2007 Cadillac CTS Brakes Problems

Brakes failed. This happened at low speed and control was kept of the vehicle. Upon inspection, it was seen the flexible brake line connecting the driver's side brake caliper had separated at the point it transitions from rubber to metal. It happened immediately after turning right at a stop light and there was no warning. The design of the transition meant that there was no leak of fluid (warning) until the connection had corroded to the point it lost its strength, failed and completely detached. The local GM dealership was called and they advised there was no recall and would only work on the vehicle for payment, so it was not taken to them. The components were replaced on both sides. Old parts have been kept.

Complete brake line failure due to corrosion as described in Recall Number 10V105000 / 09149B. Original equipment retained from rear brake line repair for future inspection / litigation. CADILLAC REFUSED TO REPAIR / REPLACE / REIMBURSE FOR BRAKE FAILURE UNDER RECALL BULLETIN 09149B.

The contact owns a 2007 Cadillac CTS. The contact works for an independent mechanic and place the vehicle on a lift and noticed that both the driver’s and passenger’s side rear brake cable had cracks and leakage of brake fluid from the brake line due to severe corrosion. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 79,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL. THE BRAKE LINES CORRODED AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNDRIVABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO UNKNOWN INDEPENDENT MECHANICS AND TWO UNKNOWN DEALERS TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED. THE MECHANICS PERFORMED THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKE LINES COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE DEALERS PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKE LINES COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

FRONT BRAKE LINES RUSTED CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID.

I WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO STOP AT PARKING SPACE AND THE BRAKES FAILED AND I HIT THE WALL IN THE PARKING SPACE.

DISPLAY "SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST" TRACTION CONTROL & BRAKE LIGHT WARNING ON DASH....LOW SPEED BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATES AND LESSENS STOPPING ABILITY (ANTI LOCK ACTIVATES) CAUSES VEHICLE INABILITY TO STOP AT LOW SPEEDS......MANY BLOGS STATING SAME CONDITION WITH REPLACEMENT OF ALL BRAKE FUNCTION PARTS WITH NO CURE....HAS OCCURED ON AND OFF FOR LAST YEAR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR THE BRAKES, WHICH SOLELY ADDRESSED THE CADILLAC CTS-V MODELS. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN IF THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS THE PRESENCE OF A LEAK IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. WITHOUT WARNING, THE BRAKE LINES FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOUND PREMATURE RUST, CORROSION, AND A FRACTURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018 AND JUNE OF 2015. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BAKER CADILLAC (495 MAIN ST, LEOMINSTER, MA 01453), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,034. *TT CONSUMER STATED INCIDENT HAPPENED 3 TIMES BETWEEN 2015-2018. UPDATED 11/29/18*JB

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WITH TWO CHILDREN INSIDE IT WE APPROACHED A BUSY INTERSECTION AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DID NOT EVEN SLOW DOWN. PUMPING THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK EITHER. WE WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN BY SWERVING AROUND OTHER CARS. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AND THANKS TO OTHER DRIVERS BEING VERY ALERT THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, BUT IT WAS VERY CLOSE AND TERRIFYING. WE ALLOWED THE CAR TO COAST TO A STOP AND THEN HAD TO PUSH IT TO A SIDE STREET TO GET OUT OF THE MAIN ROADWAY. THE CAR STILL HAD A FULL RESERVOIR OF BRAKE FLUID (NO FLUID LEAKS) AND HAD NO BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS AT ALL ILLUMINATING ON THE DASH. BRAKE PAD AND ROTORS WERE ONLY A MONTH OLD. WE ARE HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO A CADILLAC DEALERSHIP TODAY. *TR

AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE FORWARD AND TO COME TO A STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR I ALMOST REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AS I HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN TIME TO STOP MY QUESTION IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS AS IT NEVER GAVE WARNING ANYTHING WAS WRONG ON THE DASH OR OTHERWISE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES AND LANDED INTO A DITCH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND TWO OF THE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND DEEMED TOTALED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MOST OFTEN WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS 15 MPH OR LESS AND DOING A TURN (SUCH AS PARKING OR GOING THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH), YOU CANNOT PUSH IN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STOP THE VEHICLE. YOU HAVE TO TO RAPIDLY PRESS AND DEPRESS THE BRAKE PAD UNTIL THE BRAKES ENGAGE AND STOPS THE VEHICLE BEFORE HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU OR SOME OTHER OBJECT. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS DURING AN EMERGENCY STOP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. $1000 LATER THE SAME PROBLEM IS PRESENT. SECOND ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE, THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM PERIODICALLY TRIPS ITSELF AND THE CAR CANNOT START FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.

FRONT BRAKE LINE BROKE AT JUNCTION BETWEEN RUBBER PORTION OF THE LINE AND THE METAL PORTION OF THE LINE, AT A FITTING THAT WAS COVERED BY A RUBBER BOOT THAT ALLOWED WATER TO REMAIN TRAPPED, CORRODING THE FITTING. THIS OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER STARTING UP, WHILE TRAVELLING AT 25MPH TOWARDS A RED LIGHT WITH A STOPPED CAR. THE BRAKE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR RAPIDLY, AND A FURTHER PUMP OF THE BRAKE DID NOTHING TO APPRECIABLY STOP THE CAR. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS VERY ISSUE THAT COVERS THIS MAKE/MODEL (2007 CTS-V), BUT GM STATES THAT MY CAR WAS NOT AFFECTED. FURTHERMORE, CAR WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP THREE MONTHS PRIOR FOR BRAKE WORK.

