2005 Cadillac CTS Complaint Log

I WAS SIMPLY DRIVING "NORMALLY" AND A "CLUNK" WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. IT HAD TO BE PUT ON A FLAT BED TRUCK AND TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE RIGHT HAND HALF SHAFT BROKE IT TWO PIECES AND DESTROYED THE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE PROCESS. *NM

I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTSV WITH A FAULTY REAR UNDER-ENGINEERED REAR CARRIER UNIT THAT SUPPORTS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. IT IS LEAKING. CADILLAC HAS REPLACED THESE UNITS WITH THE SAME FAULTY UNDER-ENGINEERED UNITS MANUFACTURED BY GETRAG WITH 2006 UNITS. THIS SOLUTION HAS BEEN NOTHING MORE THAN A BAND-AID AND THE RESULT OF THE LEAKING IS FAULTY ENGINEERING AS DETERMINED BY SEVERAL HIGHLY RESPECTED ENGINEERING COMPANIES SUCH AS LINGENFELTER AND KATECH THAT GM DOES THERE ACTUAL OUTSOURCING TO. I AM VERY CONCERNED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE OUT OF FEAR THAT THE REAR END WILL FAIL AND CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE FATAL BODILY INJURY. RATHER THAN CADILLAC ISSUING A RECALL TO REPLACE THIS UNIT WITH A PROPERLY ENGINEERED UNIT TO SUPPORT THE REAR WHEEL TORQUE THAT IS GENERATED BY THIS VEHICLE; THEY HAVE INSTEAD HID BEHIND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AND HANDLE THESE CASES ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. I REMAIN HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL TAKE ACTION BEFORE WE ARE DEALING WITH ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE ISSUE AS CADILLAC WAS MADE AWARE BY GETRAG THAT THIS REAR CARRIER DIFFERENTIAL WAS NOT "UP TO PAR" WITH THE ENGINE THAT THEY INSTALLED IN THE 2004 AND 2005 CADILLAC CTSV. *JB

I PURCHASED A USED 2005 CADILLAC IN DEC. 2005 WITH SIX THOUSAND MILES. AT 12000 I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER BECAUSE OF FRONT END VIBRATION AND HE SAID THE GOOD YEAR TIRES HAD FLAT SPOTS AND RECOMMENDED THAT I PUT ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRES ON THE CAR. AFTER TWO MONTHS CADILLAC HAS ONLY AGREED TO REPLACE TWO TIRES AND I PAY FOR TWO. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE BAD. CADILLAC AND THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO PLACE FAULT WITH ME BUT I HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL THE WARRANTY REQUIREMENTS. THESE ARE DEFECTIVE TIRES AND CADILLAC WILL NOT COVER THEIR WARRANTY. *JB

- DEGRADATION OF THE REAR CARRIER ASSEMBLY (E.E. REAR DIFFERENTIAL). - REPLACEMENT OF REAR CARRIER ASSEMBLY 3 TIMES (ON 4TH DIFFERENTIAL BY 45K MILES) - NO CATASTROPHIC FAILURES, BUT ON ALL OCCASIONS CARRIER ASSEMBLY BECAME SO NOISY THAT IT COULD BE HEARD WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN AT SPEED WITH THE RADIO ON. HAD IT REPLACED BEFORE A FAILURE, AS THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. ON THE 3RD DIFFERENTIAL, THE PINION SEAL BEGAN TO LEAK ALSO. *JB

DT: 2005 CADILLAC CTS - THE CALLER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. THIS WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT. THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ON PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP, AND INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THE CALLER SAW NO REASON FOR THE AIR BAGS NOT TO DEPLOY. . TWO INJURED WERE INJURED IN THIS CRASH. T A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THERE WAS NO FIRE. *AK

WHINING FROM REAR END. REAR DIFFERENTIAL REPLACED. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED NEW VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT WHEN HE BOUGHT IT. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND IT WAS IN THE SHOP BEING REBUILT. THE BOLTS ON THE WHEELS WERE ALL TORQUED OVER SPECIFICATIONS, AND HAD A FLAT TIRE, AND THAT WAS THE REASON HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE SEIZED AS HE WAS DRIVING INTO THE PARKING LOT. THE BOLTS BROKE OFF IN THE WHEEL AS THEY WERE TRYING TO REMOVE THE TIRE. THIS OCCURRED ON 9-6-05.*AK

NOTICED OIL SPOTTING ON FLOOR AND INSPECTION REVEALED REAR END DIFFERENTIAL UNIT WAS LEAKING FLUID. DEALER FOUND HAIRLINE CRACK AND REPLACED DIFFERENTIAL. *NM

