Consumer Safety Complaints

Search 2,245,377 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA, including 140,173 crashes, 56,794 fires, and 8,580 deaths.

2,245,377 Total Complaints
140,173 Reported Crashes
56,794 Reported Fires
8,580 Reported Deaths

What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?

A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim, NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.

The database below contains over 2,245,377 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports, when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.

How to interpret what you read

A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:

  • One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report, that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
  • Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
  • Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
  • Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.

If you've experienced a defect

File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints, specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened, feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.

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CADILLAC CTS (2011) - POWER TRAIN Sep 9, 2020
Incident date: Jun 30, 2016
EVERY TIME THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS PUT IN REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE WHEELS TURNED SHARPLY TO RIGHT OR LEFT, SUCH AS IN BACKING- OUT OF A TIGHT PARKING SPACE, THE CAR LABORS TO MOVE BACKWARDS AND BINDING NOISES EMANATE FROM DIFFERENTIAL OR REAR AXLE AREA OF THE CAR. THIS CONDITION LESSENS AND COMPLETELY DISAPPEARS AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS RETURNED TO THE STRAIGHT FORWARD OR STRAIGHT BACK POSITI... Read more
CADILLAC ESCALADE (2003) - SERVICE BRAKES Sep 9, 2020
Incident date: Aug 27, 2020
BREAKS WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CAR WENT DOWN EMBANKMENT.
Crash
CADILLAC DTS (2007) - ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Sep 9, 2020
Incident date: Jul 21, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WITH SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BUT, RESUMED NORMAL WITHIN SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT ECM MAY BE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE R... Read more
CADILLAC DTS (2007) - ENGINE Sep 9, 2020
Incident date: Jul 21, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WITH SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BUT, RESUMED NORMAL WITHIN SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT ECM MAY BE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE R... Read more
CADILLAC SRX (2016) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER Sep 8, 2020
Incident date: Jan 1, 2019
I HAVE A 2016 CADILLAC SRX THE RADIO HAS SPIDER WEB CRACKING IN THE SCREEN, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR ITS HAPPENED CAUSING THE RADIO TO FREEZE AND NOT FUNCTION CADILLAC DOES NOT WANT TO COVER THE FAULTY PART
CADILLAC CTS (2006) - POWER TRAIN Sep 8, 2020
Incident date: Feb 12, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO GEAR, THE VEHICLE JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LYNCH CADILLAC OF AUBURN (154 W CREEK PKWY, AUBURN, AL 36830) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE PINION SEAL FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LEAKS WERE SEEN BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. T... Read more
CADILLAC CTS (2016) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Sep 8, 2020
Incident date: Jul 1, 2020
THE CADILLAC CUE DISPLAY FOR RADIO, INFO, HVAC, NAV, ETC. HAS BEGUN TO CRACK (AKA SPIDERWEB CRACKS) WHICH HAS NO MADE THE TOUCH SCREEN UNUSABLE AND BEGUN TO DEGRADE VEHICLE CA0PABILITY. THE DISPLAY FREQUENTLY BLINKS AND MAKES EMITS RANDOM AUDIO TONES BOTH OF WHICH ARE VERY DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD.
CADILLAC SRX (2015) - SUSPENSION Sep 8, 2020
Incident date: Oct 25, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE REAR WHEELS SWAYED BACK AND FORTH WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT INITIALLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO WALTERS GM AUTOMALL (505 N MAYO TRAIL, PIKEVILLE, KY 41501) WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V571000 (SUSPENSION). THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ... Read more
CADILLAC SRX (2014) - STRUCTURE:BODY Sep 7, 2020
Incident date: Mar 18, 2020
WHEN IT RAINS IT CAUSE WATER TO COLLECT IN THE SPARE TIRE COMPARTMENT WHERE THE MODULE FOR THE LIFTGATE IS HOUSED. WHICH CAUSE THE CAR TO THINK IT'S BEEN STOLEN AND MAKES THE DASHBOARD AND SAFETY FEATURES DISABLE. IT ALSO MAKE THE CAR DON'T WANT TO TURN OFF AND IT RANDOMLY TURNS ON IF THE KEY IS NEAR BY. IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE CADILLAC SRX THAT CADILLAC REFUSE TO FIX OUT OF GOOD FAITH FOR ITS... Read more
CADILLAC SRX (2014) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Sep 7, 2020
Incident date: Mar 18, 2020
WHEN IT RAINS IT CAUSE WATER TO COLLECT IN THE SPARE TIRE COMPARTMENT WHERE THE MODULE FOR THE LIFTGATE IS HOUSED. WHICH CAUSE THE CAR TO THINK IT'S BEEN STOLEN AND MAKES THE DASHBOARD AND SAFETY FEATURES DISABLE. IT ALSO MAKE THE CAR DON'T WANT TO TURN OFF AND IT RANDOMLY TURNS ON IF THE KEY IS NEAR BY. IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE CADILLAC SRX THAT CADILLAC REFUSE TO FIX OUT OF GOOD FAITH FOR ITS... Read more
CADILLAC CTS (2014) - ENGINE Sep 3, 2020
Incident date: Jul 1, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, FUEL PUMP, BATTERY AND FOUND THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD FAILED. THE TIMING CHAIN WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE VEHICLE W... Read more
CADILLAC CTS (2014) - POWER TRAIN Sep 3, 2020
Incident date: Jul 1, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, FUEL PUMP, BATTERY AND FOUND THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD FAILED. THE TIMING CHAIN WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE VEHICLE W... Read more
CADILLAC ESCALADE (2015) - FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING Sep 3, 2020
Incident date: Mar 2, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM. RECENTLY, WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM SUDDENLY ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING, STOPPING THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. THE FAILURE RECURRED TEN TIMES OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN TO A D... Read more
CADILLAC CTS (2005) - ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Sep 2, 2020
Incident date: Apr 23, 2020
FIRST ECM MODULE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED, WE REPLACED IT THEN AFTER THAT STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE, 12 CODES POPPED UP. DID NORMAL MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE, OIL CHANGE SPARK PLUGS . THEN A FEW DAYS LATER WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LOST ALL POWER, PUSHED ON ACCELERATOR NO POWER, FRONT END STARTED SHAKING, SO PULLED OVER, VEHICLE WAS VERY HOT AND SMELLS LIKE GAS, HA... Read more
CADILLAC CTS (2005) - ENGINE Sep 2, 2020
Incident date: Apr 23, 2020
FIRST ECM MODULE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED, WE REPLACED IT THEN AFTER THAT STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE, 12 CODES POPPED UP. DID NORMAL MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE, OIL CHANGE SPARK PLUGS . THEN A FEW DAYS LATER WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LOST ALL POWER, PUSHED ON ACCELERATOR NO POWER, FRONT END STARTED SHAKING, SO PULLED OVER, VEHICLE WAS VERY HOT AND SMELLS LIKE GAS, HA... Read more
CADILLAC CTS (2005) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM Sep 2, 2020
Incident date: Apr 23, 2020
FIRST ECM MODULE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED, WE REPLACED IT THEN AFTER THAT STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE, 12 CODES POPPED UP. DID NORMAL MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE, OIL CHANGE SPARK PLUGS . THEN A FEW DAYS LATER WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LOST ALL POWER, PUSHED ON ACCELERATOR NO POWER, FRONT END STARTED SHAKING, SO PULLED OVER, VEHICLE WAS VERY HOT AND SMELLS LIKE GAS, HA... Read more
CADILLAC SRX (2014) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING Sep 2, 2020
Incident date: Aug 27, 2020
DUE TO COVID-19, I WAS NOT DRIVING AT NIGHT. RECENTLY, I NEEDED TO GO OUT IN THE EARLY EVENING AND REALIZED MY HEADLIGHTS WERE EXTREMELY DIM AND AT TIMES THERE ARE NO LIGHTS AT ALL. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!. NOW, I CANNOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE AT NIGHT. CADILLAC IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ISSUED A LETTER AND SAID THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WHICH POSSIBLY CAN OCCUR IN THE FUTURE AND PROVIDED ... Read more
CADILLAC CTS (2014) - POWER TRAIN Sep 2, 2020
Incident date: Jul 1, 2020
THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. I, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS HAVE BEEN WAITING ON PARTS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. GM DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY. WE ARE ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH LOANER CARS CAR BUT IT WAS NOT ONE I COULD ACCEPT AND AS SUCH, RISK INJURY EVERY TUBE WE DRIVE.*DT*DT*JB*JB
CADILLAC SRX (2010) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING Sep 1, 2020
Incident date: Aug 4, 2020
HEADLIGHTS ARE BAD EVEN CHANGING THE BULBS QUITE A FEW TIMES. AND ASKED FROM A DEALERSHIP THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE HEADLIGHTS COMPLETELY AND REPAIR COULD COST OVER $1500 DOLLARS THAT IS A RIP OF ALREADY PAID HELL LOT A MONEY TO BUY THIS CAR
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV (2009) - AIR BAGS Sep 1, 2020
Incident date: May 27, 2016
AIRBAG LIGHT STAY ON AND IT WILL NOT GO AWAY. I AM UNABLE TO PASS SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THAT. 07/06/2016 MANUFACTURER SAFETY RECALL ISSUED NHTSA #16V381 RECALL #2049151 PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATORS STATUS: REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE
CADILLAC ESCALADE (2008) - AIR BAGS Sep 1, 2020
Incident date: May 27, 2016
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT CALLED MOORE CADILLAC LOCATED AT 9177 W. BROAD ST, RICHMOND, VA 23294, AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACT... Read more
CADILLAC ATS (2014) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER Sep 1, 2020
Incident date: Sep 1, 2019
CUE SCREEN STOPPED WORKING
CADILLAC SRX (2013) - AIR BAGS Aug 31, 2020
Incident date: Aug 27, 2020
HEAD ON COLLISION AT 40 MPH ON A CITY STREET. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND SEAT MOVED FORWARD. RESULTING IN ER VISIT AND HEAD LACERATION AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
Crash 2 injured
CADILLAC SRX (2013) - SEATS Aug 31, 2020
Incident date: Aug 27, 2020
HEAD ON COLLISION AT 40 MPH ON A CITY STREET. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND SEAT MOVED FORWARD. RESULTING IN ER VISIT AND HEAD LACERATION AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
Crash 2 injured
CADILLAC CTS (2014) - POWER TRAIN Aug 31, 2020
Incident date: Jun 29, 2020
THERE IS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE, PERTAINING TO THE REAR-AXLE DIFFERENTIAL, GM RECALL N192279370. I WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020. I RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT PARTS WERE AVAILABLE MID-MAY 2020. ON JUNE 29TH 2020, I CONTACTED MY LOCAL CADILLAC DEALER, HARVEY CADILLAC OF GRAND RAPIDS, TO REQUEST THE NECESSARY PARTS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO GIVE AN... Read more
CADILLAC ATS (2013) - ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Aug 30, 2020
Incident date: Aug 30, 2020
POWER STEERING JUST WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE. WE STARTED THE VEHICLE TODAY WITH 73,000 MILES AND WHEN WE WENT TO PULL OFF ONCE IN DRIVE THE CAR GAVE A POWER STEERING WARNING APPEARED. WHEN WE TRY TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IT MAKES THIS LOUD SQUEALING COMPUTERIZED SOUNDING NOISE.
CADILLAC ATS (2013) - STEERING Aug 30, 2020
Incident date: Aug 30, 2020
POWER STEERING JUST WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE. WE STARTED THE VEHICLE TODAY WITH 73,000 MILES AND WHEN WE WENT TO PULL OFF ONCE IN DRIVE THE CAR GAVE A POWER STEERING WARNING APPEARED. WHEN WE TRY TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IT MAKES THIS LOUD SQUEALING COMPUTERIZED SOUNDING NOISE.
CADILLAC SRX (2013) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER Aug 28, 2020
Incident date: Aug 28, 2020
SHIFT TO PARK ERROR-CAR NOT REGISTERING WHEN IN PARK. SYSTEM DISPLAY SAYS "SHIFT TO PARK" AFTER MOVING SHIFT CONTROL TO THE PARK POSITION. WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO SAFELY SHUT DOWN/TURN OFF VEHICLE. HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW WHILE STATIONARY IN PARKING LOT AND IN MY GARAGE. I AM NOT SURE IF CAR IS ACTUALLY IN PARK OR NOT AND AM AFRAID VEHICLE WILL ROLL. HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES, THE FIRST FEW... Read more
CADILLAC ATS (2014) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER Aug 28, 2020
Incident date: Oct 15, 2018
CUE SYSTEM AND SCREEN BROKEN FOR SECOND TIME. SAFETY ISSUE EVERY TIME I DRIVE. UNABLE TO USE PHONE OR NAVIGATION.
CADILLAC ATS (2014) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Aug 27, 2020
Incident date: Aug 23, 2020
AS I WAS DRIVING MY SCREEN WENT BLANK WHILE I WAS USING MY NAVIGATION SYSTEM TO GET AROUND AND ENDED UP BEING LOST AND HAD TO STOP AND ASK FOR DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO GET BACK HOME. THE CUE SYSTEM WENT DOWN.
CADILLAC ATS (2014) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER Aug 27, 2020
Incident date: Aug 23, 2020
AS I WAS DRIVING MY SCREEN WENT BLANK WHILE I WAS USING MY NAVIGATION SYSTEM TO GET AROUND AND ENDED UP BEING LOST AND HAD TO STOP AND ASK FOR DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO GET BACK HOME. THE CUE SYSTEM WENT DOWN.
CADILLAC SRX (2011) - POWER TRAIN Aug 26, 2020
Incident date: Apr 1, 2019
FEEL SLIGHT REAR VIBRATION, DASH LIGHT APPEARS "SERVICE REAR AXEL". DEALER SERVICE DEPT. CANNOT FIX.
CADILLAC SRX (2012) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING Aug 25, 2020
Incident date: Feb 24, 2020
RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CADILLAC/GMC REGARDING THE HEADLAMP CAPSULES AND/OR CAUSE HALOGEN HEADLIGHTS TO BECOME DIM OVER TIME, WELL MINE ARE LIKE NOT HAVING HEADLIGHTS DUE TO BE SO DIM. THEY WANT YOU TO PAY THEN THEY WILL REIMBURSE YOU IF THEY DETERMINE IT WAS DEFECTED. THE COST IS $800 PER HEADLIGHT. SO YOUR NOT GUARANTEED REIMBURSEMENT. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR THEM TO ASK THIS OF AN OWNER. THE... Read more
Fire
CADILLAC CT6 (2016) - ENGINE Aug 25, 2020
Incident date: Aug 24, 2020
WHEN I AM TURNING UNDER 25 MPH, I ACCELERATE AND THERE IS A DELAY AND A DRAG BEFORE THE VEHICLE STARTS TO ACCELERATE. IF I DO NOT ALLOW ROOM, I COULD GET HIT BECAUSE THERE IS A DELAY. VERY DANGEROUS. ALMOST FEELS LIKE A VACUUM ISSUE.
CADILLAC SRX (2014) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING Aug 25, 2020
Incident date: Aug 16, 2020
UNABLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT DUE TO VERY LOW LIGHT OUTPUT. LIKE DRIVING WITH NO LIGHTS OR WITH PARK LIGHTS. HAD NEW LIGHTS INSTALLED, BUT STILL VERY LOW LIGHTING. WORSE IF IT IS RAINING. CAN'T SEE 2 FOOT IN FRONT OF YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE THE HIGH BEAM ON. RURAL DRIVING, LIVE IN COUNTRY.
CADILLAC CTS (2011) - AIR BAGS Aug 24, 2020
Incident date: Aug 19, 2020
WHILE DRIVING ON A WINDY MOUNTAIN ROAD AT APPROX 45 MPH, GOING INTO A SHARP LEFT HAND TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN ANY FURTHER. IT FELT AS THOUGH THE STEERING HAD GONE OUT COMPLETELY. THIS CAUSED ME TO TRAVEL STRAIGHT INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND LAUNCH INTO THE WOODS. NO INJURIES. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. RADIATOR WAS BENT INTO A U SHAPE. NO IDEA WHY NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY
Crash
CADILLAC CTS (2011) - STEERING Aug 24, 2020
Incident date: Aug 19, 2020
WHILE DRIVING ON A WINDY MOUNTAIN ROAD AT APPROX 45 MPH, GOING INTO A SHARP LEFT HAND TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN ANY FURTHER. IT FELT AS THOUGH THE STEERING HAD GONE OUT COMPLETELY. THIS CAUSED ME TO TRAVEL STRAIGHT INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND LAUNCH INTO THE WOODS. NO INJURIES. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. RADIATOR WAS BENT INTO A U SHAPE. NO IDEA WHY NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY
Crash
CADILLAC ATS (2013) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER Aug 24, 2020
Incident date: May 1, 2020
MY CUE SCREEN HAS COMPLETELY SPIDERWEBBED AND IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. I CAN BARELY SEE MY BACK UP CAM. I CAN NO LONGER UTILIZE THE VEHICLE HANDS FREE BECAUSE I CANNOT SET UP BLUETOOTH. APPARENTLY THIS IS A WIDE KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM AND WILL NOT BE COVERED TO FIX. WHICH IS ABOUT $2K OUT OF POCKET. THIS CAR IS PARKED IN A GARAGE 100% OF THE TIME AND IS BARELY DROVE 2 MILES PER DAY. IT ONLY HAS 7200... Read more
