2005 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

CONSUMER'S HEATED SEATS WOULD NOT TURN OFF, CONSUMER SUFFERED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO THE BUTTOCKS. *TS THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE FAILURE BUT DENIED THE CONSUMERS CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERSONAL INJURY AND FAULTY PRODUCT. *NM

CONSUMER HAS CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG READINESS LIGHT. LIGHT WILL REMAIN ON FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME . *TS THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY. *JB

ON AUG. 26, 2005 OUR THREE MONTH OLD CADILLAC CTS'S TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR AFTER GOING THROUGH A BUSY TOLL BOOTH. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER FOR 8 DAY REPAIR OF COMPUTER AND REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION. FEW DAYS LATER CAR HAD TO GO BACK TO DEALER DUE TO TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, OUT OF COMMISSION FOR DAYS AGAIN. AFTER PICKING VEHICLE UP, CAR WOULD NOT START IN GARAGE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN, PICKED UP CAR A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, NEXT DAY WOULD NOT START AGAIN AND HAD TO BE TOWED. AT DEALERSHIP FOR 6 MORE DAYS. WHEN PICKED UP DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO GIVE US A SERVICE TICKET SHOWING THE PROBLEM AND WHAT THEY DID. SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT GIVE US "AMMUNITION" TO GIVE TO A LEMON LAW ATTORNEY. DEALERSHIP TRIED TO LAY ENTIRE BLAME ON THE CAR'S AFTERMARKET SIRIUS RADIO ADDITION WHICH HAD BEEN IN PLACE AND WORKED PERFECTLY SINCE CAR WAS NEW.

DT: 2005 CADILLAC CTS - THE CALLER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. THIS WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT. THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ON PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP, AND INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THE CALLER SAW NO REASON FOR THE AIR BAGS NOT TO DEPLOY. . TWO INJURED WERE INJURED IN THIS CRASH. T A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THERE WAS NO FIRE. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED NEW VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT WHEN HE BOUGHT IT. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND IT WAS IN THE SHOP BEING REBUILT. THE BOLTS ON THE WHEELS WERE ALL TORQUED OVER SPECIFICATIONS, AND HAD A FLAT TIRE, AND THAT WAS THE REASON HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE SEIZED AS HE WAS DRIVING INTO THE PARKING LOT. THE BOLTS BROKE OFF IN THE WHEEL AS THEY WERE TRYING TO REMOVE THE TIRE. THIS OCCURRED ON 9-6-05.*AK

PURCHASED 2005 CADILLAC CTS MAY 30, 2005. AT FIRST NEW OWNER CHECK UP I COMPLAINED OF A KNOCKING NOISE UNDER THE DRIVERS FRONT SIDE. COASTAL CADILLAC IN PAWLEY ISLAND, SC COULD NOT HEAR ANYTHING WRONG. MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT JUNE 16, 2005 AS WE TOOK A TRIP AND MY HUSBAND HEARD THE THUMPING. THEY FINALLY LOCATED THE PROBLEM, A BROKEN FRONT STRUT, WHICH TOOK 3 DAYS TO REPLACE. AT THAT TIME I VOICED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND ASKED FOR A NEW CAR. THE ANSWER WAS NO. NOW ON SEPT 2, 2005 MY "CHECK COOLANT LEVEL" MESSAGE CAME ON. I NOW HAVE A LEAK IN THE COOLANT RESERVOIR. THE CAR ONLY HAD 2,789 MILES AT THE TIME. I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO CALLING THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THOUGHT I COULD JUST PURCHASE COOLANT AND FILL IT. I THOUGHT THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING IN SUCH A NEW VEHICLE. *JB

PURCHASED IN JULY 2004. REAR END AND DIFFERNETIAL FAILED AT 2700 MILES.REPLACED REAR-END. REPLACED REAR-END AGIAN AT LESS THAT 7000 MILES, REPLACED TIRES AT 13500MILES, REAR-END CONTINUED TO LOCK AND SLIDE TIRES. HAVE HAD CAR IN DEALER 5 TIMES AND TOMORROW, THE 3RD REAR-END WILL BE PUT IN!!! CADILLAC REFUSES TO BUY CAR BACK BUT HAS EXTENDED DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY TO 100K MILES.

RUST HAS FORMED ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER WINDOW SILL. IT IS LOCATED ON THE METAL PIECE BETWEEN THE WINDOW DOOR.

THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON AND GOING OFF BY ITSELF. THE CONSUMER PREVIOUSLY HAD WORK PERFORMED ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR THE RADIO. *JB

2005, CADILLAC CTS-V, WHEEL HOP FROM REAR DIFFERENTIAL, VERY COMMON IN THIS VEHICLE. CADILLAC HAS ACKNOWLEDGED ISSUE BY PROVIDING EXTENDED WARRANTIES TO "SOME" OWNERS OF VEHICLES, BUT NOT TO ALL OWNERS, REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS VERY WEAK AND MAY BREAK APART, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH, WHEEL HOP IS EXPERIENCED IN MY VEHICLE ON A DAILY BASIS, ORIGINAL TIRES LASTED LESS THAN 6,000 MILES, AND PROVIDED A SAFETY/HAZARD PROBELM AS MANUFACTURER DID NOT ADVISE CONSUMERS THAT TIRES WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN THIS TIME FRAME, 6,000 MILES WAS A PERIOD THAT MOST CONSUMERS WOULD NOT CONSIDER ENOUGH MILEAGE FOR A TIRE ROTATION. *AK