Cadillac Recall
Information
Last Updated
December, 2008
NOVEMBER
2008 -- GM is recalling
12,662 MY 2009 Cadillac CTS
vehicles for failing to
conform to the requirements
of Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard No. 208,
Occupant Crash Protection.
Under certain conditions, a
software condition within
the passenger sensing system
may disable the front
passenger air bag when it
should be enabled or enable
it when it should be
disabled. In a vehicle
crash, if the front
passenger air bag does not
operate as designed,
increased personal injury
could occur. Dealers will
reprogram the passenger
sensing system module free
of charge. The recall began
on November 18, 2008. .
08V582
AUGUST
2008 -- GM is recalling
857,735 MY 2006-2008 Buick
Lucerne; Cadillac DTS;
Hummer H2; MY 2007-2008
Cadillac Escalade, Escalade
ESV, Escalade EXT; Chevrolet
Avalanche, Silverado,
Suburban, Tahoe; GMC Acadia,
Sierra, Yukon, Yukon XL,
Saturn Outlook; and MY 2008
Buick Enclave vehicles
equipped with a heated wiper
washer fluid system. A short
circuit on the printed
circuit board for the washer
fluid heater may overheat
the control-circuit ground
wire. This may cause other
electrical features to
malfunction, create an odor,
or cause smoke increasing
the risk of a fire. Dealers
will install a wire harness
with an in-line fuse free of
charge. The manufacturer has
not yet provided an owner
notification schedule.
08V441
SEPTEMBER 2008 --
General Motors is recalling
17,301 MY 2004 Cadillac SRX
vehicles equipped with an
automatic transmission. Some
of these vehicles have a
condition in which the
transmission shift lever can
be moved from the "park"
position with the ignition
"on" and without the
operator depressing the
brake pedal or, in some
cases, the shifter can be
moved from the "park"
position with the ignition
turned off. If the vehicle
is parked or parked on a
slope, this condition could
allow the vehicle to roll
increasing the risk of a
crash. Dealers will replace
the pawl stopper and a
bushing within the shifter
assembly free of charge. The
recall is expected to begin
during December 2008.
08V527
MARCH
2008 -- GM is recalling
4,586 MY 2008 Cadillac STS
and STS-V passenger vehicles
for failing to conform to
the requirements of Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard No. 138, "Tire
Pressure Monitoring Systems"
(TPMS). The standard
requires an indication to
the driver for certain TPMS
malfunctions. When the
system detects a
malfunction, the low tire
warning light should flash
for about one minute and
then stay on the remainder
of the ignition cycle. A
driver information center
message will also be
displayed on the instrument
panel. These indications of
a system malfunction do not
work. Premature tire failure
could result in a loss of
control of the vehicle,
increasing the risk of a
crash. Dealers will
reprogram the remote control
door lock receiver module.
The recall began on March
18, 2008. . 08V108
DECEMBER 2007 -- GM is
recalling 275,936 MY
2005-2007 Cadillac CTS, SRX,
STS, MY 2006-2007 Pontiac
Solstice, and MY 2007 Saturn
Sky passenger vehicles. The
rear axle pinion seal does
not meet all of the
specifications and may
experience a fluid leak. A
rear differential failure
may cause loss of motive
power and possibly loss of
vehicle control increasing
the risk of a crash. Dealers
will replace the pinion
seal. The recall is expected
to begin during February
2008. 07V-589
OCTOBER
2007 -- GM GM is recalling 9,648 MY 2007
Cadillac CTS model vehicles for failing to comply with the
requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 118,
'Power Operated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems.'
Under the standard, the sunroof may only be closed when the
ignition is on, or after the ignition is turned off, but before
either of the front doors are opened. The affected vehicles may
exhibit a condition where the sunroof can be closed after the
ignition is turned off and the doors are opened. This standard
specifies requirements for power operated window, partition, and
roof panel systems to minimize the likelihood of death or injury
from their accidental operation. Dealers will install a wire
harness. The manufacturer has not yet provided a recall
notification schedule for this campaign. 07V-468
Recall involves vehicles that are equipped
with windshield washer fluid heaters.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- August
28, 2008 -- General Motors is recalling 944,000 vehicles,
850,000 of them in the United States, because of the potential
for a fire in the vehicles' heated windshield washer fluid
system.
A short circuit in the circuit board that controls the system
could cause a grounding wire to overheat. That could lead to
smoke and the malfunctioning of other electrical components, GM
(GM, Fortune 500) said in a letter to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In rare cases, it could
cause a fire, GM said.
GM is aware of three fires caused by this problem, two of which
were in the company's own test fleet vehicles, GM spokesman Tom
Wilkinson said. The company is not aware of any injuries caused
by the problem.
The vehicles must be turned on for the short circuit to occur,
Wilkinson said, but he could not say whether the washer fluid
heating system needed to be in use.
The models listed below, if they're equipped with a heated
windshield washer fluid system, are subject to the recall:
Model year
2006-08 Buick Lucerne sedans and model year 2008
Buick Enclave SUVs.
Model year
2006-08 Cadillac DTS sedans and model year
2007-08 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV and
Escalade EXT SUVs.
Model year
2007-08 Chevrolet Avalanche and Silverado trucks
and Suburban and Tahoe SUVs.
Model year
2007-08 GMC Acadia, Yukon, and Yukon XL SUVs and
Sierra trucks.
2008 Saturn
Outlook SUVs.
The fluid heating system is a
popular option on many of GM's large cars and SUVs, said
Wilkinson.
On cold days, the system heats windshield washer fluid before
spraying it onto the windshield, where it can melt ice and frost
on the windshield.
To fix the problem, dealers will install a fuse that will shut
off the system in the event of a short circuit. GM has not yet
provided NHTSA with a schedule detailing when owners of affected
vehicles will be notified.
ConsumerAffairs.com -- June 17,
2008 -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
has intensified a investigation of 21 models of General Motors
trucks and SUVS manufactured between 2006 and 2008 because of
the possibility of an engine compartment fire.
More than 2,700,000 GM trucks and
SUVs are the subject of the the investigation because of the
possibility that a fire might erupt inside the engine
compartment, even when the ignition is turned off.
The Office of Defects
Investigation (ODI) at the federal safety agency reported that
investigators are now aware of "41 non-crash engine compartment
fires" in the GM trucks and SUVs including 8 fires that may have
caused significant property damage.
The GM vehicles under
investigation are:
Cadillac Escalade ESV and EXT
from the 2007 and 2008 model years Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 from the 2007 and 2008 model years 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche 2500 2007 Chevrolet Silverado Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500 and 3500 from the 2007 and 2008
model years Chevrolet Suburban 1500 and 2500 from the 2007 and 2008 model
years Chevrolet Tahoe from the 2007 and 2008 models year 2008 GMC Sierra,
GMC Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500 from the 2007 and 2008 model
years 2007 GMC Sierra Classic 2007 GMC Silverado, GMC Yukon from the 2007 and 2008 model
years GMC Yukon XL 1500, XL 2500 from the 2007 and 2008 model years Hummer H2 from the 2006 to 2007 model years 2008 Hummer H2 Utility, and the Hummer H2 from the 2006 to
2008 model years
"GM provided ODI with 41
allegations of non-crash engine compartment fires including 16
allegations of fires origination with the ignition in the off
position," according to the NHTSA Web site.
Investigators are examining the
electrical system, engine and engine cooling system; battery
cables; under-hood wiring, fuses and circuit breakers.
NHTSA investigator are now call
the probe an "engineering analysis" which could eventually lead
to a recall of the General Motors trucks and SUVs.
