2003 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

LOST CONTROL OF 2003 CADILLAC CTS ON THE MASS PIKE - HIT THE JERSEY BARRIER AT 65 MILES PER HOUR, CAREENED ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND HIT A TREE. CAR WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR

2003 CTS - SERVICE TRACKING SYSTEM BEGAN TO DISPLAY AND ENGAGE FREQUENTLY. TOOK TO LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE. PROBLEM CONTINUED AND BEGAN VIBRATING BADLY AND PULLING TOWARD LEFT (UNABLE TO BRAKE). RETURNED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY REPLACED "STEERING SENSOR" $650.00. TWO MONTHS LATER BEGAN TO LOSE POWER IMMEDIATELY AFTER START UP, DEALER REPLACED BATTERY. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HOME PROBLEM BEGAN AGAIN. DISPLAYED LOW BATTERY, THEN MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS FOR SERVICE (ABS, TRACKING, AIRBAG ECT...). RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY REPLACING ALTERNATOR. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT THIS IS THE REAL PROBLEM BASED ON WHAT I HAVE READ ON-LINE REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE. I ALSO HAVE SAME LEAKAGE ISSUES FROM BOTH COOLANT AND OIL SOURCES THAT I HAVE READ ON-LINE. DEALER CONTINUES TO TELL ME TO REPLACE BOTH GASKETS AND THERMOSTAT. THESE AGAIN ARE COMMON ISSUES THAT ARE POSTED CONSISTENTLY ON-LINE BY CONSUMERS. THESE ARE SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS FAILURES BASED ON PEOPLE'S PERSONAL SAFETY. GM MUST STEP UP AND HONOR THESE SAFETY ISSUES BY RECALLING THESE ITEMS. INABILITY TO CONTROL VEHICLE DUE TO TRACKING SYSTEM ENGAGING AND NOT ABLE TO BRAKE, VEHICLE LOSING POWER AND STALLING WHILE DRIVING 50 MILES AN HOUR, AND LASTLY FIRE HAZARD DUE TO LEAKING PLASTIC VALVE COVER GASKETS. *TR

DRIVING OUR 2003 CTS IT WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT NOTICE. IT WAS PUT ON A MACHINE AND NOTHING SHOWED WRONG SINCE 2003. EVENTUALLY IT SHUT OFF AND WOULD STARTUP FOR 45 MIN (2010) THE CRANK SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND 2 WEEKS LATER IT SHUT OFF AGAIN.. *TR

OIL IN COOLANT RESERVOIR DUE TO OIL COOLER LOCATED UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, BETWEEN THE CYLINDER HEADS LEAKING. CADILLAC 2003 CTS WITH 6 CYLINDER OPEL MOTOR WITH ONLY 62,000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 70 MPH, THE REAR LICENSE PLATE COVER FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE REAR LIGHT MODULE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW, IMPROVED MODULE. THE BACK UP LAMPS AND THE REAR FINISH PANEL WAS ALSO REPLACED WITH A SAFER PANEL. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,556 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,700.

I HAVE A CTS CADILLAC AND IT IS SEEMS TO HAVE A SYSTEM PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE STABILITY SYSTEM ENGAGED LIGHTS COMES UP AND YOU HEAR A GRINDING NOISE. IT HAS JERKED ON ME A FEW TIMES WHEN THIS LIGHT COMES ON. GMC DOES NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE PROBLEM THEY DO NOTHING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THE DRIVER BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THIS LIGHT IS GOING TO COME ON AND THE CAR STARTS GRINDING AND MOVING. I FEEL THAT GMC SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND DO A RE-CALL. I HAVE PURCHASED NEW TIRES, I HAVE DONE WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT THIS LIGHT IS REALLY SCARING ME AND THE WAY THE CAR GRINDS AND MAKES THIS NOISE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT-END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V105000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FOUNDATION COMPONENTS: HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS) AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS. FOLLOWING REPAIRS, THE ABNORMAL NOISE BECAME LOUDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRONT CALIPERS WERE LOOSE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HAVING THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED BEFORE DETERMINING IF THEY WOULD ASSIST WITH REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,576 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

I HAVE A 2003 CADILLAC CTS WITH 52,000. MILES ..I BOUGHT IT NEW /DEMO WITH 4,000. MILES ON IT. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE REPAIR SHOP AT THE DEALERSHIP 4X. THE STABILITY ENGAGED SYSTEM LIGHT APPEARS AND THE CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VIBRATES. THEY CAN NOT FIX AND HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL AREAS OF FRONT END. SSE LIGHT STILL APPEARS AND IS NOW MORE FREQUENT. YESTERDAY IT HAPPENED 6X IN 20 MIN. I GOT OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND THEN UPON BRAKE PRESSURE, VIBRATING PEDAL, ABS ENGAGED. I HAVE BEEN TO MANY FORUMS TO TRY TO FIND A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM TO NO AVAIL. THIS PROBLEM IS INCREASING AND THE CAR PULLING AND VIBRATING IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DEMAND THIS PROBLEM BE REPAIRED?YOU HAVE TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. IT IS VERY NUMEROUS AND GM IS IGNORING THE PROBLEM OR WORSE YET THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT...PLEASE HELP! *TR

2003 CADILLAC CTS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SAFETY RECALL *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THERE IS SEVERE CORROSION UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE; ESPECIALLY ON THE GAS AND BRAKE LINES. *JB

IT WAS DECEMBER I WAS 5 MONTHS PREGNANT ,I WAS SITTING IN MY 2003 CADILLAC CTS WARMING UP THE CAR AND PUTTING EYELINER ON, WAS A COLD DAY OUTSIDE. WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN BOOM AIRBAGS WENT OFF FIRST THE STEERING WHEEL THEN DRIVER DOOR IT MADE MARKS ON MY FACE AND NECK I REPORTED IT TO CADILLAC THEY ACCEPTED WHAT HAPPENED BUT ONLY AGREED TO REPLACE AIRBAGS. *TR