general problems of the 2003 Cadillac CTS

While driving home from work I heard a slight crash noise, looked in my rear view mirror to see the bezel piece flew off my car and attached were the back up lights. The piece shattered and was irreplaceable. Upon research in Cadillac blogs I read that this was an ongoing problem with 03-05 Cts cars due to gm using a cheap glue to hold the piece on. Cadillac only agreed to replace the part if the car was still covered under their factory warranty, but I am not. Further research showed that they don't even offer athe same replacement piece, now a new part only available in an assembly kit ranging between 4-500 dollars. I find it unethical to sell a luxury car, and build it with cheap plastic pieces that simply fall off due to cheap adhesive, and cause danger to drivers behind me. The fact that the part was discontinued only proves that Cadillac acknowledges the piece was cheaply constructed, and should offer replacements to all early Cts models. When assembling automobile only quality parts should be used, not cheap plastic with faulty glue, I feel this warrants a recall, but one wasn't issued. Thanks for your time.

Cadillac Cts 2003 replaced car side panel. The consumer noticed there was a foam insulation absorbent material injected in the rocker within the inner and outer pan. The consumer state the material used was found to highly flammable.

Dashboard went out intermittently. Consumer took vehicle to dealer and repairs were made. However, the problem kept coming back. On one occasion the consumer had to have the vehicle towed for uncontrolled acceleration. Dashboard problems and vehicle has died 3 times. Enclosed here with the customer claim form for details and the towed truck report and service documents from car dealer.

Design problem with instrument panel, gauges are hard to see. The instrument panel is black, and on a bright clear day it would become difficult to see the speedometer, odometer, and the gas gauge. The problem was especially dangerous when driven on super highways, attempting to set the cruise control, monitor speed when the speed has changed going through different speed zones.