Power Train Problems of Cadillac XT5 - part 2

Vehicle in motion on highway, vehicle suddenly dies, goes dead, uncontrollable. Vehicle will not respond to engine start button. Will not respond to attempts to restart, unable to brake, vehicle continues to be uncontrollable, rolling into cross traffic. All electronics do not respond, unable to open doors to get out. Can not unlock doors all electronics flashing, door locks rapidly cycling locked all electronics uncontrollable. Unable to activate hazzard lights. Onstar system dead, unable to call for help. After approx. 30 min. Vehicle suddenly without warning restarts on it's own and begins to function.

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I was stopped by a road crew. There were 3 cars in front of me and as I waited for them to let us through about 10 cars were stopped behind me. I was listening to the radio when I had the weird sensation that I was going backwards instead of being stopped. I looked around, realized I was going backwards and went to hit the break but my car had already hit the car behind me. The man in the car behind me told the police officer that responded that he did not see back up lights or any indicator that the car was in reverse. I didn't touch the gear shift. There is no reason for the car to go in reverse. The photo below shows the damage done to the car my vehicle hit.

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Several months ago, after waiting in line for two minutes with the transmission in d and the vehicle idling, I started to drive forward. Suddenly the vehicle came to a shuttering stop. Apparently the transmission shifted itself into p. Recently this happened again but it occurred when I was backing out of my garage. I am concerned that this self shifting into p may occur when I am travelling at some speed and result in an accident. I have been to my local Cadillac dealer both times and they say the vehicle is safe as is. But I am concerned.

The car shows a warning "engine power is reduced" this is the second time in 3 months. The car revs at 5000rpm and only goes 15 mph, very dangerous. The dealer replaced a sensor last time and seems unconcerned for the safety of driving.

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Tl the contact owns a 2017 Cadillac Xt5. While the contact's wife was driving at a low rate of speed, the vehicle shut off without warning. After restarting the vehicle, it shut off yet again. After the second restart, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. The contact's wife attempted multiple times to depress the brake pedal and shut off the vehicle using the push start feature, but was unsuccesful. As a result, the contact's wife crashed into an embankment at an unknown rate of speed. The air bags deployed upon impact. A police report was filed. The contact sustained minor injuries, due to the air bag deployment, to her mouth and left arm. Medical attention was not received. The contact had the vehicle towed to his property. It was not yet determined if the vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 33,000.

Tl the contact owns a 2017 Cadillac Xt5. When the brake pedal was depressed, it traveled to the floorboard and the gear shifter would not move into park. Also, the service engine, service stabilitrak, service transmission, and entire instrument panel warning indicators were illuminated. The battery was disconnected and reconnected and the vehicle was able to shift into park; however, it unintentionally went back into drive. The vehicle was towed to plaza Cadillac (8893 us-441, leesburg, FL 34788, (352) 787-1323) where the chassis control, engine, transmission, and range control modules were reprogrammed. After the repair, the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard when placing the gear shifter in park. Also, while driving 40 mph, the vehicle stalled while rolling to a complete stop. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road where it was restarted and functioned normally. The vehicle was taken back to the same dealer where the failure could not be replicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and informed the contact that other vehicles were experiencing the same failure. The failure mileage was 16,000.

I was idling in line for about 5 minutes waiting for food at mcdonalds. Transmission was in drive. Once served, I started to drive away but car shuttered and stopped abruptly. Apparently transmission will automatically shift to park after idling for several minutes even if it has started to move forward 1 or 2 mph. What would have happened if I was traveling faster when it shifted to park? is this feature a governmental requirement? why?.

Car in motion from rest car misfires car stalls. 2 times in last two weeks taken to dealer 11 Feb 2019. No faults found. Sorry but this car is broken. Has happen before 4 times.

There is a mild clunking noise when the auto starts moving and then you remove foot off of gas pedal and then back on gas pedal to accelerate a slight clunking noise is observed. This happens in city driving stop and go conditions.

The contact owns a 2018 Cadillac Xt5. While driving approximately 35 mph, "transmission" illuminated on the instrument panel. While approaching a stop sign, the vehicle independently shifted into park while still in motion. The contact then shifted back into drive and continued driving. The vehicle was towed to the dealer (quantrell Cadillac, 1490 e new circle road, lexington, ky 40509) where it was awaiting diagnostic testing and repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 2,900.

My 2017 Xt5 completely shutdown on my on Saturday, 10/7. I was at a stop light & when I pressed the accelerator, the instrument cluster had a number of lights come on & the vehicle was very hard to accelerate. I had to pull over immediately & then the car shut down. It was completely dead: the hazard lights did not work (very scary) & onstar and the sos button would not connect. After about 5-10 minutes, onstar was connected & I was told not to drive the vehicle due to engine & transmission codes. The vehicle was towed the dealer by roadside. On Monday, the dealer provided me with a loaner while the diagnosed the vehicle. On 10/11, when I went to pick-up the vehicle, I was told the issue was a 'logic lock,' the car was driven for 4 miles & considered fixed. I refused the car as we need to know the root cause. The dealer still has my car and has not contacted Cadillac yet. I am still waiting to hear from them and also have a case opened with Cadillac customer care, but they are less than helpful. The poor customer service is one issue, but the greater issue is the safety of my car and the fact that it completely died on me and the dealer thinks clearing some codes will resolve it. Please help. God forbid this happens to me or someone else again. It is completely unsafe.

While driving 30mph on city street engine made loud roaring noise and dramatically slowed itself down to almost a stop as if I slammed on brakes. I had vehicle(1715 mileage) towed to dealership. They kept it 2 days and told me nothing was wrong. I picked up car and while driving home the engine made loud noise and dramatically slowed down once again. The next day I took my car to another dealership hoping they could repair vehicle. They kept car for 14 days and told me they could not duplicate concern and did not repair. So I picked up car hoping it would not happen again. It did happen 3 more times. One incident happened while driving through intersection on city street engine made loud roaring noise and abruptly slowed itself down to almost a stop. But in this instance when I stepped on accelerator to drive forward to get out of intersection the car would not move,it froze . Luckily I did not get hit in the back. I waited, turned car off, and then turned it on. I was able to drive home. I took car back to dealership on 7/19/17 explaining the car was unsafe since these problems are erratic and I could get hit in the back when the vehicle slows down to a stop in the middle of traffic. They kept car for 9 days called and told me they could not find problem so they wanted their loaner back. I was afraid to drive car back home so the dealer delivered car to my house and took back loaner on 7/28/17. It has been in my garage since then since I fear for my safety and my family and will not drive car fearing I'll get hit while driving if the vehicle malfunctions again. I never get a warning of any sort before it happens. After it happens and I turn the car off and on again the vehicle seems perfect. But I never know when it will break again since it is erratic. It is definitely a safety hazard.

Randomly, after starting the vehicle and moving the shift lever to reverse, the emergency brake independently sets such that park is displayed on the dash as well as reverse. In other words, the vehicle is in both reverse and park simultaneously as displayed on the dash display. However, I am told by gm that the park displayed on the dash is really indicating the emergency brake is set and that the transmission is not in park. If the vehicle can independtly set the emergency brake when moving the transmission out of park, can this happen when the vehicle is in motion? if so, a disastrous accident could occur.