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Re: Cadillac CTS vs Linkoln MKS [cdnpinhead]
by taxesquire
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Jul 21, 2009 (2:17 am)
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Replying to: cdnpinhead (Jul 18, 2009 4:56 am)
I test drove an 09 with 6MT. It was a nonDI, so it's possible the MT option falls off when you go upscale, but the MT is available.
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Re: Cadillac CTS vs Linkoln MKS [taxesquire]
by pao
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Jul 21, 2009 (9:39 am)
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Replying to: taxesquire (Jul 21, 2009 2:17 am)
The 6MT trans is available..but as soon as you start adding the luxury packages to the car...it defaults to the auto trans.....so essentially you end up with a base CTS with a manual trans.......my dealer in a northern va......which is a high volume cad only dealer....does it carry them in stock as there is a very very limited demand for them....
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Re: Cadillac CTS vs Linkoln MKS [pao]
by bhill2
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Jul 22, 2009 (12:09 pm)
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Replying to: pao (Jul 21, 2009 9:39 am)
Thanks to both of you. It's good to know that you can still get them. I could probably live with a 'stripper' CTS (which is kind of a contradiction in terms anyway) to get the stick.
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Car Battery Dead After Sitting 10 Days
by john178
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Jul 26, 2009 (6:55 pm)
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After returning from a vacation that lasted 10 days, I took my 2009 CTS to the dealer after a technician jumped the dead battery. The dealer then said they could find nothing wrong with the car, but all "new cars" have so much tied in to the battery that when it sits this long, this can happen- the battery goes dead. Other than this annoying thought, the car has been great. Has anyone had this problem after the car has not been used for this many days straight?
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Re: Car Battery Dead After Sitting 10 Days [john178]
by srs_49
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Jul 27, 2009 (3:47 am)
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Replying to: john178 (Jul 26, 2009 6:55 pm)
I have no personal experience with this problem with a CTS. But, 10 days seems like an awfully short period of time for the parasitic loads on the battery to drain it.
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- #209 of 231
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Re: Car Battery Dead After Sitting 10 Days [john178]
by pao
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Jul 27, 2009 (12:22 pm)
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Replying to: john178 (Jul 26, 2009 6:55 pm)
our CTS is not a daily driver...has set as much as two weeks without moving in our garage...there cant be that much power drain by accessories that drain the battery completely......something else is wrong......my advice....try another service department
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Re: Car Battery Dead After Sitting 10 Days [john178]
by 150mphclub
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Jul 27, 2009 (3:08 pm)
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Replying to: john178 (Jul 26, 2009 6:55 pm)
I only drive my CTS on long trips. It occasionally sits for a month with no problems.
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- #211 of 231
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Re: Car Battery Dead After Sitting 10 Days [150mphclub]
by john178
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Jul 27, 2009 (6:59 pm)
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Replying to: 150mphclub (Jul 27, 2009 3:08 pm)
Thanks for the advice. I have never owned a car that has the battery go dead after sitting idle for up to 10 days. I will take the car to another service dealer. After reading the DTS forum, it appears as though there have been dead battery issues with this model as well. I also own a 2006 Luxury ll DTS with 55,000 miles on it- and have not had 1 problem.
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CTS battery
by sevenfeet0
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Jul 29, 2009 (5:14 pm)
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Back in 2003, my first gen CTS had a similar problem. Turned out that a bunch of the batteries at the factory were defective and that replacing them solved the problem. It was a pretty simple fix considering that the first thing we all thought was that maybe the system that prevents the system from draining the battery wasn't working correctly.
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