2004 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

WHEEL HOP OR AXLE TRAMP CAUSED THE REAR TO LOSE TRACTION AND THE STABILITY TRACK AND TRACTION CONTROL FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE AXLE TRAMP IS A SEVERE BANGING OF THE REAR WHEN THERE THROTTLE IS APPLIED TO THE CAR. THE REAR SPUN AND CAUSED THE CAR TO HIT A GUARD WALL.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND ALL OF SUDDEN THE STABILITY TRACKING SYSTEM ENGAGED ON ITS OWN AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY CONSUMER.*AK

REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE/HALF DRIVESHAFT FAILURE. REAR DIFFERENTIAL CASE FRACTURE DAND BROKE IN HALF SHAFTS. *AK

2004 CADILLAC CTS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH REAR DIFFERENTIAL.*MR THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE MANUFACTURERINDICATED THAT THE LOUD HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR DIFFEENTIAL WAS NORMAL. *NM

I PURCHASED NEW AMERICAN EAGLE GOODYEAR TIRES FOR MY 2004 CADILLAC CTS FROM WAL-MART JUST RECENTLY. I HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 SIDE WALL BLOW OUTS ON THESE TIRES, IN WHICH THE TREAD SEPERATES FROM THE SIDE WALL, AT THIS POINT THESE TIRES ARE VERY DANGEROUS TO ME AND SHOULD BE CHECKED. PLEASE ADVISE ME. *AK

VEHICLE HAS TWICE ACCELERATED FORWARD UPON BRAKING WHEN COMING TO A STOP. FIRST TIME WAS IN A PARKING LOT. VEHICLE WAS PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE, SLOWED TO A CRAWL WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THEN SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD, HITTING THE CAR PARKED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED, BUT EXPERIENCE VERY FRIGHTENING. SECOND TIME WAS RETURNING FROM DOCTOR APPOINTMENT. A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME AND EXPERIENCED THE DEFECT. WHILE COMING TO A STOP BEHIND A GROUP OF CARS AT THE STOP LIGHT, BRAKES APPLIED TO SLOW THE CAR TO A CRAWL, THEN SUDDENLY THE CAR SURGES FORWARD. UPON SLAMMING BRAKE FULLY TO THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE STOPPED, MISSING HITTING THE CAR AHEAD AND STOPPED BY ONLY INCHES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, WHICH KEPT THE CAR OVER THE WEEKEND, SUPPLYING A LOANER CAR. CALLED DEALERSHIP MONDAY AFTERNOON. TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DRIVEN A TOTAL OF 80 MILES OVER THE WEEKEND AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RECREATED. THE TROUBLE IS, IT WAS ALMOST 450 MILES BETWEEN THE FIRST PROBLEM OCCURRENCE AND THE SECOND ONE. THEY WERE ALMOST ONE WEEK APART. NOW I AM TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT SINCE THE COMPUTER FOUND NO DEFECTS OVER THE WEEKEND, MY CAR IS READY FOR ME TO DRIVE. I NOW HAVE A DEFECTIVE CAR WITH A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE. I TOLD THEM I WANTED A PIECE OF PAPER STATING THE CAR WAS FREE OF DEFECTS, SO WHEN THIS OCCURS AGAIN, I WILL BE NOTIFYING MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND WE WILL TAKE ACTION AGAINST THIS DEALERSHIP IF ANY DAMAGE RESULTS FROM ANOTHER OCCURRENCE OF THIS TYPE. I AM ALSO GOING TO REQUEST THE DEALERSHIP TO ALLOW THE COMPUTER TO STAY HOOKED UP TO THE CAR FOR AT LEAST A WEEK WHEN I GO TOMORROW TO PICK UP THE CAR. *AK

SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE 2004 CADILLAC TO REPORT. #1 (MOST SIGNIFICANT) THE REAR SEAT CHILD SEAT LATCH MECHANISM DOES NOT WORK. I HAD THIS INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THEN ADMITTED THAT THE DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE AND WILL NOT PROPERLY LATCH AND HOLD THE BELT. ANY WIGGLING OF THE SEAT WILL LOOSEN THE BELT THROUGH THE LATCH. THE CADI DOES NOT HAVE A LOCK TYPE MECHANISM WHERE YOU PULL THE BELT ALL THE WAY OUT AND THEN IT WON'T GIVE. THEY CLAIM THE LATCH MECHANISM WILL HOLD. I DROVE AROUND FOR TWO WEEKS WITH A TWO YEAR OLD IN A FOUR INCH SLACKED CAR SEAT. #2 - REMAINING MILES DISPLAY IS DEFECTIVE. I RECENTLY RAN OUT OF GAS WHEN THE DISPLAY READ "41 MILES REMAINING". THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADMITTED THAT THIS IS THE SIXTH TIME THEY HAVE SEEN THIS AND THAT I SHOULD US THE GAUGE AND NOT THE DISPLAY. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE DISPLAY? VERY DANGEROUS! I WAS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A SNOW STORM FOR OVER AN HOUR. #3 - BOSE CD PLAYER HAS ERRORED OVER 20 TIMES AND LOCKS UP WITH AN "INITIALIZING CD" ERROR. NOT COMMON TO ANY ONE CD. CD PLAYER WILL LOCK UP AND WILL BE UNUSABLE FOR FIVE MINUTES TO TWO DAYS. *JB

THIS VEHICLE EXIBITS EXCESSIVE WHEEL HOP, WHEN UNDER HAR ACCLERATION, THE REAR SUSPENSION CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY HIT THE FRAME. THE WHEELS JUMP UP AND DOWN VIOLENTLY. SOME CARS HAVE BROKEN AXLES OR DAMAGED THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THIS COULD ALSO CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL.*AK

THE DIMMER SWITCH STAYS ON, AND CONSUMER WOULD BE UNABLE TO SEE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DURING DAYTIME. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE MOMENTARY LOST STEERING CONTROL. CONSUMER SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK