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Sporty Nightmare
Z28west, 08/03/2010
2004 Cadillac CTS 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5M)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
It's very fun to drive, and fast for a V6. Looks great and turns heads. Great interior. However it gets terrible mileage for a V6. I get 24 on highway if I'm lucky. It burns about a quart every 1000 miles! It is worthless in snow and ice. My transmission went out at 95,000 miles. $5000 for a new one installed at the dealership. When I step on my brakes the car shimmies and shakes back and forth. Had to replace a brake caliper at 75,000 miles $850! Basically it's a unreliable gas/oil burning expensive piece of crap that I can only use half of the year if the transmission wasn't broken! Spare yourself a headache and steer clear! Its looks ARE deceiving!
Timing Chain Repair at 70K miles=$2500
rcwilbur, 07/09/2008
2004 Cadillac CTS 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5M)
1 of 4 people found this review helpful
I love driving this car. When purchasing I opted for the 3.6 liter engine, in part, because it has timing chains that are supposed to survive the life of the car, as opposed to the 3.2 which the owner's manual suggests replacing at 100k miles. The owners manual even states that if you don't replace the timing belt on the 3.2 liter you risk severe engine damage. Well the timing chain broke on my 3.6 CTS at 70K miles and the dealership estimates that the repair costs will be about $2500. Dealership also told me they had another 3.6 CTS in at the same time, for the same problem.
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Love this car!!!
cbrooks, 08/12/2003
2004 Cadillac CTS 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5M)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I love the smooth drive of the CTS. The style is unique and being that it is american made makes me feel good. I will have this car for a long time..
CTS will spoil you
tammy, 07/16/2003
2004 Cadillac CTS 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5M)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
You will not want any other car once a CTS spoils you. Only downside: so high-tech/state-of- the-art that it will take you awhile to learn all fancy features.
1st Caddy
Jerico, 08/27/2003
2004 Cadillac CTS 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5M)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Bought my first Cadillac, the 2004 CTS. Got the big 6 and I just love it. Lots of power and speed, its almost too quick, in passing it will get to 90+ before you know it and it feels so good at that speed you don't want to slow down. I have had 43 cars in my 47 years of driving and this is by far the very best. I drove the BMW, Volvo R and several others before I bought and I liked the CTS best. Its size made the difference over the BMW. Lots more room. And it will outrun it. Can't say anything bad about it yet!!!