2006 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

NEW (4 MONTH OLD) CTS WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER CAR, CTS SEEMED TO SLOW DOWN. THE CAR BACKFIRED AND BLEW WHITE SMOKE. THE REAR OF THE CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE AS IF GRINDING AND LOUD RUMBLES. COMPUTER DID NOT DID NOT DETECT MALFUNCTION. DEALER DETERMINED REAR END DIFFERENTIAL UNIT MALFUNCTION. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, BOTH REAR WHEELS LOCKED WITHOUT WARNING RESULTING IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT ALL THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT REPLACEMENT, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

AUTOMATIC LIGHT SENSOR DOES NOT SENSE DAYLIGHT FOR 5 MINS AND 23 SECS AT THE LAST TIMING. IN A DAYLIGHT DRIVE OF 12 MILES, THE CAR TURNED NIGHT-TIME LAMPS ON AND OFF 6 TIMES. DEALER SAYS IT IS WORKING AS DESIGNED. THIS HAS JUST STARTED TO HAPPEN THE LAST 12 DAYS. NO LIGHT SETTINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED SINCE THEY WERE SET WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR. I WAS TOLD BY SHOLZ CADILLAC REPAIR TO WAIT FOR THE LIGHTS TO SENSE THE CHANGE BEFORE DRIVING. HOWEVER, WHAT DO I DO WHEN ENTERING AND EXITING A TUNNEL? WHEN PLACED SIDE BY SIDE WITH A GMC XUV WITH AN AUTOMATIC SENSOR, THE GMC SENSES THE DIFFERENCE IN LIGHT IN 3 SECONDS. THIS DELAY IN MY CADILLAC IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY HAZARD. *NM

(1) NORMAL DRIVING (2) REAR DIFFERENTIAL LEAK AND WHINE; COOLANT LEAK FROM THE RADIATOR (3) GOING TO THE DEALER TOMORROW. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED SUDDENLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED EITHER ONE OR TWO UNKNOWN PARTS TO THE COMPUTER OF THE VEHICLE OR THE ENTIRE COMPUTER. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIR. WITHIN 50 MILES FROM THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH PRIOR TO EACH INCIDENT. AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER BOTH INCIDENTS BECAUSE THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 8/7/2006 - *NM

1. WAS DRIVING MY BLACK 2006 CTS V WITH 1,486 MILES ON IT HOME FROM GETTING FOOD WHEN IT STOPPED WORKING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TRIED TO MAKE IT GO. IT WOULDN'T GO. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO CRESTVIEW CADILLAC. 2. THE DEALER SAID THAT MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. THEY CLAIM THAT I MUST HAVE BEEN DRAG RACING THE CAR WHICH I HAVE NEVER DONE EVEN ONCE. THEY CLAIM TO HAVE FOUND TRACTION COMPOUND AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT MY TIRES ARE NEAR BALD. 3. DEALER WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE CAR. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND THE RIGHT AXLE. *NM

IN CASE YOU ARE NOT ALREADY AWARE OF THIS, THE TAIL LIGHTS OF SOME NEWER MODEL PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES ARE VISUALLY DISTRACTING BECAUSE THE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) ARRAY THAT IS USED FOR THE TAIL LIGHTS IS BEING STROBED ON AND OFF, INSTEAD OF BEING ON CONTINUOUSLY. I HAVE NOTICED THIS ON THE LATEST MODEL CADILLAC AND JAGUAR VEHICLES, TO NAME TWO. THE RATE OF STROBING IS HIGH ENOUGH SO THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE FLASHING WHEN LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE TAILLIGHT. HOWEVER, AS MY EYES MOVE TO SCAN MULTIPLE LANES OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AHEAD, I CAN SEE THE STROBING IN MY PERIPHERAL VISION AND MY FIRST REACTION TO THE SUDDEN FLASH IS THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE COME ON. IT CATCHES MY ATTENTION AND TRICKS MY EYES TO LOOK BACK AT THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT IT IS INDEED BRAKING. THIS IS DISTRACTING. THE NEWER LED VEHICLE TAIL LIGHTS SHOULD BE ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY (JUST LIKE A GOOD OLD FASHION LIGHT BULB), NOT STROBED ON AND OFF AT A HIGH RATE. *JB

NEW CTS CADILLAC 2200 MILES. LEAKING OIL FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ON TO THE EXHAUST PIPE. NOISE (CLANKING) WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO GEAR. *JB

2006 CADILLAC CTS-V: 1. REAR END LEAKAGE @ 200 MILES 2. REAR END CLUNK WHEN SHIFTING @ 1000 MILES *JB