HOP UNDER LIGHT LOADS DEALERSHIP REPLACED SOME PARTS BUT DID NOT HELP. *TR
Mileage: 29,000
AT 50MPH REAR DIFFERENTIAL LET LOOSE ON MY 2005 CTS CADILLAC. LOST CONTROL SPUN, HIT CURB AND MEDIAN. HAD TO BE TOWED OUT. WHEELS LOCKED. COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC HAD I WENT INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. *TR
Mileage: 26,700
I WAS DRIVING ACROSS AN INTERSECTION AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION THERE WAS A SMALL DIP I SHIFTED INTO SECOND AS I WAS EXITING THE INTERSECTION AND WENT THROUGH THE DIP AND ACCELERATED OUT OF IT I HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT WITH THE MOMEN...
Mileage: 36,500
2005 CADILLAC CTS V WITH 38,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CALIFORNIA FREEWAY THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP. WE MANAGED TO PULL VEHICLE OFF ROAD. CAR WAS TOWED TO CADILLAC DEALERSHIP WHERE REAR DIFFERENTIAL BREAKDOWN WAS CONFIRMED. DEALERSHIP HAS DECLINED COVERING PART UNDER WARRANTY AS THEY SAY ...
Mileage: 38,000
MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V HAS BEEN SENT TO THE CADILLAC DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES CONCERNING REAR DIFFERENTIAL NOISE AND CLUNKING. AFTER CADILLAC CLAIMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED BY REPLACING THE DRIVE SHAFT, ON THE SAME NIGHT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL BLEW UP UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION. THE CAR WAS ...
Mileage: 43,000
REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE OF 2005 CADILLAC CTS. *JB I HAVE A 2005 CTS AND EXPERIENCED CLUNKING WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES WITH COMPLAINT OF CLUNKING NOISE. ALL TIMES THE CAR WAS RETURNED AND SAID TO BE IN PROPER OPERABLE ORDER. I FINALLY DECIDED TO CONTACT CADIL...
Mileage: 1,500
THE CAR BEING REPORTED ABOUT WAS MY CAR, WAS THREE MONTHS AND A CADILLAC CTS. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX. 25 MILES PER HR. THE CAR STEERING FAILED, PULLED TO THE RIGHT, COULDN'T BE STOPPED NOR STEERED AND CRASHED INTO THREE TREES AND FINALLY CAME TO A STOP IN THE INTERSECTION OF ANOTHER STREET. THE ...
THE CAR BEING REPORTED ABOUT WAS MY CAR, WAS THREE MONTHS AND A CADILLAC CTS. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX. 25 MILES PER HR. THE CAR STEERING FAILED, PULLED TO THE RIGHT, COULDN'T BE STOPPED NOR STEERED AND CRASHED INTO THREE TREES AND FINALLY CAME TO A STOP IN THE INTERSECTION OF ANOTHER STREET. THE ...
(1) DRIVING CAR FROM WET GRAVEL INCLINE UP ONTO PAVEMENT. (2) LOUD NOISE FROM REAR, CAR BEGAN TO ROLL BACK DOWN HILL. WOULD NOT MOVE FURTHER. (3) TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVESHAFT DAMAGED. DEALER REFUSED TO FIX UNDER WARRANTY. ONLY OWNED CAR 2 WEEKS & BOUGHT EXTENDED WARRANTY. ...
Mileage: 31,000
(1) DRIVING CAR FROM WET GRAVEL INCLINE UP ONTO PAVEMENT. (2) LOUD NOISE FROM REAR, CAR BEGAN TO ROLL BACK DOWN HILL. WOULD NOT MOVE FURTHER. (3) TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVESHAFT DAMAGED. DEALER REFUSED TO FIX UNDER WARRANTY. ONLY OWNED CAR 2 WEEKS & BOUGHT EXTENDED WARRANTY. ...
Mileage: 31,000
I HAVE HAD 3 REAR DIFFERENTIALS REPLACED IN THE TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP FOR MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V. THEY WERE EVALUATED BY MY DEALERSHIP TO BE FAULTY AND WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. CURRENTLY, MY 4TH DIFFERENTIAL IS NOT GIVING ME A PROBLEM BUT I AM CONFIDENT IT IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF TIME. *JB
Mileage: 4,000
- DEGRADATION OF THE REAR CARRIER ASSEMBLY (E.E. REAR DIFFERENTIAL). - REPLACEMENT OF REAR CARRIER ASSEMBLY 3 TIMES (ON 4TH DIFFERENTIAL BY 45K MILES) - NO CATASTROPHIC FAILURES, BUT ON ALL OCCASIONS CARRIER ASSEMBLY BECAME SO NOISY THAT IT COULD BE HEARD WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN AT SPEED WITH THE R...
