Cadillac DTS Complaints (2006)

255 consumer complaints on file.

#10626992August 21, 2014
STEERING, TIRES, AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AND CRASH INTO A FENCE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626558August 20, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 10/03/14*LJ UPDATED 3/10/2015 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626274August 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626311August 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REMEDY THE RECALL WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626383August 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10619403August 6, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED SPORADICALLY AND BECAME DIM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD LAMPS BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10614613July 18, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED SPORADICALLY AND HAD BECOME DIMMER THAN NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD LAMPS BULBS AND THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT DEFLECTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,093.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10609834July 11, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VIBRATING AND WAS MAKING A LOAD ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V105000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10598890June 17, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START UPON TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE IGNITION MODULE WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,341.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10598007June 13, 2014
ENGINE
STARTED WITH A FEW DROPS OF OIL FROM UNDER ENGINE, KEEPS GETTING WORSE. DRIPPING OIL GETTING ON EXHAUST OR OTHER HOT FIXTURE AND BURNING SMELL COMES INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT UNLESS AIR REICIRC IS TURNED ON.I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A LEAKING GASKET BEHIND THE OIL FILTER HOUSING .I REPLACED THAT GASKET AND OIL STILL LEAKING FROM THE OIL PAN ENGINE HOUSING .HAVE BEEN TOLD THE GASKET AT THE PAN IS BAD AND TO FIX THE MOTOR WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED @ APX. $3,000. CADILLAC DEALER AND GM KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN 06. BUT NO RECALL . I'VE SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF OTHER DTS OWNERS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND FROM THE REPORTS HERE AND ON OTHER SITES I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS HASN'T BEEN MADE A RECALL. JUST TYPE IN CADILLAC DTS OIL LEAKS ON THE INTERNET AND YOU WILL SEE THE PROBLEMS WITH THESE CARS. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10598150June 13, 2014
SEATS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY DTS I BEGAN TO NOTICE A MELTING PLASTIC/SMOKE SMELL WHENEVER I WOULD TURN ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEATED/VENTILATED SEAT HEATER. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THIS IS A COMMON WIRING PROBLEM ON THE BUICK AND CADILLAC MODELS AND THAT I SHOULD STOP USING THE HEATED SEAT FUNCTION BECAUSE THE WIRING IS UNDERSIZED AND CAN MELT AND BURN. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE NEW PART HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE LARGER WIRING BUT THE PART HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED AT THIS TIME SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10597263June 9, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS
HIGH AMPERAGE CONNECTORS CONTROLLING DRIVER AND PASSENGER HEATED AND COOLED SEATS SHORTED AT MODULE UNDER PASSENGER SEAT INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. CAR FILLED WITH SMOKE AND I HAD TO SEARCH AND PULL THE FUSE UNDER THE REAR SEAT CUSHION FOR THE WIRE THAT SHORTED UNDER FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. TROLLING FORUMS YIELDED VERY QUICK RESULTS WITH MANY THAT HAD SAME ISSUE. THE MODULE AND ASSOCIATED WIRING SHOULD BE RECALLED BY GM (NOT TO MENTION THE STEALERSHIP CHARGES WELL OVER 1,200 FOR THE PART ALONE). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10594988May 29, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WILL GO OFF. YOU CAN TURN THE SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION AND THEN ON AGAIN AND THE LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON. AFTER THAT SOMETIMES BOTH HEADLIGHTS WILL GO AND THAT'S A VERY SCARY. THING WHEN YOU HAVE THE FAMILY THAT YOU LOVE AND CARE FOR IN THERE WITH YOU...I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND BEEN TOLD THE BALANCE CONTROLS ARE OVER HEATING, BUT IN WINTER I CAN START THE CAR IN THE DRIVE WAY AND THE LIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND GO OUT BOTH OF THEM.....CAN GM STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT SO WE CAN KEEP OUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS IN AMERICA...... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593398May 22, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED AND WOULD UNEXPECTEDLY FAIL TO ILLUMINATE AS A RESULT THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO VIEW THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. DR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593407May 22, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WE WERE TRAVELING AFTER DARK WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE GOING COMPLETELY OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. SOMETIMES THEY FLICKER, ONE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT, OR BOTH GO OUT MOMENTARILY. ONE TIME IT HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE THE ONLY CAR ON A DARK HIGHWAY AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE THE HIGHWAY OR THE SHOULDER. WE HAD TO OPEN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AND LOOK FOR THE SHOULDER. WE DON'T DRIVE THIS CAR AFTER DARK. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE FAILURE HAS TO HAPPEN WHILE THEY ARE EXAMINING THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592367May 19, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD BECOME ABNORMALLY DIM WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000. UPDATED 8/11/14*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10585502April 29, 2014
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
IN REGARDS TO: HEATED / COOLED SEAT INOPERATIVE - KEYWORDS CLIMATE CONTROL COOL COOLED DRIVER FRONT HEAT HEATED INOPERATIVE INTERMITTENT LEFT MODULE PASSENGER RIGHT - (MAR 18, 2008) SUBJECT:HEATED/ COOLED SEAT INOPERATIVE MODELS:2006- 2008 BUICK LUCERNE W/ RPO KB6 2006- 2008 CADILLAC DTS W/ RPO KB6 I HAD MY HEATED/COOLED SEAT MODULE REPLACED IN AUGUST 2013. THROUGH THE WINTER MY HEATED SEATS WORKED FINE. TODAY I TURN ON MY SEAT HEATERS ONLY TO HEAR A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT FOLLOWED BY PUFFS OF WHITE SMOKE. I QUICKLY TURNED THE CAR OFF AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AREA WHERE THE SMOKE CAME FROM. I FOUND THE MODULE MELTED TO THE CONNECTOR SO MUCH SO I HAD TO REMOVE THE RELAY FOR THE SEAT MODULE. THIS FIRE COULD HAVE GROWN DANGEROUS VERY QUICKLY. I KNOW A NUMBER OF FELLOW CADILLAC/BUICK OWNERS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. IF GM DOES NOT RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH A RECALL THERE WILL LIKELY BE LEGAL ACTION TAKEN. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10579276April 11, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED OCCASIONALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10578580April 9, 2014
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ENGINE OIL LEAKED INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND CAUSED THE EXHAUST TO SMOKE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE OIL PAN COVER AND GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,605 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576475April 1, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THIS PROBLEM - THE CAR DIES AND I LOSE ALL POWER ASSISTED FUNCTIONS LIKE STEERING AND BRAKES - HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, PROBABLY TWO DOZEN, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME BEGINNING SOME TIME IN 2006, WITH MODEL YEARS 2000, 2001, AND 2006 SEDANS. SINCE 1995 I HAVE DRIVEN ONLY CADILLAC. IT OCCURS ONLY WHEN I'M STOPPED, OR ROLLING AT A SLOW SPEED, AND THEN BEGIN TO ACCELERATE THE CAR, SUCH AS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES WHEN I'M IN A NON-RAISED CENTER MEDIAN ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN AGAINST ONCOMING TRAFFIC (I HAVE LEARNED TO LEFT LOTS OF ROOM NOW). I HOPE I, OR SOMEONE ELSE IN A CADILLAC, WON'T HAVE TO DIE OR BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE THEY ADMIT THIS PROBLEM IN THEIR FLAGSHIP VEHICLE. I CALLED GM'S 'IGNITION SWITCH RECALL' LINE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE PROBLEM IN THE OTHER VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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