Cadillac Xts Transmission Problems
5 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 4 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2015. Best year: 2017.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
ON TWO OCCASIONS THE CAR WOULD NOT START WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 10 - 15 MINUTES OF HAVING BEEN TURNED OFF. AFTER INSPECTION THE DEALER FOUND THAT THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT FAULT IN THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY (DTC CODE P2119 THROTTLE CLOSED...
TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT INTO GEAR AFTER SHIFTER IS MOVED WITH ENGINE RUNNING. DASHBOARD INDICATOR SHOWS SELECTED GEARS, BUT TRANSMISSION DOESN'T ENGAGE.
XT5 HAS A TRANSMISSION SHUDDER, BETWEEN 16MPH AND 50MPH, WITH THE AISIN AF50-8 TRANSMISSION. GM REPORTS NO PROBLEM WITH THE AISIN. CADILLAC TECHNICIAN DROVE VEHICLE AND DID NOTICE SHUDDER. NEXT STEP, INVOLVE GM ENGINEER. IF HE DOESN'T ...
Please note GM PIP5146A...Chatter or Bind Feel on turns... AKA transmission shudder. According to Cadillac dealer in Durham, NC. The car needs it's rear differential replaced; 90,000 miles.. That is happening now. Ally, the extended wa...
Catalytic converter cracked creating exhaust leak into engine compartment. The converter has been replaced 3 times in 75,000 miles for this defect. The latest replacement has now failed and is leaking exhaust necessitating a fourth repla...