2007 Cadillac CTS Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,690.

MY CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. THEN MY ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE A LOUD TRUCK. NO WARNING CAME. THE CHECK ENGINE LITE NEVER WENT ON SO I STOP DRIVING IT TILL IT WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO HAVE IT TOWED AND WHEN I STARTED UP THE CAR THE ENGINE BLEW. I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH A LIFETIME LIMITED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AND IT COVERS THE ENGINE. THE WARRANTY IS GOOD FOR LIFE AS LONG AS I OWN THE CAR AND KEEP UP ON ALL MAINTANCE AT A GM DEALERSHIP WHICH I DID FOR 8 YRS. THE WARRANTY COMPANY WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM CLOSED. I CALLED GM AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY STATED I NEED TO GO TO THE WARRANTY COMPANY. NOTHING STATES IN MY WARRANTY IF THE DEALERSHIP CLOSES THAT MY WARRANTY IS INVALUED. THAT IS NOT RIGHT I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD PAY THE COST OF THIS ENGINE BECAUSE I BELIEVE MY CHECK ENGINE LITE WAS FAULTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT HEARD A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE OIL PAN GASKET. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL PAN GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

THE VEHICLES TIMING CHAIN IS STARTING TO GO I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN PUT OUT BASICALLY A EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 10 YEARS I WAS STATIONED IN GERMANY FOR 2 YEARS AND THE PROBLEM STARTED THREE MONTHS BEFORE I WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE I CALLED GM IN THEY TELL ME THE WARRANTY HAS ENDED IM WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD UNDER TEN YEARS AND WELL UNDER THE MILEAGE BUT THEY SAY IT ENDED APRIL OF 2017 AND IT IS NOW JUNE OF 2017 WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN MADE A RECALL INSTEAD OF A EXTENDED WARRANTY I WAS PROUD TO OWN IN HAVE A CADILLAC THE GERMAN PEOPLE LOVED IT BUT IM GOING TO SWITCH OUT OF THIS TO A GERMAN BRAND ITS SAD THAT GM IS NOT EVEN STANDING BEHIND THERE PRODUCT WITH ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS I GOGGLED CADILLAC AND ALL I SEE IS THIS TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT CYLINDER TWO MISFIRED. THE TECHNICIAN CLEARED THE CODE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD START, BUT FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THE ACCURATE GEAR AND THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR AND HOSES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000.

GOOD EVENING, I AM A OWNER OF CTS 2008 , REGISTRATED IN ITALY . IN THIS MOMENT I AM IN ROMANIA. THE CAR HAVE 65.000 MILES, AND IN CADILLAC SERVICE HERE ( ROMANIA ), I HAVE AN ERROR WICH IS P0008 ( CHAIN CHAMBER ). THE SERVICE TOLD ME IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO COVER WITH THE GUARANTEE THIS CHANGE OF CHAIN CHAMBER . EVERYBODY , ON CADILLAC FORUM , HAVE TOLD ME THE MUST CHANGE FREE OF CHARGE , BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM COVER 10 YEARS OF WARRANTY FOR NEXT : SPECIAL COVERAGE 11340 AND SPECIAL COVERAGE 14582 , I DON T KNOW EXACTLY WICH IS ! I ATTACH YOU WHAT THE FORUM FRIENDS, HAVE TOLD ME : IS A RECALL SERVICE, AND YOUR SERVICE FROM ROMANIA HAVE TOLD ME, I MUST PAY FOR THIS . WHAT I DOING PLEASE.? MARIUS, HERE IS THE RECALL LETTER FROM GM, IT STATES GLOBAL WARRANTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 11340C: SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT - TIMING CHAIN WEAR - (NOV 5, 2012) SUBJECT: 11340C ' SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT ' TIMING CHAIN WEAR ALSO IF YOU OWN A CADILLAC HERE ALL THE CADILLAC DELALERS, THEY TELL YOU ARE NOT INFORMED WITH THIS BULETIN 11340. IT S NOT NORMAL TO NOT COVER ALL THE CAR ALL OVER THE WORLD. WHY THEY SELL ABROAD USA, IS ARE NOT ISSUE GUARANTEE FOR WHAT THEY SAYING ? WHERE I NEED TO REPORT THAT PROBLEM ?. ALL THE TIME THE CADILLAC SERVICE FROM ROMANIA, TELL ME GM , NOT PAY FOR THAT. IS AVAILABLE ONLY FOR USA CITTIZEN? WAITING FOR YOUR KINDLY REPLY PS I HAVE WRIGHT A CADILLAC NUMBER AND HAWAI STATE. BUT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT S HAPPEND IN EUROPE WITH THE GM DEALEARS . THEY SELL AND TAKE MONEY FOR TEHNICAL REWIEV. THAT S ALL . IN REST NOT COVER THE GUARANTE FOR THEM PROBLEMS . IS NOT NORMAL. I WILL WRITTE EMAILS ALSO FOR NEWSPAPERS IN USA.

NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER FOR A TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER RECALL AND NOW MY TIMING CHAIN OR THE TENSIONERS HAVE FAILED AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE EXPLODED. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 78 MPH WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL INADVERTENTLY DISENGAGED. A LOUD BOOMING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE WHILE A FLASH OF FIRE AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE REAR EXHAUST. SMOKE THEN BEGAN TO RISE FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT A RATTLING CHAIN SOUND ALSO BEGAN TO COME FROM THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 38,991.

ENGINE LIGHT ON DASHBOARD WARNED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS CARRIED OUT WITHOUT ANY COURTESY FROM IMPORT-ORGANIZATION OR DEALER. AFTER 28,000 MILES? UNBELIEVABLE. IT COST ME A LOT OF MONEY. *TR

ENGINE BEGAN BURNING OIL. GM REPLACED DAMAGE TO TIMING CHAIN BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IN THE ENGINE THAT CAUSES IT TO BURN OIL. SO NOW, I HAVE TO ADD .5 QUART EVERY 300 MILES. MY TECHNICIAN TELLS ME HE HAS MANY IN THE SAME BOAT. *TR

PURRCHASED CAR USED IN 2010. WHILE ON A TRIP EAST THE ENINE WOULD STAR REVVING UP DURING ANY TYYPE OF ACCELARATION.I CALLED ON-STAR FOR AN ANALISIS OF WHAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM.THEY RAN A REPORT WHILE I WAS STILL DRIVING AND CAME BACK WITA DIAGNOSIS OF LOW LVEL OF MOTOR OIL.I TOLD THEM I SHHOWED A LEVEL OF OVER 20% .THEY SAID IT WAS OK TO DRIVE HOME BUT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AS SOON AS I GOT HOME. THIS PRROBLEM HAS PERSISTED EVER SINCE,REGSRDLESS OF THE OIL LEVEL. I INQUIED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND SEVERAL CAME BACK WITH "THIS IS COMMON FOR CADILLACS AND FOR ME TOSTART CARRYING SOME OIL IN THE TRUNK BBECAUSE THESE CARS OF THIS DATE HAD NO OIL GAUGE AND THEREFORE THE REVVING NOISE WAS THE ONLY CLUE ITHIS CAR WOULD GIVE ME THAR IT NEEDS OIL.. SO I AM CONFUSED! WHY IS THERE NO OIL GAUGE IN THIS CAR? EXPECIALLY WHEN IT IS EQUIPPED WITH A 3.6 HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINE? .I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WAS A LAWSUIT FILED AND RIGHT AFTER THE COMPANY STARTED TO INSTALL OIL GAUGES IN THE NEWER MODELS AGAIN. I CANNOT GET ANY ANSWERS FROM DEALERS AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN MORE OF THESE CONCERNS BESIDES MINE AND WHAT WAS THE END RESULTS IF ANY.

I PURCHASED A USED 2007 CADILLAC CTS IN NOVEMBER 2009. FROM THAT TIME, IT ALWAYS HESITATES WITH THE FIRST FORWARD ACCELERATION OF THE MORNING, AND THEN HAS A FORCEFUL ACCELERATION AS IT OVERCOMES THE HESITATION/ALMOST STALLING, AND THEN DRIVES NORMALLY. AS THIS WAS A NEW CAR FOR ME, I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE CAR NEEDED TO WARM UP DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER OVER WINTER. ONCE THE TEMPERATURES INCREASED, THE CAR CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM - DAILY. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALER AGAIN - 5TH VISIT SINCE MARCH 2010. THE FIRST VISIT THEY FOUND NOTHING, THE SECOND VISIT FOUND A WORN TIMING BELT, THIRD VISIT FOUND NOTHING, FOURTH VISIT TOOK 5 DAYS AND FOUND CONNECTIVITY ERRORS WITH THE DRIVE-WIRE SYSTEM. THERE WAS AN ERRATIC SIGNAL FROM TAC MODULE; REPLACED TERMINALS CIRCUIT # 581 & #582 (THROTTLE ACTUATOR). THE REPAIRS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE AND I TOOK THE CAR BACK AFTER 3 DAYS FOR THE 5TH VISIT. THE DEALER HAS INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE REPLICATED THE PROBLEM, BUT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SOLVE IT. THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN ESCALATED UP TO THE DISTRICT-LEVEL SUPPORT AND I AM NOW WAITING FOR GM TO SEND AN ENGINEER TO THE DEALERSHIP TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IT IS FRIGHTENING TO DRIVE A CAR THAT REPEATEDLY WANTS TO STALL AND THEN OVER-ACCELERATES TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEM CAUSING THE HESITATION. IT IS ALSO FRIGHTENING THAT IT IS TAKING 5 VISITS FOR THE DEALER TO RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THIS PROBLEM, WITH NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE A CAR THAT RANDOMLY TRIES TO STALL, AND THEN OVERCOMPENSATES BY A STRONG/FORCEFUL ACCELERATION. *TR

WHILE VEHICLE WAS UNDER POWER SMOKE THEN FIRE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE ROADSIDE. FIRE INTENSIFIED BURNING A HOLE THROUGH THE HOOD ABOVE THE MASTER CYLINDER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. AS OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,998.