While sitting at a complete stop engine very rapidly became hot turning on engine overheat indicator. There as been oil appearing in my driveway the last 3 days. After research I found there is a very well known issue with this model for a crankshaft leak. Afraid this could lead to engine failure or fire.
2007 Cadillac DTS engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 cadillac dts. The contact stated that while stopped, the temperature gauge increased. The temperature gauge returned to normal once the vehicle was shut off and restarted. In addition, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer diagnosed that water pump was leaking. The vehicle was repaired. The dealer also discovered that the head gasket was blown due to water and anti-freeze mixing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 117,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 cadillac dts. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without any warnings. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 44,800 and the current mileage was 45,000. Updated 6/17/14*cn the consumer stated after waiting a couple of minutes, the he was able to re-start the vehicle. Updated 07/03/14
I was blown away to find oil under my 07 dts cadillac, then to learn it's common. Thinking it was a drain plug or oil filter changed the oil. No such luck, it's the engine lower end leaking. Thinking it wasn't so bad to not drive I watched the oil level closely. I noticed oil film covering the right rear quarter panel and rear trunk lid and a drippy coating of oil under the car. This makes it a danger to the highways and other cars by leaking a quart every hundred miles. For drivers not watching oil levels this will turn into a broken down car at best, an oil fire very possible on the road these are never safe. This has been a common problem with the cadillac northstar engine for years, I say it's time to do a recall for this problem before people get injured or killed. A little pro-active recall is in order.
Following truck..stepped on brakes and did not have any...swerved to miss truck and stepped on gas and did not have any...drifted into parking lot and up an incline and drifted to a stop. Has happened several times and nothing appeared on dash...and nothing can be found...someone will have to get killed before any thing is done about it.
2007 cadillac dts stopped in midtraffic. After a few minutes was able to restart, but it would only go 2 - 3 MPH. Let it sit for awhile, then it restarted. Drove to dealer, found nothing wrong, however, they reset something in the computer system. They were not forthcoming with information! Second time this has happened! I am fearful that this will happen on interstate 495 or another major highway!
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 cadillac dts. The contact could not turn the steering wheel while attempting to pull into a parking space at 5 MPH. He was eventually able to park the vehicle and immediately called the dealer. A mechanic arrived at the scene and found the serpentine belt laying alongside the engine. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The bolts that hold the bracket and pulley broke, as a result, the vehicle could not be driven. The current and failure mileages were 5,200.
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