NHTSA Complaint #10862443 — 2004 CADILLAC CTS

WHEN TURNING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED THE BREAKING SYSTEM COMPLETELY FAILS. THIS NEARLY CAUSED MY ENTIRE FAMILY TO END UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY. THANKFULLY WE WERE TRAVELING SLOW AND THE EMERGENCY BREAK WORKED. WE IMMEDIATELY GOT HOME AND CHECKED FLUID AS WAS WELL. READING THROUGH ONLINE COMPLAINTS THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE EXACT SAME THING. I AM TRULY WORRIED THIS COULD GET SOMEONE KILLED. AT THE TIME THE BREAKS FAILED THEY STUTTERED A BIT AND THE BREAK LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AS WELL AS A TONE OR ALERT IN THE CAR. PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. THIS JUST STARTED HAPPENING SUDDENLY OUT OF THE BLUE. MY DAUGHTER HAD TOLD ME HER BREAKS DID SOMETHING STRANGE WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ONE MORNING. THEN THE NEXT DAY SHE SAID IT DID IT AGAIN GOING FORWARD SHE ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER. I HAD HER TAKE ME FOR A DRIVE SO I COULD SEE FOR MYSELF AND I WAS TERRIFIED WHEN IT HAPPENED.