Four problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 2013 Cadillac ATS. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Cadillac ATS based on all problems reported for the 2013 ATS.
The contact owns a 2013 Cadillac Ats. The contact stated while parking the vehicle, the contact shift the gear into reverse, but the vehicle would not shift. The contact shut down the vehicle, but the vehicle still would not shift out of the drive position. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and stated that the shifter cable was out of placed. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure reoccurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 89,000.
2013 Cadillac Ats. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle transmission recall notice issues.
Driving on the interstate the car suddenly started losing speed and it would not let me accelerate. I was able to make it to the shoulder. Once I got to the shoulder the car idled for a few seconds before the engine completely shut off. I was able to start the car again and drive about another mile and the same thing happened. We were about 1 mile from a gm car dealership and we managed to get the car to the dealership, but it stalled 3 times on the way (once on a 2 lane bridge). The dealership said they couldn't work on Cadillacs, so we had it towed to a Cadillac dealership (the car died again while the tow truck driver was trying to load it). They have driven it over 200 miles and have not been able to duplicate the problem. They did a computer update and are returning the car to me and said that they are not confident the update will fix the problem. It did not throw any warning lights and the dealer said they didn't see any codes. We were doing 70 down the interstate and if there hadn't been a place to pull over, we would have been rear ended by an 18 wheeler. This is not a manual transmission (I've seen reports of manual transmissions stalling). This is an automatic transmission.
The contact owns a 2013 Cadillac Ats. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph and attempting to accelerate, the vehicle experienced a three to four second lag. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the transmission module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 325 and the current mileage was 8,100.