2006 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE PASSENGER SENSOR SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V644000 (AIR BAGS: FRONTAL: SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SENSOR FAILED AGAIN AND THE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V644000; COMPONENT: AIR BAGS: FRONTAL: SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE. GM SAFETY RECALL NO. 100355. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE SENSOR WOULD ONLY REGISTER PROPERLY IF THERE WAS A PERSON WHO WEIGHED 105 TO 115 LBS IN THE SEAT. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 08/05/11*LJ

I TOOK MY 2006 CADILLAC CTS INTO A GM DEALER FOR A RECALL. THEY ALSO CHANGED THE OIL. EVER SINCE THEY CHANGED THE OIL, MY CAR HAS BEEN BURNING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. I HAD TO PUT A QUART OF OIL OR MORE ABOUT EVERY 500 MILES. I PUT IN 1 1/2 QUARTS ON A WEDNESDAY AND ON A MONDAY MY CAR BEGAN MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND IN THE ENGINE. GM WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME AND NOW MY CAR PROBABLY NEEDS A NEW MOTOR. I HAVE BABIED THE CAR AND THIS IS NOT MY FAULT. OIL IS IN THE CAR AT ALL TIMES AND IT SHOULD NOT THROW A ROD WITH OIL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ABNORMAL ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL UNTIL THE BRAKE ENGAGED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 2006 CADILLAC CTS WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY IN 2008. EVER SINCE WE'VE HAD IT, WE'VE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT BRAKING FAILURE AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE TURNING. YESTERDAY THIS ISSUE CAUSED MY WIFE TO BUMP ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE PARKING. THIS PROBLEM IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AS IT ONLY HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY SO IT CATCHES THE DRIVER OFF GUARD. WE HAVE SENT CADILLAC A DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUE IN FALL OF 2010 BUT THEY NEVER EVEN RESPONDED. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. THERE ARE FORUMS OF PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WE JUST WANT THE ISSUE FIXED AS OTHER THAN THAT, WE LIKE THE CAR. THIS HAS EVEN HAPPENED AT INTERSECTIONS AND FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONE COMING. THIS ISSUE MAY HAVE ALREADY RESULTED IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY ELSEWHERE AND WE WOULD LIKE THE MANUFACTURER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE AND CORRECT IT BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

2006 CADILLAC CTS AIRBAG DEFECTIVE. RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE LAST WEEK. TOOK CAR IN FOR REPAIR, AND IT WAS RESCHEDULED DUE TO NEEDING MORE PARTS. NEXT DAY, CAR WAS TOTALED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DAUGHTER'S HEAD SLAMMED INTO STEERING WHEEL CAUSING CONCUSSION, FACIAL CONTUSIONS, INCLUDING FOUR BROKEN TEETH (MAJOR DENTAL REPAIR WILL BE REQUIRED), AS WELL AS A LEG CONTUSION. RECALL NOTICE STATES THAT THERE ARE NO INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL. WHERE DO I REPORT? *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO FAULTY TRANSCOOLER INSIDE THE RADIATOR RESULT IN REPLACING TRANSMISSION RADIATOR AND FLUIDS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

AIR BAG RECALL BY GM IN DECEMBER. I CALL THE CADILLAC CUSTOMER SERVICE ENQUIRING ABOUT THE RECALL FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG FOR CERTAIN CTS FROM 2005-2010 TO FIND OUT THAT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE AND MY PASSENGER OR AIRBAG SYSTEM IS STILL DISABLED SINCE I REPORTED IT TO GM IN 2010 AND FOR THEM TO TELL ME IF MY CTS WAS INCLUDED. THE CADILLAC CUSTOMER SERVICE LOOKED IN THE COMPUTER WITH MY VIN NUMBER AND SHE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. I ASKED WHICH CTS FROM 2006 AND OTHER YEARS WAS RECALL AND SHE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. SHE ASKED ME TO CALL IN TWO MONTHS AND SEE IF MY CAR IS INCLUDED. I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND IF A RECALL WAS ANNOUNCE IN DECEMBER 2010, WHY IT WOULD TAKE SO LONG FOR GM- CADILLAC TO DETERMINE WHICH SPECIFIC CTS IS INVOLVE IN THIS RECALL UNLESS THE LONGER THEY WAIT, IT WILL DISQUALIFY MORE OWNERS IF THEY USE A MILEAGE LIMIT ON THE RECALL. THE LONGER THEY WAIT THE MORE MILEAGE OWNERS PUT IN THEIR CTS THUS INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF CTS THAT THEY HAVE TO FIX BY DISQUALIFYING OWNERS ACCORDING TO MILEAGE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE HAT SHOULD NOT TAKE 4 MONTHS OR MORE TO NOTIFY OWNERS OR DETERMINE WHICH CTS IS TO BE RECALL. THE NSTA SHOULD PUSH FOR GM AND ALL MANUFACTURERS TO HAVE A CERTAIN DATE WHICH THEY HAVE TO NOTIFY OWNERS TO HAVE THE SAFETY PROBLEM FIXED. ANY DAY THAT PASSES BY IT INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A CADILLAC OWNER OR PERSONS GETTING SERIOUSLY HURT BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURERS DELAYING OR SLOW TO REACT TACTICS. YOUR HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER WILL BE APPRECIATED. *TR

A WEEK AFTER I PURCHASED A 2006 CADILLAC CTS IN NOVEMBER, 2010, THE SERVICE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER (BECAUSE I HAD PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH THEM). THEY TOLD ME THEY ORDERED THE PART NECESSARY AND THAT IT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX IT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT ABOUT A GM RECALL. TIME HAS GONE BY AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I CALLED THE NUMBER GIVEN FOR THE CADILLAC DIVISION INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE RECALL. THE GENTLEMAN TOLD ME MY VEHICLE (BASED UPON MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I TOLD THE GENTLEMAN THAT SOMEONE WAS TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IF I HAD AN ACCIDENT AND THE BAD DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH TO MY PASSENGER, I WOULD SUE GM. I GUESS THAT GOT HIS ATTENTION BECAUSE ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE AND MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP NOW BEING REPAIRED. THAT GENTLEMAN ISSUED A SERVICE REQUEST #71-926652841 AND HAS CALLED ME BACK A COUPLE OF TIMES. HE KEEPS WANTING ME TO SAY I AM NOW SATISFIED. I WILL NOT BE SATISFIED UNTIL THE SAFETY ISSUE HAS BEEN SOLVED. ALSO, THAT GENTLEMAN HAS TOLD ME SEVERAL TIMES TO NOT BELIEVE THE THINGS I FIND ON THE INTERNET UNLESS THEY ARE ACTUALLY ON THE GM SITE. I GOT MY INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECALL FROM THE NHTSA SITE. AND, IN MY OPINION, THAT IS AN OFFICIAL SITE. *TR