Ownership Cost for 2012 Cadillac CTS Coupe (Performance)
Estimated: $48226 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3994
$1917
$1677
$1518
$1358
$10464
Insurance
$1941
$2009
$2080
$2152
$2228
$10410
Fuel
$1733
$1785
$1848
$1922
$2008
$9296
Maintenance
$2592
$1945
$1261
$1581
$2212
$9591
Repairs
$933
$1098
$1250
$1370
$1577
$6228
Taxes & Fees
$1511
$1511
$1511
$1511
$1511
$2237
Total Ownership Costs
$12704
$8926
$8335
$8684
$9578
$48226
Air Bag Loc Curtain: All Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Coupe
Displacement CC: 3600.0
Displacement CI: 219.68547874103
Displacement L: 3.6
Doors: 2
Drive Type: RWD/ Rear Wheel Drive
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine Model: LFX
Fuel Injection Type: Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection (SGDI)
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Fuel Type Secondary: Ethanol (E85)
Make: CADILLAC
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Manufacturer Id: 984
Model: CTS
Model Year: 2012
Note: Body type: 2Dr Coupe, Notchback Special
Other Engine Info: Book Codes: 0G, BE, A. VVT, E85 Max, Aluminum.
Plant City: Lansing - Grand River
Plant Company Name: GMNA
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Performance w/Navigation (RWD)
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
SEATS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK COOLANT LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RADIATOR WAS DAMAGE AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE RADIATOR FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST THREE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY THE DEALER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE RADIATOR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE FOURTH TIME, THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE WATER PUMP AND THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE FUEL PUMP WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD PRIOR TO THE FUEL PUMP PROBLEMS. THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. THE CRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS AN UNKNOWN PART REPLACED TO REPAIR THE CRS LIGHT. THE DRIVER'S POWER WINDOW WORKED INTERMITTENTLY MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AND THE DEALER REPAIRED THE WINDOW. THE WIRING WAS IN BACKWARDS ON THE PASSENGER SEAT CAUSING ONLY HALF OF THE SEAT TO MOVE. THE DEALERSHIP CORRECTED THE WIRING TO REPAIR THE SEAT.
2012
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WERE TO CLOSE TOGETHER UNLIKE NORMAL PEDALS. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE PEDALS BEING CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000.