Mileage: 16,000
MULTIPLE SERVICE VISITS WITH COMPLAINTS RE BRAKES NOT WORKING FULLY, FUEL GAUGE WAS ALWAYS INCORRECT, PASSENGER AIR BAG NOT WORKING. AIR BAG SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS REGARDING FUEL GAUGE AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR, WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM FOU...
Mileage: 27,000
MULTIPLE SERVICE VISITS WITH COMPLAINTS RE BRAKES NOT WORKING FULLY, FUEL GAUGE WAS ALWAYS INCORRECT, PASSENGER AIR BAG NOT WORKING. AIR BAG SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS REGARDING FUEL GAUGE AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR, WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM FOU...
Mileage: 27,000
MULTIPLE SERVICE VISITS WITH COMPLAINTS RE BRAKES NOT WORKING FULLY, FUEL GAUGE WAS ALWAYS INCORRECT, PASSENGER AIR BAG NOT WORKING. AIR BAG SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS REGARDING FUEL GAUGE AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR, WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM FOU...
Mileage: 27,000
MULTIPLE SERVICE VISITS WITH COMPLAINTS RE BRAKES NOT WORKING FULLY, FUEL GAUGE WAS ALWAYS INCORRECT, PASSENGER AIR BAG NOT WORKING. AIR BAG SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS REGARDING FUEL GAUGE AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR, WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM FOU...
Mileage: 27,000
CAR SHUTTERS WHEN DRIVING UP A GRADE. HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE 4 TIMES THIS MONTH AND STILL NOT FIXED. *TR
CUSTOMER PURCHASED A CADILLAC WITH RUNFLAT TIRES AND THE TIRES WERE BAD AND CUSTOMER WANTS GOODYEAR TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER SET OF TIRES**CC THE CONSUMER HAD RUN FLAT TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE. *TR
Mileage: 18,300
I LEASED A 2005 CADILLAC CTS IN JULY OF 2005 FOR A 3 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT. SINCE I HAVE HAD THE CAR IT HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP 5+ TIMES FOR ISSUES. BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED, RECALL ON THE FUEL GAUGE, DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE PLASTIC PEELED AND WAS REPLACED, RADIO REPLACED DUE TO RADIO BUTTONS PEELI...
Mileage: 9,000
I LEASED A 2005 CADILLAC CTS IN JULY OF 2005 FOR A 3 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT. SINCE I HAVE HAD THE CAR IT HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP 5+ TIMES FOR ISSUES. BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED, RECALL ON THE FUEL GAUGE, DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE PLASTIC PEELED AND WAS REPLACED, RADIO REPLACED DUE TO RADIO BUTTONS PEELI...
Mileage: 9,000
I LEASED A 2005 CADILLAC CTS IN JULY OF 2005 FOR A 3 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT. SINCE I HAVE HAD THE CAR IT HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP 5+ TIMES FOR ISSUES. BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED, RECALL ON THE FUEL GAUGE, DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE PLASTIC PEELED AND WAS REPLACED, RADIO REPLACED DUE TO RADIO BUTTONS PEELI...
Mileage: 9,000
I OWN A 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V. I MADE A HIGH-SPEED RIGHT-HAND EXIT FROM THE FREEWAY, THEN HAD TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT LANE OF THE TWO-LANE EXIT RAMP WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY SLOWED. THE CADILLAC DRIFTED LEFT AND HIT THE CURB. REAR WHEELS HIT JUST BEFORE THE FRONT. THE HIT WAS PRETTY HARD...
Mileage: 19,850
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V MY FIRST ISSUE WAS BACK IN 05/05 8,200 MILES ON CAR WHILE DRIVING CAR WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SHIFT OR CHANGE GEARS THE CAR STALLED AND ROLLED TO A STOP. I CALLED FOR ROAD SERVICE 2 HOURS FROM HOME THEY TOWED CAR TO AN AREA DEALER WHO LATER CALLED TO INFORM ME THE REAR D...
Mileage: 27,000
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V MY FIRST ISSUE WAS BACK IN 05/05 8,200 MILES ON CAR WHILE DRIVING CAR WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SHIFT OR CHANGE GEARS THE CAR STALLED AND ROLLED TO A STOP. I CALLED FOR ROAD SERVICE 2 HOURS FROM HOME THEY TOWED CAR TO AN AREA DEALER WHO LATER CALLED TO INFORM ME THE REAR D...