I REPLACED MY BRAKE LINES BEING MANY OTHERS WITH THE CTS-V HAVE HAD FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. ONCE REMOVED, MY LINES WERE STARTING TO CRUMBLE APART UNDER THE RUBBER WHERE THE HOSE CONNECTS TO THE FITTING, JUST AS EXPECTED. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE BASE CTS, BUT NOT FOR THE CTS-V, EVENTHOUGH THEY BOTH USE THE EXACT SAME PART NUMBER FOR THE BRAKE LINES. HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE PART: [IMG]HTTP://I1093.PHOTOBUCKET.COM/ALBUMS/I424/SEVILLIANSTS/100_8187.JPG[/IMG]. *TR

IDN7-34821 I COULD NOT ATTACH THE PDF. NOVEMBER 2012 I WAS PARALLEL PARKING AND FELT LIKE MY CAR SLIDE BEFORE STOPPING. I HAD APPROXIMATELY 32,000 MILES ON IT. ABOUT A WEEK LATER I TURNED THE WHEEL TO PARK AND AGAIN IT FELT LIKE THE CAR SLID ON SOMETHING, THE BRAKES MADE A NOISE, PULSATED AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO STOP. A DAY OR SO AFTER THAT I WENT TO PARK THE CAR AND THIS TIME THE BRAKES PULSATED, MADE A NOISE AND WOULD NOT STOP. I WAS HEADING FOR A BRICK WALL SO I SHIFTED THE CAR INTO PARK. EACH OF THESE OCCURRENCES HAPPENED AT SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH WHEN I WENT TO PARK THE CAR TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE CADILLAC DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T KNOW OF ANY RECALL, AFTER CHECKING THE CAR THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THEY REPLACED THE HUB & CHARGED ME $725.70. 3 WEEKS AGO (AUGUST 2013) I WENT TO PARK MY CAR AND STARTED TO FEEL THE SAME PULSING OF THE BRAKES AND SLIDING OF THE VEHICLE.A DAY LATER I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH MY DAUGHTER & THE CAR SLID AND THE BRAKES PULSATED MY DAUGHTER IMMEDIATELY ASKED WHAT HAPPENED SHE FELT IT TOO. ON 9/6/13 I TOOK MY CAR WITH 35,630 MILES ON IT TO A DIFFERENT CADILLAC DEALER THEY DIAGNOSED IT WITH SEVERAL CODES & REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE CHARGING ME $1,434.87. I PICKED THE CAR UP ON 9/9/13 ON 9/10/13 THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. I EMAILED CADILLAC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE 9/10/13 [XXX] CALLED ME ON 9/11/13 & SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT ME WHEN TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER. I DROVE THE CAR 1 MORE TIME AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED PULLING INTO MY GARAGE. 9/16/13 [XXX] CALLED TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED I TOLD HIM I WAS STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE TO BRING IT IN TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN, HE SAID THE CUSTOMER CARE SPECIALIST WOULD CALL ME WITHIN 24 HOURS & I HAVE HEARD NOTHING. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CAR AS A USED VEHICLE FROM ATLANTIC CADILLAC IN BAY SHORE NEW YORK IN APRIL 2011. SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THIS PURCHASE I HAVE HAD TROUBLE STOPPING.THE BRAKES FAIL AND SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST LIGHTS UP ON MY DASH. ALSO THE ABS AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SYMBOLS LIGHT UP ON THE DASH. I HAVE HAD THE CAR TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. I AM TOLD THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NO WAY TO HANDLE A BRAKE SITUATION. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAD MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR THIS MORNING IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. WHICH I MIGHT ADD WAS FULL OF STUDENTS AND CARS, BUSSES. THIS PROBLEM MUST BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. AS SOON AS THIS HAPPENED THIS MORNNING I CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN ONLY TO BE GIVEN THE SAME RESPONSE THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH HOW I WAS BEING TREATED AT ATLANTIC CADILLAC SO THE LAST FEW TIMES I HAD PROBLEMS I WENT TO A DEALER CLOSER TO MY-HOME. KING OROUORKE 756 SMITHTOWN BYPASS SMITHTOWN 631-724-4700. *TR UPDATED 11/1/12 *CN UPDATED 11/1/2012 *JS

HELLO, I HAVE HAD MY BRAKES PULSATE (WITH A GRINDING NOISE) THEN FAIL WHILE MAKING A HARD RIGHT TURN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE LAST SUMMER. THIS ONLY HAPPENS AT SLOW SPEEDS SUCH AS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT.FORTUNATELY, I HAVE NOT HIT ANYTHING OR ANYONE. I HAVE HAD EVERY RECALL FIXED ON MY CAR UP TO DATE. I WORK NEXT-DOOR TO A CADILLAC DEALERSHIP AND JOHN, MY SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR BULLETINS. I AM VERY CONSCIOUS ABOUT HOW AND WHERE I PARK. PLEASE HELP GET THE WORD OUT TO THIS PROBLEM. THROWING MONEY AT PARTS NOT NEEDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM IS VERY EXPENSIVE, AS YOU CAN READ ON THE FORUM FROM OTHERS LIKE ME. ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NO BRAKES DURING SLOW RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE. BRAKE PEDAL BEGAN TO PULSATE, CAR WAS NOT STOPPING AS IT SHOULD BUT STOPPED AT A CONCRETE BARRIER, THE BRAKING RECOVERED. PROBLEM FIRST STARTED ON JAN. 2012. TOOK CAR TO CADILLAC OF LAS VEGAS FOR DIAGNOSTICS. INVOICE NO. 419185. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RECREATE PROBLEM. THE SAME PROBLEM RECURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, 2013 BUT CAR HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP SINCE DUE TO OTHER PERSONAL ISSUES. *TR