2008 Cadillac Cts

1. CAR STALLS/HESITATES ON RIGHT TURN. DEALER SERVICE COULD NOT REPLICATE. PROBLEM STARTED AT OWNERSHIP, AND CONTINUES AT 25K MILES. PROBLEM NOT CORRECTED. 2. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT: CAR VIBRATES/SHAKES STANDING AT IDLE. 21 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE. 3 DEALERS; FOUR VISITS. ONE DEALER COULD NOT EXTINGUISH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER DISASSEMBLED ENGINE AND MADE REPAIRS. (EXHAUST IS NOTICEABLY LOUDER (NOT REPAIRED) AND THE FM RADIO WILL NOT WORK WHEN THE REAR DEFROSTER IS SWITCHED ON--I SUSPECT A GROUND WIRE WAS BROKEN DURING THE REPAIR (NOT REPAIRED). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE AND NOTICED THAT THE FLOOR MAT WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO NEARBY VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 31,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000. UPDATED 8/18/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MAT BECAME UNSECURED FROM IT SNAP AND LODGED UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL AND OVER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. UPDATED 08/23/10*JB

THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT FRAME ON MY 2008 CADILLAC CTS IS BROKEN. THIS COULD OF CAUSED A SERIOUS PROBLEM IF IT DISLODGED. I AM HAVING IT FIXED TODAY @ CADILLAC AT A COST OF OVER $800. I HAVE ASKED THAT THE DEALER TO PUT THE SEAT FRAME IN MY TRUNK IF NEEDED I CAN SEND IT SOMEWHERE. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS 60,000 MILES ON THE CARS, THIS IS NOT A PART THAT SHOULD BREAK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY SISTER-IN-LAW'S 2008 CADILLAC CTS HOME FROM WORK ONE NIGHT IN DECEMBER. I CAME UP TO THE STREET OUT OF THE MALL PARKING LOT AND PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN. SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE TOOK OFF AND REVVED UP TO AROUND 4000RPMS, SO MUCH I COULD HARDLY HOLD IT WITH THE BRAKES. I PUT IN PARK AND REACHED DOWN TO FEEL THE FLOOR MAT TO SEE IF IT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR. IT WAS NOT. I TURNED OFF THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY, I TOOK IT TO THE GM DEALER. I DON'T THINK THEY BELIEVED ME BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT REPEAT THE CONDITION. THEY HAD ME LEAVE THE CAR AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT. THE NEXT DAY I PICKED UT UP. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD RE-PROGRAMMED THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL UNIT. I LEFT WITH THE CAR AND PROCEEDED TO EXIT THE LOT. JUST AS I GOT TO THE STREET, IT TOOK OFF AGAIN, REVVING TO ABOUT 4000 RPMS OR SO. I IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK AND TOLD THE DEALER WHAT HAPPENED. THEY STARED AT EACH OTHER AND SHRUGGED THEIR SHOULDERS. THEY NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM. I AM CONVINCED THAT THIS IS A SOFTWARE ISSUE IN THE THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM, JUST LIKE TOYOTA IS DEALING WITH. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR, SHE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY,. IT IS NOT JUST TOYOTA. *TR

DROVE ON A STREET WITH A 2" SNOW COVER. AFTER ABOUT 25 FEET RECEIVED A NUMBER OF ALERTS ON MY DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER STATING: 4 WHEEL DRIVE WAS OFF, ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WARNING, SERVICE STABILITY TRACTION SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST. IMMEDIATELY CALLED CADILLAC SERVICE WHO STATED SNOW COULD HAVE DISLODGED SOME WIRES, BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE. SINCE MANY ALL STATES GET SOME SNOWFALL CADILLAC NEEDS TO REDESIGN THE WIRING SO A SMALL ABOUT OF SNOW DOESN'T DISCONNECT CRITICAL VEHICLE FUNCTIONS. *TR

CAR SOMETIMES DOESN'T RECOGNIZE ELECTRONIC KEYFOB PREVENTING ME FROM LOCKING THE IGNITION PRIOR TO EXITING THE CAR. LEAVING THE CAR WITH THE IGNITION UNLOCK IS A VIOLATION OF MANY STATES' MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS. OTHER TIMES CAR WILL NOT LET ME ENTER THE CAR OR START THE CAR BECAUSE IT DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THE ELECTRONIC KEYFOB. PROBLEM RECURS PERIODICALLY - SOMETIMES A FEW TIMES A WEEK OTHER TIME OPERATES FINE FOR A MONTH OR MORE. *TR

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN 2/08; 12/10/08 - NOTICED CAR WAS WET IN FLOORBOARDS AND CEILING; SINCE 12/08, DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR VEHICLE 4 TIMES; CAR IS STILL LEAKING; DEALERSHIP REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS AND CALLED A SPECIALISTS TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM; DEALERSHIP ADMITS THEY CANNOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM; THE MANUFACTURER HAS OFFERED A TRADE OPTION TO ME WITH ME PAYING MONEY OUT OF POCKET; AT THE PRESENT TIME, I AM UNSURE WHAT THE AMOUNT WILL BE, BUT ANY AMOUNT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. *TR