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2019 Cadillac XT5

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  • Steering. Review the 8 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

3 crash reports2 fire reports3 injury reports

Visibility/wiper complaints

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2 miles · Jun 19, 2019
Exterior LightingUnknown Or OtherVisibility/wiper

WE BOUGHT XT5 ON 12/04/18, ON 02/19/19, BROUGHT IN FOR TRANSMISSION AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. 06/10/19, BROUGHT IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE. 06/16/19, ON THE WAY BACK FROM KNOXVILLE ON FREEWAY I-40, WHILE IT WAS RAINING HARD, ALL LIGHTS INSIDE AND OUT AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS DIDN'T WORK. WIPERS WERE STANDING UP RIGHT IN F…

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WE BOUGHT XT5 ON 12/04/18, ON 02/19/19, BROUGHT IN FOR TRANSMISSION AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. 06/10/19, BROUGHT IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE. 06/16/19, ON THE WAY BACK FROM KNOXVILLE ON FREEWAY I-40, WHILE IT WAS RAINING HARD, ALL LIGHTS INSIDE AND OUT AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS DIDN'T WORK. WIPERS WERE STANDING UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF DRIVER AND STOP, NEVER MOVE BACK DOWN. WE WERE SURROUNDED WITH HIGH SPEED CARS AND TRUCKS, AND SEMIS, IN THE RAIN AND COULDN'T SEE THE FRONT WITH NO WIPERS, AND INSIDE THE CAR WAS PIT BLACK. WE MUST DRIVE FOR AROUND A MILE BEFORE GETTING TO A NEXT EXIT. GOT OFF EXIT, CALL ONSTAR FOR HELP, THEY SAID WAIT 90 MINUTES FOR TOW TRUCK AND WE MUST FIND OUR OWN TRANSPORTATION TO GET HOME, SINCE IT WAS SUNDAY, NO ONE WAS OPEN AT THAT TIME. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE SO WE WAITED OUT THE RAIN, AND DROVE SLOWLY BACK IN TOWN, WITH WIPERS STICKING UP IN FRONT OF DRIVER, TO MEET UP WITH SALES REP. TIM MARCUM FOR HELP, HE LOAN US A CAR TO GET HOME AND CAME THE NEXT DAY, MONDAY, TO SEE JAYSON TAYLOR, CADILLAC MANAGER. WE ASKED THEM TO BUY BACK THE CAR SINCE WE ARE SO SCARE NOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT TIME WITH THE CAR. THEY SUGGESTED US CALLING GM DIRECTLY. WE DID, AND JAYDA, SENIOR CASE MANAGER SAID SHE WOULD ONLY PAY FOR FIXING BUT NOT BUYING BACK, UNLESS SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENED, LIKE TRANSMISSION, ENGINE, BRAKES,.. WE TOLD HER THAT THIS WAS SERIOUS, WE WE WERE IN DANGER OF LOOSING OUR LIVES THERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WAS NOT SERIOUS TO HER, WE SAID WHAT IF THE SAME THING HAPPENED, ON FREEWAY, FAST SPEEDING CARS AND TRUCKS, RAINING HARD, BUT INSTEAD OF NO LIGHTS AND NOW WIPERS, THIS TIME NO BRAKES OR SUDDEN STOP AND ENGINE NOT STARTING. WHAT WOULD HAPPENED? IN 6 MONTHS PERIOD, 2 INCIDENTS ALREADY, THE LATER IS MORE SERIOUS THAN THE FIRST, WE RATHER PREVENT PROBLEMS THAN HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT, WHAT IF THE PROBLEMS GETTING BIGGER OR SOMEONE GET HURT

NHTSA ODI #11221257

3,300 miles · Jan 3, 2019
Visibility/wiper

WHEN DRIVING WHEN RAINING, THE PASSENGERS WIPER CLEANS THREE QUARTERS OF THE WINDSHIELD AND DEPOSITS THE WATER DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS LINE OF SIGHT AND REMAINS THERE UNTIL THE DRIVERS WIPER COMES BACK TO REMOVE IT CAUSING AN EXTREME LOSS OF VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

NHTSA ODI #11165589

Official recalls

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