2008 Cadillac DTS Air bags Problems

“The contact owns a 2008 Cadillac DTS. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 MPH, the steering wheel seized. The contact crashed into cement wall as a result. The air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact was not injured and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to a salvage yard. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 111,730.”

“The contact owns a 2008 Cadillac DTS. While driving 30 MPH, a deer crashed into the front passenger side of the vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that the computer module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 14v355000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The failure mileage was 90,000.”

“The contact owns a 2008 Cadillac DTS. While driving between 15-20 MPH, the driver side curtain air bags suddenly deployed without an impact. After the air bags deployed, the lights illuminated. The contact drove the vehicle to her residence and then called the dealer. The dealer did not want to repair the failure. The contact took the vehicle to another dealer, but they would not assist. The dealer finally agreed to repair the vehicle, but would not state what caused the failure. The contact stated that this was a serious safety hazard. …”

“The Cadillac was stopped in traffic on the highway and airbags failed to deploy when rear ended by semi-truck going possibly 40mph causing the Cadillac to crash into the car in front as well. The car was total loss, the speed of semi truck is unknown but seeing the Cadillac was total loss and with serious damage to the front and back of the vehicle the airbag should have gone off and did not.”

“Gm recall 14299/NHTSA recall 14v355000 the GM fix for this faulty ignition switch is to install a smaller (13mm) key ring and small inserts on the ignition keys to prevent installing any other things on the key ring. This is not a fix for a faulty ignition switch, but a means to circumvent the problem! I find it extremely difficult to believe that your organization would rubber stamp this shoddy circumvention of the real problem! How many vehicle accidents are you and GM willing to allow before fixing the problem properly? …”