2014 Cadillac CTS Technical Service Bulletins

2,065 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2014 Cadillac CTS. TSBs are notes manufacturers send to dealers about repair procedures for issues seen in the field. They are not recalls and do not by themselves mean a vehicle has a fault.

• 10095315Jan 30, 2015Engine, Equipment. This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have one-time clunk or thunk noise when accelerating from a stop in drive or during a 1-2 shift in manual mode when driving at speeds of approximately 2 to 10 mph. Technician will check for the noise to be present during a manual mode second gear launch while accelerating above approximately 2 to 10 mph.
• 10139438Jan 26, 2015Equipment. This informational bulletin provides information to correct a dealer concern of what they perceive to be paint staining when the protective shipping film is removed from certain vehicles.
• 10139437Jan 23, 2015Electrical system. This informational bulletin updates information on electrical ground repairs using new replacement fasteners with conductive finish.
• 10139436Jan 23, 2015Equipment. This informational bulletin adds 2014 - 2015 model years to information regarding comeback prevention and using Customer Concern Verification Sheets (CCVS).
• 10139433Jan 23, 2015Electrical system. This informational bulletin provides information on control module diagnostics and configuration, programming using the TIS Service Programming System (SPS), set-up and warranty.
• 10139430Jan 22, 2015Wheels. This informational bulletin provides information on chemical staining, pitting, corrosion and/or spotted appearance of chromed aluminum wheels, along with warranty information regarding these conditions.
• 10139422Jan 16, 2015Engine cooling. This preliminary informational bulletin provides technicians an engine repair tip for installation of pistons.
• 10114352Jan 15, 2015Tires, Wheels. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about changing the tire and wheel size on vehicles. General Motors will only support a tire calibration for tires that have been sized, tested and designed for the vehicle in question and its applications. Technician should not use the information that is provided by the antilock braking system tire size selection.
• 10114351Jan 15, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with the electric cup holder lid inoperative. Technician will need to gently pull up and towards the rear of the vehicle at the same time on the front of the door/lid, use a trim stick to gently pry up the rear portion of the door to lift the rear edge up and over the stop.
• 10114350Jan 15, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the Aisin TL80SN 8 Speed 81-40LE Transmission Assembly, Torque Converter, Valve Body and Transmission Control Module are on restriction through General Motors Product Quality Center. Dealer will need to call General Motors Product Quality Center for further assistance.
• 10114347Jan 15, 2015Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have the Hazard Flashers turn on after vehicle shut down or that the Glove Box may be open when they return to their vehicle. Technician should replace the Hazard Switch and/or Glove Box Switch (depending on customers concern) with a new designed switch.
• 10095160Jan 15, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. This preliminary information communication advises the technician that the aisin tl80sn 8 speed 81-40le transmission assembly, torque converter, valve body and transmission control module are on restriction through general motors product quality center. Dealer will need to call general motors product quality center for further assistance.
• 10094961Jan 15, 2015Electrical system. This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with the electric cup holder lid inoperative. Technician will need to gently pull up and towards the rear of the vehicle at the same time on the front of the door/lid, use a trim stick to gently pry up the rear portion of the door to lift the rear edge up and over the stop.
• 10094944Jan 15, 2015Equipment. This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have the hazard flashers turn on after vehicle shut down or that the glove box may be open when they return to their vehicle. Technician should replace the hazard switch and/or glove box switch (depending on customers concern) with a new designed switch.
• 10139415Jan 14, 2015Electrical system. This warranty administration bulletin provides policy information on ACDelco® replacement battery warranty procedures.
• 10139414Jan 14, 2015Equipment. This warranty administration bulletin adds 2012 - 2015 model years to information communicating a change in the product field action customer reimbursement procedure (U.S. Dealers Only).
• 10114343Jan 14, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician the steps needed to diagnose and repair the vehicles that may have unwanted or phantom phone calls. Technician will need to determine what type of call the customer is having that is unwanted. The vehicle may receive an incoming call just like any other phone. Typically the customer will hear the phone ringing in the vehicle. This…
• 10114342Jan 14, 2015Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicle that may have an OnStar system that has progression tones when pressing the blue or red button. Technician will need to call General Motors Technical Assistance Center with the scan tool data from the OnStar system.
• 10139412Jan 12, 2015Engine cooling. This informational bulletin supplies infomation for identifying non-GM (Aftermarket) engine calibrations for gasoline engines using Tech 2® or GDS 2 (U.S. and Canada).
• 10139411Jan 12, 2015Equipment. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information that accessory remote start does not work with OnStar RemoteLink? phone application.
• 10139207Jan 9, 2015Equipment, Back-over prevention (rear camera). This preliminary informational bulletin provides repair information to correct customer concerns about blank screen after startup and reverse, rear view camera message on, touch screen inoperable, Bluetooth and navigation concerns.
• 10139202Jan 7, 2015Tires. This informational bulletin adds the 2015 model year to information on cold weather tire cracking of high performance summer-only tires, when used under the recommended operating temperatures.
