2013 Cadillac ATS owner complaints

Cruising down a hill probably in neutral, car stalled silently with no bucking or noise, just died. Numerous attempts to start the car were unsuccessful. After easily 15 attempts and approximately 30 minutes the car started but was with family, at night on dark twisty and hilly road and did not feel confident to drive it. Had it towed ultimately for Cadillac service. In shop for more than a week, tech could not find or duplicate problem. Happened again a week or so later, in neutral coming to a red light, complete silent stall, after about 10 minutes and several attempts the car started and I drove back to Cadillac service. Again no problem found after in shop a few days. On my way home it happened again at a red light but started on first. I feel unsafe driving car, especially wit

My Vehicle will shift out of gear but will not move and there is a rattling sound when the gear is tried to be put back in park and rest of gears

Since buying this Cadillac ats 2013, 2.0t RWD manual, vehicle new, the engine has stalled several times. The stalling occurs when the vehicle is idling in neutral (at stoplights, in traffic). The stalling happens in both warm and cold conditions. The stalling is not like normal manual transmission stalling where the vehicle lunges forward. The stalling is silent. You do not notice the vehicle has stalled until you put the car into gear and attempt to drive. The vehicle has been taken to a Cadillac dealership to inspect the issue (lindsay Cadillac of alexandria). The technicians were unable to reproduce the issue and there was no resolution. Approximate service date was 09/26/2013. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 Cadillac ats. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle vibrated and hesitated to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on multiple occasions, but the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 5,000.

The 6-speed manual ats has an issue with stalling, usually when coasting to a stop, and less frequently on initial acceleration. It is not due to poor release practice with the clutch. The car will die unexpectedly when coasting, which kills the electric power steering, which makes for an unsafe situation. This happens infrequently, and I don't really know what combination of things leads to the stall. I have changed the way I drive the car in order to minimize coasting or using the transmission for deceleration. This helps, but there are still times when I get surprised at an intersection by the car being dead when I'm ready to accelerate. It is a very quiet car, especially at idle, so if I'm watching traffic and not the dash, it can die and I don't know it until I hit the gas agai

My vehicle is a 6-speed manual...twice now in the last month it has stalled at a complete stop even the clutch is fully depressed. *tr

Took it in 2 weeks ago for an oil changed and they replaced a camshaft solenoid saying that was causing my issues. I had to take it back yesterday and now they're telling me it's a torque converter or a transmission and it's going to cost me $3,500. After reviewing I think have GM has a lot of issues with this component . GM was aware of the situation and never fixed it. As I read through the technical Bulletin due to the cost so they have the consumers pick up the cost.

I bought a 2013 Cadillac ats in early 2013. In first month, it needed 3 battery jumps. It also has a problem with moving from drive into park. This is under recall as is a seatbelt issue I believe. I have had 2 accidents. 1 on a very busy crawling road wisconsin ave, dc on a busy sat afternoon in bumper to bumper traffic when I started to accelerate and the force of my movement caused the truck in front of me to crash into another vehicle. Weird, but confusing. I had a similar episode this past week leaving my home. I was stopped in the street behind my son's truck. He started to move and I plowed into him causing massive damage to the Cadillac and significant damage to his truck as well, a very late model Chevy. I was not on the phone or the brake or

My wife was driving to her parents house going up a incline and the vehicle couldn't pull the hill slowed down to approx. 20mph bumped and shook as it went up the hill. When she got out of the car at her parents house you could smell something like burnt transmission or something. This has happened on two other occasions and the 1st instance Cadillac dealer said the computer to the transmission dumped its program and they went in and reprogrammed the transmission but it still does the same thing. I will be taking it back in after christmas. Hydroplaning is also a huge problem with this car. This car also doesn't like to stay in a lane at highway speeds. I feel this car isn't safe to drive and will be looking for an attorney to deem it as a lemon. *tr

Engine idles roughly. I have only used premium gas during fillups. The dealership says it's because I'm not using top tier gas, which is ridiculous. How can an engine's fuel system be that sensitive because one gas is missing some detergents per count in comparison. My ECM needs to be reprogrammed to compensate for this. It seemed to start shaking after I got it back from the dealership that corrected a recall problem that dealt with airbag deployment. How do you push an ignorant manager to take care of this instead of blaming it on the gas?

