2010 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

TAKATA RECALL. MY PSGR AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON SAYING PSGR AIRBAG OFF. I SAW WHERE CERTAIN VEHICLES WERE RECALLED FOR THIS. THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WILL MY VEHICLE GET IN THE RECALL OR WILL THERE BE FUTURE RECALLS

WHEN DRIVING IN MY NORMAL SEATED POSITION I FIND THAT TRANSITIONING FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE BRAKE PEDAL CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE AT THE LEAST TO ALMOST DANGEROUS.THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RIGHT FOOT ALMOST ALWAYS GETS CAUGHT BEHIND THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL.IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL IS TOO CLOSE TO THE THROTTLE PEDAL. HAS THIS ISSUE EVER COME UP BEFORE? I'VE TALKED TO OTHERS WHO HAVE DRIVEN THESE MODELS AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOTICED.IF THE RIGHT FOOT IS PLACED MORE TO THE RIGHT (MORE IN LINE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL|) IT IS NOT A PROBLEM.BUT ISN'T A NORMAL POSITION FOR ME AS I WOULD ASSUME FOR OTHER DRIVERS.I'M SURE THAT SHOE SIZE OR STYLE WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT IN A CONFINED ARE LIKE THESE CARS HAVE (THE CONSOLE SEEMS WIDER TO ALLOW FOR THE TRANSMISSION POSITION) THAT AN ALLOWANCE FOR MORE ROOM BETWEEN PEDALS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE. DAVE

TAKATA RECALL - AIRBAG PASSENGER SIDE MECHANISM IS DEFECTIVE. CADILLAC SAYS $900 TO REPLACE, PLUS LABOR. WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. I CAN'T AFFORD REPLACEMENT. CAN'T SELL THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT'S FIXED.

I WAS COMING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY .3 MILE, AT ABOUT 10 MPH AROUND A SMALL CURVE WHEN ALL FOUR SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ON THE VEHICLE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO CADILLAC AND NOW GM IS STATING THAT I WAS DRIVING IN EXCESS SPEED OF 50 MPH AND THE CAR WAS DRIVING ERRATICALLY. THIS IS TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO COMING OUT OF THE DRIVE AROUND THE CORNER WHERE THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AND IF I WAS DRIVING ON THE MAIN ROAD COULD HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED ME SERIOUS HARM AND ACCIDENTS TO OTHERS. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR PROBLEMS I'VE HAD WITH THE VEHICLE TO GIVE ME ANY SIGN THAT THIS DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS WOULD HAPPEN. THIS IS A GM MANUFACTURING PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED BY GM AND CADILLAC. THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT I NEED TO CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY WHICH I HAVE DONE AND THEY NOW HAVE INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO THIS INCIDENT. THIS COULD HAPPEN TO OTHER VEHICLES AND TAKE LIVES.

THE REAR HATCHBACK LIFTS FAILED AND THE HATCH SPONTANEOUSLY CLOSES. THE PART THAT IS UNREASONABLE IS IT CLOSES UNDER POWER AND SLAMS ON MY HEAD INJURING MY HEAD AND NECK WITH POWER ASSIST! THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED AND I ACCESS THE REAR HATCH. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. NOW I HAVE TO REMEMBER TO HOLD IT UP FORCEFULLY WHILE A MOTOR PUSHES TO CLOSE IT.

CADILLAC SENT ME A LETTER DATED JUNE 2014 WITH MY VEHICLE'S VIN ON IT INDICATING THAT "THE SUPERCHARGER MAY DEVELOP A NOTICEABLE RATTLE NOISE AT IDLE. THE NOISE WILL TYPICALLY GO AWAY WHEN THE ENGINE RPM IS RAISED SLIGHTLY ABOVE IDLE. HOWEVER, IF LEFT UNCORRECTED, THE PROBLEM, OVER TIME, MAY LEAD TO CONTAMINATION OF THE LUBRICATING GREASE AND CAUSE THE BEARING TO SQUEAL. IF LEFT UNADDRESSED, THE BEARING MAY OVERHEAT AND CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE SEIZURE OR NO-START CONDITION." CADILLAC THEN GOES ON TO SAY THAT THEY WILL EXTEND THE WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE FOR 10 YEARS FROM THE SERVICE DATE. I BROUGHT MY CAR IN TO ED MORSE CADILLAC IN SUNRISE FL IN JAN 2015 WITH THIS LETTER BECAUSE THE CAR HAD THE NOISE AS DESCRIBED IN THE CADILLAC LETTER. THE SERVICE ADVISER ADVISED THAT THIS CAR WAS NOT ONE OF THE VINS COVERED. ??? I JUST BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE THREE MECHANICS ALL HEARD THE NOISE AND INDICATED IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I CALLED UP THE CADILLAC NUMBER 1-800-204-0261 AND BASICALLY "MIN" TOLD ME THAT THIS ISN'T A RECALL BUT AN EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY, SO DESPITE CADILLAC SENDING ME A LETTER INDICATING MY CAR MAY HAVE THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM THAT THEY WILL FIX AND THAT MY CAR HAS THE INDICATED SYMPTOMS IN THEIR LETTER, MIN AT CADILLAC SAYS THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC COSTS FOR CADILLAC TO DETERMINE IF THE PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN THEIR LETTER IS INDEED WHAT THEY SENT ME THE LETTER FOR. I FIND THIS UNBELIEVABLE THAT CADILLAC IS PUTTING THE ONUS ON THE CUSTOMERS TO RISK THE COST OF TEARDOWN OR A MAJOR ENGINE MALFUNCTION AND ACCIDENT, INSTEAD OF RECALLING THESE CARS AND TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEM THAT THEY NOTIFIED ME OF. WHY SHOULD I BE FRONTING MONEY TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM CADILLAC SAYS I HAVE??? CLEARLY CADILLAC WOULD PREFER THE WARRANTY TO RUN OUT AND NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR $3K REPAIRS ON ALL OF THESE CARS.

MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON CODE P0008 TIMING CHAIN ISSUE. CADILLAC HAS A RECALL ON THE 3.6 TIMING CHAINS BUT MY VIN FOR SOME REASON ISN'T INCLUDED. MY CADILLAC ONLY HAS 76844 MILES ON IT. THE RECALL THEY HAVE IN PLACE IS FOR 10 YEARS 120000 MILES. AGAIN FOR SOME REASON MY CAR ISN'T INCLUDED EVEN THO ITS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AND EXACT SAME ENGINE.

DOOR LOCKS FREEZE UP. THE DRIVERS DOOR FROZE UP WHEN I STOPPED TO GET GAS (WHILE I WAS ON VACATION IN TN) COULD NOT OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUT. THAT WAS IN 9/2015 I WAS TOLD IT WAS A FLUKE! PAID OVER $600 FOR REPAIR. YESTERDAY I WENT TO GET IN MY VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN! SAME SCENIRO CANNOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUT!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A GAP BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE TAILGATE AND THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. OVER TIME, THE GAP COLLECTED WATER AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUST AND ALSO DAMAGED THE ELECTRICAL PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE GAP WAS A MAJOR MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY/FREEWAY BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED. I DO NOT KNOW AS TO WHY THE AIR BAGS SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED BUT I HAVE SEEN OTHER INSTANCES WERE THIS HAS OCCURRED ONLINE.