• 10139200Jan 6, 2015Engine, Electrical system. This informational bulletin provides information that may be useful in diagnosing/testing batteries that have set for a long period of time and/or set in cold weather climates to correct a customer concern of symptoms that include, but not limited to, a slow or no crank condition that may be caused by a discharged battery.
• 10139199Jan 6, 2015Suspension. This informational bulletin provides a vibration analysis worksheet the technician can use in conjunction with the appropriate Vibration Analysis-Road testing procedure, when diagnosing vibration concerns.
• 10139198Jan 6, 2015Tires. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information that the tire pressure monitor (TPM) sensors must always be re-learned when accessory wheels are installed on the vehicle.
• 10126251Dec 19, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. This informational bulletin was created for the Manual Transmission Operating Characteristics. The different noises caused by driver habit, weather conditions , and normal manual transmission noises.
• 10114801Dec 19, 2014Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicle that may OnStar inoperative and Navigation/GPS/Compass issues. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes B101D sym 3C and or F0. Technician will gather data using a scan tool and contact General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance. After approval technician will replace the OnStar module.
• 10250028Dec 18, 2014Electrical system, Fuel system. Special Return - Fuel Tank Module Kit: ACDelco Part Number M10256 (select date codes)
• 10126248Dec 18, 2014Wheels. This preliminary information bulletin provides information on how to remove stainless steel wheel nut caps with the matching depth of socket used on the wheel nut.
• 10126247Dec 18, 2014Equipment. This preliminary information bulletin advises the technician that there is no update for the customers concerns of the GM remote start doesn't work with the Onstar remotelink phone application.
• 10126245Dec 18, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. This informational bulletin provides information on driving characteristics of rear wheel drive vehicles and winter tires, tire responses to road conditions and application tips.
• 10114798Dec 17, 2014Electrical system, Engine. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have Diagnostic Trouble Code P00C6 and/or P228C set. Technician will need to inspect the terminals at the Engine Control Module for fit and tension as well as the crimp to wire connection. Terminals to inspect in the ECM are connector x2 terminals 3, 18, and 19 for the fuel rail pressure sensor. Also connector x3…
• 10114789Dec 15, 2014Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about when listening to an iPod that the first song will still be displayed when the next song in the list is playing. Dealer should communicate to the customer this condition is a normal operating characteristic of their vehicle and that the current song can be displayed by pressing the ?next? button while the device is playing.
• 10126237Dec 11, 2014Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). This informational bulletin provide information for the technicians to repair the rear window defroster contact or tabs.
• 10126231Dec 10, 2014Equipment. This information provides the proper way to install the floor mats .
• 10126230Dec 10, 2014Body and structure. This preliminary information provides a procedure to aid in locating a water leak in the rear compartment and how to repair it to correct the customers concern of a water leak in the trunk.
• 10114775Dec 10, 2014Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. The J-35616-64B is the latest test probe released for checking tension or probing the .64 series terminals. The test probe terminal has been released in the terminal repair kit (J-38125-620H) located in Lear Tray 7 part number 963716-2.
• 10126225Dec 9, 2014Electrical system, Equipment. This preliminary information bulletin provides a procedure on reprograming the HMI module to repair the customers concern of the blank screen after start up, Rear view camera on, touch screen inop, bluetooth and navigation concerns.
• 10126221Dec 8, 2014Electrical system. This warranty informational bulletin advised the technician that when performing a wiring repair, more information is required.
• 10114767Dec 5, 2014Equipment, Engine. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Code P06DE set in the Engine Control Module. Technician must follow published Service Information diagnostics for P06DE. If diagnostics lead to removing the oil pan or engine oil pressure is below specification when hot…
• 10090184Dec 4, 2014Body and structure, Equipment, Electrical system. 14515 - customer satisfaction program (stop delivery expansion). Approximately 8,776 additional vehicles have been added to the recall population. These vehicles were serviced with a chassis electronic module suspected of containing internal contamination. A very small number of older model vehicles are now included and identified in ivh which has been updated as of december 2, 2014.
• 10114760Dec 3, 2014Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Diagnostic Trouble Code B101D stored in Telematics Communication Interface Control Module. Technician will need to call General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance. If the Diagnostic Trouble Code B101D has a sym 37 set please refer to the latest version of PIC5492.
• 10253584Dec 1, 2014Wheels. Information on Removal/Cracking of Stainless Steel Wheel Nut Caps.
• 10252166Dec 1, 2014Equipment. Radio Does Not Display The Correct Song When Listening To An Ipod.
• 10247716Dec 1, 2014Equipment, Electrical system. J-35616-64B Terminal Test Probe / Replacement Terminal / Terminated Lead.
• 10247214Dec 1, 2014Electrical system. Chassis Electronic Control Module Internal Contamination
• 10247061Dec 1, 2014Electrical system. J-35616-64B Terminal Test Probe / Replacement Terminal / Terminated Lead.
• 10245938Dec 1, 2014Electrical system. OnStar Module Does Not Support All B101D Symptom Codes.
• 10126204Dec 1, 2014Seats, Electrical system. This preliminary informational bulletin provides a procedure for the technician to test the power seats, the outside power mirriors, shorts in the wiring and the MSM, and reprogram the module if shorts weren't found, for the customers concern of the mirriors and/or seat inoperative.
• 10073912Dec 1, 2014Equipment. Summary to be provided on a future date.

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