2006 Cadillac CTS: windshield wiper failure

5 of the 269 complaints about the 2006 Cadillac CTS describe windshield wiper failure.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 2%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 23 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Windshield wiper failure by model year

2014
1
2012
1
2007
1
2006
5
2005
2
2004
2
2003
4

What owners say

Filed Jan 18, 2017 · Electrical · 82,000 miles · OH

Window wipers wont turn off or work on delay. Keep going on off. Same problem on 2003 cadillac a year ago and cost us over $400. If not a defect, how could one person end up with two vehicles of the same make & model doing the same thing on wipers? Especially something so expensive and not something simple. Now I have to pay that again and have never had that on any other vehicle I have owned.

Filed Jul 29, 2015 · Electrical, Visibility · 60,052 miles · FL

Turned on windshield wipers and windshield washer motor starting spraying cleaner. I tried turning off the wipers and even changing the wiper speeds but the motor keeps trying to spray cleaner. Eventually I ran out of cleaner but you can still hear the motor running when the wipers are on. Pulled over and shut car off, waited 5 minutes and started car again but the washer motor still comes on when I turn on the windshield wipers. This was dangerous as it just flooded my view with wiper fluid. Not sure if wiper washer motor will burn out and cause other electrical issues. Ma 10/16/15 updated 12/13/2017

Filed May 16, 2014 · Electrical, Visibility · 40,000 miles · AZ

Windshield wiper motors fail. It is an expensive repair. This is a big safety issue and reported by many cadillac owners.

Filed Jun 10, 2013 · Visibility · VA

The windshield wipers will not turn off. They continue to go. I have to turn off the engine and take the key out of the ignition for them to stop.

Filed Jul 6, 2012 · Visibility · 32,500 miles · AZ

Windshield wiper motor will not shut off once turned on. Intermittent does not work at all. Must stop the vehicle, turn off the motor and remove the key from ignition in order to stop the windshield wipers. Everytime the wipers are turned on this happens...everytime. How does someone drive on a freeway having to stop their vehicle everytime they need to turn on a windshield wiper? This defect is on thousands of cts's...maybe hundreds of thousands of cadillacs according to the website clubs.... And is a $1,000 repair. Gm should fix this defect for free. It is extremely dangerous while driving.