ON AUG. 26, 2005 OUR THREE MONTH OLD CADILLAC CTS'S TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR AFTER GOING THROUGH A BUSY TOLL BOOTH. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER FOR 8 DAY REPAIR OF COMPUTER AND REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION. FEW DAYS LATER CAR HAD TO GO BACK TO DEALER DUE TO TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, OUT OF COMMISSION FOR DAYS AGAIN. AFTER PICKING VEHICLE UP, CAR WOULD NOT START IN GARAGE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN, PICKED UP CAR A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, NEXT DAY WOULD NOT START AGAIN AND HAD TO BE TOWED. AT DEALERSHIP FOR 6 MORE DAYS. WHEN PICKED UP DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO GIVE US A SERVICE TICKET SHOWING THE PROBLEM AND WHAT THEY DID. SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT GIVE US "AMMUNITION" TO GIVE TO A LEMON LAW ATTORNEY. DEALERSHIP TRIED TO LAY ENTIRE BLAME ON THE CAR'S AFTERMARKET SIRIUS RADIO ADDITION WHICH HAD BEEN IN PLACE AND WORKED PERFECTLY SINCE CAR WAS NEW.

THE CAR BEING REPORTED ABOUT WAS MY CAR, WAS THREE MONTHS AND A CADILLAC CTS. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX. 25 MILES PER HR. THE CAR STEERING FAILED, PULLED TO THE RIGHT, COULDN'T BE STOPPED NOR STEERED AND CRASHED INTO THREE TREES AND FINALLY CAME TO A STOP IN THE INTERSECTION OF ANOTHER STREET. THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP, OR TURN, ETC. IT JUST SEEMED TO LIFT TO THE RIGHT AND HIT ONE TREE, THEN ANOTHER, THEN ANOTHER AND FINALLY STOPPED IN AN INTERSECTION. IT WAS TOTALED, TERRIBLE DAMAGE; I HAD A BROKEN WRIST. RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE READ IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT 2 FATALITIES DRIVING THIS MODEL CAR, BOTH SEEMINGLY WENT OUT OF CONTROL. ONE HIT A UTILITY POLE, ANOTHER HIT A GRATING AND FLEW INTO TREES. *TR

REAR-END DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB

TOOK DELIVERY MAY, 2005. IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS, WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,500 MILES, DIFFERENTIAL BEGAN TO WHINE AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH, ONCE UP TO NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS ~5,200 MILES. DIFFERENTIAL NOW WHINES BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH. THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONSENSUS AMONG MANY CTS OWNERS THAT THIS CONDITION IS A PRECURSOR TO COMPLETE, AND SOMETIMES SUDDEN, DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. *JB

EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE: NO ABUSE, NO TIRE BURNING. VEHICLE USED FOR COMMUTING AND JOB RELATED PURPOSES. PROBLEMS & RESOLUTIONS: 7/11/2005 7/18/2005 PROBLEM SHIFTING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY SUNROOF RATTLING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY RIGHT-REAR SAIL PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIRED PIXELS BURN ON NAV SCREEN - NAV UNIT REPLACED WHEELS SCRATCHED - DEALER PAID FOR REPAIR FRONT PANEL LOOSE - REPLACED LOOSE PANEL 7/25/2005 7/27/2005 LEFT-REAR PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIRED COMPETITION MODE NOT WORKING - WARRANTY REPAIRED DASH PANEL LOOSE - WARRANTY REPAIRED 8/22/2005 8/24/2005 WHEEL HOP - SERVICE BULLETIN WARRANTY REPAIR HARD TO PUT IN REVERSE - DEALER SAYS NORMAL GRINDING WHEN SHIFTING - ALIGNED EXHAUST SYSTEM SUNROOF RATTLE - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY SUNROOF MATERIAL LOOSE - WARRANTY REPAIRED 10/19/2005 10/23/2005 FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTION - WARRANTY REPAIRED 11/21/2005 11/23/2005 SUNROOF RATTLE - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY DRIVETRAIN ROUGH - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY CLUNK WHEN SHIFTING - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY CAR PULLS TO THE RIGHT - TIRES BALD @ 9000 MILES BATTERY FAILURE - WARRANTY REPAIRED GRINDING IN 5TH GEAR - DEALER COULD NOT VERIFY 11/29/2005 12/1/2005 RATTLE FROM REAR - WARRANTY REPAIR SUSPENSION RIGHT-REAR PANEL BROKEN - WARRANTY REPAIR; DEALER WARNED THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE AS "SOMEONE" IS BRAKING THE PANELS ON PURPOSE 2/6/2006 2/8/2006 CLUNK FROM REAR - DEALER REPLACED DIFFERENTIAL/DRIVETRAIN UNIT UNDER WARRANTY. 5TH GEAR SOMETIMES HITS REVERSE - COULD NOT VERIFY GRINDING NOISE IN REVERSE - DEALER FORGOT TO CHECK UNIT WON'T PLAY CDS - REPLACED NAVIGATION/RADIO 2/15/2005 2/17/2006 GRINDING NOISE IN REVERSE - DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY; AREA REP ADVISED THEY WILL NOT REPLACE FUTURE FAILURES. COMPETITION MODE NOT WORKING - WARRANTY REPAIRED. *NM

