2006 Cadillac DTS Lighting Problems

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 2004 CHEVY IMPALA SS.

HEAD LIGHTS GO OFF BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING, EITHER THE LEFT ONE OR THE RIGHT ONE. SOMETIMES EVEN WHILE SITTING IN THE GARAGE WARMING UP THE VEHICLE THE HEADLIGHTS WILL START TO FLICKER AND THEN ONE WILL GO OUT. SHUT OFF THE LIGHT SWITCH WEATHER ITS IN THE AUTO MODE OR OFF MODE AND LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON AND MY GO OUT AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING. BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS NOW AND CADILLAC DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND NO FIX. WHY NOT A RECALL FROM GM AS A NUMBER OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND CUT IN AND OUT. JIGGLING THE SWITCH SEEMS TO HELP DEALERS COULD NOT FIX'BEEN GOING ON SEVERAL YEARS

HEADLITES KEEP GOING OFF AT NITE WHILE DRIVING I NOTICE PLENTY OF COMPLANTS WHY GM NEEDS A RECALL PLEASE FOLLOW THU ASAP

HEADLIGHTS NORMAL (LOW) BEAM INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF WHILE DRIVING, USUALLY INDIVIDUALLY (BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT) AND ON OCCASION BOTH HAVE GONE OUT ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES ONE GOES OFF, DON'T REALIZE IT AT FIRST UNTIL THE OTHER GOES OFF.. THERE IS NO COMMONALITY (FOR EXAMPLE, CAN HAPPEN ON SMOOTH ROADS, ON BUMPS, BUT ALSO CAN GO OVER BUMPS AND LIGHTS STAY ON) AND WHEN THE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT, THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT BACK ON IS TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND ON. THIS HAPPENS WHETHER USING THE AUTOMATIC LIGHT FEATURE OR HAVING THEM MANUALLY TURNED ON. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. I'VE SEEN SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE FOR THIS PARTICULAR CAR, AND GM APPEARS TO HAVE DONE A RECALL FOR SIMILAR CARS IN THEIR BUICK AND OTHER LINES BUT NOT FOR CADILLAC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. NINE MONTHS PRIOR, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE REPLACED FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CREST CADILLAC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED; HOWEVER, THEY STATED THE BRAKE LIGHT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 121,000.

LEFT HEADLIGHT FLICKERS & WILL GO OFF ON IT'S OWN. HAVE REPLACED EXTERIOR LIGHT ASSEMBLY TWICE. ONE USED AND ONE WITH NEW BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED. STATIONARY AND IN MOTION.

BOTH HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY COME ON AND THEN GO OFF. TURNING THE SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON WII RE ILLUMINATE THE LIGHTS. THIS WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES, ANDI FEEL THIS TO BE A SERIOUS SAFTEY ISSUE. GENERAL MOTORS HAS YET TO OFFER ANY RECALL ON THIS ISSUE THAT I KNOW OF. THIS HAPPENS USUALLY WHEN DRIVING OR IN MOTION.

LEFT HEADLAMP FLICKERS AND GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. FIRST NOTICED WHEN PULLING INTO PARKING GARAGE GOING TO WORK IN 2014, BUT WHEN I CHECKED BEFORE LEAVING OFFICE-LIGHTS WERE WORKING. WHILE DRIVING LONG DISTANCE ON FREEWAY IN MAR 2015, PROBLEM BECAME VERY APPARENT. LIGHTS FLICKERED BRIGHT, THEN DIMMED, THEN FLICKERED OUT (JUST LEFT SIDE) REPEATEDLY DURING 3 HOUR DRIVE IN MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. LIGHTS TURNED BACK ON BY TURNING SWITCH ON/OFF. OF COURSE, CARS IN FRONT OF ME THOUGHT I WAS SIGNALING THEM TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. (ALSO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS) DEALER COULD FIND NO CAUSE AND RECOMMENDED NEW SWITCH. REPLACED SWITCH BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES. TOOK BACK TO DEALER - NOW STATING CAR NEEDS A NEW HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY FOR $1300. OTHER FORUMS INDICATE REPLACING HEADLAMP HAS NOT "FIXED' THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP AND THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. UPDATED 01/07/14*LJ UPDATED 9/6/2017*CN

