Safety Score
83
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2008 Cadillac Dts.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Cadillac DTS. The contact stated that while the vehicle was at an independent mechanic for an o… |
| 2023-05-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I have a very bad oil leak in my vehicle, which Is creating a mess and alot of smoke. |
| 2022-07-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Cadillac DTS. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the message "Alternator… |
| 2020-12-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DECEMBER 16 2020 NHTSA ID NUMBER 11383838 OIL LEAK UNDER ENGINE COMING FROM ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, AND POWER STEERING … |
| 2020-12-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL LEAK UNDER ENGINE COMING FROM ENGINE TRANSMISSION AND POWER PUMP. ALSO WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE ON PASSENGER … |
| 2020-11-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS OIL AND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM THE… |
| 2020-11-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Cadillac DTS. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle there was smoke coming from u… |
| 2020-08-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | REAR FUSE BLOCK FUEL PUMP RELAY SHORTED OUT MELTED FUSE BLOCK...COULD CATCH BACK SEAT ON FIRE AND VERY CLOSE TO GAS TAN… |
| 2020-07-24 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | MY WINDSHIELD WASHER SPRAYER JUST STOPPED WORKING AND NOW I'M BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON WITH THIS YEAR VEHICLE… |
| 2020-05-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR GIVES OFF FALSE OIL PRESSURE INFORMATION ON CARS MESSAGE CENTER. I REPLACED THE SENSOR AS DISCRIBED, VERIFIED M… |
| 2020-02-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | REAR PASSENGER FUSE BLOCK (P/N 19116816) GETS MELTED BY A FAULTY FUSE PUMP RELAY BURNING UP DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN WITH… |
| 2019-11-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2008 CADILLAC DTS WOUDL NOT START, I FOUND THE FUEL PUMP RELAY TO BE BURNT. I REPLACED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE FOR 150… |
| 2019-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT SMELLED A ROTTING ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE RADIO REMAINED … |
| 2019-09-22 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | CAR STOPPED OPERATING ALL OF A SUDDEN. BATTERY CHARGING ISSUE. |
| 2019-07-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2008 CADILLAC DTS (100K MI) WAS PARKED AND ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER BUT NOT START. I DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO FUEL … |
| 2019-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL SPOTS ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHIC… |
| 2019-02-20 | WHEELS:RIM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHROME ON THE RIMS PEELED AND BUBBLED, CAUSING TH… |
| 2019-02-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDOW WASHER FLUID WAS LEAKING AND COULD POTENTI… |
| 2019-01-28 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE CHECK ENGINE CODE SHOWED THE INTERNAL POWER MODULE FAILURE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN WHILE TRAVELING AT A HIG… |
| 2018-12-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE OIL PAN AND THE OIL FILTER H… |
| 2018-07-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TRIED TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD TURN OVER BUT NOT CRANK. REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL PUMP RELAY. CAR STARTED AND… |
| 2017-12-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | MY CAR WON'T START IF THE TILT WHEEL IS NOT IN A CERTAIN POSITION. THE ENGINE WILL NOT START UNTIL YOU PUT IT DOWN I… |
| 2017-10-17 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE PR… |
| 2017-06-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ONE DAY AND I STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING MELTING IT WASN'T TO STRONG BUT YOU COULD SMELL IT THE NE… |
| 2017-06-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONT… |
| 2017-04-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL PUMP RELAY OVERHEATED TO THE POINT OF MELTING CAUSING IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE RELAY AND THE FUSE BLOCK LOCATED I… |
| 2017-02-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 69K MILES IN MAY OF 2016 AND NOW ITS HAS 80K MILES FEB 2017 AND I HAVE AN OIL LEAK THAT IS LEAKIN… |
| 2016-11-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IN NOV. OF 2016, MY DTS WAS PARKED AND AFTER ATTEMPTING TO START, IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER AS IF WERE OUT OF GAS. I HAD … |
| 2016-06-28 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE ABS WILL RANDOMLY APPLY IN GOOD DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR NO REASON WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED CAUSING YOU TO POTENTI… |
| 2016-06-06 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL PUMP RELAY MELTED REPLACED REAR FUSE BOX AND RELAY TRIED TO START VEHICLE ON 6 JUNE 2016 VEHICLE WOULD NOT START… |
| 2016-05-19 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AFTER HEAD ON COLLISION TRAVELING 23 MILES PER HOUR, ON A CITY STREET, GOING STRAIGHT. CAR WAS CO… |
| 2016-03-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE STATING #14299 IGNITION KEY ROTATION WAS AN ISSUE. STATED SERVICE HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED. I H… |
| 2015-09-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON 9/4/15 @ APPROX 5:45 P.M, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START - IT ACTED LIKE THERE WAS NO FUEL GETTING TO THE INJECTORS. THREE… |
| 2015-05-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | LOWER ENGINE OIL LEAK. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM DATING BACK A NUMBER OF YEARS AND CADILLAC HAS NOT RE… |
| 2015-01-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER PARKING MY CAR IN THE GARAGE,APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS LATER,I WENT TO START MY CAR,BUT IT WOULD NOT START,IT WOULD C… |
| 2015-01-08 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL PUMP MODULE OVERHEATED, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF FIRE. THIS PART WAS RECALLED IN 2006-2007 CTS-V AND STS-V, BUT CON… |
| 2014-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2008 CADILLAC DTS. RECALL REGARDING IF KEY RING IS ADDING WEIGHT TO VEHICLE. *TA ACCORDING TO THE RECALL LETTER, THE P… |
| 2014-11-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELE… |
| 2014-11-13 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 1 | WE WERE HIT IN RIGHT SIDE BY A DRIVER WHO PULLED OUT FROM A STOP SIGN AND CROSSED TWO LANES HITTING OUR CAR IN THE PASS… |
| 2014-11-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SAFETY RECALL 14299 NOTHING WAS DONE TO THE SWITCH THEY JUST PUT SOMETHING ON THE KEY AND 2 SMAL… |
| 2014-10-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE KEY FELL OUT OF THE IGNITION. THE VEH… |
| 2014-09-12 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND SMOKE APPEARED. TH… |
| 2014-09-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | GM RECALL 14299/NHTSA RECALL 14V355000 THE GM FIX FOR THIS FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH IS TO INSTALL A SMALLER (13MM) KEY R… |
| 2014-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN IT WOULD RAIN, WATER WOULD LEAK FROM THE FRONT D… |
| 2014-08-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (EL… |
| 2014-08-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECEIVED NOTICE OF GM RECALL 14299 ON 8/18/14. FURIOUS THAT THE PARTS TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM ARE SAID TO BE UNAVAILABL… |
| 2014-08-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V3550… |
| 2014-07-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC DTS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WI… |
| 2014-05-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR FOR OVER A YEAR. I KEEP GETTING FUMES FROM THE VENT AND SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE HAD THE C… |
| 2014-03-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | THE CADILLAC DTS 2008 WOULD NOT START.. HAD DTS TOWED TO FOREMAN-BLAIR GM DEALERSHIP.. 896382 SCAN FOR C… |