RUST HAS FORMED ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER WINDOW SILL. IT IS LOCATED ON THE METAL PIECE BETWEEN THE WINDOW DOOR.

PURCHASED 2005 CADILLAC CTS MAY 30, 2005. AT FIRST NEW OWNER CHECK UP I COMPLAINED OF A KNOCKING NOISE UNDER THE DRIVERS FRONT SIDE. COASTAL CADILLAC IN PAWLEY ISLAND, SC COULD NOT HEAR ANYTHING WRONG. MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT JUNE 16, 2005 AS WE TOOK A TRIP AND MY HUSBAND HEARD THE THUMPING. THEY FINALLY LOCATED THE PROBLEM, A BROKEN FRONT STRUT, WHICH TOOK 3 DAYS TO REPLACE. AT THAT TIME I VOICED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND ASKED FOR A NEW CAR. THE ANSWER WAS NO. NOW ON SEPT 2, 2005 MY "CHECK COOLANT LEVEL" MESSAGE CAME ON. I NOW HAVE A LEAK IN THE COOLANT RESERVOIR. THE CAR ONLY HAD 2,789 MILES AT THE TIME. I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO CALLING THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THOUGHT I COULD JUST PURCHASE COOLANT AND FILL IT. I THOUGHT THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING IN SUCH A NEW VEHICLE. *JB

CUSTOMER PURCHASED A CADILLAC WITH RUNFLAT TIRES AND THE TIRES WERE BAD AND CUSTOMER WANTS GOODYEAR TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER SET OF TIRES**CC THE CONSUMER HAD RUN FLAT TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ECM (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) FAILED THREE TIMES. TWO OF THOSE TIMES, THE DEALER PERFORMED REPAIRS. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE TIRE FLATTENED. CADILLAC REFUSED TO COME OUT AND MAKE THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. ANOTHER ISSUE WAS THAT THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM FAILED TO INDICATE WHEN THE PRESSURE WAS LOW. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE THE FAILURES TO WORSEN. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,615.

REAR WHINE IN TRANSMISSION, DEALER STATES IS NORMAL. *JB

2005 CTS FUEL GAUGE WENT OUT AND THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN WHICH THE CAR WOULD BARELY RUN. *TS ***NAR*** AFTER FILLING THE TANK, THE GAUGE FAILED TO REGISTER. THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED THREE TIMES. THE #1 COIL WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. *JB

I HAVE A 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V MY FIRST ISSUE WAS BACK IN 05/05 8,200 MILES ON CAR WHILE DRIVING CAR WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SHIFT OR CHANGE GEARS THE CAR STALLED AND ROLLED TO A STOP. I CALLED FOR ROAD SERVICE 2 HOURS FROM HOME THEY TOWED CAR TO AN AREA DEALER WHO LATER CALLED TO INFORM ME THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AND GM HAD REFUSED TO PAY FOR SERVICE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY LOCAL DEALER AT MY EXPENSE, AT MY DEALERS REQUEST. THEY INFORMED ME THAT GM SAID THE CAR HAD EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY DRIVER ABUSE OR AGGRESSIVE DRIVING I WAS FORCED TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY AND PAY FOR A VEHICLE I COULDN'T DRIVE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. LATE IN AUGUST 05 CADILLAC AGREED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. 01/07 27,000 MILES I WAS DRIVING THE CTS-V CHANGED GEARS FROM 2ND TO 3RD APPROX 30 MPH HEARD A CLUNK AND REAR END STARTED TO WHINE I PARKED THE CAR, CALLED ROAD SIDE SERVICE ,THEY TOWED THE CAR TO THE DEALER. CUSTOMER SERVICE REP CALLED A FEW DAYS LATER HE SAID THE REAR END HAS FAILED AGAIN AND NEEDS COMPLETE REPLACEMENT THE HANGAR BARING IS BENT, THE MAIN BOLT IS BROKE IN TWO PIECES AND IS RECOMMENDING A COMPLETE NEW REAR END HE ALSO SAID GM REFUSED TO PAY FOR SERVICE TO HIS SURPRISE. HERE WE GO AGAIN. MY LOCAL DEALER HAS THE CAR IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET, SO YES THE OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. THE CADILLAC CTS-V REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS WEAK AND MAY BREAK CAUSING THIS CAR TO SKID OR SUDDENLY STOP, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, INJURY,OR DEATH. CADILLAC KNOWS OF PROBLEM AND HAS PROVIDED SOME CUSTOMERS WITH WARRANTY REPAIR, OFFERED 100,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTIES FOR OTHERS AND YET DENIED REPAIR FOR CUSTOMERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THIS REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS UNDER RATED FOR THIS CARS HORSE POWER AND WAS DESIGNED FOR USE IN THE STANDARD CTS VERSION OF THIS CAR THE REAR TIRES HAVE ALSO BEEN A PROBLEM SHOWING EARLY SIGNS OF WEAR. I HAD TO REPLACE MY FIRST SET FRONT AND REAR AT 8,500 MILES, THESE TIRES ARE WORST RATED TIRE BY CONSUMERS AT WWW.TIRERACK.COM AND CADILLACFAQ.COM *JB

