2008 Cadillac CTS Steering Problems

I was driving down the road going Bout 29 miles per hour when I heard a big boom. It sounded ND felt like I had hit something . So I slowed down and pulled over to the side of the road put the car in park looked underneath nothing was there . I then preceeded to my at. Which thank God was only another block away .I started going only going maybe 5 miles per hour at this point because it sounds like I'm dragging like metals on the ground . When I got to my apt. I went to park the car when I went to put it into park it would not go when I went to reverse it would nit go it still went into drive and thTs it and even getting it into driveyou really had to push it and it felt like the tires were going to wobble off , I mean bye this time it just felt like the car was gonna fall apart shaking abd wobbling all over because I kept trying g to go from drive to neutral to get it to go into park but it didn't budge I had to leave it in neutral and put on the emergency break and shut the car off leaving my key I side cause it wS stuck due to the car not going into park. When I came out of my apt. I wS just frazzled I didn't understand whT wS going on she hD been running beautifully. But I did remember when I first test drove her I had told the sales man she had felt like I wS pulling something she wS kinda hesitant to excelerate . He assured me she's had a 5 star inspection and the whole cars under warranty ND he works on cadillacs himself . Yada Yada Yada. I had called. Friend to come help me tow her home . He tried to get her to manually go into drive but it still wouldn't budge he thought maybe the shift link u til we got her home it was the drive shaft it had sheered off all the bolt one half was on the one part the other part of the bolt were broke off where it connected to the tyranny. He said you can't replace this with out trying to back our the bolts but there metric bolts and would be hard to find . And I would just be better off with a new driveshaft.

NHTSA ID

11543065

Incident

Oct 19, 2022

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND THE CONTROL PANEL BECAME INOPERATIVE. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. KUNI CHEVROLET CADILLAC (2449 FULTON AVENUE, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95825, (916) 538-7217) DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000.

NHTSA ID

11142433

Incident

Jul 1, 2018

Mileage

98,000 mi

STEERING IS HARD HAD RACK AND PENUIN REPLACED ALONG WITH POWER STEERING PUMP NOW WILL NOT START BECAUSE OF REPAIRS BEEN IN SHOP 6 WEEKS AT DEALERSHIP LAST TWO WEEKS

NHTSA ID

11064811

Incident

Dec 18, 2017

STEERING HAS BECOME HARD TO TURN BEEN IN SHOP 6 WEEKS REPLACED RACK AND PENION AND POWER STEERING PUMP NOW WILL NOT START

NHTSA ID

11064808

Incident

Dec 18, 2017

Mileage

100,000 mi

SERVICE POWER STEERING MESSAGE COMES UP ON DRIVERS INFO SYSTEM AND STEERING GETS VERY HARD. LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING GOT VERY TIGHT AND THE WARNING CHIME WENT OFF. I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES OR RISK HITTING A PARKED CAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC WHO SCANNED THE SYSTEM AND RESET IT. 2 DAYS LATER IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN AS I WAS GOING AROUND A CORNER AT ABOUT 20 MPH. I AM TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER BUT WHEN I DO TAKE THE CAR IN, I'M TOLD THAT I NEED TO TRADE IT.

NHTSA ID

11019772

Incident

Aug 22, 2017

Mileage

130,000 mi

POWER STEERING SLUGGISH AND MONITORING MESSAGE CAME ON ON TURNS AROUND 20 MPH & ABOVE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY ARE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SYSTEM. IS THIS A KNOWN , BUT NOT COMMUNICATED ISSUE

NHTSA ID

11014281

Incident

Aug 9, 2017

Mileage

69,000 mi

MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AT LOW SPEEDS. I CAN TURN RIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL FEEL LIKE IT IS LOCKED UP. THEN I WOULD APPLY THE BRAKES AN TURN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IT WILL RELEASE THE STEERING WHEEL. TODAY BOTH SIDE AT LOCKING UP. I WILL TAKE IT TO MOORE CADILLAC ON MONDAY JAN. 30TH, 2017. I HAVE HAD MY MECHANIC ALREADY LOOKED AT IT. HE STATED IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. HE ALSO TOLD ME 2 INCIDENTS HAPPEN IN MASSACHUSETTS PLEASE CONTACT ME TO HELP WITH THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION I WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLEASE. [XXX] THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10947873

