NHTSA Complaint #10576367 — 2003 CADILLAC CTS

SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED FROM A CADILLAC DEALER I HAD EXPERIENCED THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT DOWN WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD HIT A POT HOLE OR HARD BUMP. I HAD DEALERSHIP AND SEVERAL MECHANICS FROM OTHER GARAGES OVER THE YEARS CHECK FOR ENGINE SHUT DOWN. NO ONE WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. RECENTLY THE NEWS HAS BEEN DISCUSSING ISSUES WITH GENERAL MOTORS IGNITION PROBLEMS. I WENT OUT TO MY VEHICLE AND STARTED IT, PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND SMACKED MY KEY RING AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. MY PRIMER KEY RING CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF KEYS WITH WEIGHT TO THEM WHEN I WOULD DROP OF THE VEHICLE I WOULD ALWAYS LEAVE A SINGLE KEY. SINCE THE NEWS BROADCAST I HAVE ONLY USED A SINGLE KEY AND HAVE HAD NO ADDITIONAL ISSUES. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO ADDRESS MY COMPLAINT OR EXAMINE MY VEHICLE BECAUSE I SEE NO INFORMATION INDICATING THAT THE CADILLAC MODELS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS MORE WIDESPREAD. THIS STALLING HAS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS. ON OF THE MOST CRITICAL INCIDENTS OCCURRED ON A RAINY NIGHT WHILE TRAVELING IN THE LEFT LANE OF A 4 LANE LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY. I STRUCK A LARGE POTHOLE AND THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. BEING A VERY EXPERIENCED DRIVER I PLACED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THIS ATTEMPT. THERE WAS NO LEFT SHOULDER SO I ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS, BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AND PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK. AGAIN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO START THE VEHICLE WITH NO SUCCESS. THE KEY WAS REMOVED, PLACED BACK INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THIS INCIDENT ALMOST CAUSED A HIGH SPEED REAR END COLLISION BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO GET OFF THE ROADWAY. *TR