CONSUMER'S HEATED SEATS WOULD NOT TURN OFF, CONSUMER SUFFERED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO THE BUTTOCKS. *TS THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE FAILURE BUT DENIED THE CONSUMERS CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERSONAL INJURY AND FAULTY PRODUCT. *NM

WHILE DRIVING CADILLAC CTS THE HEATER IN THE DRIVER SEAT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. *TS THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED SEVERE SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH HIS BUTTOCKS. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE EXTREME PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT HE ENDURED. HE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF HIS VEHICLE WHICH WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS. *NM

4/11/05 - 8,367 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE 4/28/05 - 9,664 MILES - 5 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE REAR BUSHING FAILURE. *JB REAR END FAILURE 5/5/05 - 9,720 MILES - 1 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE WHEEL DELIVERED FROM FACTORY WILL NOT BALANCE - NO SIGN OF DAMAGE 7/25/05 - 15,732 MILES - 4 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE PCM RECALL #05544 - DEALER UNABLE TO REPROGRAM REAR END HOPS WILDLY IN RAINY OR SLICK ROADS WHEN ACCELERATING HARD SHIFTING INTO 1ST GEAR REAR END WHINE DRIVE LINE CLUNK PARKING BRAKE GOES TO FLOOR AND WON'T STOP CAR REAR END FAILURE - DEALER REPLACED REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND DID NOT ADD FRICTION MODIFIER, CLAIMED CTS-V'S DO NOT NEED - LATER DETERMINED THIS WAS INCORRECT 8/29/05 - 17,372 MILES - 22 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE REAR END GRINDING FRICTION MODIFIER ADDED TRANSMISSION REBUILT REPLACED PRESSURE PLATE REPLACED CLUTCH - TSB 05-07-31-001 REAR END BUSHINGS INSTALLED TO REDUCE WHEEL HOP TSB 05-04-114-001A NAVIGATION SYSTEM REPLACED AFTER ALL BUTTONS WERE PEELING PARKING BRAKE GOES TO FLOOR AND WON'T STOP CAR PCM RECALL PERFORMED 10/6/05 - 18,990 MILES- 0 DAY OUT OF SERVICE NAVIGATION SYSTEM NOT PROGRAMMED PROPERLY BY DEALERSHIP - RETURNED FOR REPAIR 11/5/05 - 22,151 MILES - 0 DAY OUT OF SERVICE REPLACE ALL CENTER CAPS ON WHEELS - PEELING 1/2/05 - 27,171 MILES - 10 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE REAR END FAILURE RADIATOR FAILURE TSB 05-06-02-005A SUN VISOR REPLACED DUE TO PEELING 1/19/06 - 27,538 MILES - 6 HOURS OUT OF SERVICE PCM REMOVED AND REPLACED AT GORDON HISTED'S REQUEST 1/26/06 - 28,000 MILES - 2 HOURS OUT OF SERVICE NAVIGATION SYSTEM REMOVED AND REPLACED 2/2/06 - 28,500 MILES - ? TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN - WON'T SHIFT INTO REVERSE 10 SERVICE VISITS IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS 44 DAYS OF OUT OF SERVICE IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS. *JB

