Ownership Cost for 2010 Cadillac CTS Base
Estimated: $44753 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2949 | $1416 | $1239 | $1121 | $1003 | $7728 |
| Insurance | $1800 | $1863 | $1929 | $1996 | $2066 | $9654 |
| Fuel | $1857 | $1913 | $1980 | $2059 | $2152 | $9961 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1918 | $1169 | $1290 | $2291 | $9431 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $1028 | $1028 | $1028 | $1028 | $1028 | $1523 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $11375 | $8365 | $7763 | $7978 | $9272 | $44753 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2004 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | UPON COMPLETION OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY TRIP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND CAME TO AN INVOLUNTARY DEAD STOP WITH A LOUD NOISE WITH THE RH FRONT END RESTING ON THE WHEEL. THE SUSPENSION ON THE GROUND. THE NUT RETAINING THE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS MISSING. THE RH SIDES OF FRONT END COLLAPSED ON R FRONT WHEEL.. 2004 CADILLAC CTS. EARLIER MODELS HAD FACTORY RECALL FOR SAME LOOSE NUT NOT THIS MODEL. FRONT END COLLAPSING ON FRONT WHEEL AT HIGH SPEED IS GUARANTEED CATASTROPHE. IF A NUT IS RELIED ON TO RETAIN BALL JOINT, THAT NUT MUST BE POSITIVELY PREVENTED FROM LOOSENING BY HOLE THRU BOTH NUT AND BOLT, WITH COTTER PIN THROUGH HOLES. NO SUCH BASIC SAFETY IN EVIDENCE. DESIGN FLAW CATALYTIC CTS 2004 AND EARLIER MODELSA ALSO SUSPECTED. USED TO BE LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS - NOW - LOOSE NUTS KILL PEOPLE. BAD BAD BAD. *NM |
| 2010 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND THE CAR MADE A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE I PULLED OVER AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I CALLED TO BE TOWED BACK TO DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT THE CAR AND LATER THAT DAY I CALLED THEM AND THEY SAID THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. THE DEALER CALLED GM AND THEY WERE TOLD TO REBUILD THE ENGINE. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 33,000 MILE ON IT. WE HAVE HAD ALL MAINTANCE SERVICE PROFORMED BY THE DEALER. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? *TT |
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