THE LED REAR TAIL LIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE LIGHT KEPT BLOWING FUSES. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I ARRIVED HOME FROM WORK LATE AFTER DARK AND NOTICED THE TAIL LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING. I THINK IT HAD NOT BEEN WORKING FOR MONTHS AND I DIDN'T NOTICE BECAUSE IT WAS SUMMER. THE PROBLEM WAS ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSED AS A BLOWN FUSE BUT AFTER THE FUSE BLEW THREE TIMES, THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD LED LIGHT WHICH CAUSED THE FUSES TO BLOW. THE TOTAL COST TO DIAGNOSE AND REPLACE THE LIGHT WAS ABOUT $900. THIS WAS THE SECOND LED LIGHT THAT I HAD TO REPLACE. I REPLACED A LED BRAKE LIGHT LAST YEAR AT AT COST OF ABOUT $500. THIS BRAKE LIGHT WAS THE LARGE HORIZONTAL LIGHT THAT GOES ACROSS THE REAR OF THE TRUNK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED SPORADICALLY AND BECAME DIM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD LAMPS BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD BECOME ABNORMALLY DIM WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000. UPDATED 8/11/14*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS ACTIVATED, THE DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS UNEXPECTEDLY FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON I-70 MY HEADLIGHTS WHEN OUT. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD FOR A MINUTE OR SO AND THEY STARTED WORKING. OCCASIONALLY THEY WILL BLINK AND THEN SETTLE DOWN. IN INVESTING THIS ON THE COMPUTER I DISCOVERED THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY ON THIS MODEL. I THINK THE MFG. SHOULD ANNOUNCE A RECALL ON THIS DEFECT. VISUALIZE DRIVING AT 65 MPH IN TOTAL DARKNESS. *TR

WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON AUTO, OR MANUAL, THE LIGHTS FLICKER, TURN OFF, SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON THUS FAR. I FIND THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE, HAVE CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS TO FIND IF THERE ARE ISSUES KNOWN TO THEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEAD LIGHT WOULD FAIL SPORADICALLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IT WAS NOT THE BULB BURNING SINCE THE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING HOWEVER, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE BECAUSE THE FAILURE WOULD ONLY RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

WHAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE A BURNED OUT BLINKER BULB HAS NOW TURNED INTO A RIDICULOUS MESS ESPECIALLY WITH THE FEW SEARCHES I HAVE CONDUCTED ON THIS ISSUE SO FAR ESPECIALLY OWNING THE VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN 5 DAYS (PURCHASED USED) NOT ONLY IS THIS A HEAT ISSUE FROM THE BULB THE PLASTIC HOUSING HAS BECOME SO BRITTLE THAT IT IS FALLING APART INTO SMALL PIECES & DUST SO, ONCE MY BULB FELL OUT OF ITS RESPECTIVE PLACE IN ITS SOCKET IT WAS RESTING ON THE HOUSING I WOULD SAY I HAVE A UNEVEN LARGE OPENING THE SIZE OF A TANGERINE WHERE THE BLINKER BULB USED TO RESIDE. GOOD THING I CHECKED TO SEE WHERE ALL THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM AND TO INVESTIGATE THE BURNING GOING ON I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS THUS FAR SO MUCH SO, IT MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IT MAKES ME WONDER IF I HAVE MADE A MISTAKE SO TO THINK THAT A NEW REPLACEMENT COST WELL OVER $700.00 I AM NOT HAPPY OVER THIS ISSUE OVER POOR PLASTICS DETERIORATING WITHIN 7 YEARS IN MY CASE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED...THIS IS A CADILLAC!!! MY STANCE IS...IF CADILLAC IS NOT HELD RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR PARTS OR EVEN THEIR PRODUCT THEN THE MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BE! AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN MORE THAN ONE WAY I DO NOT HAVE A USABLE BLINKER WHEN WANTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN UPON INSPECTING THE BURNING SMELL & SMOKE I DO BELIEVE A FIRE COULD HAVE HAPPENED! *TR

WE WERE TRAVELING AFTER DARK WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE GOING COMPLETELY OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. SOMETIMES THEY FLICKER, ONE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT, OR BOTH GO OUT MOMENTARILY. ONE TIME IT HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE THE ONLY CAR ON A DARK HIGHWAY AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE THE HIGHWAY OR THE SHOULDER. WE HAD TO OPEN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AND LOOK FOR THE SHOULDER. WE DON'T DRIVE THIS CAR AFTER DARK. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE FAILURE HAS TO HAPPEN WHILE THEY ARE EXAMINING THE CAR. *TR