2008 CADILLAC DTS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN IT WOULD RAIN, WATER WOULD LEAK FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,400.

GM RECALL 14299/NHTSA RECALL 14V355000 THE GM FIX FOR THIS FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH IS TO INSTALL A SMALLER (13MM) KEY RING AND SMALL INSERTS ON THE IGNITION KEYS TO PREVENT INSTALLING ANY OTHER THINGS ON THE KEY RING. THIS IS NOT A FIX FOR A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH, BUT A MEANS TO CIRCUMVENT THE PROBLEM! I FIND IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD RUBBER STAMP THIS SHODDY CIRCUMVENTION OF THE REAL PROBLEM! HOW MANY VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ARE YOU AND GM WILLING TO ALLOW BEFORE FIXING THE PROBLEM PROPERLY? REST ASSURED, MY ATTORNEY HAS A COPY OF THIS COMPLAINT AND WILL TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD MY VEHICLE MALFUNCTION! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNCERTAIN WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

RECEIVED NOTICE OF GM RECALL 14299 ON 8/18/14. FURIOUS THAT THE PARTS TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM ARE SAID TO BE UNAVAILABLE AND NO DATE - OR EVEN AN EXPECTED DATE - FOR THEIR AVAILABILITY IS GIVEN IN THE LETTER RECEIVED. GM HAS KNOWN OF THIS PROBLEM LITERALLY FOR YEARS NOW AND I DON'T APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO PARTS TO PROVIDE AN IMMEDIATE REMEDY OR AN ANTICIPATED DATE FOR ITS RESOLUTION. TOTALLY UNCONSCIONABLE! MEANWHILE, OWNERS ARE EXPECTED TO USE ONLY THEIR IGNITION KEY (NO OTHER IMPLEMENTS ARE TO BE ON THE KEY RING - SUCH AS THOSE FOR SELF-DEFENSE OR CONVENIENCE) TO OBVIATE GM'S SAFETY LAPSE FOR AN UNDETERMINED LENGTH OF TIME THAT WILL BE AT THE CONVENIENCE OF GM, NOT THEIR CUSTOMERS. ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THERE HAS BEEN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM FOR YEARS, WHY AM I ONLY NOW RECEIVING NOTICE THAT MY CAR IS INVOLVED IN THIS RECALL? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT THEN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THE STRUTS WERE LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE UNDER THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THERE IS A 41 INCH BRAKE LIGHT INSTALLED ON THE TRUNK LID WHICH COSTS $223.75 TO REPLACE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NO BIG DEAL, BUT, AS I WAS REPLACING IT, I NOTICED IT WAS NEVER PROPERLY FITTED TO THE TRUNK AT THE FACTORY, WHICH CAUSED THE ORIGINAL DAMAGE, BROKEN COMPLETELY THROUGH IN THE MIDDLE, AND SEVERAL CRACKS, NOT WORKING. TO BOLT ON A NEW ONE IMPROPERLY FITTED WILL CAUSE THE SAME DAMAGE BECAUSE THE HARD PLASTIC IS UNDER HEAVY STRESS WHEN TIGHTENED DOWN. TO PROPERLY FIX THE SITUATION WILL COST THOUSANDS, MY WIFE AND I BOTH HAVE DISABILITIES AND WE CANNOT POSSIBLY AFFORD THE FIX AS THE CAR ALREADY NEEDS OVER $3000 IN SUSPENSION PARTS AS WELL, PLUS LABOR. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A TICKETABLE OFFENSE. WE EXPECT GM TO FULLY PAY FOR A PROPER FIX AS THEY HAD TO KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN UP THE ROAD. I'M SURE THEY'VE ALSO NOTICED A LARGE NUMBER OF THE LIGHTS BEING ORDERED. DOESN'T PRESIDENT OBAMA RIDE IN A STRETCHED DTS? HE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE HIS FIXED TOO. BY THE WAY, WE JUST PURCHASED A NEW MALIBU 6 DAYS AGO, WHICH IF THIS ISN'T HANDLED RAPIDLY WILL GO RIGHT BACK TO THE DEALER AND BOTH PERSONAL AND CLASS ACTION SUITS FILED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL ADJUSTER FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO BECOME TRAPPED IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