Mileage: 27,000
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V MY FIRST ISSUE WAS BACK IN 05/05 8,200 MILES ON CAR WHILE DRIVING CAR WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SHIFT OR CHANGE GEARS THE CAR STALLED AND ROLLED TO A STOP. I CALLED FOR ROAD SERVICE 2 HOURS FROM HOME THEY TOWED CAR TO AN AREA DEALER WHO LATER CALLED TO INFORM ME THE REAR D...
Mileage: 27,000
I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NEW HEADLIGHTS ON THE LATEST MODEL CARS, THEY MAY BE NICE FOR THE DRIVER OF THE AUTO BUT, THE GLARE AND NON-DIMMING TO THE ONCOMING DRIVER, I FEEL IS A DEFINITE HAZARD TO THE ONCOMING DRIVER. I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE "FOG LIGHTS" THAT MANY CARS HAVE, IF THEY ...
I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NEW HEADLIGHTS ON THE LATEST MODEL CARS, THEY MAY BE NICE FOR THE DRIVER OF THE AUTO BUT, THE GLARE AND NON-DIMMING TO THE ONCOMING DRIVER, I FEEL IS A DEFINITE HAZARD TO THE ONCOMING DRIVER. I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE "FOG LIGHTS" THAT MANY CARS HAVE, IF THEY ...
PURCHASED MY NEW 2005 CTS IN JAN. 2005. WONDERFUL CAR. WINE BEGAN IN THE REAR END OF THE CAR ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PINION GEAR, SEALS ETC . NOISE PERSISTED. HAD THE DEALER CHECK FOR THE NOISE AGAIN ABOUT MAY .'05 , THEY COULD NOT HEAR ANY NOISE. IT CONTINUES TO GET LOUDER ESPEC...
Mileage: 1,000
2005 CTS V . . . NOTICED HOWLING WHINING NOISE COMING FROM REAR END. CADILLAC HAS REPLACED TWO REAR DIFFERENTIALS IN MY CAR AND ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE WHINING NOISE THREE OTHER TIME AND I STILL HAVE THE NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END. MY CAR ONLY HAS 12,000 MILES AND NEEDS A THIRD REAR DIFFERENTIAL.
THE DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY IN MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V WAS WHINING AFTER ONLY 5,000 MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NM
Mileage: 5,400
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A REFLECTION OF THE SUN ON THE WINDSHIELD FROM THE DASHBOARD. THIS ONLY OCCURRED WHILE FACING THE SUN DIRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO RECOMMENDED THAT THE MANUFACTURER BE CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT N...
Mileage: 15,586
SEVERAL REAR END DIFFERENTIAL FAILURES. 1 AT 4000 MILES, THE SECOND AT 8000 MILES. AND THE THIRD IS LOUD AND MAKES NOISES FROM THE DAY I GOT IT BACK. GM TRIED TO VOID AND NOT COVER THE REAR END SO I HAD TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER STATE FOR THEM TO FIX IT FOR ME. THEY JUST START OUT QUIET AND THEN GET ...
Mileage: 8,000
SEVERAL REAR END DIFFERENTIAL FAILURES. 1 AT 4000 MILES, THE SECOND AT 8000 MILES. AND THE THIRD IS LOUD AND MAKES NOISES FROM THE DAY I GOT IT BACK. GM TRIED TO VOID AND NOT COVER THE REAR END SO I HAD TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER STATE FOR THEM TO FIX IT FOR ME. THEY JUST START OUT QUIET AND THEN GET ...
Mileage: 8,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK COOLANT LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RADIATOR WAS DAMAGE AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE RADIATOR FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST THREE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY THE DEA...
Mileage: 17,200
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK COOLANT LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RADIATOR WAS DAMAGE AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE RADIATOR FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST THREE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY THE DEA...
Mileage: 17,200
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK COOLANT LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RADIATOR WAS DAMAGE AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE RADIATOR FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST THREE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY THE DEA...
Mileage: 17,200
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK COOLANT LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RADIATOR WAS DAMAGE AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE RADIATOR FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST THREE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY THE DEA...
Mileage: 17,200
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK COOLANT LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RADIATOR WAS DAMAGE AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE RADIATOR FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST THREE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY THE DEA...
Mileage: 17,200
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK COOLANT LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RADIATOR WAS DAMAGE AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE RADIATOR FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST THREE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY THE DEA...
Mileage: 17,200
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK COOLANT LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RADIATOR WAS DAMAGE AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE RADIATOR FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST THREE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY THE DEA...
