2007 Cadillac CTS: engine stalls while driving

Filed Aug 26, 2016 · Airbags, Driver assistance · NC

While vehicle is running the radio turns off and on intermittently stationary or moving. The vehicles while driving shut down while driving. The car sometimes won't start when turning on the ignition switch. Airbag lights is on and check voltage light are registering while stationary or driving. The plugs, alternator and core pack was replaced hoping to resolve the issue. Took vehicle to the cadillac dealership but they denied me any service under the recall problems I was experiencing. There position is the recall is VIN. Specific.

Filed Apr 17, 2015 · Electrical · 90,000 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 cadillac cts. While driving at 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the service theft system warning light illuminated. The vehicle restarted. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine control module needed to be replaced. The module was replaced but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and it was determined that the ignition failed. The contact was informed by the dealer that their vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v394000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.

Filed Mar 19, 2015 · Electrical · 83,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 cadillac cts. The contact stated that the vehicle was serviced under the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v394000 (electrical system); however, on the way home, the instrument panel momentarily flickered. The contact drove over a bump on the road and the vehicle stalled. The key would get stuck inside the ignition intermittently. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer. The technician replaced an unknown component on the ignition switch at the owner's expense. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 83,000.

Filed Feb 19, 2015 · Electrical · 86,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 cadillac cts. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle resumed normal operation after restarting. The failure recurred on a separate occasion and was towed to the dealer for diagnosis. The contact was uncertain of the repair that was performed on the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 86,000.

Filed Sep 18, 2014 · Airbags, Brakes · 132,000 miles · MI · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 cadillac cts. While driving 30 MPH, the vehicle decelerated and stalled. The steering wheel seized and became difficult to turn. The brakes also became difficult to engage. Due to the failures, the contact crashed the vehicle into a tree. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and no injuries were reported. After the crash, the contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v394000 (ignition switch). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 132,000.

Filed Aug 28, 2013 · Brakes · 23,827 miles · HI

When coming to a stop from a slow speed the vehicle would not stop. I experienced this on several occasions, usually when driving in a neighborhood or pulling into a parking stall. I noticed that it only occurred when driving under 10-15mph. It would feel as if my brakes were slipping. My car would continue to ease forward, the brake pedal would pulsate and my entire front deck of the car would shake. To remedy the problem I would be forced to either pump my brakes, immediately shift the vehicle into park position, or remove the car keys. Thankfully, there has not been any impact and no one has been injured. My vehicle was covered under a certified-preowned luxury warranty offered through general motors. The local dealership serviced this car for this issue in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. All repairs would seem to temporarily mask the problem, but then it would reoccur. My warranty expired on may of 2013. In july 2013 I notified them that the brake issue was beginning again and at a higher frequency than before. The local dealership understood the history of the problem and was going to offer the repair out of good will even with the expired warranty because it's been a documented issue with my vehicle. The warranty should fix the problem, since it hasn't, in my opinion, it should be covered. However, their claim was denied by general motors. General motors is refusing to fix my vehicle unless I pay for approximately $600 of the cost. I cannot afford $600 and feel that this should be the expense of general motors. I have 3 children and I work full time. This is a safety issue. I could drive into another car, oncoming traffic, a business establishment, a child. My vehicle should stop when the brake pedal is pressed immediately. I am highly dissatisfied with general motors attention to this and am making all the necessary documentation to ensure that this is not ignored.

Filed May 21, 2010 · Acceleration, Electrical · 25,671 miles · IL

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.

Filed Jun 16, 2008 · Acceleration, Body · 4,833 miles · OH

Mileage: 4,833 I had been waiting in line at a carwash, and when it was my turn to enter, I began to slowly move forward. As I was inching forward, my car began to move faster than it should. I applied the brake, but I did not have any and my steering was locked. It felt like my car stalled, but at the same time, it kept moving forward. Fortunately, I was able to engage my emergency brake to prevent me from crashing. This is the 2nd time this has happened. The first time was in august of '07. That time, I was parked at the top of my sloped driveway. The car lurched forward and I had no brakes or steering and my car rolled down the hill and into a brick wall. I ended up in the er with a neck injury. The dealership found nothing. My car has been in and out of the dealership for various problems tied to the electrical system of the car. (ex. The traction control would engage inappropriately or would stop me dead in the middle of the road, the trunk came open while I was driving, it would have pickup hesitation, it would also feel as if it were accelerating itself while I was driving, my oil life reading was off by 38%, car had to be reprogrammed because the power train system detected a malfunction in the engine control system, the gas gauge and low fuel warning lights are not performing accurately.) as of today, my car has been in the shop for 17 days as they continue to attempt to fix my problems. If you factor in the time it was in their after my accident due to the malfunction of the car, it has been over 77 days in the past 10 months.

Filed Aug 9, 2007 · Airbags, Electrical · OH · crash · 1 injury

After starting up my car (a 2007 cadillac cts) and attempting to go in reverse, it stalled in my driveway and began to roll down the hill. I tried to brake and to steer the car, but it would not respond. I also noticed that my traction engaged light was on. I ended up sliding into the retaining wall and continued down the hill until I crashed into the brick pillar of my garage. My airbags did not deploy and onstar did not respond to the crash. I sustained injuries ended up in the er. The local gm dealer could not find anything wrong with my car and said that my airbags did not deploy due to the "angle" of the hit. My car had nearly $8000 worth of damage so this was not a little "fender bender". When I was at the dealership talking to the service department manager, he told me that there was another customer who was filing a complaint against gm because they had a similar problem. They had an accident in their cadillac and sustained much more damage than I did, but their airbags failed to deploy also. I took delivery of the car at 463 miles and my incident took place around 503 miles or so. I had this car less than 30 hours when this happened. I still contend that the car stalled and caused this accident, but gm said that there were no codes found when they ran the diagnostic. I bought this car due to the onstar, and even though their website says that it can detect a collision without the airbags deploying, it did not work in my case.