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2004 Cadillac CTS service brakes problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2004 Cadillac CTS9% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Service Brakes complaints
9%
share of all complaints
95,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My husband was driving home and the brakes went out and he had to pump them to be able to stop. Upon reasearching the campaign number came up. His brake light came and and upon inspecting the brake lines and checking the fluid it was low and the lines appear to be corroded. Cadillac stated there is…

    filed Nov 20, 2018

  • On may 18th, 2018 I purchased a 2004 cadillac cts from top notch auto. The gas gauge, brakes, a/c, blinkers dash buttons all were not working. He said to bring it the next day and they would fix it all. I ran out of gas getting there the next day due to not having a working gas gauge. I spent the…

    filed Jul 9, 2018

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Service Brakes problems in other CTS years

YearReportsShare
2016 CTS13%
2015 CTS715%
2014 CTS32%
2013 CTS68%
2012 CTS711%
2011 CTS66%
2010 CTS57%
2009 CTS85%
2008 CTS116%
2007 CTS3617%
2006 CTS4015%
2005 CTS228%
CTS service brakes problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.