2008 CADILLAC CTS — Complaint #1407156
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE filed September 11, 2017
NHTSA complaint #1407156 (ODI reference 11022716) concerns a 2008 CADILLAC CTS and was filed on September 11, 2017. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 6, 2016. The vehicle had 86,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Alaska based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:driveline, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CADILLAC CTS cohort independently describe similar power train:driveline failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 CADILLAC CTS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WERE CRACKS IN THE BEARING ON THE DRIVE TRAIN, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS STILL BEING DIAGNOSED. THE LOCAL DEALER (ALASKA SALES AND SERVICE ANCHORAGE, 1300 E 5TH AVENUE, ANCHORAGE, AK 99501) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1407156 |
| ODI Number | 11022716 |
| Date Filed | September 11, 2017 |
| Failure Date | September 6, 2016 |
| VIN | 1G6DT57V580 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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