2004 CADILLAC XLR Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC XLR. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN TO APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ON NOVEMBER 6, 2006, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO NINE PARKED VEHICLES. ALL OF THE VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP FROM NOVEMBER 6, 2006 TO FEBRUARY 23, 2007. THE CONTACT CALLED ONSTAR OVER 50 TIMES DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE DOOR LOCKS HAVE ALSO FAILED AND, ON ONE OCCASION, THE POLICE HAD TO LET HER OUT OF HER OWN VEHICLE. THE CONTACT IS DISABLED AND THE FAILURE IS CAUSING THE ONSTAR TO FAIL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE IS RELATED TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK AND DOES NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE EVERY DAY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

I HAVE A 2004 CADILLAC XLR WITH 8031 MILES. THE CAR HAS MICHELIN PILOT ZEROPRESSURE TIRES. THE SIDEWALLS BUBBLE WHEN YOU HIT A POTHOLE, AND I DON'T MEAN A BIG POT HOLE. I HAVE WATCHED MANY CARS TRAVEL THROUGH THIS PART OF THE ROAD AND HIT THE SAME POT HOLE I HIT WITHOUT THEIR SIDEWALLS BUBBLING AND HAVING TO REPLACE THE TIRES. THIS HAPPENED ON THE FIRST AND ONLY POTHOLE I HIT. THESE TIRES SELL FOR $415.00 PLUS TAX. THEY SHOULD HOLD UP AT LEAST AS WELL AS THE 79.99 SPECIAL WHICH HAD NO DAMAGE TO THEIR TIRES.*AK

THE CAR STARTED EMITTING GASOLINE FUMES THROUGHOUT THE GARAGE AND HOUSE. THE DEALER REMOVED THE GASOLINE TANK AND DISCOVERED A LEAK AT THE MOLDED SECTION WHERE THE FILL TUBE ENTERS THE TANK. THE TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB