2008 CADILLAC STS Complaints

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  • 2008 CADILLAC STS
    - EL PASO, TX

    RECALL.I AM AN ACTIVE DUTY SAILOR AND MISSING SEVERAL NOTICES OF THE INTIAL RECALL.....ENGINE REDUCTION OF POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE...PREMATURE TIMING CHAIN WEAR REPROGRAM ENGINE CONTROL MODULE...WHILE DRIVING THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 15MPH....THIS HAPPENED ON A BUSY I-10 INTERSTATE...IS THERE AWAY TO REOPEN THIS RECALL.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2008 CADILLAC STS
    - ROCKLIN, CA

    ENGINE BLOCK DETERERATING FROM INSIDE OUT. LEEKING FLUID. ALL SERVICES MADE AND CAR HAS NEVER OVERHEATED. SERVICED BY RELIABLE CADILLAC, ROSEVILLE CA

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2008 CADILLAC STS
    - PHILADELPHIA, PA

    PURCHASED VEHICLE 11- 2011 (65,498) 10-(2012) FIRST CK ENGINE LIGHT ISSUE AND EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN I'VE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE FOR CK ENGINE LIGHT LAST THREE YEARS 2014-THRY-16 NOW 17 THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING OR SITTING WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE THIS IS A ISSUE FOR ME BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT GETTING REAR ENDED MY VEHICLE IS IN THE KERBECK CADILLAC SERVICE DEALER SINCE 1/19/2017 FOR THE SAME ISSUE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND PARK TO SHIFT I'VE COMPLAIN TO GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CASE NUMBER ON THIS ISSUE , BUT THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIX THEIR OWN VEHICLE IN THE MEAN TIME I', STILL PAYING FOR A UNSAFE VEHICLE , IF THE MAKER OF THE CAR CAN'T CORRECT THEIR OWN ISSUE THEN WHO CAN, WHY DOES ISSUE HAVE TO FALL IN THE CONSUMER LAP ? WHY DO I HAVE TO DRIVE AND PAY FOR THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE. NO-ONE WANTS TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE WHY KEEP GIVING ME THAT CT BACK IF THEY CAN'T CORRECT THIS SAFETY ISSUE ,THEY KEEP BLAMING IT ON THE MILEAGE THEN WHY SELL THESE VEHICLE WITH THE OUTRAGE PRICE TAGS KNOWING THAT IT THAT BE A SAFETY ISSUE IN A FEW YEARS ONCE THE VEHICLE IS OVER 100,000 MILES I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR FIVE YEARS (JUST PUT APPROX ANOTHER 66,000 MILES, SO THEY ARE USING THIS AS EXCUSE THEN DON'T SELL CARS WITH HIGH MILES . THEY SHOULD THINK ABOUT CONSUMER SAFETY NOT JUST THE MONEY. IN THE BEGINNING THE VEHICLE WOULD BE STATIONARY THEN YEARS PASS WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION CITY DRIVING.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2008 CADILLAC STS
    - PHILADELPHIA, PA

    CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON VEHICLE START SHUTTING DOWN WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A PA INTERSTATE AND ON A CITY STREET THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SERVAL OCCASION , THEN THE PARK TO SHIFT LIGHTS COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE AT THAT TIME IS UNABLE TO SHUT OFF. AT LEASE THREE TIME THIS YEAR 2016 (APR#7TH OCT 26TH AND NOV 3RD EACH TIME THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED, APPROX SIX TIME SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN NOV 2011.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2008 CADILLAC STS
    - HENDERSON, KY

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC STS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V542000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2008 CADILLAC STS
    - OXFORD, MI

    AIR BAG SENSORS GOING BAD OR CORRODED. SHOULDN'T THEY LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE?

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2008 CADILLAC STS
    - NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA

    POWER ASSISTED STEERING FLUCTUATES. SOMETIMES IT WORKS. IT MAY START OR STOP WORKING AT ANY TIME, AND IS INCONSISTENT.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2008 CADILLAC STS
    - JACKSON, NJ

    THE INFORMATION WINDOW UNDER MY SPEEDOMETER WARNED ME TO CHECK THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG. IT THEN WENT OFF ABOUT 2 DAYS LATER. I WARNED ME AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY AND MAY 22ND. I DID NOT DRIVE MY CAR TODAY (5/23) SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE WARNING IS STILL ON. IF IT IS I WILL WRITE AGAIN.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2008 CADILLAC STS
    - KALEVA, MI

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC STS. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2008 CADILLAC STS
    - ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI

    STEERING WHEEL HEATER STOPPED WORKING. DEALER WANTS 1100 TO REPLACE. AFTER READING MANY FORUMS THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE