2003 Cadillac Cts

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOOSE CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A HOUSE. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED STRAIN PELVIS BONE AND INJURIES TO THE WRIST, AND NOSE WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

6 DISC CD CHANGER CONTINUES TO GET STUCK, AFTER ATTEMPTING AND FAILING TO GET CDS TO EJECT, I HAVE COME TO START MY CAR IN THE MORNING AND THEY HAD EJECTED THEMSELVES OVER NIGHT. OTHER TIMES A CONTINUOUS NOISE IF POWER TO RADIO WAS ON WOULD EMIT AS IF SYSTEM WAS TRYING TO EJECT CDS ON IT'S OWN BUT NOTHING WOULD EVER COME OUT. IN THE END, RESULTING TO EVEN IF POWER TO RADIO WAS OFF, CD PLAYER STILL WAS MAKING WEIRD SOUNDS EVEN IF KEY WAS NOT IN IGNITION. ALL NIGHT AND DAY THE CD PLAYER WOULD EMIT RANDOM NOISES THAT I BELIEVE MAY OF CAUSED MY BATTERY TO BE DESTROYED. AFTER A FEW JUMP STARTS, A NEW BATTERY WAS PURCHASED. ONCE THE NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED, THE CD DISC CHANGER HAS BECOME DORMANT AND MAKES NO SOUND OR ANY TYPE OF RESPONSE TO ANY CONTROL BUTTONS. IT WON'T EVEN GO TO THE CD SETTING OR SHOW ANY TYPE OF ERROR CODE ON THE DISPLAY PANEL/SCREEN. THE CAR ACTS AS IF A CD PLAYER NEVER EXISTED. NO SHOP WILL EVEN ATTEMPT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT TO ASSESS THE ISSUE UNDER THE $100 MARK. AS OF THIS DATE AND TIME, ALL I GET TO DO IS LISTEN TO THE AM/FM RADIO AND AN OCCASIONAL CASSETTE TAPE IF I COME ACROSS ONE. VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT, CONSIDERING CADILLAC HAS OTHER BOSE COMPONENTS, THEY COULD OF SPLURGED ON A BETTER CD SYSTEM BECAUSE CADILLAC OWNERS HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE CD SYSTEM WITH AFTER MARKET PRODUCTS AND LOSE THE CONTROL PANEL DISPLAY SCREENS OR KEEP THE CONTROL DISPLAY SCREEN/PANEL AND DEAL WITH ONLY BEING ABLE TO PLAY THE RADIO/CASSETTE PLAYER FOREVER.

LEAKING VALVE COVER GASKETS RESULTING IN OIL ON COILS, OXYGEN SENSOR AND RISK FOR OIL RELATED FIRES. THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL IS PREVALENT BECAUSE OF OIL ON HOT ENGINE PARTS. A REVIEW OF VARIOUS INTERNET FORUMS SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MAKE/MODEL. A CONSENSUS OPINION APPEARS TO BE THE VALVE COVER GASKETS WERE MADE FROM INFERIOR MATERIALS. SINCE THIS IS A FIRE SAFETY ISSUE AND/OR A RESULT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S NEGLIGENCE, THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WAS DIFFICULT TO INSERT, REMOVE, AND TURN TO START THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V394000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND WORSENED. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE KEY TO RESTART AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

THE PCV VALVE SYSTEM DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE. ON (4) OCCASIONS THE PRESSURE BUILD-UP CAUSING MASSIVE OIL LEAKS AT THE VALVE COVER. I EXPERIENCED SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AS OIL LEAKED ONTO A HOT ENGINE. A POTENTIAL ENGINE FIRE. IT TOOK YEARS FOR THE CADILLAC DEALERS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A EXTREME COLD WEATHER ISSUE. THE AUTOMOBILE WAS IN ARIZONA FOR A FEW YEARS AND THE ISSUE WAS NOT A PROBLEM BUT ONCE RETURNED TO MICHIGAN, THE PROBLEM GOT SERIOUS. I HAVE ALL OF MY REPAIR DOCUMENTS. THIS CAR SHOULD HAS BEEN RECALLED. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I WAS LUCKY AS I WAS NEAR DEALERS WHEN THIS OCCURRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION MODULE AND SWITCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY W/ BRAND NEW SUMITOMO TIRES FOR REAR PURCHASED ON 1/10/15, THE REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEW CAUSING ME TO LOOSE CONTROL SENDING ME INTO THE GUARDRAIL THEN SPUN OUT INTO THE HIGHWAY LANDING HORIZONTAL ACROSS ALL LANES OF TRAFFIC WITH MY TRUNK END IN THE HOV LANE. I WAS THEN STRUCT BY A BOX TRUCK, SPINNING ME BACK AROUND AND TOTALING THE VEHICLE. THE SIDEWALLS TO THE TIRE WE STILL ATTACHED TO THE RIM AND THE TREAD FACE HAD DETACHED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 04/07/15*LJ UPDATED 6/25/2013*JS