Cadillac XTS Complaints

226 consumer complaints on file.

#10936664December 21, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC XTS. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS; HOWEVER, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,393.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10924677November 7, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CADILLAC XTS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL ODOR AND OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT THERE WERE FLAMES UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO SMOKE INHALATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10919147October 26, 2016
SEATS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CADILLAC XTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V525000 (SEATS), BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 46,463.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10916496October 17, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
CAR LOST ENGINE POWER, POWER STEERING, POWER BREAKS AND ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTION EXCEPT FOR HAZARD LIGHTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED 7 TIMES AND I HAVE TAKEN IT FOR TWO REPAIRS. I HAVE TO CRUISE TO A STOP AND RESTART THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10915198October 11, 2016
SEAT BELTS
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE PLACE WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE ANCHORS IN THE FRAME OF THE CAR. CAR WAS PARKED AND NOT IN MOTION. I WENT TO BUCKLE MY SEAT BELT, AND IT FELL APART. NO KNOWN RECALL FOR THIS ITEM. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. CONCERNED FOR OTHER XTS OWNERS' SAFETY. DEALER IS REPLACING SEAT BELT (AFTER A $100 DEDUCTIBLE).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909585September 26, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, STEERING, SUSPENSION
CADILLAC XTS LIMOUSINE WITH 2,800 MILES. WHEN DRIVING A KNOCKING NOISE CAN BE HEARD COMING FROM SOMEWHERE IN FRONT END. THE NOISE IS MORE NOTICEABLE MAKING TURNS, HITTING THE SMALLEST BUMPS IN THE ROAD, AND VERY NOTICEABLE WHEN EASING OVER A TRAIN TRACK AT 2MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10906196September 13, 2016
SUSPENSION
I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET GOING 40 MPH AND THE REAR SUSPENSION DROPPED WITHOUT WARNING RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905186September 10, 2016
SUSPENSION
REAR SUSPENSION FAILED DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT APPROX 60 MPH. REAR END OF VEHICLE WAS LOWERED TO THE POINT WHERE THE TIRE WAS RUBBING ON UNDERCARRIAGE. CAR WAS VERY UNSTABLE AND BOUNCING UP AND DOWN VIOLENTLY. MESSAGE ON DASHBOARD STATED "SERVICE LEVELING SYSTEM". COULD NOT TOW THE CAR REAR WAS TOO LOW TO THE GROUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10886285July 20, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY I-5 CAR STARTED JERKING AND DID NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS. I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE CAR IT WOULD NOT GO IN GEAR AND MOVED 2-3 MILES AN HOUR AT A TIME. TRIED PUTTING IT IN REVERSE AND WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. I WAS NOT FAR FROM DEALERSHIP SO ON THE HIGHWAY WITH FLASHING CAUTION LIGHTS MADE IT TO DEALERSHIP. THE CAR HAS BEEN WITH THE CERTIFIED GM DEALERSHIP FOR 6 WEEKS A 2016 CADILLAC XTS WITH 1400 MILES DEALERSHIP MECHANIC STATES CAR NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. GM HAS YET TO MAKE A DECISION AND WANT TO PUT A REBUILD TRANSMISSION IN THE CAR. THERE HAS TO BE A FACTORY DEFECT THAT JEAPORDIZED MY SAFETY AND OTHERS SAFETY ON THE HIGHWAY THAT GM IS NOT WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884790July 14, 2016
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CADILLAC XTS EQUIPPED WITH LIONSHEAD TRAIL EXPRESS TIRES, SIZE: 225/75R15. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A TIRE SHOP WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,700 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,762.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10877103June 28, 2016
AIR BAGS
I WAS T BONED HIT BY A TRUCK ON MY SIDE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T GO OFF AND I NOW HAVE A CLOSED HEAD INJURY BECAUSE MY HEAD HIT THE WINDOW. MOVING THROUGH A INTERSECTION 10 /15 MILES M PH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10876763June 27, 2016
AIR BAGS
