2013 Cadillac ATS Long-Term Road Test

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2013 Cadillac ATS Long-Term Road Test

Looks like one of the headlights is malfunctioning in our ATS. Time for a trip to the dealer to see what's really going on.

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benson2175

If this was my new car I would be really mad. It seems to be putting out a lot of faults. It's like owning an abused 10 year old C class or 3 series. Maybe this is a beaten up press car or something?

stovt001_

So it puts out a warning on power steering failure, but the steering works fine, and a lighting failure, but the lights work fine. I suggested those items might not be broken at all then, and the faults might lie in the sensors or the computer than interprets them. That got me two thumbs down. I dunno, I'm feeling like I might be vindicated soon.

stovt001_

Oh yeah and there was the erroneous weather advisory right before that. So either everything went wrong at once, or the display and/or the computer controlling it is on the fritz. Occam's Razor says...

zimtheinvader

so they aimed for BMW with the handling and Lucas for the electronics.

barich1

As reliable as cars in general have gotten, I think the Japanese still do electronics the best. You shouldn't have to worry about breakdowns or major repairs with any manufacturer, but glitches like this can still drive you crazy.