2008 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

THE CAR SMELLS REALLY BAD LIKE GAS AT THE REAR OF CAR FROM GAS TANK UNDERNEATH CAR AND LOOKS LIKE A LEAK FROM TOP CAN NOT SEE WERE FROM EXACTLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BUT LOOSENED AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT A VERY LOW SPEEDS TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING ACTUATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

14V542000 WAS A RECALL ON 2004-2007 CADILLAC CTS FOR FUEL LEAK ABOVE THE TANK. THIS 2008 MODEL HAS THE VERY SAME/SIMILAR LEAK AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL? WHY NOT? SAME PROBLEM, VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU SEARCH INTERNET ABOUT THE 2008 CADILLAC CTS FUEL LEAK.

TAKATA RECALL: MY SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING AND OFF. ALSO MY TIRE GAGE ,KEEPS FLASHING AFTER MY AIR LEVELS HAS BEEN CHECK. IT WILL NOT GO OFF ON ITS ON.

MY SUNROOF DRAIN IS OFTEN CLOGGED RESULTING IN THE INTERIOR BEING SOAKED DURING SLIGHT OR HEAVY RAIN FALL. MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL. ALSO WHENEVER THE WEATHER IS WARM OUTSIDE, THE BACK DOORS WILL NOT UNLOCK FROM THE OUTSIDE OR WHEN EXITING THE CAR. I ALWAYS HAVE TO MANUALLY LOCK THE DOORS UPON LEAVING THE VEHICLE. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN VIRTUALLY PRESENT SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND HAVE BECOME A NIGHTMARE. THE WATER LOG INSIDE THE VEHICLE ALMOST ALWAYS HAPPEN WHEN THE CAR IS STATIONARY.

THE D/S DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON SAME ISSUE AND NO RECALL ISSUED

ON APRIL 8 2016 MY WIFE WAS ON THE WAY TO THE BANK AT PEACH AND LIBERTY IN ERIE PA. SHE WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN THE LIGHT TURN GREEN SHE HAD NO TRANSMISSION OR BRAKES. LUCKILY FOR HER THE EMERGENCE BREAK WORKED BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING BACKWARDS. HAD IT TOWED TO ROTH CADILLAC IN ERIE PA. WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE BROKE (THERE WAS NO WARNING) AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY THE BRAKES WENT OUT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT. SO AGAIN MY WIFE CONTACTED CADILLAC HEADQUARTERS AND MY WIFE GOT AN EMAIL FROM CADILLAC HEADQUARTERS SAYING SORRY FOR YOUR PROBLEM BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU ONE HOUR OF DIAGNOSTIC FOR FREE. AND FROM THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS BEEN HAPPENING A LOT.

I BROUGHT A 2008 CADILLAC BACK IN SEPT. 2014. APRIL OF 2015 I HAD A CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WENT OUT ON ME THREE TIMES ALL THREE TIMES I TOOK IT IN TO ROTH CADILLAC OF ERIE PA AND I ALSO CONTACT CADILLAC HEADQUARTERS AT THE SAME TIME. I PAY ALL THREE TIMES. THEY FIXED THE SENSOR AND REPAIRED THE WIRING HARNESS ALL THREE TIMES. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY 3-6 MONTHS IT WOULD BREAK DOWN. WE WERE TOLD BY THE MECHANIC AT ROTH CADILLAC THAT THEY GOT A MEMO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. BUT WASN'T GOING TO DO A RECALL ON IT.

ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 19TH, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES FROM MY HOME, AN INCREDIBLY LOUD BANGING SOUND SHOCKED ME INTO STOPPING THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT FELT AS IF SOMETHING WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH THE FLOOR AND INTO THE INTERIOR CONSOLE OF THE CAR. PANIC-STRICKEN, I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE THE CAR AGAIN. WHEN I CALLED MY HUSBAND, HE INSTRUCTED ME TO DRIVE EXTREMELY SLOWLY TO THE VERY SHORT DISTANCE OF A LOCAL MECHANIC'S GARAGE.UPON INSPECTION THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE BOLTS ON THE DRIVESHAFT CONNECTED TO THE TRANSMISSION WERE NEVER TORQUED WHEN THE CAR WAS BUILT AT THE GM PLANT. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE BOLTS UNSCREWED AND FELL INTO HIS HAND WITHOUT USING A WRENCH AND SEVERAL OF THE BOLTS WERE SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE DRIVESHAFT TO COME AWAY FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND ALMOST PENETRATE THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE ENTIRE DRIVESHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH A NEW DRIVESHAFT. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE MILEAGE WAS ONLY 70,751 MILES. THIS SERVICE WAS PERFORMED BY BLESSING'S SERVICE LLC, 19 WEST SHORE TRAIL, SPARTA, NJ 07871 AT A COST OF $1,024.39. ALL OTHER SERVICE PERFORMED ON THIS CAR PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT WAS PERFORMED BY MECHANICS AT MY DEALERSHIP, BROGAN CADILLAC LOCATED IN TOTOWA, NEW JERSEY.

THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE TIMING CHAIN, WHICH LED TO COIL ISSUES AND CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ISSUES WHICH LED TO LOW HEAD BEAMS CONSTANTLY BURNING OUT. EVERYTIME WORK IS DONE IT CAUSES A CHAIN REACTION TO OTHER PARTS IN THE CAR THAT REQUIRES MORE AND MORE MONEY. NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON AND I AM TOLD THAT SINCE THE FIRST CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPAIRED, THE SECOND ONE NOW NEEDS REPLACING AND THE LOW HEAD BEAM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS WIRING ISSUES THAT WILL NOT ALLOW THE NEW BULB TO BURN, I AM TOLD THAT THE WIRING APPEARS TO BE SPLICED. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED IN APRIL AND SO WAS THE LOW BEAM BULB. HEADLIGHT WAS REPLACED IN APRIL, 2015 IT IS NOT WORKING TODAY AND WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT THE WIRING HAD BEEN SPLICED OR BURNED OUT. RADIO SPEAKERS DO NOT WORK AND ALL WAS CENTERED AROUND ISSUES WITH COILS AND CATALYTIC COVERTERS.