Mileage: 17,200
CTS-V REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHINNING AT 35-40 MPH GM DID REPLACE IT. I HAD A 2003 CTS AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND SKIDDED ABOUT 20 FEET. GM REPLACED IT 3 TIMES AND FINALLY BOUGHT THE CAR BACK. ONE YEAR LATER WE BOUGHT THE 2005 CTS-V AND ITS DOING THE SAME THING, GM NEEDS...
Mileage: 17,500
CTS-V REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHINNING AT 35-40 MPH GM DID REPLACE IT. I HAD A 2003 CTS AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND SKIDDED ABOUT 20 FEET. GM REPLACED IT 3 TIMES AND FINALLY BOUGHT THE CAR BACK. ONE YEAR LATER WE BOUGHT THE 2005 CTS-V AND ITS DOING THE SAME THING, GM NEEDS...
Mileage: 17,500
DIFFERENTIAL BEGAN WHINING AT 500 MILES. WAS TOLD THE NOISE WAS NORMAL BY THE CADILLAC DEALER. REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AT 7500 MILES WITH THE DEALER INFORMING ME I HAD ABUSED THE CAR. *JB
Mileage: 7,300
REAR END WHINING NOISE (NOW BROKEN), AND CLUTCH/DRIVE TRAIN NOISE. *JB
Mileage: 12,000
REAR END WHINING NOISE (NOW BROKEN), AND CLUTCH/DRIVE TRAIN NOISE. *JB
Mileage: 12,000
REAR END LEAKING AND WINING REPLACED REAR DIFF. *NM
Mileage: 30,909
REAR DIFFERENTIAL MAKES WHINING NOISE WHICH IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. CAR ONLY HAS 4,000 MILES. *JB
Mileage: 3,000
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTSV WITH A FAULTY REAR UNDER-ENGINEERED REAR CARRIER UNIT THAT SUPPORTS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. IT IS LEAKING. CADILLAC HAS REPLACED THESE UNITS WITH THE SAME FAULTY UNDER-ENGINEERED UNITS MANUFACTURED BY GETRAG WITH 2006 UNITS. THIS SOLUTION HAS BEEN NOTHING MORE THAN A BA...
Mileage: 750
1-WHINE IN REAR END BETWEEN 44 AND 47 MPH 2-NOISE GOT LOUDER AS TIME WENT ON (AT 6700 MILES) 3-REAR END WAS REPLACED. *JB
Mileage: 4,500
2005 CTS FUEL GAUGE WENT OUT AND THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN WHICH THE CAR WOULD BARELY RUN. *TS ***NAR*** AFTER FILLING THE TANK, THE GAUGE FAILED TO REGISTER. THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED THREE TIMES. THE #1 COIL WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. *JB
Mileage: 1,740
2005 CTS FUEL GAUGE WENT OUT AND THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN WHICH THE CAR WOULD BARELY RUN. *TS ***NAR*** AFTER FILLING THE TANK, THE GAUGE FAILED TO REGISTER. THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED THREE TIMES. THE #1 COIL WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. *JB
Mileage: 1,740
AUGUST 2005, 4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING CAR, BOTH REAR TIRES WORN OUT FROM THE INSIDE OUT WITH 4000 MILES ON THE CAR, TOOK CAR IN FOR WARRANTY ON TIRES AND REAR END, GM DENIED CLAIM. HAD TO PURCHASE 2 NEW TIRES AND HAVE THE FRAME ALIGNED. JANUARY 2006, CAR SLIGHTLY HITS CURB AND RIGHT REAR CAUSING ...
Mileage: 15,000
AUGUST 2005, 4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING CAR, BOTH REAR TIRES WORN OUT FROM THE INSIDE OUT WITH 4000 MILES ON THE CAR, TOOK CAR IN FOR WARRANTY ON TIRES AND REAR END, GM DENIED CLAIM. HAD TO PURCHASE 2 NEW TIRES AND HAVE THE FRAME ALIGNED. JANUARY 2006, CAR SLIGHTLY HITS CURB AND RIGHT REAR CAUSING ...
Mileage: 15,000
05 CADILLAC CTS 2.8L TRAVELING AT ABOUT 55/60 MILES PER HOUR...CAR PULLED IN FRONT OF ME CUT ME OFF. TO AVOID COLLISION, I SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND CAR DIED. I CALLED DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND ADVISED, ASKING WAS THIS SOME KIND OF SPECIAL FEATURE, DEALER ADVISED CAR NOT DESIGNED TO DO SUCH AND ASKED ME AB...
