What 49 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Cadillac XTS

TAKATA INFLATTORS: HAD BEEN HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE STEERING IN MY CADILLAC 2014 CADILLAC XTS VSPORT FOR SOMETIME BACK IN 2017. IT WOULD BECOME HARD TO STEER AT TIMES WHEN NEGOTIATING TURNS ESPECIALLY OR WHEN BACKING UP AND TURNING. HAD REPORTED TO JOE BULLARD CADILLAC SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BY PUTTING IT ON THE COMPUTER TO SEE IF AND THING SHOWED UP WHICH NOTHING DID ON THE MANY MANY OCCASIONS WHICH I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE FOR THIS CONCERN. THEN ON NOVEMBER 22ND, 2017; I WAS TRAVELING ON A COMMUNITY STREET AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN AND I HAD A SERVER ACCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE AS A RESULT. THIS ACCIDENT INCURRED OVER $22, 000.00 WORTH OF VEHICLE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WHICH IS CONSIDERED BY MY AUTO INSURANCE PROVIDER AS AN AT FAULT ACCIDENT ON MY PART. YET IN ALL REALITY, IT IS A RECALL SAFETY ISSUE WHICH COULD HAVE DONE OTHERS AND MYSELF GREAT PHYSICAL HARM. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CADILLAC XTS. WHILE HAVING A TIRE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIMS WERE BENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FRANK KENT CADILLAC (3500 W LOOP 820 S, FORT WORTH, TX 76116, (817) 385-1736) TO BE INSPECTED, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A CAUSE FOR THE RIM FAILURE. THE RIMS WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,500.

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