2005 CADILLAC STS — Complaint #739760
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL filed October 15, 2009
NHTSA complaint #739760 (ODI reference 10288530) concerns a 2005 CADILLAC STS and was filed on October 15, 2009. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 10, 2009. The vehicle had 162,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Nebraska based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:axle assembly:axle shaft:seal, 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. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
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 STS cohort independently describe similar power train:axle assembly:axle shaft:seal 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 2005 CADILLAC STS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC STS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH HE HEARD A CLANKING NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND THEN HE LOSS VEHICLE CONTROL. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OUT OF A ROADSIDE DITCH TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DIFFERENTIAL. HOWEVER HIS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM RECALL ID NUMBER 07V589000 (POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY;AXLE SHAFT;SEAL). NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 162,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 739760 |
| ODI Number | 10288530 |
| Date Filed | October 15, 2009 |
| Failure Date | October 10, 2009 |
Similar POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL Complaints for 2005 CADILLAC STS
REAR DIFFERENTIAL VERY WET AND LEAKING IN GARAGE. CALLED GM WAS ASK SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND TOLD TO CARRY IT TO CREST CADILLAC, HOOVER,AL AND LET THEM CHECK PROBLEM. WAS TOLD NOT TO LET THEM FIX IT AND
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC STS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED AN ABNORMAL LEAKAGE OF FLUIDS FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE REAR A
DAUGHTER DRIVING ON CONCRETE HI-WAY AT 50 MPH., HEARS NOISE BY PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE AREA. REAR END LOCKS AS IF BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT WERE NOT. CAR SLIDES OUT-OF-CONTROL . HER AND HER PASSENGERS
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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