2008 Cadillac CTS: won't start

Filed Jul 18, 2023 · Electrical, Engine · CA

Car went crazy one day while behind the wheel everything malfunctioned then car shut off and won't start again. I could of easily got into an accident had there been any other vehicles around. Kids were scared. Codes come up as U0100,U0140,U0101,C0242,B0081-0F,B0081-71,B1370-01,B1370-06,U0155-00,U0170-00,P0856-00.

Filed Jan 25, 2018 · Steering · 100,000 miles · AL

Steering has become hard to turn been in shop 6 weeks replaced rack and penion and power steering pump now will not start

Filed Jan 25, 2018 · Steering · AL

Steering is hard had rack and penuin replaced along with power steering pump now will not start because of repairs been in shop 6 weeks at dealership last two weeks

Filed Sep 16, 2017 · Electrical · LA

My car won't hold a charge. I buy a new battery and the car says battery saver mode activated. The battery will be dead by morning or if I take it down the road the voltage will start dropping before I get home. When I say down the road I mean less then a 2 miles. After I turn my car off it won't start because the battery voltage will be to low. I've had the battery and alternator check both are fine. Checked to see if their might be lights left on, but nope not even the truck light. So I'm at my end with the car, it's a $30,000 car that I can't even drive. That's a lot of money for a yard ornament.

Filed Mar 17, 2017 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 82,000 miles · WA

Randomly when I go to start my vehicle it won't start but the battery is good,which leaves me stranded ....and also randomly while driving the traction control lights up saying traction control off along with every light in the dash displayed and making the chiming sound.it reduces the engine power suddenly while at a high speed causing me to swerve in freeway traffic.

Filed Jan 7, 2015 · Electrical · 84,178 miles · TX

Attempted to start the car while it was parked in the garage, but it would not crank and the dashboard display indicated a problem with the stabilizer. Also, the seats could not be moved, could not place the transmission in neutral, the door would automatically lock, and the lights would flicker off and on. I attempted to use brand new booster cables (positive to positive/negative to negative) at the remote terminals but stopped trying to connect from the charged battery due to sparking as though I was reversing my polar connections; at one point, I saw a flicker of flames and I never started the booster vehicle (12 volt). I had a wrecker attendant to try my booster cables and he attempted to charge with the connection directly to the battery and with the booster car started which created smoke and over heated cables. At the dealership, where the car was taken, I was told the positive cable was useless and the battery had a dead cell. This was very costly. I retrieved my car after about 11 days and parked it directly in the garage. The next day, I attempted to start the car and the same issue surfaced. Had it moved by wrecker again, and I am being told that they jumped the battery and started the car, but had not determine the drain on the battery.

Filed Aug 13, 2011 · Electrical · 7,000 miles · FL · fire

The car has had 7 batteries replaced. It has been towed three times to two different dealerships. When the failure occurs the door lock, the engine will not start, lights will not work, the car is completely dead. The last time my wife went one mile and the lights,radio, air conditioning and doors locked and would not open. She could not get the key out of the ignition. The door was opened and the car sat for two hours. When she went back to the car everything worked like nothing happened. She drove home and the next morning the battery was dead. It was towed to the dealership and the odor of burning wiring was obvious. One week later the dealer service department called to inform me that the fuse block was replaced and the radio caused the problem. The car was leased and I just returned it with 17,890 miles. We went out and purchased another car when they said the wiring and fuse block was burnt. We just let it sit in the driveway until the lease run out.

Filed Apr 16, 2009 · Electrical · 7,800 miles · NJ

I own a 2008 cadillac cts with awd. I bought it in december 2007. At around 7000 miles in mid-february 2009 my car would not start. The antitheft device was activated. A roadside assistance technician came out. He said it was a defective battery which he replaced. Three weeks later I tried to start the car & received a dashboard alert that the battery registered low voltage and could not be started. The car was towed to the dealer who worked on it for two days. They told me that "maybe" the computer was being turned on when the car was shut off. Their "maybe" answer made me feel they were just guessing. They told me they had corrected the glitch, charged the battery, told me the battery was fine & that the car should be fine now. Last night, april 15, 2009 at 10:00pm my dashboard alerted me that the battery was too low to start. I called roadside assistance who could not get it started either. On april 16, 2009 at 8:30am I had to have the car towed into the dealership again. The service technician again said my battery must have a defective cell. This is the same battery that they put into the car 6 weeks earlier that they said was "fine". I am now awaiting their "professional" diagnosis. Do you have any other complaints of this type on this vehicle? Also do you know if this car can qualify as a lemon under federal & nj lemon laws?