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Cadillac CTS Maintenance and Repair

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#19 of 78
Won't Start!!! by irv65
Dec 26, 2007 (2:20 am)
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My Mother has a 02-03? CTS and when you turn the key over all you get is a small clicking sound....no starter clicking, dimming lights or anything. All of the electical seems to still work. I just want to save my Mom some cash and time if it is something I could take care of myself...any help would be great.
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CTS ENGINE OIL COOLER REPAIR by joberst
Jan 25, 2008 (6:22 pm)
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2003 CTS 110,000 miles told by dealer leaking oil cooler that will cost $ 900 to repair. Will it ruin my engine if I ignore
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CTS 2004 by hosa24
Feb 26, 2008 (7:15 am)
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I own a 2004 CTS, I get oil changes every 5k miles. The car seemed to have burned up oil like it was mad. You can start to notice the change in performance, the card gets loud when you accelerate etc. Anyways I have monitored the oil and tend to put oil in between changes.
 
My mom owns a 2006, My sister owns a 2005, I have a friend that owns a STS 2005. They all have the same problem with oil all of the cars consume oil like mad.
 
I often thought about the people that do not pay attention to items like this and then ruin the engine. How many CTS/STS are in the used market with major problems.
 
Well today I got another oil changed and I just got a call that my Oil filter connecter/widget or something is bad. Its "warped" and my car is leaking oil. They informed me its going to cost an additional $400 to get fixed.
 
Isn't that something, I suspect that its a faulty design and the car should be recalled. But go figure that will cost GM and the dealer money.
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Re: CTS 2004 [hosa24] by sls002
Feb 27, 2008 (7:20 am)
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Replying to: hosa24 (Feb 26, 2008 7:15 am)

My 2007 SRX went 12000 miles without using any oil (at least not enought to add any). The question is why did the oil filter connection widget get warped. Did this happen when the service guy was removing the oil filter at some point in the past?
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Re: CTS 2004 [sls002] by hosa24
Feb 27, 2008 (10:58 am)
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Replying to: sls002 (Feb 27, 2008 7:20 am)

not sure, it seemed to start after the second oil change. My thoughts are the filter has a tight design, and its prone to some idiot screwing something up. This is the first for me, I never heard of a bad oil filter seal that originates on the engine/widget connection.
 
I thought it best to share on this thread what I have experienced and encountered. By far I'm happy with the CTS, and I hate to see any owner not be aware of this oil problem.
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2008 CTS by ewl88
Apr 13, 2008 (7:03 am)
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I am looking to replace my leased 2006 Infiniti M35X when my lease is up. I am strongly considering the 2008 CTS DI AWD version. There is no published data on reliability yet. Has anyone heard any rumblings about reliability problems about the CTS? I don't see any postings on reliability on this forum which seems like good news. This will be my primary and sole car so I need something reliable. Thanks.
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Re: Won't Start!!! [irv65] by beachlover40
Jun 30, 2008 (11:55 am)
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Replying to: irv65 (Dec 26, 2007 2:20 am)

I have a 2003 CTS and it is doing the same thing. Did you ever find out what was wrong?
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Re: Won't Start!!! [beachlover40] by hosa24
Jun 30, 2008 (12:55 pm)
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Replying to: beachlover40 (Jun 30, 2008 11:55 am)

For me it was my battery, I did not drive it during the hard snow we got in columbus, so it sat in my driveway for about 3 weeks.
 
I recharged the battery, and everything worked. It was something I did not expect. Because the radio worked really well and the windows. etc. It just did not have enough "juice" to crank the starter. It actually made a noise like something was grinding etc. So was pretty worried. But its been running ever since no problems.
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Re: Won't Start!!! [hosa24] by beachlover40
Jun 30, 2008 (1:43 pm)
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Replying to: hosa24 (Jun 30, 2008 12:55 pm)

Well, we checked the battery and that isn't the problem. It acts like it is going to start and the started actually keeps on going but it won't start. After about 15 mintues it eventually does but it happens all over again once you turn it off. I don't know what the deal is......Thanks though for the quick response!
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Re: 2005 Cadillac CTS- Engine problem [cadigirl3] by calicago
Jul 14, 2008 (9:57 am)
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Replying to: cadigirl3 (Nov 13, 2007 7:48 am)

You have proof of the oil change since you bought it inturn check with the people that you bought it from that they have change the oil before you purchase it if thats the case get documataion from them stating that it sone to me they want to rip you off and that 4600 should not be chrage to you from the get go untill they found the problem contact your states attorney office and get an attorney beleave it or not you do not suppose to pay untill the full procedures have been pefromed that means following the guide lines that have been set not by they dealership or cadillac but by G.M

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