NHTSA Complaint #10490633 — 2011 CADILLAC CTS

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES INTO A 40-MILE TRIP, MY TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT TURNED ON. THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER (DIC) INDICATED "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, ENGINE POWER REDUCED." THE VEHICLE'S POWER WAS THEN REDUCED, AND I WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN MY SPEED (APPROXIMATELY 52 MPH), AND MY CAR SLOWED DOWN DUE TO A LACK OF POWER, AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO ACHIEVE 40 MPH. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT, TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. I THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. THE SAME WARNING LIGHT TURNED ON AND THE DIC SHOWED THE SAME INFORMATION: "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, ENGINE POWER REDUCED." WHILE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE MY TRIP HOME, THE WARNING LIGHT CLEARED, AND THE POWER IN THE CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL. ON 12/22/12 IN THE MORNING, I BROUGHT MY CAR TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR NORMAL MAINTENANCE AND TO HAVE THE ABOVE PROBLEM INVESTIGATED. NOTHING CAME OF THE INVESTIGATION. ON 12/26/12, AGAIN ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, ABOUT 39 MILES INTO A 40-MILE TRIP, THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT TURNED ON, AND THE DIC DISPLAYED THE SAME INFORMATION AS BEFORE: "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, ENGINE POWER REDUCED." I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. I ENDED UP LEAVING THE CAR THERE FOR TWO DAYS AND PICKED THE CAR UP ON 12/28/12 EVENING. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. LATER THAT EVENING, THE SAME EVENT OCCURRED, THIS TIME ABOUT 52 MILES INTO A 55-MILE TRIP. THIS SAME EVENT HAS OCCURRED ONCE MORE LAST EVENING (12/31/12), AGAIN ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK. THE MESSAGE CLEARED ONCE I PARKED THE CAR AND WAITED A LEAST A FEW MINUTES TO ALLOW THE COMPUTER TO RESET(?) THE SAME EVENT HAS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES SINCE 12/21/12, AND MY CONCERN IS THAT AT SOME POINT THE POWER MIGHT BE REDUCED AT A CRITICAL TIME DURING ONE OF MY TRIPS. I SEARCHED YOU DATABASE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NO OTHER REPORTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE. *TR