2017 CADILLAC XTS Problems & Recalls
Detailed safety information and owner complaints
Problem Breakdown
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Common Problems
In 2019, GM released service bulletin 18-NA-358 that confirms the company's knowledge of of defective parts in transmissions. I have a 2017 Cadillac XTS experiencing these symptoms and GM should be responsible for parts failing due to metal shavings. This needs to be a recall. The transmissions ar...
In 2019, GM released service bulletin 18-NA-358 that confirms the company's knowledge of of defective parts in transmissions. I have a 2017 Cadillac XTS experiencing these symptoms and GM should be responsible for parts failing due to metal shavings. This needs to be a recall. The transmissions ar...
The contact owns a 2017 Cadillac XTS. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal became stuck, and the vehicle accelerated excessively. The contac...
Mileage: 125,000
Numerous problems for a year have been: engine dies while driving, car totally dead with new battery, display partially black randomly or totally black along with radio display black, park assist is turned off. Headlights turn off and on by themselves; The latest is driving up a hill @ 25 mph, the s...
Numerous problems for a year have been: engine dies while driving, car totally dead with new battery, display partially black randomly or totally black along with radio display black, park assist is turned off. Headlights turn off and on by themselves; The latest is driving up a hill @ 25 mph, the s...
Numerous problems for a year have been: engine dies while driving, car totally dead with new battery, display partially black randomly or totally black along with radio display black, park assist is turned off. Headlights turn off and on by themselves; The latest is driving up a hill @ 25 mph, the s...
Rear suspension not holding air. Rear suspension went flat while driving in highway. Had to pull over due to sudden rough ride
THE MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS CAR IS THE CUE SCREEN. THE CUE SCREEN IS CONNECTED TO THE ABILITY TO DEFROST AND COOLING/HEATING SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, THE CUE SCREEN IS FROZEN AND THE OPERATIONS OF VARIES SYSTEMS ARE AT A HALT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES. CURRENTLY DUE TO LEATHER SEATS UNABLE T...
With no warning and only 45000 miles on car rear air suspension motor failed on expressway! I quickly noticed my steering anti red seemed out of control! I quickly pulled over not knowing what was wrong. My husband came to meet me and immediately asked what was in my trunk! I told him nothing he sai...
The CUE system freezes up and is unusable. It is intermittant.
$70k for a vehicle and the screen spidered. Cadillac says not under recall. Not usable.
$70k for a vehicle and the screen spidered. Cadillac says not under recall. Not usable.
The cue system on my Cadillac cracked and it’s affecting my screen. No music no navigation. No air nothing and an annoying beep every 60 seconds.
The cue system on my Cadillac cracked and it’s affecting my screen. No music no navigation. No air nothing and an annoying beep every 60 seconds.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CADILLAC XTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE MODULE MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE BACK UP CAMERA NOT TO DISPLAY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER FINDLAY CADILLAC LOCATED AT 993 AUTO SH...
Mileage: 70,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CADILLAC XTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE MODULE MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE BACK UP CAMERA NOT TO DISPLAY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER FINDLAY CADILLAC LOCATED AT 993 AUTO SH...
Mileage: 70,000
LAST YEAR, WE BOUGHT OUR CAR FROM A DEALERSHIP USED. WE NOTICED THE CADILLAC CUE WAS VERY GLITCHY. WE TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CALIBRATED THE SYSTEM. WE WERE ON A TRIP USING THE GPS AND IT GLITCHED SEVERAL TIMES. HAD TO PULL OVER AND SET UP OUR PHONES. NOTHING WORKS IN THE CADILLAC CUE W...
Mileage: 64,000
LAST YEAR, WE BOUGHT OUR CAR FROM A DEALERSHIP USED. WE NOTICED THE CADILLAC CUE WAS VERY GLITCHY. WE TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CALIBRATED THE SYSTEM. WE WERE ON A TRIP USING THE GPS AND IT GLITCHED SEVERAL TIMES. HAD TO PULL OVER AND SET UP OUR PHONES. NOTHING WORKS IN THE CADILLAC CUE W...
Mileage: 64,000
2017 XTS, REAR SUSPENSION AIR BAGS FAIL WHILE DRIVING, STOPED AND EVEN PARKED. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR JUST PARKED REAR END WILL DROP UNEXPECTEDLY. THE REAR END WILL START TO BOUNCE WITH JUST THE SLIGHTEST UNEVEN ROAD. THIS CAUSE THE DRIVER TO HAVE TO FIGHT TO STAY IN CONTROL OF CAR AND S...
Mileage: 52,000
THE CUE SCREEN LOCKS UP AND BECOMES INOPERABLE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. IT CAUSES THE HEAT OR A/C TO NOT WORK PROPERLY AND I AM UNABLE TO USE ANY FUNCTION. THE FAILURE PREVENTS ME FROM PROPERLY HEATING OR COOLING THE VEHICLE, USE THE NAV FUNCTION, AND THE SCREEN WILL AUTOMATICALLY REPROGRAM MY SETTINGS...
