Being a young member of society and striving to maximize my earning potential, I am sure this will not be the last car I own.and based on this experience, it may be the last GM.Īside from all of this nonsense, are there any suggestions/recommendations from STS owners who have endured this issue before? Does anyone know how long the chain lasts after it has been diagnosed with the need for replacement? Any help would be greatly appreciated since Cadillac provided me with absolutely ZERO support. I told them I had googled this issue and ALOTTTT of users with cadillacs 2005 and up with a 3.6liter engine were reporting timing chain issues on so many cadillac forums.and the individual's response was "we are not aware of any issues regarding this vehicle and timing chains at this time.sorry." I was blown away.how can they disregard this? I have spent the past 3 weeks looking through forums where so many owners have had this issue and have reported it to GM.I convinced a family member to lease their current vehicle from GM.now I am not so sure that was a good idea at all from the way I was treated. After the 3 days they finally called me and told me there was absolutely nothing they can do. Once they did, I did not even know if I was talking to GM.I kept getting transferred between lines.and not to discredit any of their employees on how much they know, but I kept getting connected to individuals with very poor english and it was a very hard time understanding them most of the time. I left the car at that dealer for about 3 days while I waited for GM to call me back. The warranty on the vehicle had expired less than a year ago from the original owner and I was hoping they could somehow extend that or at least help me out somehow. At first, I thought everything in cars were belts and rubber.never had I heard of a chain (not a car guy by any means.) They also told me it would cost a solid $2500 to fix!!! After picking my jaw up off the floor, I decided to call GM while my car was in the shop and ask if there was anything they could do. $150 fee later, I was told the timing chain needed to be replaced. Now comes the sad part.after a few months, the check engine light went on and I took it into my local cadillac dealer to get it checked out. I went so far as to convince my brother-in-law to lease his next car from GM because I wanted to start my loyalty to them from this car on-wards. I was, and still am, absolutely in love with this car. I went ahead and purchased the vehicle with just under 75k miles. I took it to my mechanic and upon further review everything came out just fine. The car was immaculate.flawless inside and out. I browsed dealers and classifieds and my eyes caught an 06 cadillac STS. I graduated college just a few months ago and immediately got my first job (yay) so I went out looking for my first big boy car.
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