Incident

Jan 25, 2017

Mileage

142,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BUT LOOSENED AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT A VERY LOW SPEEDS TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING ACTUATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

NHTSA ID

10898747

Incident

Aug 8, 2016

Mileage

98,000 mi

WHILE TRYING TO PARK, THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES STIFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO CORRECT PROBLEM AND IT COST ME $2,558.35 TO REPLACE STEERING PUMP AND TO GET A WHEEL ALIGNMENT. A WEEK LATER I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER FOR NOISES AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE BOTH CONTROL ARMS AND STABILIZER LINKS TO CORRECT PROBLEM. THAT JOB COST ME $1,362.93. IN APRIL 2013, MY FRONT PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE DIDN'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE HOUSING SPLIT, TRIM PAD AND HANDLE HOUSING. THIS JOB COST ME $1,376.99. NOT SURE WHY I'M HAVING ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS WHEN I GET ALL THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE AND ALL JOBS ARE DONE AT A GM CADILLAC DEALERSHIP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10533143

Incident

Jul 18, 2013

Mileage

122,538 mi

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A SLOW SPEED <10 MPH RIGHT HAND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE ENGINE DID NOT STALL NOR LOSE ELECTRICAL POWER AND NO ICONS APPEARED ON DASH DISPLAY TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. THE STEERING WHEEL UNLOCKED WHEN BRAKES WERE SLAMMED ON TO PREVENT CRASHING INTO BUILDING.AFTER THIS CAR WAS OPERABLE AND ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO PARKING AREA WITHOUT INCIDENT.WHEN KEY WAS REMOVED FROM IGNITION IT WAS BENT,APPARENTLY FROM STEERING WHEEL TRYING TO GO TO LOCKED POSITION.VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO DEALER A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY TEN MILES WITHOUT REPEAT OF PROBLEM.DEALER KEPT VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK TRYING TO REPLICATE PROBLEM DRIVING IT APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT.DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH BUT ADMITTED THAT THEY COULD NOT SAY THE SWITCH WAS CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.REFUSED TO ACCEPT VEHICLE FEELING IF PROBLEM REOCCURRED AGAIN AT HIGHER SPEED DANGER POSSIBLY EXISTED TO ANY OCCUPANTS OF THIS OR ANY VEHICLES NEAR IT. DEALER THEN AGREED TO BUY BACK VEHICLE.DEALER WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING BUT AGREED THAT MANUFACTURER DID NOT APPEAR SUPPORTIVE OR CONCERNED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10415300

Incident

Jun 24, 2011

Mileage

38,485 mi

I HAVE A 2008 CADILLAC CTS. I HAVE A VIBRATION OR SHIMMY IN MY STEERING WHEEL AT ABOUT 65 MPH, NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO BALANCE TIRES. TWO NEW TIRES WERE INSTALLED AND ROADFORCE BALANCED. STILL NOT RESOLVED. I HAVE SEEN QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10292380

Incident

May 15, 2008

PURCHASED 2008 CTS UPON DRIVING CAR HOME I NOTICED A VIBRATION. TOOK BACK TO DEALER NEXT DAY. HAD TO WAIT 3 WEEKS TO GET SERVICE ON VEHICLE AND FOUND OUT AT THAT TIME THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS CAR AND THE DEALER IS NOT TO TRY TO FIX CAR. WENT TO GM AND THEY AGREED TO CHANGE TIRES BUT THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, THE VIBRATION CONTINUED. TRYING TO COME TO SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT WITH GM AND AFTER 9 MONTHS, NOTHING. TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALER FOR TIRE ROTATION AND REQUESTED "ROAD FORCE BALANCE" AND THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE. THE VIBRATION STARTS AT 40MPH AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS SHAKING. THE PROBLEM IS EITHER WITH THE WHEELS OR THE TIRES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10268811

Incident

Jun 5, 2008

Mileage

140 mi

VIBRATION IN CAR ABOVE 62 MILES PER HOUR. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES IN YOUR HANDS. TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE THEY HAVE ROTATED AND BALANCED TIRES TWICE NO IMPROVEMENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10257986

Incident

Nov 15, 2008

Mileage

100 mi