Mileage: 23,000
FAILED REAR DIFFERENTIAL: CASE CRACKED, SPILLING DIFFERENTIAL OIL ONTO THE REAR OF MY CAR, REAR WHEELS, STREET. CAR BEGAN TO GRIND, HAD TO LIMP TO DEALER, STILL IN SHOP AFTER 1 WEEK WITH NO WORD ON WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED. *JB THANKFULLY NO INJURIES, BUT 2 QUARTS OF OIL DUMPED ONTO THE EXHAUST, TIRE...
Mileage: 18,500
EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE: NO ABUSE, NO TIRE BURNING. VEHICLE USED FOR COMMUTING AND JOB RELATED PURPOSES. PROBLEMS & RESOLUTIONS: 7/11/2005 7/18/2005 PROBLEM SHIFTING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY SUNROOF RATTLING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY RIGHT-REAR SAIL PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIRED PIX...
Mileage: 400
EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE: NO ABUSE, NO TIRE BURNING. VEHICLE USED FOR COMMUTING AND JOB RELATED PURPOSES. PROBLEMS & RESOLUTIONS: 7/11/2005 7/18/2005 PROBLEM SHIFTING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY SUNROOF RATTLING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY RIGHT-REAR SAIL PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIRED PIX...
Mileage: 400
EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE: NO ABUSE, NO TIRE BURNING. VEHICLE USED FOR COMMUTING AND JOB RELATED PURPOSES. PROBLEMS & RESOLUTIONS: 7/11/2005 7/18/2005 PROBLEM SHIFTING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY SUNROOF RATTLING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY RIGHT-REAR SAIL PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIRED PIX...
Mileage: 400
EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE: NO ABUSE, NO TIRE BURNING. VEHICLE USED FOR COMMUTING AND JOB RELATED PURPOSES. PROBLEMS & RESOLUTIONS: 7/11/2005 7/18/2005 PROBLEM SHIFTING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY SUNROOF RATTLING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY RIGHT-REAR SAIL PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIRED PIX...
Mileage: 400
EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE: NO ABUSE, NO TIRE BURNING. VEHICLE USED FOR COMMUTING AND JOB RELATED PURPOSES. PROBLEMS & RESOLUTIONS: 7/11/2005 7/18/2005 PROBLEM SHIFTING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY SUNROOF RATTLING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY RIGHT-REAR SAIL PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIRED PIX...
Mileage: 400
EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE: NO ABUSE, NO TIRE BURNING. VEHICLE USED FOR COMMUTING AND JOB RELATED PURPOSES. PROBLEMS & RESOLUTIONS: 7/11/2005 7/18/2005 PROBLEM SHIFTING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY SUNROOF RATTLING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY RIGHT-REAR SAIL PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIRED PIX...
Mileage: 400
EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE: NO ABUSE, NO TIRE BURNING. VEHICLE USED FOR COMMUTING AND JOB RELATED PURPOSES. PROBLEMS & RESOLUTIONS: 7/11/2005 7/18/2005 PROBLEM SHIFTING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY SUNROOF RATTLING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY RIGHT-REAR SAIL PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIRED PIX...
Mileage: 400
EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE: NO ABUSE, NO TIRE BURNING. VEHICLE USED FOR COMMUTING AND JOB RELATED PURPOSES. PROBLEMS & RESOLUTIONS: 7/11/2005 7/18/2005 PROBLEM SHIFTING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY SUNROOF RATTLING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY RIGHT-REAR SAIL PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIRED PIX...
Mileage: 400
REAR WHINE IN TRANSMISSION, DEALER STATES IS NORMAL. *JB
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V WITH 17800 MILES. IT HAS DEVELOPED A WHINE IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. UPON INVESTIGATING FURTHER, I FOUND THIS HAS NOT BEEN UNUSUAL FOR THIS MODEL. (GM HAS USED THE SAME DIFFERENTIAL IN THIS CAR AS THEY PUT IN THE BASE CTS MODEL, WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TORQUE) UP...
Mileage: 17,800
I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V WITH 17800 MILES. IT HAS DEVELOPED A WHINE IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. UPON INVESTIGATING FURTHER, I FOUND THIS HAS NOT BEEN UNUSUAL FOR THIS MODEL. (GM HAS USED THE SAME DIFFERENTIAL IN THIS CAR AS THEY PUT IN THE BASE CTS MODEL, WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TORQUE) UP...
