2007 CADILLAC CTS Complaints

MOST OFTEN WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS 15 MPH OR LESS AND DOING A TURN (SUCH AS PARKING OR GOING THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH), YOU CANNOT PUSH IN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STOP THE VEHICLE. YOU HAVE TO TO RAPIDLY PRESS AND DEPRESS THE BRAKE PAD UNTIL THE BRAKES ENGAGE AND STOPS THE VEHICLE BEFORE HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU OR SOME OTHER OBJECT. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS DURING AN EMERGENCY STOP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. $1000 LATER THE SAME PROBLEM IS PRESENT. SECOND ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE, THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM PERIODICALLY TRIPS ITSELF AND THE CAR CANNOT START FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WITH TWO CHILDREN INSIDE IT WE APPROACHED A BUSY INTERSECTION AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DID NOT EVEN SLOW DOWN. PUMPING THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK EITHER. WE WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN BY SWERVING AROUND OTHER CARS. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AND THANKS TO OTHER DRIVERS BEING VERY ALERT THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, BUT IT WAS VERY CLOSE AND TERRIFYING. WE ALLOWED THE CAR TO COAST TO A STOP AND THEN HAD TO PUSH IT TO A SIDE STREET TO GET OUT OF THE MAIN ROADWAY. THE CAR STILL HAD A FULL RESERVOIR OF BRAKE FLUID (NO FLUID LEAKS) AND HAD NO BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS AT ALL ILLUMINATING ON THE DASH. BRAKE PAD AND ROTORS WERE ONLY A MONTH OLD. WE ARE HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO A CADILLAC DEALERSHIP TODAY. *TR

AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE FORWARD AND TO COME TO A STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR I ALMOST REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AS I HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN TIME TO STOP MY QUESTION IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS AS IT NEVER GAVE WARNING ANYTHING WAS WRONG ON THE DASH OR OTHERWISE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE SERVICE THEFT SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MODULE WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THEIR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V394000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

ON 4/02/2015 I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE WHEN SUDDENLY I HEARD A EXPLOSION TYPE SOUND AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35 MPH. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE WHEN I SAW OIL COMING OUT FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR I CALLED AAA AND THEY TOWED ME TO MY HOME WERE I DID RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT CADILLAC CTS FROM 2005-2007 WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. SO I CONTACTED CADILLAC DIV. DIRECTLY AND WAS GIVEN A CASE # 71-1463000661 THEY CONTACTED CORAL CADILLAC DEALER AND THEY CAME PICKED UP MY CAR AND HAD IT INSPECTED THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE CAR HAS POWERTRAIN PROBLEMS BUT THE MECHANIC SAYS THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THEY WILL NOT COVER THE FEES TO REPAIR IT DUE TO THE VIN # OF MY VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL FOR THAT ISSUE> AT THIS POINT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND MY CAR HAS EXPERIENCED EVERYTHING IN THE ORIGINAL RECALL FOR THAT MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. PLEASE HELP..... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V394000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, ON THE WAY HOME, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MOMENTARILY FLICKERED. THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A BUMP ON THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK INSIDE THE IGNITION INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED AN UNKNOWN COMPONENT ON THE IGNITION SWITCH AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION AFTER RESTARTING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN OF THE REPAIR THAT WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH MY 2 SMALL CHILDREN WITH THE AC ON WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE GAUGES IN THE CAR DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE CAR INSIDE BECAME VERY HOT AND THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED UP. I IMMEDIATELY GRIPPED THE WHEEL AS TIGHT AS I COULD AND MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO CRASH. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE, IT WAS SHUTTING ITSELF DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. WHEN I PULLED OVER I HAD TO FORCE IT INTO PARK. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE, WE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT AND KILLED BY ANOTHER CAR. IT HAPPENED SO FAST. ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED TODAY WAS THAT I PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND TRIED TO TURN MY CAR OFF AND THE KEY WOULD NOT MOVE OR COME OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE CAR RAN FOR A WHILE AND THAN SHUT OFF, BUT THE HEADLIGHTS LIGHTS WERE BLINKING VERY FAST AND DID THAT UNTIL THE BATTERY DIED AND THE KEY IS STILL STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND WILL NOT COME OUT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. USUALLY THE KEY WILL COME OUT AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS, BUT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 4 BATTERIES FROM THE TIME I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR UNTIL NOW. I WILL NEVER BUY A CADILLAC VEHICLE AGAIN. *TR

2007 CADILLAC DTS. CONSUMER WROTE IN ON BEHALF OF HER MOTHER. COMPLAINS ABOUT THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE RECALL *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT REPLACED. ONLY A MODIFICATION TO THE KEY AND RING WAS DONE. *JB

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A TERRIBLE CLUNK FOLLOWED BY GRINDING. I STOPPED TO LOOK UNDER THE CAR BECAUSE I THOUGHT SOMETHING FELL OUT OR OF THE CAR. I GOT IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WENT OUT BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN LEAKING. I HAD CONTACTED CADILLAC EARLIER IN THE 2014 TO CHECK ON RECALLS AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. I THINK IT SHOULD'VE BEEN UNDER RECALL. I READ THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE CTS, BUT CADILLAC REFUSES TO MAKE IT RIGHT ON OLDER MODELS. I AM JUST GLAD I WASN'T DRIVING AT 70 MPH OR SOMEBODY COULD'VE BEEN KILLED. I AM $2,200 IN THE HOLE NOW... *TR