Mileage: 53,000
WHILE I'M DRIVING EVEN LIKE 50 MILE HIT THE BREAK FOR A REASON CAR COMPLETELY STALLED NO POWER FOR BREAK OR STEERING OR ANYTHING YOU CANNOT MOVE THE CAR ANYPLACE I ALMOST HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME AND I ALMOST GOT HIT IN THE BACK IT HAS BEEN THE END OF LAST YEAR AND IT KEEPS HAPPENING. RECENTLY ...
Mileage: 50
ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THE POWER STEERING HAS QUIT WORKING WHILE DRIVING. HAS HAPPENED WHILE TURNING AND WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT. HAS HAPPENED WHILE ACCELERATING AND WHILE DRIVING CONSTANT SPEED. AFTER STOPPING, TURNING ENGINE OFF AND THEN RESTARTING THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY....
Mileage: 55,000
THE MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS CAR IS THE CUE SCREEN. THE CUE SCREEN IS CONNECTED TO THE ABILITY TO DEFROST AND COOLING/HEATING SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, THE CUE SCREEN IS FROZEN AND THE OPERATIONS OF VARIES SYSTEMS ARE AT A HALT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES. CURRENTLY DUE TO LEATHER SEATS UNABLE ...
THE CADILLAC CUE SCREEN FREEZES WHILE I AM DRIVING THE CAR (VEHICLE IN MOTION - OR COULD BE STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, BUT ENGINE IS ON). THIS HAS HAPPENED DOZENS OF TIMES DURING THE PAST 1 YEAR THAT I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. I AM SUDDENLY UNABLE TO INCREASE/DECREASE VOLUME, CHANGE RADIO STATION, CANNOT USE...
Mileage: 33,500
THE CADILLAC CUE SCREEN FREEZES WHILE I AM DRIVING THE CAR (VEHICLE IN MOTION - OR COULD BE STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, BUT ENGINE IS ON). THIS HAS HAPPENED DOZENS OF TIMES DURING THE PAST 1 YEAR THAT I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. I AM SUDDENLY UNABLE TO INCREASE/DECREASE VOLUME, CHANGE RADIO STATION, CANNOT USE...
Mileage: 33,500
PROBLEM #1 - TRUNK OPENS BY ITSELF (SOMETIMES WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY & LOCKED (I.E., PARKED FOR THE NIGHT - ENGINE OFF); OTHER TIMES THE TRUNK OPENS BY ITSELF WHILE I AM DRIVING/MOVING (ENGINE OBVIOUSLY ON); OTHER TIMES WHILE THE ENGINE IS ON AND THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY (I.E., VEHICLE IS AT I...
Mileage: 33,500
PROBLEM #1 - TRUNK OPENS BY ITSELF (SOMETIMES WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY & LOCKED (I.E., PARKED FOR THE NIGHT - ENGINE OFF); OTHER TIMES THE TRUNK OPENS BY ITSELF WHILE I AM DRIVING/MOVING (ENGINE OBVIOUSLY ON); OTHER TIMES WHILE THE ENGINE IS ON AND THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY (I.E., VEHICLE IS AT I...
Mileage: 33,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2017 CADILLAC XTS. AFTER THE CONTACT PARKED AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WA...
Mileage: 19,563
THE LANE DEPARTURE AND LANE KEEP ASSIST, BOTH SAFETY FEATURES, DO NOT WORK WITH ANY DEGREE OF CONSISTENCY. THEY ONLY WORK OCCASIONALLY. 2 DEALERS CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM BUT WITHOUT A FACTORY FIX THEY ARE UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.
PURCHASED MY 2017XT5 9/13/2017. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAIN STREET, I STOPPED FOR A LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. COULD NOT TURN IT OFF NOR COULD I TRY TO PUT IT IN ANOTHER GEAR. A KIND GENTLEMAN, WHO WAS BEHIND ME, GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND ASKED IF I WAS OKAY. I TOLD...
Mileage: 400
XT5 HAS A TRANSMISSION SHUDDER, BETWEEN 16MPH AND 50MPH, WITH THE AISIN AF50-8 TRANSMISSION. GM REPORTS NO PROBLEM WITH THE AISIN. CADILLAC TECHNICIAN DROVE VEHICLE AND DID NOTICE SHUDDER. NEXT STEP, INVOLVE GM ENGINEER. IF HE DOESN'T FIND AN ISSUE, I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE SHUDDER.
Mileage: 4,500
PULLED INTO PARKING SPACE. VEHICLE WENT TO AUTO STOP/START. WIFE THOUGHT ENGINE WAS OFF AND PRESSED PARK ON SHIFT LEVER. ENGINE RESTARTED AND VEHICLE LUNGED INTO POST.
Mileage: 4,900
ALAMO RENTAL CAR PUT MY WIFE AND SON AND ME IN A 2017 CADILLAC XTS AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THURSDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2017. WHILE DRIVING TO BOULDER ON A 75-MPH HIGHWAY I HAD TO ADJUST THE DRIVER'S SEAT. ADJUSTING THE DRIVER'S SEAT MEANT ALSO HAVING TO ADJUST THE MIRRORS. I KNEW I COULD ADJU...