Mileage: 17,800
I WAS SIMPLY DRIVING "NORMALLY" AND A "CLUNK" WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. IT HAD TO BE PUT ON A FLAT BED TRUCK AND TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE RIGHT HAND HALF SHAFT BROKE IT TWO PIECES AND DESTROYED THE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE PROCESS. *NM
Mileage: 11,550
WHINING FROM REAR END. REAR DIFFERENTIAL REPLACED. *NM
Mileage: 2,734
WITH ONLY ABOUT 3370 MILES ON A BRAND NEW CAR, MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL INTERNALS WERE DESTROYED AND THE HOUSING CRACKED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING 2 REASONS: 1. EXCESSIVE WHEEL HOP DUE TO A POORLY DESIGNED REAR SUSPENSION 2. THE DIFFERENTIAL THAT COMES STOCK IN EVERY 2004-2005 CTS-V CADILLAC IS NOT R...
Mileage: 3,373
WITH ONLY ABOUT 3370 MILES ON A BRAND NEW CAR, MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL INTERNALS WERE DESTROYED AND THE HOUSING CRACKED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING 2 REASONS: 1. EXCESSIVE WHEEL HOP DUE TO A POORLY DESIGNED REAR SUSPENSION 2. THE DIFFERENTIAL THAT COMES STOCK IN EVERY 2004-2005 CTS-V CADILLAC IS NOT R...
Mileage: 3,373
VEHICLE HAS MODERATE TO SEVERE WHEEL HOP DURING ACCELERATION OR WHEN ROADS ARE WET OR SLICK, CAUSING SOME LOSE OF CONTROL. REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD LOUD WHINE AND IS PRONE TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. *JB
Mileage: 8,871
1-REAR END WINE HIGH PITCH 2-REAR DIFFERENTIAL DEFECT 3-REPLACED WITH AN 06 DIFFERENTIAL & THREE WEEKS LATTER LEAKING OIL. *JB
Mileage: 5,375
THE DIFFERENTIAL IN MY CAR HAS STARTED TO WHINE AFTER ~11K MILES DESPITE, PERHAPS, THE LEAST ABUSIVE DRIVING THAT IS REASONABLY POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THIS CAR IS A CTS-V. TO SAY I AM DISAPPOINTED WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THAT GM ...
Mileage: 11,200
TOOK DELIVERY MAY, 2005. IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS, WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,500 MILES, DIFFERENTIAL BEGAN TO WHINE AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH, ONCE UP TO NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS ~5,200 MILES. DIFFERENTIAL NOW WHINES BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH. THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONSENSUS ...
WHEN DRIVING IN RAIN / POOR WEATHER, THE CAR DURING TAKE-OFF VIOLENTLY SHAKES WHEN THE REAR WHEELS SPIN. THIS SHAKING HAS THROWN OFF MY REAR ALIGNMENT, AIDED IN PREMATURE TIRE WEAR, AND MAY HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT REAR-END DAMAGE. *JB
WHEN DRIVING IN RAIN / POOR WEATHER, THE CAR DURING TAKE-OFF VIOLENTLY SHAKES WHEN THE REAR WHEELS SPIN. THIS SHAKING HAS THROWN OFF MY REAR ALIGNMENT, AIDED IN PREMATURE TIRE WEAR, AND MAY HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT REAR-END DAMAGE. *JB
REAR-END DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB
Mileage: 3,000
REAR-END DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB
Mileage: 3,000
DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. *JB
Mileage: 2,980
4/11/05 - 8,367 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE 4/28/05 - 9,664 MILES - 5 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE REAR BUSHING FAILURE. *JB REAR END FAILURE 5/5/05 - 9,720 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE WHEEL DELIVERED FROM FACTORY WILL NOT BALANCE - NO SIGN OF DAMAGE 7/25/05 - 15,7...
Mileage: 27,171
4/11/05 - 8,367 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE 4/28/05 - 9,664 MILES - 5 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE REAR BUSHING FAILURE. *JB REAR END FAILURE 5/5/05 - 9,720 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE WHEEL DELIVERED FROM FACTORY WILL NOT BALANCE - NO SIGN OF DAMAGE 7/25/05 - 15,7...
Mileage: 27,171
4/11/05 - 8,367 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE 4/28/05 - 9,664 MILES - 5 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE REAR BUSHING FAILURE. *JB REAR END FAILURE 5/5/05 - 9,720 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE WHEEL DELIVERED FROM FACTORY WILL NOT BALANCE - NO SIGN OF DAMAGE 7/25/05 - 15,7...
Mileage: 27,171
4/11/05 - 8,367 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE 4/28/05 - 9,664 MILES - 5 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE REAR BUSHING FAILURE. *JB REAR END FAILURE 5/5/05 - 9,720 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE WHEEL DELIVERED FROM FACTORY WILL NOT BALANCE - NO SIGN OF DAMAGE 7/25/05 - 15,7...
