Ownership Cost for 2010 Cadillac CTS (Performance)
Estimated: $45291 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3204
$1538
$1346
$1217
$1089
$8394
Insurance
$1823
$1886
$1952
$2021
$2091
$9773
Fuel
$1733
$1785
$1848
$1922
$2008
$9296
Maintenance
$2763
$1992
$1219
$1399
$2291
$9664
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1153
$1153
$1153
$1153
$1153
$1707
Total Ownership Costs
$11652
$8471
$7829
$8083
$9256
$45291
Air Bag Loc Curtain: All Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3600.0
Displacement CI: 219.68547874103
Displacement L: 3.6
Doors: 4
Drive Type: AWD/All Wheel Drive
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine Manufacturer: GM
Engine Model: LLT
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: CADILLAC
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Manufacturer Id: 984
Model: CTS
Model Year: 2010
Other Engine Info: SIDI, ALUM, 60 Degrees
Plant City: Shanghai
Plant Company Name: Shanghai GM
Plant Country: China
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Performance Collection
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Windows: 4
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
POWER TRAIN
FOUR (4) ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT DRIVE TRAIN ISSUES (LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL). *TR
2010
SERVICE BRAKES
SINCE PURCHASING THIS CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE, I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE CAR'S ENGINE HAS AN INTERMITTENT TENDENCY TO SUDDENLY REV OR IDLE VERY HIGH WHILE MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE AND I AM IN THE PROCESS OF SLOWING DOWN, STOPPING, OR PULLING INTO A PARKING APACE. THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD AND IS ONLY CONTROLLED DURING THOSE TIMES BY APPLYING A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE UNTIL THE IDLE RETURNS TO NORMAL AND THE CAR STOPS TRYING TO LURCH FORWARD. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPT. OF THE DEALERSHIP EACH TIME (AT LEAST FIVE TIMES OR MORE), BUT THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DUPLICATED UNTIL THE SHOP FOREMAN DROVE IT ONE DAY AND WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM. HE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. I COMPLAINED TO GM AND TO THE VIRGINIA BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL ENOUGH WAS BEING DONE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. INITIALLY, GM IGNORED ME AND OFFERED NO RESPONSE. WHEN THE BBB BECAME INVOLVED, I DID GET A GM RESPONSE. THE BBB SUGGESTED THE INSTALLATION OF A VEHICLE DATA RECORDER ("BLACK BOX") TO HELP IN THE DETECTION OF THE PROBLEM. I RECORDED THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS ON THE RECORDER. STILL, THE DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTED TO POINT THE FINGER OF FAULT AT ME, STATING THAT I MUST BE DRIVING WITH MY FEET ON BOTH PEDALS AT THE SAME TIME! I DO NOT PRACTICE SUCH DRIVING HABITS AND TOLD THE BBB SO. SINCE THE VEHICLE SHOWED NO FURTHER PROBLEMS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THE BBB SUGGESTED I CLOSE THE FILE AND MAYBE REOPEN LATER -- IF MY MILEAGE QUALIFIES TO HAVE THE CASE REOPENED. I SENSE THE BBB'S RESIGNATION TO SUPPORT GM AND THE DEALER, DESPITE THE FACT THAT I HAVE ALL OF THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT MY CLAIMS. I HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED AND VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DEFECT, AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. I AM HOPING THAT YOU CAN HELP RESOLVE THIS. *TR