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Gee - where have we heard this before? Caddy dealers are not much different than Lincoln dealers regarding manuals. I hope it doesn't get dropped (in the regular CTS) like the LS.
Cadillac lead the auto industry in the sixties and early seventies with many technical advancements that too many pepope admire bmw mercedes or lexus for "inventing". The world's first (admittedly primitive by today's standards) ABS system was on 1970 Cadillacs; in 1964 the first automatic climate control system was introduced by Cadillac. There's a long list...
Now, I wish the CTS would also have the auto parking brake pull off that my 1968 also has, It's going to be annoying getting into 3 cars that have the brake pull off and then one that doesn't, oh well, you can't have everything can you.
Is this normal?
Otherwise it is normal on the road, but MUCH noisier than my 1995 Rivera, probally 5 db worse. When you go up a hill with radio off, it is noisy in the rear end. Not a whine, just noisy, no grinding.
I have never had it to a dealer, except for a cell phone problem and a CD problem. Where the six cd's would hunt for several minutes and cause several items to reset the dash to zero, like miles per gallon. Dealer never found this problem, but it still does this.
Ray
You say that going uphill the rear end is noisy but not a whine or a grind. Is it a clunking noise? Do you have anything loose in the trunk, such as loose tools in the spare tire well? I had what I thought was a rear end clunk which turned out to be bad front shocks which Cadillac replaced.
As to your CD problems, I would insist the dealer find the problem or replace the CD unit or the entire radio, or take it to another dealer. I know that my dealer would pursue the problem until it was fixed as they have done so on a previous car purchased from them.
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No the rear end does not clunk, just noisy when going up hill, relative to my Rivera 1995 front wheel drive. Sounds ok on a flat road at 70, but still noisy and hard to hear the radio.The Rivera was quiter at 70mph
Ray
Acceleration, sec to mph
0-30 (TL 2.3 sec) (CTS 2.3 sec)
0-60 (TL 6.3 sec) (CTS 6.6 sec)
0-100 (TL 17.3 sec) (CTS 19.4 sec)
And by the way how do you define 'refined'. And what does acceleration times have to do with refined, as they are as much a product of horespower, weight, gearing and aerodynamics, as they are of 'refinement'.
I have driven a 6-spd TL on several occasions and was very impressed. Great interior and very fast. My only complain is that I found it difficult to shift smoothly.
I am still looking forward to driving a CTS 3.6 with a manual.
Once the TL has been owned for awhile (assuming it's used as sports sedan), the torque steer will become irritating. I'm not buying any more FWD cars for sporting purposes.... in the future all of those type vehicles will have proper RWD or RWD based AWD powertrains.
Yes, but they rated the Proctor-Silex Toaster Oven higher than all of them....
BTW for others: I'm still perfectly happy with my 03 CTS Lux Sport 3.2 V6.
One of the A&S Caddys is definitely in my future. Which one depends on what my wife's next vehicle ends up being.... there are many candidates.
Having driven several CTS (both 3.2 & 3.6), V6 & loaded V8 SRX (the latter is an astounding ride) and V6 STS, only one thing's for sure at this point - they're all great and it's really tough to choose.
It seems that the $1750 rebate GM put on the CTS for Dec. really helped move more units. I think the 6258 has to be a single month record. November was barely above 4000
Just bought a 2005 CTS with the 1SC "kitchen sink" option package and NAV system. so far, so good.
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FWIW, I love the interior in my '03 LuxSport, and have had nothing but positive comments from passengers on the "futuristic" look and feel. It's a bit of a shock for those used to the standard American or Japanese "luxury" interiors, but IMHO, it suits the character of the vehicle perfectly.
My question is: The Transmission Fluid Life never moves off 100,000 mi. During the first few thousand miles, I thought it was just not moving due to roundoff error. But now with the mileage approaching 30k, it should be registering something. Has anyone else found a similar condition? My Oil Life indicator works fine as does all other instrumentation.
If I take it to a dealer for correction, will the instrumentation take into consideration the prior miles or will it take off from 28k (i.e. reset the counter)?
FYI, the official GM "Severe Service" recommendation for changing the A/T fluid in the CTS is 50,000 miles, extended to 100,000 mi for "Normal" service (IMO this means highway driving in 70-degree weather on flat ground).So I'm going to ignore the indicator and go in around the 50k mile mark.
I am considering a V8 SRX with AWD. Do you think an AWD on Cadillac would be as reliable as a RWD. We all know how bad the reliability of FWD gets as the vehicle age (At least I had lots of bad experience with FWD american carsm they just did not age well). I am so concerned that the AWD may not age well too, and may become a reliabilty night mare and a source of technical problems on the long run. Any ideas or experiences. For soome reason GM decided to only export AWD V8s; RWD V8 SRX are simply not available. V6 models are the only RWD option available, and only for 2005.
One interesting note, I drove tested both the V6 RWD and the V8 AWD. Surprisingly, the V6 felt more responsive and fun, is this due to the AWD being just heavier? (both cars had the magna ride option, and were similarly equiped).
Another surprise, I noted the instant fuel consumption at a cruise speed of 62 MPH, some how the V8 showed a good 8L/100 km, while the V6 showed 10L/100!!! This I did not expect.
Sorry again for the offtopic, please save your flames and just ignore this if you can't help ( I did post on the SRX forum, but it is practically dead).
Thanks
My brother drives '03 MB ML5.5 AMG (yes for sure) and while he did not step on the gas (not with under 30 Mi on the odo) he told me it drove smoother and quiter than the MB and it felt as responsive (at partial throtles).
Do you think the SRX will ever have a chance against the 340HP AMG. MT shows the SRX AWD blowing the doors off all SUV that came its way in a recent online comparo. But MT pitted an ML 5, not ML 5.5 AMG.
Nonotheless, I am having a big smile while driving and I am turning heads where ever I go, THeSRX is still a pretty rare seen on Saudi streets, so peeople do look on it.
Thanks pbeers, I see why you are having this smile after 14k. And so glad I bought the V8, i would have been wishing i did every second I would have been behind the v6.
Sorry guys for such long non CTS topic, but the forum is too slow now and I do own a CTS, so I am a club member too.
Cheers
p.s. apologies to the regular forum for the non-CTS post - it is still the Sigma chassis, right?
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Now for the interesting part.
The other day I started getting a message (on the radio message center) whenever I would start up the car, "Service Steering Sys." I took the car in and again complained about the heavy steering, in addition to the message. The fix on the service message was to replace a solenoid in the power steering. I don't know if there is more than one, or what it does, but, lo and behold, the steering is much, much improved, so much so that I now have no trouble getting my wife to swap cars. I suspect the solenoid activates the variable PS at slow speeds, and perhaps the specs on newer cars, and on replacement solenoids, are different. I don't know, just a guess.
In any event, I thought I would mention it for what it may be worth, in case anyone else is having a similar problem.