Mileage: 27,171
4/11/05 - 8,367 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE 4/28/05 - 9,664 MILES - 5 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE REAR BUSHING FAILURE. *JB REAR END FAILURE 5/5/05 - 9,720 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE WHEEL DELIVERED FROM FACTORY WILL NOT BALANCE - NO SIGN OF DAMAGE 7/25/05 - 15,7...
Mileage: 27,171
NOTICED OIL SPOTTING ON FLOOR AND INSPECTION REVEALED REAR END DIFFERENTIAL UNIT WAS LEAKING FLUID. DEALER FOUND HAIRLINE CRACK AND REPLACED DIFFERENTIAL. *NM
Mileage: 7,184
REPLACED TIRE BECAUSE OF SCREW IN TIRE. UPON REPLACEMENT I FOUND OUT THE TIRE ONLY HAD 3/32 OF TREAD LIFE REMAINING. GOODYEAR EAGLE F1 P245/45 XR18 HAD LESS THAN 10,000 MILES AND WAS OEM EQUIPMENT ON 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V. EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON A 1-YEAR OLD VEHICLE IS UNACCEPTABLE AND PRONE TO...
Mileage: 9,405
I PURCHASED A USED 2005 CADILLAC IN DEC. 2005 WITH SIX THOUSAND MILES. AT 12000 I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER BECAUSE OF FRONT END VIBRATION AND HE SAID THE GOOD YEAR TIRES HAD FLAT SPOTS AND RECOMMENDED THAT I PUT ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRES ON THE CAR. AFTER TWO MONTHS CADILLAC HAS ONLY AGREED TO REPLAC...
Mileage: 12,000
EXCESSIVE WHEEL HOP FREQUENTLY UNDER MILD TO HEAVY ACCELERATION EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED AFTER 4000 TO 6000 MILES REAR END DIFFERENTIAL IS VERY WEAK AND MAY BREAK CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH CADILLAC KNOWS OF PROBLEM PROVIDING SOME CUSTOMERS WITH EXTENDED WARRANTIES HAD A 2004 CT...
Mileage: 5,500
EXCESSIVE WHEEL HOP FREQUENTLY UNDER MILD TO HEAVY ACCELERATION EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED AFTER 4000 TO 6000 MILES REAR END DIFFERENTIAL IS VERY WEAK AND MAY BREAK CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH CADILLAC KNOWS OF PROBLEM PROVIDING SOME CUSTOMERS WITH EXTENDED WARRANTIES HAD A 2004 CT...
Mileage: 5,500
DT: THE CONTACT STATES WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. SHE WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND KNOCKED DOWN A STREET SIGN. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT A BODY SHOP, AND WILL BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AFTER IT IS REPAIRED. BOT...
WHILE DRIVING CADILLAC CTS THE HEATER IN THE DRIVER SEAT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. *TS THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED SEVERE SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH HIS BUTTOCKS. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE EXTREME PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT HE ENDURED. HE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS...
CONSUMER'S HEATED SEATS WOULD NOT TURN OFF, CONSUMER SUFFERED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO THE BUTTOCKS. *TS THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE FAILURE BUT DENIED THE CONSUMERS CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERSONAL INJURY AND FAULTY PRODUCT. *NM
ON AUG. 26, 2005 OUR THREE MONTH OLD CADILLAC CTS'S TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR AFTER GOING THROUGH A BUSY TOLL BOOTH. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER FOR 8 DAY REPAIR OF COMPUTER AND REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION. FEW DAYS LATER CAR HAD TO GO BACK TO DEALER DUE TO TRANSMISSION NOT ...
Mileage: 9,400
ON AUG. 26, 2005 OUR THREE MONTH OLD CADILLAC CTS'S TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR AFTER GOING THROUGH A BUSY TOLL BOOTH. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER FOR 8 DAY REPAIR OF COMPUTER AND REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION. FEW DAYS LATER CAR HAD TO GO BACK TO DEALER DUE TO TRANSMISSION NOT ...
Mileage: 9,400
CONSUMER HAS CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG READINESS LIGHT. LIGHT WILL REMAIN ON FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME . *TS THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY. *JB
DT: 2005 CADILLAC CTS - THE CALLER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. THIS WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT. THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ON PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS N...
Mileage: 4,000
DT: THE CONTACT STATED NEW VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT WHEN HE BOUGHT IT. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND IT WAS IN THE SHOP BEING REBUILT. THE BOLTS ON THE WHEELS WERE ALL TORQUED OVER SPECIFICATIONS, AND HAD A FLAT TIRE, AND THAT WAS THE REASON HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. T...
