2007 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

NOT ON MY VEHICLE, BUT NOTICE ON OTHER VEHICLES, PARTICULARLY NEWER MODEL CADILLAC'S, THAT THE LED TAILLIGHTS RESULT IN A STROBING AFTER-EFFECT IMAGE WHEN I AM DRIVING OR RIDING IN A CAR AND ONE OF THESE TYPES OF TAILLIGHTS COMES INTO MY FIELD OF VISION. IT IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AS WELL AS DISTRACTING AS IT BRIEFLY (2-3 SECONDS) INTERFERES WITH MY VISION. I AM AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL (BOTH FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL AS OTHER COMPLAINTS FOUND ONLINE). THIS DOES NOT OCCUR FOR ME WITH "REGULAR" INCANDESCENT OR HALOGEN TYPE BULBS. I DO NOT HAVE ANY EYE CONDITIONS OR VISUAL PROBLEMS OTHER THAN WEARING REGULAR EYEGLASSES. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. AS OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,998.

AFTER STARTING UP MY CAR (A 2007 CADILLAC CTS) AND ATTEMPTING TO GO IN REVERSE, IT STALLED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL. I TRIED TO BRAKE AND TO STEER THE CAR, BUT IT WOULD NOT RESPOND. I ALSO NOTICED THAT MY TRACTION ENGAGED LIGHT WAS ON. I ENDED UP SLIDING INTO THE RETAINING WALL AND CONTINUED DOWN THE HILL UNTIL I CRASHED INTO THE BRICK PILLAR OF MY GARAGE. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND ONSTAR DID NOT RESPOND TO THE CRASH. I SUSTAINED INJURIES ENDED UP IN THE ER. THE LOCAL GM DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR AND SAID THAT MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DUE TO THE "ANGLE" OF THE HIT. MY CAR HAD NEARLY $8000 WORTH OF DAMAGE SO THIS WAS NOT A LITTLE "FENDER BENDER". WHEN I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP TALKING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER, HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER CUSTOMER WHO WAS FILING A COMPLAINT AGAINST GM BECAUSE THEY HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM. THEY HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THEIR CADILLAC AND SUSTAINED MUCH MORE DAMAGE THAN I DID, BUT THEIR AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY ALSO. I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAR AT 463 MILES AND MY INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AROUND 503 MILES OR SO. I HAD THIS CAR LESS THAN 30 HOURS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I STILL CONTEND THAT THE CAR STALLED AND CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT, BUT GM SAID THAT THERE WERE NO CODES FOUND WHEN THEY RAN THE DIAGNOSTIC. I BOUGHT THIS CAR DUE TO THE ONSTAR, AND EVEN THOUGH THEIR WEBSITE SAYS THAT IT CAN DETECT A COLLISION WITHOUT THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYING, IT DID NOT WORK IN MY CASE. *JB

I OWN A 2007 CADILLAC CTS-V.SINCE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEAKING DIFFERENTIAL FLUID FROM NUMEROUS POINTS OF REAR END ASSEMBLY.I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO SERVICE 5 TIMES AND FIVE TIMES THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED.THE DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY ON THESES TYPES OF CADILLACS ARE VERY WEAK AND NOT ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE POWER OF THE VEHICLE. I THINK THIS IS DEFFINETLY A SAFETY CONCERN AND HAVE DONE MUCH RESEARCH AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CTS-V OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD COMPLETE DIFFERNTIAL FAILURE WHERE THE UNIT HAS BLOWN UP INTO SEVERAL PEICES WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE.I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM FROM THE MANUFACTURER.IN MY CASE THEY CHANGED NUMEROUS SEALS AND GASKETS BUT AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE HOME THE LEAKS ALWAYS REOCCUR FROM THE UNIT FLEXING BECAUSE ITS WEAK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND OUT AN INVESTIGATOR AND ADVISED HER TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT. AN INJURY RESULTED FROM THE CRASH. POLICE AND AMBULANCE REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 159 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159. UPDATED 02-01-08. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED GM INFORMED HIM THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DUE TO LOW SPEED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE TUNE OF $16,000. UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, A CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE THE SOLENOID WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES AND THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT SYSTEM WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. UPDATED 12/26/2006 - THE CONSUMER SUDDENLY BEGAN TO HEAR STATIC IN THE RADIO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE RADIO RECEIVER WAS REPLACED. THE RADIO CONTINUED TO HAVE STATIC. THE NEXT TIME THE ANTENNA MODULE WAS REPLACED. NOW WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE SHE HEARD A CLICKING NOISE IN THE RADIO. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SHIFTER AND A SOLENOID INSIDE THE SHIFTER. THE STATIC CONTINUED AND SO DID THE CLICKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TOTHE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS. *NM