CADILLAC Complaints

STARTED WITH A FEW DROPS OF OIL FROM UNDER ENGINE, KEEPS GETTING WORSE. DRIPPING OIL GETTING ON EXHAUST OR OTHER HOT FIXTURE AND BURNING SMELL COMES INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT UNLESS AIR REICIRC IS TURNED ON.I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A LEAKING GASKET BEHIND THE OIL FILTER HOUSING .I REPLACED THAT GASKET AND OIL STILL LEAKING FROM THE OIL PAN ENGINE HOUSING .HAVE BEEN TOLD THE GASKET AT THE PAN IS BAD AND TO FIX THE MOTOR WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED @ APX. $3,000. CADILLAC DEALER AND GM KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN 06. BUT NO RECALL . I'VE SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF OTHER DTS OWNERS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND FROM THE REPORTS HERE AND ON OTHER SITES I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS HASN'T BEEN MADE A RECALL. JUST TYPE IN CADILLAC DTS OIL LEAKS ON THE INTERNET AND YOU WILL SEE THE PROBLEMS WITH THESE CARS. *JS

EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF VEHICLE BEING VERY HESITANT TO ACCELERATE WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO ENTER INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS JUST A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TYPE OF ENGINE IS NOT A GOOD OR PROFESSIONAL RESPONSE. NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY CADILLAC. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON 1-26 AND EXIT ON NORTH MEETING ST RD. NORTH CHARLESTON SC WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT THE CAR WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER THE POWER STEERING LINE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO DESIGN DEFECT. THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED AND CAR COULD NOT START. BRAKES TRACTION SYSTEM LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT STAY ON CAR USED 2QTS OF OIL A MONTH THE AIR CONDITIONER FAN WIRE SMELL LIKE IT WAS BURNING AFTER FAN QUIT WORKING. *TR

I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. I STARTED GOING UP THE DRIVEWAY, I FELT THE CAR LURCH FOREWARD. I THOUGHT I WAS SLAMMING ON THE BRAKE, BUT HIT THE GAS INSTEAD. THE CAR CRASHED INTO THE HOUSE MOVING THE CONCRETE BLOCK. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I BROKE MY NECK AT C4 AND C5. I HAVE SEEN 3 REPORTS ON THIS SITE DETAILING THE SAME. ALL THESE CARS WERE 2007 CADILLAC STS. WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH GM AND AIRBAGS, COULD THIS BE RELATED? *TR

VEHICLE DISPLAYED WARNING INDICATOR IN DASH THAT AIR BAGS WERE NOT ARMED WHEN VEHICLE WAS MOVING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GM DEALERSHIP AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE ARMING SWITCH FOR THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS LOCATED IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE "FIXED" END OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT AND WAS DEFECTIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS VEHICLE OR OTHER GM MODELS HAVE HAD OTHER REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. I ASSUME THAT ALL THEIR VEHICLES OPERATE WITH THE SAME INDICATION SYSTEM AND I READ RECENTLY THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON SOME OTHER MODEL VEHICLES. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS IS A ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH MY VEHICLE OR A POTENTIAL PROBLEM FOR ALL OF THIS MODEL VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THERE WAS AN ACCUMULATION OF WATER ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE FLOOR BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER IN TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE SUN ROOF HAD TO BE REALIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,990.

ON 5/23/14 4 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CADILLAC SRX THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT & BOTH HOSE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE HOSES SPLIT. WHILE I'M IN ATLANTA GA. VISITING. FROM INDIANAPOLIS IN. TO THIS DATE THE CAR IS STILL THERE WAITING ON A HOSE ASSEMBLY THAT IS ON BACK ORDER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. *TR

HIGH AMPERAGE CONNECTORS CONTROLLING DRIVER AND PASSENGER HEATED AND COOLED SEATS SHORTED AT MODULE UNDER PASSENGER SEAT INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. CAR FILLED WITH SMOKE AND I HAD TO SEARCH AND PULL THE FUSE UNDER THE REAR SEAT CUSHION FOR THE WIRE THAT SHORTED UNDER FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. TROLLING FORUMS YIELDED VERY QUICK RESULTS WITH MANY THAT HAD SAME ISSUE. THE MODULE AND ASSOCIATED WIRING SHOULD BE RECALLED BY GM (NOT TO MENTION THE STEALERSHIP CHARGES WELL OVER 1,200 FOR THE PART ALONE). *TR

BOTH REAR TAILLIGHTS ARE SEPARATING FROM THE BODY AT THE TOP. THERE IS A GAP OF APPROX. 1/4-3/8 INCH FROM THE TOP PEAK OF TAILLIGHT TO BODY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTO START IGNITION. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, THE CONTACT COULD EXIT THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A CHIME SOUNDING TO ALERT THAT THE ENGINE WAS STILL OPERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.