2008 CADILLAC DTS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE LOST POWER FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, THEN EVERYTHING RETURNED TO NORMAL. WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, EVERYTHING, DID NOT RETURN TO NORMAL. THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND HEADLIGHT HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WASHER HEATER BURNED OUT. THE HEATER WAS REPLACED. *JB

I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR FOR OVER A YEAR. I KEEP GETTING FUMES FROM THE VENT AND SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE HAD THE CAR TO CADILLAC ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS. HAD MADE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS TO GENERAL MOTORS AND I ALWAYS GET A CALL BACK, MOST OF THE TIME IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PERSON BUT THEY ALL SAID THE SAME THING, JUST LIKE THEY WERE PROGRAMED.MY SON HAS A FRIEND WHO WAS A TROUBLE SHOOTER FOR GM AND WORKED FOR FROST MOTORS UNTIL THEY LOST THEIR FRANCHISE AND HE WENT OUT ON HIS OWN. HE TOLD MY SON THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS FROM 2006 TO 2010 AND MOST OF THE TIME THE VEHICLES HAD HIGH MILAGE ON THEM AND GM WOULD STALL THEM OFF AND THEIR WARRANTE WOULD RUN OUT. I HAVE 64,000 ON MY CAR NOW AND TWO WEEKS LEFT ON MY WARRANTE. TODAY I CONTACTED CONGRESSMAN KENNEDYS OFFICE DUE TO WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS AND THE CHIEF EXECDUTIVE OFFICER OF GENERAL MOTORS GOING BEFORE CONGRESS OVER OTHER VEHICLE SAFETY PROBLEMS. I WAS ADVISED TO MAKE THIS COMPLAINT WHICH I AM DOING AND I WOULD HOPE OTHERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM MAKE THE SAME COMPLAINT AND MABY GM WOULD BE FORCED TO FIX OUR CAR'S. I HAD ALSO WROTE TO MARY T. BARRA CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR GM (CERTIFIED MAIL AND IT WAS SIGNED FOR) AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO HER ASSISTANCE [XXX] AND ALL HE WOULD SAY IS THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS ISUES.AND TAKE ALL COMPLAINTS SERIOUSLY. ONE THING THEY DID DO WAS OFFER ME $1,000.00 TOWARDS A NEW CADILLAC, I HAVE PUT THE INCIDENT DATE DOWN AS 5-12-14 AS WE WERE GOING TO THE DOCTOR YESTERDAY AND GOT THE FUMES AGAIN. WHEN I TOLD THEM I WAS WRITING TO CONGRESSMAN KENNEDY, THEY STOPPED TALKING TO ME. ( I WONDER WHY)? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE CADILLAC DTS 2008 WOULD NOT START.. HAD DTS TOWED TO FOREMAN-BLAIR GM DEALERSHIP.. 896382 SCAN FOR CODES NONE FOUND NO FUEL PRESSURE NO VOLTAGE AT CIRCUIT TO FUEL PUMP NO VOLTAGE BURN CONNECTOR AT FUSE BOX REPLACE BOX C MULTI POINT INSPECTION THE RELAY 19116057 GOT HOT AND BURN CONNECTOR AT FUSE BOX AND MELTED THE FUSE BLOCK 19116816 WHICH IS LOCATED UNDER THR BACK SEAT,, THAT MIGHT SET THE CAR OF FIRE.. THIS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN ON DTS CAR THERE ARE MORE ON THE INTERNET THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM,,, I NEED TO GET MY MONEY BACK $735.18 , BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT MY FOUGHT. *TR