Table 1 shows one common equipment related problems of the 2013 Cadillac CTS.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Equipment problems |
Both the heated seat option and seat/mirror memory settings stopped working suddenly.
As I was driving on a highway, my sunroof blew completely off of my vehicle, hit and damaged the front of another vehicle (a SUV) and from the impact of that hit, it was struck a motorcyclist.
I have a 2013 Cts Cadillac and the headlight assemblies fog up on the inside of the assembly. This happens when it rains or is wet dealer replaced the headlight assemblies but these are worst than the originals. Dealer now says this is normal thedealer refers to a bulletin 01-08-42-001j which states that lights might exhibit a fine mist or white fog on the inside of the lamp lens. The bulletin states that it requires 2 to 6 hours to clear the lamp and works better if vechicle in motion with headlights on. . I've had the headlights on bright up to 2 hours and the assemblies still have some fog inside them. This decreases the effectiveness of the headlights and creates future electrical probelms because of the moisture within the headlight assembly. The fog shows up when you are driving the vechicle with the headlights on. Last date this happened was 1/15/2016. Car has a little more than 17000 miles on and was bought new. This had been a continuing problem that happens irregular.
Gross moldy odor emanating from the hvac system caused by what appears to be a defect in the system which allows moisture to condense on the coils causing mold and bacteria to be dispersed throughout the vehicle. Gm attempts to address this expansive issue by adding deodorant to the system and then hope consumers will go away.
While attempting to pull out of residential driveway from dead stop, Cts accelerated on its on to and unknown and uncontrollable speed. Causing collision to neighbors vehicle in oppostite driveway driveway directly across from where Cts was parked. Vehicle also had power failures as well, doors nor windows would work. Had to exit vehicle by crawling out on the window. Cause damaged to both vehicles and property damages from neighbor vehicle push by Cts into garage and structure.
Lcd temperature display on passenger side is intermittent.
Sunroof has a rattle. Can be heard at moderate speeds over moderate terrain. Of course the bumpier the roads, the more rattling can be heard.
Recall campaign number 14v394. Replacement key rings sent to "fix" problem. This does not solve the problem. It makes me aware of the issue, but does not prevent any future owners from attaching extra weight to key ring. How will this prevent future owners from risk of accident ? this is a lame repair.
I had just gfiled a complaint on my Cts and thought I should add that it almost stalled out on a steephill with a major intersction, quit after I started it in my drive on a level ground. No stalling sound to give warning. I am sure there is more, but these are the easy ones. Again, Cadillac customer service said it the stopping in traffic only happened once, so not so bad!.
Not an actual incident with the vehicle. Writing to advise of inconsistent information concerning recall for ignition. Usually get a monthly diagnostics report from onstar around the 7th-12th of each month. July's report made no mention of recall. When I when on to onstar. Com to renew minutes it said car is recalled. Called onstar, was transferred to Cadillac customer assistance (cca), and was told recall was issued after report. . However cca said that recall number on onstar website was wrong. That number was associated with a silverado. But, while on the lengthy hold, found on the owners website (at Cadillac. Com) 2 recall numbers that are associated with my car (n140172 issued Jul 21, and n140497 issued Aug 4), that are still on the website. Received my Aug diagnostics report, and no mention of a recall. Called onstar to ask why no mention of recall, and the advisor said the diagnostics report is the "most up to date information, and my vehicle is safe to operate", and not to worry about putting my other keys and the fob back onto the key ring.
On 8/9/13 during a lane change on the highway under acceleration the car downshifted and the rpm went high and the car had no power and seemed to just coast. I let off the gas to let the engine rpms come back down and I checked the automatic shifter to make sure it was still in drive (and it was). When the engine rpms came down the power also came back to the wheels. I have experienced a random shudder in the car under light throttle when the automatic transmission is shifting (such as in traffic) both prior to and after this event. The dealer could not duplicate the problem during a test drive. On 5/3/14 I was backing up in a driveway upon starting the car and there were no power brakes. I pressed the brake pedal to the floor and did manage to stop the car. Once I lifted off of the brake pedal the power brakes seemed to work. This is another randomly occurring problem with this car. Upon driving the car immediately upon startup the power brakes do not seem to work for 30 seconds to a minute. I have had this problem randomly before this date (I noticed it before last winter) but it seems to be getting worse. Hopefully the dealer can duplicate this problem. On 5/6/14 I was driving on a side street and lost all engine power, power steering and power brakes. The dealer told me the engine seized up. The car had approx. 14,400 miles on it at the time of the 5/6/14 incident. The car is at the dealership now for repair.