Cadillac Struggling To Determine Fix For Recalled CTS Models

General Motors Co (GM.N) has ordered Cadillac dealers to stop selling some versions of the CTS model-range because the automaker does not have a fix yet for cars recalled in late June over an issue where engines can be shut off if the driver's knee bumps the ignition key, the company said on Saturday.

Details of incidents leading up to the June 30 recall, including three occasions where GM employees bumped the keys and shut off the engines in 2012 CTSs, were made public on Saturday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which oversees safety recalls.

The so-called stop sale order to Cadillac dealers on the 2003-2014 CTS and 2004-2006 SRX was issued July 2 and updated July 8, according to GM documents posted by NHTSA. The recall involved about 554,000 Cadillacs in the United States.

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JRobUSC - 7/21/2014 2:08:13 PM

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you still have to insert a key in the ignition on a 2014 CTS?

JDMUSMuscle - 7/21/2014 4:42:53 PM

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The thing is, why does this ignition problem happen to GM products a lot? We also used to have a Caddy and the ignition switch was pretty bad, sometimes the car would not even start.

Those things happen because Cadillac is just engineered like the other garbage like Chevy Aveo and all that mainstream junk.

TomM - 7/21/2014 5:46:16 PM

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I know - lets Engineer every part on the cars at the highest level - and spare no expense on the production of the parts - which will of course triple the price of the car.

When engineering a part - ALL manufacturers do so for as many cars as they can use it in. That is how they save money. So - You will find lots of parts that fit many different vehicles in a companies portfolio of cars. Not just on small parts - but even on AC Compressors - and Transmissions - and engines. Mercedes used GM A/C compressors as did Rolls Royce- who also used GM Transmissions - as did BMW - and other MAINSTREAM JUNK!. So - GM used the design on millions of cars - and it seems hundreds of them had problems.

Now - this $1 part was apparently under-engineered - it needed a stronger spring and deeper detents - to keep drivers from "accidentally" turning their car off when it is moving.

As future cars will not even have Ignition switch with integral keys - the problem will not happen.

Vette71 - 7/22/2014 10:21:14 AM

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Without keys and with remote start capability you then have the accident where the car is started in the garage and CO kills the occupants. It has happened. Everything has risks. But you are correct, virtually every product we buy has had some decision made about it that trades off cost/reliability/safety.