"TAKATA RECALL" I ENTERED THE CAR TO GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2016, SUDDENLY THERE WAS THIS BOUNCING, I STOPPED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE REAR END OF THE CAR APPEARED VERY LOW TO THE GROUND. I HAD JUST DRIVEN OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. THE CHURCH IS ABOUT TWO-HUNDRED FEET FROM MU HOUSE. THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING BECAUSE THERE IS MORE THAN FIFTY-THOUSAND MILES, I AM RESPONSIBLE, HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE DONE TO THE CAR BY ME OR ANYONE ELSE. THIS IS A MANUFACTURESR ERROR. I NEED THIS ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10864844May 13, 2016
ENGINE
WHEN THE CAR IS ON IDLE EITHER IN PARK OR DRIVE, WITH THE BARAKE ON THE ENGINE VIBRATES. THIS OCCURRED WITH THE AC OFF. I HAVE 32K MILES AND I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER IN VENICE FL AND THE SERVICE REP DIDNT EVEN ALLOW IT TO GO TO THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN. HE GOT IN THE CAR WITH ME AND HE SAID IT WAS NORMAL AND RECOMENDED A FI CLEANER. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE CAR WILL HESITATE AND MY FAMILY AND I MAY HET INTO AN ACCIDENT. I DID SOME REASEARCH ON LINE AN APPARENTLY OTHERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLWM BUT GM HAS NO FIX. PLEASE HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859768April 15, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CADILLAC XTS. WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED WITHOUT WARNING AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY CABLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. A FEW TIMES, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WOULD LOCK THE CONTACT IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851433March 24, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ON 2/31/16 I DROVE MY NEW VEHICLE FROM MY HOME TO THE GROCERY STORE APPROX.2.5 MILES AWAY,AS I WAS PARKING MY VEHICLE IN THE H/C SPOT ,A GOOD "SAMARITAN" TAPPED ON MY WINDOW & INFORMED ME THAT MY NEW VEHICLE WAS LEAKING GAS,HE CALLED 911 TO HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CLEAN UP THE GAS SPILL,I CALLED TRIPLE AAA TO DELIVER MY NEW VEHICLE TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP IN DELRAY BEACH FLA,THEY REPAIRED THE GAS LINE IN A FEW WEEKS,HOWEVER ON 3/6/16,I WAS DRIVING TO MY SUNDAY MASS @ OUR CHURCH IN TEQUESTA FLA.WHEN THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVEWAY@ THE CHURCH PARKING AREA AGAIN A PARISHIONER(A GOOD SAMARITAN) SIGNALED ME TO STOP BECAUSE GAS WAS LEAKING FROM BELOW MY VEHICLE,I CALLED GM ROAD SERVICE TO RETRIEVE THE VEHICLE & DELIVER IT TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP IN DELRAY BEACH FLA.THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPAIR/WORK ON THE VEHICLE UNTIL I AGREED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR COSTS,THEY CLAIM THAT A N ANIMAL HAD CHEWED THRU THE PLASTIC GAS LINE CAUSING THE LEAK & INSISTING THAT I CALL MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO FILE A CLAIM I HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS THAT GM HAS USED SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS ON ONE OF THE MUST IMPORTANT PARTS ON THIS NEW VEHICLE I COULD HAVE HAD A FIRE OR BLOWN UP IN MY NEW VEHICLE I MUST TO TRAVEL BACK TO MY HOME IN RHODE ISLAND IN JUNE & I FEAR FOR MY LIFE GM DOESN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM, MR.S
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845998March 10, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CADILLAC XTS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH IN SNOWY CONDITIONS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND ON AND THE STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V409000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 19,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10825644February 11, 2016
WHEELS:RIM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CADILLAC XTS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ALL FOUR RIMS WERE BENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,676.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822487January 27, 2016
SUSPENSION
REAR COMPRESSOR FOR AIR SUSPENSION FAILS AND LOWERS CAR TO AN UNSAFE CONDITION. COMPRESSOR FAILED WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION CAUSING ERRATIC HANDLING BEHAVIOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811247December 19, 2015
ENGINE
MY 2013 XTS WITH 23,000 MILES JUST STOPPED. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE SOME VENT SCREEN HAD A TEAR IN IT. THE AIR BLEW ON THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A 3 LANE ROAD. EVERYONE PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS THERE WAS NO WARNING IT JUST SHUTTLE DOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10795081November 20, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CADILLAC XTS. WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE PUSH START BUTTON FAILED TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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