Cadillac STS Complaints

430 consumer complaints on file.

#10079487June 18, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
BOTH HEADLIGHTS HAD BLIND PATHS, ALMOST OPAQUE, RESULTING IN EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING NIGHT DRIVING. THUS, OBSTRUCTING CONSUMER'S VIEW WHILE DRIVING. SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED BY THE MANUFACTURER. CALLED NHTSA AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074358May 27, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
LTR TO SECY MINETA RE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY IN A 2000 CADILLAC VIN [XXX], SEAT BELT UNLATCHED DURING A CRASH ON DECEMBER 15, 2001 REQUESTING A DEFECT INVESTIGATION, S10-040521-004. *LA THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED WHEN THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE COVER BROKE APART. RECEIVED SERIOUS SPINAL INJURIES. ACCORDING TO THE SDM DOWNLOAD THERE WAS AN APPROXIMATE 30 MPH DELTA V. CW THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE SEAT BELT LOCKED THEN SECONDS LATER, THE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED LEAVING THE CONSUMER UNRESTRAINED. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES, SPINAL CORD INJURIES, NERVE DAMAGE, MASSIVE SOFT TISSUE INJURIES AND A FRACTURED RIB. *NM *SC *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10044754October 27, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10012342March 24, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
WHILE DRIVING THE BOLT CAME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. *NLM THERE WERE ENGINE PROBLEMS/STALLING, AIR BAG LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE RADIO CUTS ON BY ITSELF, HORN WAS INOPERATIVE, ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. RECALL #0311500 IN RE: CADILLAC CTS. SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011133March 7, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES
THE HEADLIGHT LENSES WERE DIM, WHICH CAUSED LESS LIGHT.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000476January 2, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CAR STALLS WITH NO WARNING WHILE DRIVING, EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE DEALERS KNOW THAT THIS OCCURS OFTEN ON THIS MODEL, BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC AND COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED FATAL ACCIDENTS FROM STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. CAR IS PRACTICALLY NEW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019424September 25, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER TRY TO BRAKE AND THERE WAS NO BRAKES.DEALER WAS CONTACTED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897538October 10, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, IT MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING VEHICLE TO UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATE TO 90 MPH, CAUSE UNKNOWN. SWITCH SEEMS TO BE FAULTY ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT ENGAGE. *JG *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879426January 31, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND POWER STEERING WENT ALL OUT. DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT ABNORMAL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875025November 15, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
WHILE DRIVING BACKSEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTACTED DEALER WHO FOUND BATTERY WIRES UNDER BACK SEAT HAD BEEN RUBBING DUE TO MOTION OF BACK SEAT, AND THIS WAS CAUSE OF FIRE. REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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