CADILLAC Complaints

View complaints related to CADILLAC. The complaints found here are submitted by actual consumers with first hand experience. You can submit your own complaint to the NHTSA or call the Hotline, Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm at (888) 327-4236, TTY: (800) 424-9153.

  • 2007 CADILLAC CTS
    - PAINESVILLE, OH

    I WAS DRIVING ON I-75 IN MONROE, MICHIGAN. WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE VENTURED OR STEERED INTO MY LANE, WHERE MY 2007 CADILLAC CTS WAS CUT OFF/BUMPED CAUSING A FRONTAL AND BACK IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE. THE CAR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE CAR AND THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED. ACCORDING TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2002 CADILLAC ESCALADE
    - ALAMO, CA

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE IGNITION INDEPENDENTLY DISENGAGED FROM THE START POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2008 CADILLAC DTS
    - SPRINGFIELD, OH

    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

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

    POWER STEERING FAILED IN DRIVEWAY, THEN DAY LATER STARTED TO WORK THEN THE NEXT DAY FAILED WHILE BACKING VEHICLE, THEN STARTED WORKING AGAIN. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 CADILLAC SRX
    - KAPLAN , LA

    I FELL ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING, JUMPED A LEVEE, RAN THROUGH A FENCE, AND WRECKED IN A GRASSY WATERY AREA. MY ENGINE WAS SMASHED, THE MOTOR MOUNT BROKE, AND MY TIRES ARE PUSHED BACK. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY FACE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND MY NOSE IS BROKEN. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANY RECALLS ON THIS CAR. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2006 CADILLAC STS
    - REYNOLDSBURG, OH

    AFTER CAR HAD BEEN IMMOBILE FOR A WEEK, ATTEMPTED TO START AND ENGINE JUST CLICKED AND CAR WOULD NOT START. I PLACED THE BATTERY ON CHARGER WITHOUT DISCONNECTING FROM TERMINALS, CHARGE BATTERY FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS. TRIED TO START VEHICLE AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. IT STARTED AND I DROVE DIRECTLY TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE (AUTO ZONE) AND HAD THEM TEST MY BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR MY SYSTEM TESTED GOOD, SO I DROVE FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS, THIS TIME I KEPT A CLOSE WATCH ON THE BATTERY VOLTS AND THEY KEPT FLUCTUATING UP AN DOWN. I PARKED THE CAR FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF DAYS AND THE PROBLEM CAME BACK AGAIN. SO I CHARGED THE BATTERY AGAIN AND THEN TOOK IT TO A GM DEALERSHIP AND REQUESTED THEY TROUBLESHOOT IT. THEY CHARGED ME 45.00 AND TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS GOOD. NOW I HAVE THE CAR AT HOME AGAIN WITH A DEAD BATTERY.I NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS UN SAFE PROBLEM. THE CAR CAN SHUT OFF AT ANYTIME AND I WON'T E ABLE TO RESTART W/O A JUMP..HAS THERE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE ? HELP HELP! *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2002 CADILLAC DEVILLE
    - SAINT MARYS, ID

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2010 CADILLAC SRX
    - EAST ISLIP, NY

    THE IDIOT LIGHT OR GAUGE LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE RIGHT BACK TO THE USED CAR DEALER AND HE SENT THE VEHICLE DOWN THE BLOCK TO THE GM DEALER WHO FOUND SOME CORRODING WIRES , HE SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THEM. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND W BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE USED CAR DEALER WHO AGAIN BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CADILLAC WAS FOUND TO BE HEAVILY CORRODED IN THE HARNESS AREA BY THE DRIVERS SIDE.. THEY TOLD US THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LEAF CLOG BY THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WIPERS PREVENTING PROPER DRAINEDGE. AND THE WATER BACKED UP INTO THE CAR. THEY SUPPOSEDLY CHANGED THE HARNESS UNDER THE DRIVERS MAT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER WE NOTICED THAT THE WHOLE DRIVERS SIDEWINDOW WAS VERY WET..WE DISMISSED THIS INCIDENT WITH A MUTUAL BEFUDDLEMENT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER THE WHOLE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WAS FROZEN ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. WEEKEND OF FIGURED IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DRIVERS WINDOW BEING WET MONTH EARLIER. NOW HERE IT IS IN MARCH OF 2014 AND MY WIFE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN THE CAR AND SHE HAPPENED TO TOUCH THE PASSENGER FRONT FLOOR MATT RIGHT AFTER A HEAVY RAIN AND SHE FOUND THE FLOORMAT SOAKED SHE GOT OUT THE WET-DRY VAC AND PULLED NEAR A HALF A GALLON OF WATER FROM THE RUG UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR MAT. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2005 CADILLAC STS
    - CONWAY, SC

    I NOTICE THAT MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND A MESSAGE SAYING SERVICE AIRBAG SOON, SO I WENT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT I CAN PUSH THE RESET BUTTON AND IT SHOULD GO OFF, WELL WE PUSHED IT AND THE LIGHT NEVER WENT OFF. A WEEK OR TWO LATER I HEARD GM WAS DOING A RECALL FOR THAT SOME PROBLEM BUT ON LATER MODEL LUXURY CARS. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2013 CADILLAC SRX
    - POWELL, OH

    MY RADIO DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. IT SEEMS THAT I CAN HEAR THE SIRIUS RADIO STATIONS BUT THE I CANNOT HEAR THE FM STATIONS. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS THE WEEK I PURCHASED THE CAR AND I THOUGHT IS WAS "OPERATOR" ERROR SINCE THE SYSTEM WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN MY PREVIOUS CAR. I INITIALLY THOUGHT I MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY HIT MUTE. OVERTIME I REALIZED MUTE WAS NOT ON, AND THAT I COULD HEAR THE SIRIUS RADIO STATIONS. WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP NEXT WEEK. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE