2003 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

THE 2003 CTS IS EQUIPPED WITH STABILITY SYSTEM. SEEMS THAT THE STABILITY SYSTEM CAN FAIL WHEREAS IT ENGAGES AT HIGH SPEED AND MOMENTARLY APPLIES BRAKING TO ONE WHEEL. DEALER (MCGINNIS CADILLAC) STATED IT WASN'T POSSIBLE, BIT DISCOVERED DURING ATEST DRIVE THAT IT WAS INDEED. AFTER A WEEK OF TRIAL AND ERROR THEY DISCOVERED A BAD SENSOR IN THE WHEEL. IMAGINE TRAVELING AT 70MPH AND HAVING ONE WHEEL MOMENTARLY LOCK UP DUE TO AN ONBOARD SYSTEM. HAS THE POTENTIAL OF DRAGGING THE CAR OUT OF IT'S LANE, PERHAPS EVEN UNDER A LARGE FREIGHT TRUCK. PERHAPS FLIPPING THE CAR AS WELL.*AK

STEERING MECHANISM FAILED ON 2003 CADILLAC CTS. *MR THE POWER STEERING MECHANISM FAILED, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO TURN, WHICH WAS REPLACED. BOTH FRONT STRUTS WERE REPLACED DUE TO LEAKAGE AND THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT BOLT WAS UNDER TORQUED. THE LEFT FRONT SHOCK LEAKED, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO PUMP GAS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE GAS LINE. A RUBBING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, SQUEAKING FROM THE FRONT END, AND A HOLLOW SOUND WHEN PASSING OVER BUMPS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER REPAIR THE VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE LEMON LAW BILL. (LAWYER, JOSEPH ARDITO ON BEHALF OF CLIENT ROBERT GENOVESE)*SCC *JB

PROBLEMS WITH PSI FOR VEHICLE TIRE EQUIPMENT.*MR. THE CONSUMER STATED THE OUTDOOR STICKER ON THE VEHICLE STATED FOR 17 INCH TIRES, THEY SHOULD BE INFLATED TO 30 PSI, HOWEVER THE GM SHOP MANUAL STATED THE TIRES SHOULD BE INFLATED TO 35 PSI. GM INFORMED THE CONSUMER TO CHECK WITH HIS LOCAL DEALER TO FIND OUT THE CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE. *JB *NLM

WHEN RUNNING A/C THE DEFROSTERS LEAK COLD AIR AND CONDENSATION ACCMMULATES ON OUTSIDE OF WINDSHIELD. DEALER (HENNESEY CADILLAC, ATLANTA) STATES VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED THIS WAY. I DO NOT FEEL A VEHICLE IS DESIGNED SO THAT YOU HAVE TO RUN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WHEN IT IS NOT RAINING. IMPAIRS VISIBILITY.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT DEFROSTER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY.*AK

BRAKES FAILED. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT. VEHICLE IS A 2004 CTS.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 40 MPH, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRE, THERE WAS NO HOLE OR DAMAGE TO THE TREAD AREA BUT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE OUTER SIDE WALL. IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT THE SIDE WALL HIT ANYTHING. THE CONSUMER DID NOT REMEMBER HITTING ANYTHING. THE CONSUMER DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE REMAINED STABLE. THE ONLY INDICATION THE TIRE BLEW OUT WAS A VIBRATION. *AK *CB *JB

OWNER FELT VIBRATION THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL, AND TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP. TO HIS SURPRISE, CADILLAC WAS REPLACING ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES DUE TO SIDEWALLS COMING APART ON THE INSIDE. THEY WERE A LITTLE VAGUE WITH THEIR RESPONSE, SO THE OWNER HAS CONCERNS REGARDING THIS ISSUE.*AK

MY CADILLAC CTS (2003) WAS HIT DIRECTLY IN THE DRIVERS DOOR AT APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH AND THE SIDE IMPACT OR CURTAIN AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED SO HARD, THE WITNESS THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO FLIP OVER. CADILLAC INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, AND THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY BECAUSE THE SENSOR DID NOT RECEIVE A DIRECT HIT. THE SENSOR IS LOCATED ON THE DOOR FRAME BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND REAR LEFT PASSENGER DOOR. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE DOOR WAS TOTALLY SMASHED IN TO THE DRIVERS SEAT, THE VEHICLE FRAME DAMAGED, THE WINDOW BLEW OUT AND AIR BAGS DIDN'T GO OFF, BECAUSE THE SENSOR WAS NOT HIT.*AK

THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A HUGE BULGE IN THE SIDEWALL. ORIGINAL TIRES WITH 17,481 MILES ON THEM (GOODYEAR, EAGLE P225/55R16, DOT # M6T4LNDR1502). *AK *CB *NLM