Mileage: 3,105
DT: THE CONTACT STATED NEW VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT WHEN HE BOUGHT IT. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND IT WAS IN THE SHOP BEING REBUILT. THE BOLTS ON THE WHEELS WERE ALL TORQUED OVER SPECIFICATIONS, AND HAD A FLAT TIRE, AND THAT WAS THE REASON HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. T...
Mileage: 3,105
PURCHASED 2005 CADILLAC CTS MAY 30, 2005. AT FIRST NEW OWNER CHECK UP I COMPLAINED OF A KNOCKING NOISE UNDER THE DRIVERS FRONT SIDE. COASTAL CADILLAC IN PAWLEY ISLAND, SC COULD NOT HEAR ANYTHING WRONG. MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT JUNE 16, 2005 AS WE TOOK A TRIP AND MY HUSBAND HEARD THE THUMPING. THEY ...
Mileage: 1,786
PURCHASED 2005 CADILLAC CTS MAY 30, 2005. AT FIRST NEW OWNER CHECK UP I COMPLAINED OF A KNOCKING NOISE UNDER THE DRIVERS FRONT SIDE. COASTAL CADILLAC IN PAWLEY ISLAND, SC COULD NOT HEAR ANYTHING WRONG. MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT JUNE 16, 2005 AS WE TOOK A TRIP AND MY HUSBAND HEARD THE THUMPING. THEY ...
Mileage: 1,786
PURCHASED IN JULY 2004. REAR END AND DIFFERNETIAL FAILED AT 2700 MILES.REPLACED REAR-END. REPLACED REAR-END AGIAN AT LESS THAT 7000 MILES, REPLACED TIRES AT 13500MILES, REAR-END CONTINUED TO LOCK AND SLIDE TIRES. HAVE HAD CAR IN DEALER 5 TIMES AND TOMORROW, THE 3RD REAR-END WILL BE PUT IN!!! CADILLA...
Mileage: 2,700
RUST HAS FORMED ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER WINDOW SILL. IT IS LOCATED ON THE METAL PIECE BETWEEN THE WINDOW DOOR.
Mileage: 15
THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON AND GOING OFF BY ITSELF. THE CONSUMER PREVIOUSLY HAD WORK PERFORMED ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR THE RADIO. *JB
Mileage: 3,057
THE CONSUMER WAS ON THE ROAD, WHEN SUDDENLY SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER MADE CONTACT WITH " ON STAR". AND WAS TOLD NOT TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT WHERE A TOW TRUCK WAS SENT TO RETRIEVE IT. AFTER THE DEALER SERVICE...
Mileage: 2,100
2005, CADILLAC CTS-V, WHEEL HOP FROM REAR DIFFERENTIAL, VERY COMMON IN THIS VEHICLE. CADILLAC HAS ACKNOWLEDGED ISSUE BY PROVIDING EXTENDED WARRANTIES TO "SOME" OWNERS OF VEHICLES, BUT NOT TO ALL OWNERS, REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS VERY WEAK AND MAY BREAK APART, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH, WHEEL HOP IS...
EXCESSIVE WHEEL HOP OCCURS FREQUENTLY UNDER MILD TO HEAVY ACCELERATION. IN WET CONDITIONS, IT HAPPENS MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY AND CAN CAUSE SERIOUS TRACTION AND HANDLING PROBLEMS. THIS ALSO PUTS HEAVY STRESS ON THE DRIVETRAIN AND HAS CAUSED MANY FAILURES IN HALF-SHAFTS AND DIFFERENTIALS AMONGST OTHER O...
Mileage: 8,200
EXCESSIVE WHEEL HOP OCCURS FREQUENTLY UNDER MILD TO HEAVY ACCELERATION. IN WET CONDITIONS, IT HAPPENS MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY AND CAN CAUSE SERIOUS TRACTION AND HANDLING PROBLEMS. THIS ALSO PUTS HEAVY STRESS ON THE DRIVETRAIN AND HAS CAUSED MANY FAILURES IN HALF-SHAFTS AND DIFFERENTIALS AMONGST OTHER O...
Mileage: 8,200
SHIFTING THE VEHICLE FROM 1ST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR AND UPON RELEASING THE CLUTCH THERE IS A LOUD BANG. HALF SHAFT BROKEN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE RAR END OF ONE OF MY CTS-V'S HAS BROKEN. *AK
Mileage: 8,350
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *BF *NM
Mileage: 2,189
REAR DOORS WILL NOT CLOSE SHUT IN COLD TEMPERATURES. WHEN CONTACTING CADILLAC, HE WAS TOLD THAT THIS ISSUE WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION. *NM THIS CONDITION CAUSED THE DOOR TO COME OPEN WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. *NM
Mileage: 700