SHIFTING THE VEHICLE FROM 1ST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR AND UPON RELEASING THE CLUTCH THERE IS A LOUD BANG. HALF SHAFT BROKEN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE RAR END OF ONE OF MY CTS-V'S HAS BROKEN. *AK

EXCESSIVE WHEEL HOP OCCURS FREQUENTLY UNDER MILD TO HEAVY ACCELERATION. IN WET CONDITIONS, IT HAPPENS MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY AND CAN CAUSE SERIOUS TRACTION AND HANDLING PROBLEMS. THIS ALSO PUTS HEAVY STRESS ON THE DRIVETRAIN AND HAS CAUSED MANY FAILURES IN HALF-SHAFTS AND DIFFERENTIALS AMONGST OTHER OWNERS VEHICLES, WHICH COULD LEAD TO FURTHER CATASTOPHIC LOSS OF CONTROL. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT IS BEING IGNORED BY THE MANUFACTURER AT THIS POINT IN TIME.*AK

REAR END LEAKING AND WINING REPLACED REAR DIFF. *NM

PURCHASED MY NEW 2005 CTS IN JAN. 2005. WONDERFUL CAR. WINE BEGAN IN THE REAR END OF THE CAR ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PINION GEAR, SEALS ETC . NOISE PERSISTED. HAD THE DEALER CHECK FOR THE NOISE AGAIN ABOUT MAY .'05 , THEY COULD NOT HEAR ANY NOISE. IT CONTINUES TO GET LOUDER ESPECIALLY UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION IN THE 40 TO 50 KILOMETER RANGE. IT IS UNNERVING AND I FEAR IT IS GOING TO FAIL . NOT A NICE THING FOR SUCH A GREAT CAR !THE DEALER IS LESS THAN INTERESTED IN RESOLVING THE MATTER. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *BF *NM

THE CONSUMER WAS ON THE ROAD, WHEN SUDDENLY SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER MADE CONTACT WITH " ON STAR". AND WAS TOLD NOT TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT WHERE A TOW TRUCK WAS SENT TO RETRIEVE IT. AFTER THE DEALER SERVICED THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT PINE CONES WERE FOUND AND THAT IS WHAT STARTED THE FIRE. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE ARE NO PINE CONES NEAR THE HOME OR WHERE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY. *JB FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE EXHAUST. THE POST OXYGEN SENSOR BURNED. THE POST OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE TRANSMISSION HEAT SHIELD WAS DAMAGED AND WAS REPLACED AS WELL. *SC *JB

REAR DOORS WILL NOT CLOSE SHUT IN COLD TEMPERATURES. WHEN CONTACTING CADILLAC, HE WAS TOLD THAT THIS ISSUE WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION. *NM THIS CONDITION CAUSED THE DOOR TO COME OPEN WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. *NM

THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON AND GOING OFF BY ITSELF. THE CONSUMER PREVIOUSLY HAD WORK PERFORMED ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR THE RADIO. *JB

2005, CADILLAC CTS-V, WHEEL HOP FROM REAR DIFFERENTIAL, VERY COMMON IN THIS VEHICLE. CADILLAC HAS ACKNOWLEDGED ISSUE BY PROVIDING EXTENDED WARRANTIES TO "SOME" OWNERS OF VEHICLES, BUT NOT TO ALL OWNERS, REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS VERY WEAK AND MAY BREAK APART, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH, WHEEL HOP IS EXPERIENCED IN MY VEHICLE ON A DAILY BASIS, ORIGINAL TIRES LASTED LESS THAN 6,000 MILES, AND PROVIDED A SAFETY/HAZARD PROBELM AS MANUFACTURER DID NOT ADVISE CONSUMERS THAT TIRES WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN THIS TIME FRAME, 6,000 MILES WAS A PERIOD THAT MOST CONSUMERS WOULD NOT CONSIDER ENOUGH MILEAGE FOR A TIRE ROTATION. *AK

PURCHASED IN JULY 2004. REAR END AND DIFFERNETIAL FAILED AT 2700 MILES.REPLACED REAR-END. REPLACED REAR-END AGIAN AT LESS THAT 7000 MILES, REPLACED TIRES AT 13500MILES, REAR-END CONTINUED TO LOCK AND SLIDE TIRES. HAVE HAD CAR IN DEALER 5 TIMES AND TOMORROW, THE 3RD REAR-END WILL BE PUT IN!!! CADILLAC REFUSES TO BUY CAR BACK BUT HAS EXTENDED DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY TO 100K MILES.

CONSUMER HAS CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG READINESS LIGHT. LIGHT WILL REMAIN ON FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME . *TS THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY. *JB