2008 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE IT WAS HARD TO ENGAGE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES AND THEY STATED ON THE INVOICE "NO BULLETIN AND NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH BRAKES". THEY DID STATE IF YOU WANT TO BRING VEHICLE IN AND LEAVE OVER NIGHT WE CAN INSPECT BRAKES WHEN COLD. THE DEALER CALLED THE CONTACT AND STATED THAT VACUUM PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VACUUM PUMP WAS REPLACED ON MARCH 14, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

I FOUND A BOLT LAYING IN MY DRIVEWAY UNDER THE CAR. WHEN I GOT IN TO DRIVE IT MADE A TERRIBLE NOISE AS THOUGH SOMETHING WAS LOOSE. I TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID A BOLT FELL OUT OF THE DRIVESHAFT AND THE DRIVESHAFT NEEDS REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROX. $900. I CALLED GM TO FIND OUT WHY A BOLT WOULD JUST FALL OUT AND WHY THE DRIVESHAFT WOULD NEED REPLACED WITH LESS THAN 38K MILES AND THEY COULD NOT ANSWER ME. THEY DID AGREE TO WORK WITH DEALER AND GET MY COST DOWN TO $400, HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING SINCE THIS SOUNDS LIKE A DESIGN FLAW. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A CAR WHERE BOLTS JUST FALL OFF FOR NO REASON AND I'VE HAD 10 YEAR OLD CARS WITH MORE THAN 100,000 MILES ON THEM. GM DID NOT SEEM TOO INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM AND SAID I SHOULD TALK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER, OF COURSE HAD NO ANSWERS SINCE THEY DID NOT MANUFACTURE THE VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND HEADING ON A CURVE I DIDN'T SEE THAT IT WAS 25 MPH AND I WAS GOING ABOUT 45 AND I BRAKE AND I SLID, HIT A TREE ABOUT THREE FISTS THICK SLIDE ON MY DRIVERS SIDE WHICH IS COMPLETELY SMUSHED IN AND ROLLED OVER AND FELL STRAIGHT INTO A DITCH UP SIDE DOWN. *TR

TRUNK LID WILL NOT OPEN WITH REMOTE DEVICE OR BY DEPRESSING THE DRIVERS DOOR TRUNK RELEASE. YOU CAN HEAR THE TRUNK LATCH ENGAGING BUT WILL NOT RELEASE. ATTEMPTED TO OPEN VIA THE BACK SEAT PASS THRU BY PULLING ON THE EMERGENCY TRUNK RELEASE HANDLE AND THIS FAILED AS WELL. *JS

WHILE I WAS A PASSENGER RIDING ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE, IN THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, THE AIR BAG LIGHT (ON/OFF) ON THE DASH/CONSOLE TURNED FROM THE "ON" STATUS TO THE "OFF" STATUS. AFTER STOPPING WE FOLLOWED ONSTAR'S DIRECTIONS TO TURN OFF IGNITION AND RESTART THE VEHICLE AND SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT ONCE AGAIN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED IN THE "OFF" STATUS. WE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED ONCE AGAIN. THIS TIME WHEN I SAT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT CHANGED TO THE "ON" STATUS. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, MY MOTHER WAS A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED IN THE "OFF" POSITION. LAST WEEK, ANOTHER PASSENGER WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED IN THE "OFF" POSITION. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER WHILE OUT OF TOWN, AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE HAS A SHORT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAD THE FRONT RIGHT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY REPLACED, BUT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE ALLOWING THAT DEALER TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR. I AM BRINGING IT TO MY DEALER TO HAVE IT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *JS

WHILE TRYING TO PARK, THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES STIFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO CORRECT PROBLEM AND IT COST ME $2,558.35 TO REPLACE STEERING PUMP AND TO GET A WHEEL ALIGNMENT. A WEEK LATER I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER FOR NOISES AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE BOTH CONTROL ARMS AND STABILIZER LINKS TO CORRECT PROBLEM. THAT JOB COST ME $1,362.93. IN APRIL 2013, MY FRONT PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE DIDN'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE HOUSING SPLIT, TRIM PAD AND HANDLE HOUSING. THIS JOB COST ME $1,376.99. NOT SURE WHY I'M HAVING ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS WHEN I GET ALL THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE AND ALL JOBS ARE DONE AT A GM CADILLAC DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED OVER A CURVE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH AND NECK INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SENT AN ENGINEER TO FURTHER INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000. *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS PERIODICALLY WILL NOT LIGHT WHEN IGNITION TURNED ON, OR THEY CAN GO DARK AFTER WORKING CORRECTLY, OR ONLY 1 OR THE OTHER LOW BEAM LIGHT MIGHT GO DARK THEN COME BACK ON, WHILE DRIVING. *TR

D/S DOOR LOCK WILL NOT OPEN OUTSIDE WITH REMOTE CONTROL OR HANDLE. MUST USE KEY. HAVE RESEARCH AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND NO RECALL WAS ESTABLISHED. *TR

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CTS STARTING WITH WIRING MELT DOWN IN THE FRONT END. RECENTLY, BOTH THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY'S WENT BAD RESULTING IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE. IF THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT, THE DOORS WOULD NOT HAVE OPENED AND THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OPEN THEM FROM THE INSIDE.