2008 Cadillac Cts

FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH LOCKING/UNLOCKING REAR DOORS. REAR DOORS WILL NOT LOCK/UNLOCK WITH KEYLESS ENTRY OR FRONT/PASSENGER DOOR PADS. I HAVE TO MANUALLY CLING TO BACK TO UNLOCK DOORS. HAVE PURCHASED SEVERAL BATTERIES FOR KEYLESS REMOTE. DUE TO DOORS REMAINING UNLOCKED I CANNOT AUTO START VEHICLE UNLESS I MANUALLY LOCK DOORS MYSELF. ALSO COMPUTER IS NOT RECOGNIZING KEYLESS REMOTE. I HAVE PURCHASED SEVERAL BATTERIES WITHIN THE PAST 8 MONTHS. CAR ALWAYS TELL ME KEYLESS REMOTE NOT DETECTED. TO CRANK CAR I HAVE TO PUT KEYLESS REMOTE IN MIDDLE OF CONSOLE TO IGNITE. BOTH ISSUES ARE VERY ANNOYING AND UNSAFE. *TR

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CTS STARTING WITH WIRING MELT DOWN IN THE FRONT END. RECENTLY, BOTH THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY'S WENT BAD RESULTING IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE. IF THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT, THE DOORS WOULD NOT HAVE OPENED AND THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OPEN THEM FROM THE INSIDE.

THE CAR HAS HAD 7 BATTERIES REPLACED. IT HAS BEEN TOWED THREE TIMES TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS THE DOOR LOCK, THE ENGINE WILL NOT START, LIGHTS WILL NOT WORK, THE CAR IS COMPLETELY DEAD. THE LAST TIME MY WIFE WENT ONE MILE AND THE LIGHTS,RADIO, AIR CONDITIONING AND DOORS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN. SHE COULD NOT GET THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. THE DOOR WAS OPENED AND THE CAR SAT FOR TWO HOURS. WHEN SHE WENT BACK TO THE CAR EVERYTHING WORKED LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. SHE DROVE HOME AND THE NEXT MORNING THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE ODOR OF BURNING WIRING WAS OBVIOUS. ONE WEEK LATER THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT CALLED TO INFORM ME THAT THE FUSE BLOCK WAS REPLACED AND THE RADIO CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS LEASED AND I JUST RETURNED IT WITH 17,890 MILES. WE WENT OUT AND PURCHASED ANOTHER CAR WHEN THEY SAID THE WIRING AND FUSE BLOCK WAS BURNT. WE JUST LET IT SIT IN THE DRIVEWAY UNTIL THE LEASE RUN OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V2400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED WITH THE REMEDY ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL. HE STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS OFFERING A $100 REIMBURSEMENT TO DISCONNECT THE HEATED WASHER FLUID AND THE CONTACT STATED THE COMPONENT COST MUCH MORE THAN $100. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE REMEDY TO BE AN UNFAIR REIMBURSEMENT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 25,000.

I OWN A 2008 CADILLAC CTS WITH AWD. I BOUGHT IT IN DECEMBER 2007. AT AROUND 7000 MILES IN MID-FEBRUARY 2009 MY CAR WOULD NOT START. THE ANTITHEFT DEVICE WAS ACTIVATED. A ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TECHNICIAN CAME OUT. HE SAID IT WAS A DEFECTIVE BATTERY WHICH HE REPLACED. THREE WEEKS LATER I TRIED TO START THE CAR & RECEIVED A DASHBOARD ALERT THAT THE BATTERY REGISTERED LOW VOLTAGE AND COULD NOT BE STARTED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO WORKED ON IT FOR TWO DAYS. THEY TOLD ME THAT "MAYBE" THE COMPUTER WAS BEING TURNED ON WHEN THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF. THEIR "MAYBE" ANSWER MADE ME FEEL THEY WERE JUST GUESSING. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD CORRECTED THE GLITCH, CHARGED THE BATTERY, TOLD ME THE BATTERY WAS FINE & THAT THE CAR SHOULD BE FINE NOW. LAST NIGHT, APRIL 15, 2009 AT 10:00PM MY DASHBOARD ALERTED ME THAT THE BATTERY WAS TOO LOW TO START. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WHO COULD NOT GET IT STARTED EITHER. ON APRIL 16, 2009 AT 8:30AM I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN AGAIN SAID MY BATTERY MUST HAVE A DEFECTIVE CELL. THIS IS THE SAME BATTERY THAT THEY PUT INTO THE CAR 6 WEEKS EARLIER THAT THEY SAID WAS "FINE". I AM NOW AWAITING THEIR "PROFESSIONAL" DIAGNOSIS. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE ON THIS VEHICLE? ALSO DO YOU KNOW IF THIS CAR CAN QUALIFY AS A LEMON UNDER FEDERAL & NJ LEMON LAWS? *TR