Other engine problem on the 2007 Cadillac Cts
Only 5 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When other engine problem gets reported
There are 5 reports of other engine problem on the 2007 Cadillac Cts, 5 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 17th most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 69,690 miles | — | — |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $300–$4,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 12 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2016, at a median of 900 miles, and latest on the 2004 at 100,000 miles.
By volume the 2003 carries the most reports, with 28; the 2007 has 5. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 cadillac cts. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle shut off without warning. The failure occurred on five separate occasions. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. As of september 20, 2007, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The powertrain was unknown. The failure mileage was 2,000 and current mileage was 11,998.
Purrchased car used in 2010. While on a trip east the enine would star revving up during any tyype of accelaration.I called on-star for an analisis of what might be the problem.they ran a report while I was still driving and came back wita diagnosis of low lvel of motor oil.I told them I shhowed a level of over 20% .they said it was ok to drive home but to get an oil change as soon as I got home. This prroblem has persisted ever since,regsrdless of the oil level. I inquied about this problem on the internet and several came back with "this is common for cadillacs and for me tostart carrying some oil in the trunk bbecause these cars of this date had no oil gauge and therefore the revving noise was the only clue ithis car would give me thar it needs oil.. So I am confused! Why is there no oil gauge in this car? Expecially when it is equipped with a 3.6 high performance engine? .I don't know if this is true or not but I have been told that there was a lawsuit filed and right after the company started to install oil gauges in the newer models again. I cannot get any answers from dealers and I would like to know if there has been more…
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 cadillac cts. While driving various speeds, the service engine warning indicator remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that cylinder two misfired. The technician cleared the code, but the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 77,000.
Also reported on the 2007 Cadillac Cts
Timing chain, belt or tensioner failure
Other brake problem
Loss of braking
Other electrical problem
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure
Differential or transfer case failure
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 5 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 5 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other engine problem happen on the 2007 Cadillac Cts?
Across 5 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 70,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other engine problem on the 2007 Cadillac Cts?
5 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.1 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed