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.
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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Showing 21,483 complaints for CADILLAC
Incident date: Dec 2, 2020
THE LOW BEAMS ON MY 2016 CADILLAC ARE EXTREMELY DIM AND UNSAFE FOR NIGHT DRIVING. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT IS A LUXURY MODEL WITH NO FOG LIGHTS. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE THE CORRECTED BY GM/CADILLAC AND NOT THE OWNER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND IS CAUSING SERIOUS ISSUES WITH MANY SRX OWNERS. PREVIOUS YEARS ARE COVERED BY A RECALL, FOR SOME REASON THIS IS NOT.
Incident date: Mar 1, 2021
STARTING AROUND THE END OF FEBRUARY, MY 2014 CTS 3.6 AWD STARTED TO HAVE NOISE FROM THE REAR END WHILE DRIVING. THE NOISE BECOMES LOUDER IF I DRIVE FASTER AND THE CAR WOBBLES. I FEEL EXTREME UNSAFE AND HAVE VISITED INDIVIDUAL MECHANICS, AND MECHANICS TOLD ME THE ISSUE IS FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS, AND CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THROUGH MY RESEARCH, THE REAR DIFF... Read more
Incident date: Feb 19, 2021
FAILING BRAKE PEDAL . BRAKE PEDAL MAY NOT RAISE OR SEEN STRUCK DOWN, HARD TO PRESS. TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP REPLACE BRAKE PEDAL COST $1176. THAT CORRECTED PROBLEM. CALL CADILLAC TO EXPLAINED PROBLEM THEY EXPLAINED MY CADILLAC WASN'T COVER. BUT AFTER REVIEWING THE ONES SHOW UP WITH TSB NUMBER 2008,2009,2010,2012,2013,2014,2015 SRX MODEL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH BRAKE PEDAL. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 65MP... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING TO SEE THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. CADILLAC OF SIOUX FALLS (101 CAROLYN AVE, SIOUX FALLS, SD 57107, (605) 336-5060) WAS CONTACTED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE LOW-BEAM ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 22, 2020
I BOUGHT THIS CAR, AND THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS(AUDIO/CRUISE CONTROL) HAVE NOT WORKED, PRIOR OWNER WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE BCM. FRONT DRIVER'S HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES ON AND OFF WHEN DRIVING. THE STEERING WHEEL SWITCH TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT, ANGLE, AND SETTINGS FOR EACH DRIVER ALSO ARE NOT WORKING. APPARENTLY THESE ARE KNOWN ISSUES. I HAD SIMILAR ISSUES WITH MY 2000 CHEVY IMPALA, AND MY ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 22, 2020
I BOUGHT THIS CAR, AND THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS(AUDIO/CRUISE CONTROL) HAVE NOT WORKED, PRIOR OWNER WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE BCM. FRONT DRIVER'S HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES ON AND OFF WHEN DRIVING. THE STEERING WHEEL SWITCH TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT, ANGLE, AND SETTINGS FOR EACH DRIVER ALSO ARE NOT WORKING. APPARENTLY THESE ARE KNOWN ISSUES. I HAD SIMILAR ISSUES WITH MY 2000 CHEVY IMPALA, AND MY ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 22, 2020
I BOUGHT THIS CAR, AND THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS(AUDIO/CRUISE CONTROL) HAVE NOT WORKED, PRIOR OWNER WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE BCM. FRONT DRIVER'S HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES ON AND OFF WHEN DRIVING. THE STEERING WHEEL SWITCH TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT, ANGLE, AND SETTINGS FOR EACH DRIVER ALSO ARE NOT WORKING. APPARENTLY THESE ARE KNOWN ISSUES. I HAD SIMILAR ISSUES WITH MY 2000 CHEVY IMPALA, AND MY ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 5, 2021
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 2.5.21. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT NEEDED A HOSE AND SENSOR WHICH WAS FIXED. ON THE MULTIPOINT INSPECTION,IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS LEAKING WHICH CAN CAUSE THE TIRES TO SEIZE WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR ONLY HAS 63K MILES ON IT. IT IS A 2013 CADILLAC ATS TURBO.THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY EXPIRED AND THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPLACEM... Read more
Incident date: Feb 23, 2021
RADIATOR LEAK DISCOVERED. PROBLEM WITH CYCLING OF THE THERMOSTAT THAT CAUSES STRESS FRACTURES ON THE RADIATOR LEADING TO COOLANT LEAKS. GM BULLETINS ON THE 2014 AND 2015 MODELS. P11513A AND P11513F. THIS WAS LEAKING FOR A WHILE AND WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL MULTI POINT INSPECTION I REQUESTED BY THE SERVICE CENTER I USE FOR SERVICE. (B&B SERVICE CENTER, FARMINGTON NH. THIS WAS A KNOW IS... Read more
Incident date: Feb 2, 2021
MY HEAD LIGHTS DON'T WORK GOOD AT ALL AND I HAVE GOT STOPPED BY POLICE SEVERAL TIMES AN GOT A TICKET FOR BRIGHT LIGHTING AND STOPPED FOR DRIVING WITH NO LIGHTS ON WHEN I HAD DEM ON BUT THE POLICE COULDN'T EVEN TELL I HAD ANY ON AND I HAVE CALLED CADILLAC ON MANY OCCASIONS AND ALL THEY SAY IS THEY CAN'T FIX THEM UNDER A RECALL THAT I WILL HAVE TO PAY 3000 TO $3500 TO HAVE THEM FIXED, SAID THEY HAVE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 25, 2021
PURCHASED A 2015 CADILLAC SRX 10-9-2020. AFTER DRIVING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, NOTICED DRIVING AT NIGHT WAS HARD TO SEE, AS LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WERE VERY DIM. TOOK TO AN AUTO SHOP WHO INSPECTED AND SUGGESTED HEADLIGHT BULBS BE REPLACED. DROVE A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AND STILL HAD LOW VISIBILITY. TOOK BACK TO AUTO SHOP AND AFTER AN INTENSE INSPECTION, DISCOVERED THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES NEEDED TO BE R... Read more
Incident date: Feb 12, 2021
WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET, WHEN ACCELERATOR HITS THE FLOOR, THE PEDAL WILL STICK, CONTINUALLY ACCELERATING. THERE IS NO WAY TO UNSTICK THIS AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO INCREASE SPEED. I WAS ABLE TO USE THE BRAKES, EVEN THOUGH THE PEDAL WAS TO THE FLOOR; I STEPPED ON THE PEDAL THINKING IT MAY RELEASE IT AND EVENTUALLY IT DID. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK. VERY SCARY.
Incident date: Feb 23, 2021
I HAD MY 2015 ESCALADE ESV IN THE SHOP FOR A SOFTWARE UPGRADE AND WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH MY RADIATOR AND FRONT STRUTS WERE LEAKING. MY TRUCK HAS 40,677 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER QUOTED ME 1,532 FOR THE RADIATOR AND 1,822 FOR THE FRONT STRUTS.
Incident date: Feb 23, 2021
I HAD MY 2015 ESCALADE ESV IN THE SHOP FOR A SOFTWARE UPGRADE AND WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH MY RADIATOR AND FRONT STRUTS WERE LEAKING. MY TRUCK HAS 40,677 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER QUOTED ME 1,532 FOR THE RADIATOR AND 1,822 FOR THE FRONT STRUTS.
Incident date: Feb 23, 2021
I HAD MY 2015 ESCALADE ESV IN THE SHOP FOR A SOFTWARE UPGRADE AND WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH MY RADIATOR AND FRONT STRUTS WERE LEAKING. MY TRUCK HAS 40,677 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER QUOTED ME 1,532 FOR THE RADIATOR AND 1,822 FOR THE FRONT STRUTS.
CADILLAC
CTS
(2007) - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
Feb 24, 2021
Incident date: Jan 1, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL. THE BRAKE LINES CORRODED AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNDRIVABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO UNKNOWN INDEPENDENT MECHANICS AND TWO UNKNOWN DEALERS TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED. THE MECHANICS PERFORMED THE DIAGNOSTIC... Read more
CADILLAC
ESCALADE ESV
(2018) - SUSPENSION
Feb 23, 2021
Incident date: Feb 4, 2020
FRONT STRUTS HAVE FAILED AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. GM HAS CHANGED DESIGN ON REPLACEMENT STRUTS WHICH INDICATES THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THIS REPAIR COST SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FIR A NEW VEHICLE IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. AFFFECTS STEERING. NO CONTROL ON BUMPY SERVICE.
CADILLAC
ESCALADE ESV
(2018) - SUSPENSION:FRONT
Feb 23, 2021
Incident date: Feb 4, 2020
FRONT STRUTS HAVE FAILED AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. GM HAS CHANGED DESIGN ON REPLACEMENT STRUTS WHICH INDICATES THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THIS REPAIR COST SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FIR A NEW VEHICLE IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. AFFFECTS STEERING. NO CONTROL ON BUMPY SERVICE.
Incident date: Feb 2, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLAMPS FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE ILLUMINATION FOR SAFE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FAULKNER CADILLAC (4447 E STREET RD, FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, PA 19053) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAL IN THE HEADLIGHTS CAUSED THE LOW VISIBILITY FROM THE HEADLIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REP... Read more
Incident date: Jan 31, 2021
DROVE MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE BRAKES FAILED. I APPLIED ALL OF MY FORCE TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN LESS THAN 14 MONTHS. HAD IT REPAIRED THE FIRST TIME. IT HAD NO BRAKE ASSIST AND A CRACKED PCV VALVE. THE VACUUM PUMP AND HOSE TO BOOSTER WAS REPLACED. 14 MONTHS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN.
Incident date: Feb 21, 2019
THE CUE SCREEN CRACKED AND NO LONGER FUNCTIONS.
Incident date: Feb 19, 2021
WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY GOING SPEED LIMIT OF 70 TO 75 WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL CONTROL AS IF I WAS ON A SHEET OF ICE AND I TRAVELED UNCONTROLLABLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE HIGHWAY LANES INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN ALMOST INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON THE OTHER SIDE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP
Crash
Incident date: Dec 16, 2020
THE SUPER CRUISE SELF DRIVING FEATURE DOESN'T WORK AND ERROR MESSAGES CONTINUOUSLY FLASH ON DASHBOARD. IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER SINCE 12/16 (>9 WEEKS) WITHOUT ANY RESOLUTION. CALLS, EMAILS, POSTS TO CADILLAC AND GENERAL MOTORS GO UNANSWERED. DEALER TELLS ME CADILLAC ENGINEERS FROM CORPORATE COME AND GO WITH NO SOLUTION. I'VE MADE 2 PAYMENTS TO DATE WITHOUT MY CAR. I NOTIFIED GM FINANCIAL I WIL... Read more
Incident date: Dec 16, 2020
THE SUPER CRUISE SELF DRIVING FEATURE DOESN'T WORK AND ERROR MESSAGES CONTINUOUSLY FLASH ON DASHBOARD. IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER SINCE 12/16 (>9 WEEKS) WITHOUT ANY RESOLUTION. CALLS, EMAILS, POSTS TO CADILLAC AND GENERAL MOTORS GO UNANSWERED. DEALER TELLS ME CADILLAC ENGINEERS FROM CORPORATE COME AND GO WITH NO SOLUTION. I'VE MADE 2 PAYMENTS TO DATE WITHOUT MY CAR. I NOTIFIED GM FINANCIAL I WIL... Read more
Incident date: Dec 16, 2020
THE SUPER CRUISE SELF DRIVING FEATURE DOESN'T WORK AND ERROR MESSAGES CONTINUOUSLY FLASH ON DASHBOARD. IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER SINCE 12/16 (>9 WEEKS) WITHOUT ANY RESOLUTION. CALLS, EMAILS, POSTS TO CADILLAC AND GENERAL MOTORS GO UNANSWERED. DEALER TELLS ME CADILLAC ENGINEERS FROM CORPORATE COME AND GO WITH NO SOLUTION. I'VE MADE 2 PAYMENTS TO DATE WITHOUT MY CAR. I NOTIFIED GM FINANCIAL I WIL... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2021
MY HEADLIGHTS ARE TO DIM, UNABLE TO SEE WHEN I'M DRIVING IN THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. I HAVE TO SWITCH TO HIGH BEAM DUE TO MY SAFETY, BUT I'M DISTURBING OTHER CARS WHICH I CAN CAUSE THEM TO HAVE A ACCIDENT AS WELL. ALSO I CAN GET PULLED OVER BY A COP ANY MINUTE. I BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM SINCE DAY ONE WHEN I PURCHASE THE CAR OVER A YEAR AGO BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS NORMAL ON THIS PARTICULAR CAR. PL... Read more
Incident date: Feb 10, 2021
RUNNING BOARDS GO UP AND DOWN WHEN THE DOOR IS OPEN. BOTH MY WIFE AND NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ALMOST HAD THEIR LEGS CAUGHT WHEN STEPPING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMS NO RESPONSIBILITY. VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY CONCERN.
Incident date: Dec 1, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM AND FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING FOR SAFE DRIVING. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED OCEAN CADILLAC (17800 IPCO RD, MIAMI, FL 33162) WHO OFFERED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE FOR A FEE HOWEVER, THE CONTACT DECLINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF... Read more
Incident date: Feb 4, 2021
WHEN YOU PT IN THE REVERVE THE OUT SIDE MIRRORS DID NOT TILTED , AND SOME TIME THE PARKING BREAK LIGHT ON
Incident date: Feb 4, 2021
WHEN YOU PT IN THE REVERVE THE OUT SIDE MIRRORS DID NOT TILTED , AND SOME TIME THE PARKING BREAK LIGHT ON
Incident date: Feb 4, 2021
WHEN YOU PT IN THE REVERVE THE OUT SIDE MIRRORS DID NOT TILTED , AND SOME TIME THE PARKING BREAK LIGHT ON
Incident date: Jan 1, 2011
THE HEADLIGHTS NEVER HAVE WORKED RIGHT. FROM DAY ONE, THEY NEVER PUT OUT ENOUGH LIGHT TO SEE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. THEY COME ON, BUT YOU CANNOT SEE UNLESS YOU TURN ON THE BRIGHTS.
Incident date: Jan 1, 2011
WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON THE NORMAL SETTING, THEY BARELY LIGHT UP THE ROAD AHEAD. THE BRIGHTS MUST BE TURNED ON IN ORDER TO SEE ANYTHING.
Incident date: Feb 7, 2021
WE WERE TRAVELING ON A CITY STREETS AND THE BREAK SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING PROPERLY UNTIL WE HAD TO DO A HARD BREAKING EMERGENCY STOP AT APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH. THERE WERE ICY CONDITIONS AND WE SLID THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EMERGENCY BREAKING, AND WHEN WE APPLIED THE BREAKS AGAIN, THE BREAK PEDAL HAD NO RESISTANCE AND THE BREAK PEDAL WOULD SLOWLY GO THE FLOOR WIT... Read more
Incident date: Feb 6, 2021
THE SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE GIVES OUT AND A CORNER OF THE CAR WILL SLAM TO THE GROUND WHILE DRIVING. IT CAN BE DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. YEAR OVER YEAR WE HAVE HAD THE " SERVICE LEVELING SYSTEM " ERROR COME UP FOR OUR VEHICLE. IT IS NOT ONLY EXPENSIVE BUT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE NOT KNOWING WHEN THE SUSPENSION WILL GIVE OUT. DEALERSHIPS HAVE MADE MULTIPLE REPAIRS AND UPDATES TO NO AVA... Read more
Incident date: Feb 22, 2019
IN FEB. 2019 MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR CAUSING ME TO RUN A RED LIGHT. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM DID NOT REPEAT AND I DROVE IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM AND REPLACED ALL PARTS WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED IT. THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN WENT TO THE FLOOR IN FEB. 2021 WHEN EXITING A STORE PARKING LOT AND NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. AGAIN TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHO DID ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 9, 2021
THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT DUE TO INCREDIBLY DIM HEADLIGHTS THAT HAVE BECOME PROGRESSIVELY DIMMER OVERTIME. VISIBILITY AT NIGHT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF DRIVING WITH PARKING LIGHTS ON. TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH HIGHER SPEEDS INCREASES THE RISK AS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO OVERDRIVE YOUR HEADLIGHTS. IF IT IS RAINING AT NIGHT, VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO ALMOST ZERO. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH, IT APPE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 1, 2018
CUE SYSTEM FAULTY AND INOPERABLE AND AFFECTS YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION AND DISTRACTS FROM DRIVING BECAUSE THE SYSTEM FLASHES. THEY ARE INSISTING THAT I HAVE TO SEND THE CORE BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER WHEN I HAVE TO PAY $1200 TO REPLACE IT, THEY WILL SEND IT BACK AND RESELL IT FOR A HIGHER PRICE AND I WANT TO KEEP THE UNIT FOR EVIDENCE.
Incident date: Feb 1, 2018
CUE SYSTEM FAULTY AND INOPERABLE AND AFFECTS YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION AND DISTRACTS FROM DRIVING BECAUSE THE SYSTEM FLASHES. THEY ARE INSISTING THAT I HAVE TO SEND THE CORE BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER WHEN I HAVE TO PAY $1200 TO REPLACE IT, THEY WILL SEND IT BACK AND RESELL IT FOR A HIGHER PRICE AND I WANT TO KEEP THE UNIT FOR EVIDENCE.
Incident date: Feb 6, 2021
CADILLAC CUE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM WORKS MAYBE 25% OF THE TIME. THE OTHER 75% THE SYSTEM IS UNRESPONSIVE AND GLITCHY. I CAN NOT ACCESS SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES. THESE SAME FEATURES ARE THE REASON FOR THE INITIAL PURCHASE. BUT BEING THAT I CAN'T USE THEM WHEN I NEED THEM, I AM NOW REGRETTING THE PURCHASE. THIS IS TOO NICE OF A CAR FOR THE BASIC CONTROLS NOT TO BE WORKING MAJORITY OF THE TI... Read more
Incident date: Jan 22, 2021
GRADUAL DIMMING OF HEADLIGHT LOW BEAMS OVER TIME, MAKING THEM COMPLETELY USELESS & UNSAFE AT NIGHT. MUST DRIVE USING HIGH BEAMS AT ALL TIMES. SAFETY HAZARD. (SAME ISSUE AS GM 2010-15 MODEL LITIGATION). REQUIRED TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY $2200. CONTACTED GM, WHO CONFIRMED THERE IS NOT YET A RECALL OR LAWSUIT TO REIMBURSE FOR 2016 OR LATER MODEL REPAIRS FOR THE SAME KNOWN HEADLIGHT FAILURE AS EA... Read more
CADILLAC
ESCALADE NA
(2021) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Feb 5, 2021
Incident date: Jan 30, 2021
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2021 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR BEGAN TO FLICKER AND THEN WENT BLANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER BAKER MOTOR COMPANY OF CHARLESTON (1513 SAVANNAH HWY SUITE A, CHARLESTON, SC 29407, (843) 628-0202) WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUF... Read more
Incident date: Jan 12, 2021
SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ONLY AROUND 55,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. YOU CAN DRIVE IT AWHILE AND THEN IT QUITS WORKING. LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND IT WILL WORK AGAIN FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND QUIT AGAIN. NO OTHER GAUGES ARE AFFECTED YET. LAMP ASSEMBLY IS FADING FROM THE INSIDE OF THE LIGHT HOUSING.