When coasting to a stop light, or a stop sign, the car will occasionally stall for no reason. I drive a stick shift, and will move the shifter into neutral as I am coming to a stop, and on multiple occasions, the car has just stalled out and I lose all power steering and electronic brake assistance, which makes stopping the car more difficult. This issue has also occurred a few times when actively driving at higher speeds. I will get a message on my dic saying that my power steering needs to be serviced, and shortly after the car stalls. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 Cadillac ats. When the vehicle came to a complete stop, it seized without warning. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle, but it failed to start. The contact had to wait approximately thirty minutes for the vehicle to return to normal. The vehicle was taken to oakes auto group (1009 us-82, greenville, ms 38701, (662) 335-2886), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was test driven, but the cause of the failure could not be determined and the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 66,400.

I have two issues to report that may be a safety concern: 1) there have been multiple times when driving in wet conditions (rain/snow) where I will get a 'power steering failure' warning. When this happens the power steering does one of two things. It either almost locks up and becomes extremely hard to turn the wheel, or it will still move easily, but it won't auto center when making turns. I have reported this to the dealer and they said it was a bad steering angle sensor. They replaced the sensor but the issue is not resolved and now that it's snowing it's happening more and more consistently. 2) there have been 3 cases where I was driving and coming to a stop and the car will just randomly shut down. I lose all ability to steer (since it's electric steering) and brake. T

While decelerating to make various turns or stop at an intersection the vehicle shuts off with no warning. Also the steering and brakes become hard. On one occasion while merging onto the highway it occurred again, almost causing me to crash into a vehicle then lose control. *tr

When taking a corner the car appeared to over steer. At first I thought it was me so I went to turn the wheel to correct it and it felt sluggish for lack of a better word. Almost instantly after that a warning came up on the dash that indicated something like "service power steering, please drive safely". The warning occurred two more times in a matter of a couple miles but I did not really notice any steering issues those times. *tr

Vehicle headlights with the HID option do not always align properly causing one side, either left or right on occasion to aim higher than the other. This issue seems to be happening when the vehicle headlight selection is in the auto mode and the key fob or ignition button is used. This has become a nuisance because I must constantly park by a wall to make sure the headlights have aligned properly before driving off and blinding oncoming traffic. The calibration cycle seems to be faulty and I have been to two dealers with no resolve. I am also working with Cadillac customer service and am hoping for a quick solution. This issue may blind oncoming traffic and I must stop and restart the car numerous times to get the headlight cycle to align the lights. *tr

I was driving down the street and the car turned completely off and then I panicked, hit the clutch, put the car in neutral, and hit the start button twice to restart the car. I took it into the dealership and they told me they couldn't find an issue after driving the car for 2.2 miles. They advised me to continue driving the car and risk my safety on the road. The consumer stated he took the vehicle to the repair shop three times, for the same issue.

The fuel line broke due to the high side fuel pump seizing up and the break away bolt breaking causing the pump to be unstable. Thus the vibration causing the fuel line to brake spewing gas all over. The fuel line breaking then prompts the computer something with fuel is malfunctioning and shuts motor to half running power an throughs some more fuel related codes. Rendering your vehicle inoperable and needing a tow to a shop for repairs. The fuel pump design helps save your motor in this event from being destroyed, when it malfunctions like this. The fuel pump design seems like it could be highly dangerous. With fuel be spewed out at high pressure is unsafe. It sounds like the fuel line breaking because of this design is a pretty common problem. I believe the 2018 Cadillac has a recall on

I was pulling in to a parking spot behind a car at a very low speed when I pressed the brakes for the car to stop, instead it accelerated and smashed in to a car in front of me. I tried pressing the brakes harder in order to avoid the impact and the car did not respond. *tr

The brake and gas pedal are so close together that when braking in heavy traffic it is possible to depress the gas pedal while braking resulting in an engine surge condition. This only happens in bumper to bumper traffic or when stopping at a traffic light. *tr