CADILLAC ESCALADE (2008) - AIR BAGS Aug 24, 2020
Incident date: Aug 10, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL UPON START OF HIS VEHICLE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE... Read more
CADILLAC SRX (2015) - STRUCTURE:BODY Aug 24, 2020
Incident date: Aug 20, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE REAR HATCH DOOR ELECTRONICALLY OPENED, THE WIFE REACHED INSIDE THE TAILGATE AREA TO PUT GROCERY BAGS INSIDE WHEN THE REAR HATCH DOOR ERRONEOUSLY RELEASED AND CAME DOWN STRIKING THE WIFE IN THE HEAD. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE WIFE SUSTAINED A MINOR HEAD INJURY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER ED... Read more
1 injured
CADILLAC ATS (2014) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER Aug 21, 2020
Incident date: Jan 1, 2019
CADILLAC QUE DOES NOT WORK. CHANGES CHANNELS ON ITS ON. TOUCH SCREEN DON'T WORK. CAN'T CHANGE CHANNELS. CAN'T USE HANDS FREE BLUE TOOTH. CHANGES ON THE DASH.
CADILLAC SRX (2012) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS Aug 20, 2020
Incident date: Feb 28, 2020
2012 CADILLAC SRX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HEADLAMPS SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONSUMER MUST FIRST PAY FOR THE SAFETY REPAIR RECALL AND THEN BE REIMBURSED. THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY THE RECALL REPAIR WOULD BE COMPLETED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT FULLY REIMBURSE THE COST OF REPAIRS. *JS
CADILLAC XT5 (2018) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER Aug 19, 2020
Incident date: Aug 10, 2020
TIRES ON GM VEHICLES, INCLUDING MINE, HAVE BEEN SOLD WITH DERELICT TIRES MANUFACTURED BY MICHELIN. I WAS RECENTLY TOLD THAT MY TIRES WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION AR 26,000 MILES. TODAY I WAS TOLD BY A RELATIVE THAT THEY WERE TOLD THE SAME AND THEIR TIRES HAVE ONLY 16,000 MILES ON THEM. WE HAVE BOTH BOUGHT NEW TIRES THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP UNDER A DISCOUNTED PLAN BY GM BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. I FIND IT ... Read more
CADILLAC CTS (2011) - AIR BAGS Aug 19, 2020
Incident date: Aug 19, 2020
WHEN TAKING TURNS MY 2011 CTS CADILLAC FLASHES THAT MY AIR BAG MUST BE SERVICED. ON THE PASSENGER SEAT.
CADILLAC CTS (2011) - SEATS Aug 19, 2020
Incident date: Aug 19, 2020
WHEN TAKING TURNS MY 2011 CTS CADILLAC FLASHES THAT MY AIR BAG MUST BE SERVICED. ON THE PASSENGER SEAT.
CADILLAC CTS (2007) - ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Aug 19, 2020
Incident date: Aug 18, 2020
VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN OUR HOME GARAGE. IT WOULD NOT START, IT WOULD START WHEN JUMPED BUT DIED SHORTLY AFTER. WE HAD THE BATTERY TESTED, IT WAS BAD, WE REPLACED W A NEW BATTERY. CAR STARTED RIGHT UP, BUT WOULD NOT CUT POWER ONCE THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. CAR DINGS AND DASH AND RADIO ARE ON AS IF KEYS ARE STILL IN THE IGNITION.
CADILLAC CTS (2007) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Aug 19, 2020
Incident date: Aug 18, 2020
VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN OUR HOME GARAGE. IT WOULD NOT START, IT WOULD START WHEN JUMPED BUT DIED SHORTLY AFTER. WE HAD THE BATTERY TESTED, IT WAS BAD, WE REPLACED W A NEW BATTERY. CAR STARTED RIGHT UP, BUT WOULD NOT CUT POWER ONCE THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. CAR DINGS AND DASH AND RADIO ARE ON AS IF KEYS ARE STILL IN THE IGNITION.
CADILLAC CTS (2007) - ENGINE Aug 19, 2020
Incident date: Aug 18, 2020
VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN OUR HOME GARAGE. IT WOULD NOT START, IT WOULD START WHEN JUMPED BUT DIED SHORTLY AFTER. WE HAD THE BATTERY TESTED, IT WAS BAD, WE REPLACED W A NEW BATTERY. CAR STARTED RIGHT UP, BUT WOULD NOT CUT POWER ONCE THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. CAR DINGS AND DASH AND RADIO ARE ON AS IF KEYS ARE STILL IN THE IGNITION.
CADILLAC ESCALADE (2012) - STRUCTURE:BODY Aug 18, 2020
Incident date: Aug 1, 2020
INTERIOR DASH CRACK , ONSTAR SYSTEM STOP WORKING
CADILLAC ESCALADE (2012) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Aug 18, 2020
Incident date: Aug 1, 2020
INTERIOR DASH CRACK , ONSTAR SYSTEM STOP WORKING
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