Incident date: Jan 12, 2021
SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ONLY AROUND 55,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. YOU CAN DRIVE IT AWHILE AND THEN IT QUITS WORKING. LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND IT WILL WORK AGAIN FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND QUIT AGAIN. NO OTHER GAUGES ARE AFFECTED YET. LAMP ASSEMBLY IS FADING FROM THE INSIDE OF THE LIGHT HOUSING.
Incident date: Jun 1, 2019
LIGHTING ASSEMBLY ON THIS VEHICLE CAUSES VERY DIM LIGHTING THAT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. I HAVE TO LIMIT MY DRIVING TO DAYLIGHT HOURS ONLY AS A FULL-TIME UBER DRIVER WHICH PLACES RESTRICTIONS ON MY EARNINGS. I ALSO AM UNABLE TO LIST THIS VEHICLE ON TURO FOR RENTAL BECAUSE IT WOULD BE UNSAFE FOR RENTAL DRIVERS. THEIR IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY CAUSING THE DIM LIGHTING IN THE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 26, 2021
"SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT CAME ON IN 2021 AFTER PSS MAT BEING REPLACED IN 2011 RECALL #10355 RENDERING THE ENTIRE AIR BAG SYSTEM ( BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER) INACTIVE. VEHICLE CURRENTLY IN DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR FOR THE SECOND TIME FOR THE SAME ISSUE. DEALERSHIP REPORTED BOTH AIRBAGS INOPERABLE WHILE "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT IS ON CREATING A SAFETY ISSUE IF VEHICLE IS DRIVEN UNTIL REPAIRED.
Incident date: Jan 5, 2021
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE CORRECTLY AND WERE TOO DIM TO SEE THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WALDORF CADILLAC (2298 CRAIN HWY, WALDORF, MD 20601, (301) 645-7000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS BULB CONNECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. TH... Read more
Incident date: Oct 1, 2020
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2014 CADILLAC CTS 3RD GEN REAR DIFFERENTIAL GOING OUT AT WAY TO SOON. BEFORE THE 80K MILE MARK IN ALOT OF THESE CARS. AS EXPENSIVE AND RARE AS THIS PART IS, IT SHOULD NOT BE FAILING OR LEAKING SO SOON, AS IT IS THE MAIN PART THAT MOVES THE WHEELS IN A RWD CAR. I DID NOT BELIEVE IT AT FIRST BUT AFTER MY PURCHASE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WENT BAD AT ONLY ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 2, 2021
CADILLAC ESCALADE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNUSUALLY BRIGHT LOW BEAM DRIVING LIGHTS. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE LIGHTS WERE BLINDING WHEN BEING APPROACHED FROM THE REAR AS WELL AS FROM ONCOMING VEHICLES. THE CONSUMER STATED OTHER TRUCKS THAT HAVE BLINDING LIGHTS INCLUDE CHEVY, FORD, GMC, AND DODGE RAM.*JS
Incident date: Sep 30, 2008
DRIVE TRAIN CRADLE HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM RUST. WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A LOOSENESS OF THE SUSPENSION FELT AND A SHIFTING EVIDENT WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. I RESIDE IN MINNESOTA AND THE D.O.T. USES SALT ON THE ROADS DURING THE WINTER SEASON AND THIS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY ACCELERATED CORROSION OF VEHICLES AND THEIR EXPOSED COMPONENTS. MATERIALS USED FOR CRITICAL COMPONENTS ON VEHICLES... Read more