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The symptoms your CTS is experiencing are symptoms I have seen often in prior Cadillacs. What I suspect is that your CTS is likely dealing with problems concerning the throttle body. The engine in your CTS is equipped with an...

Many brake pads (https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/how-to-break-in-brake-pads) will make noise when installed. This is usually material noise that may or may not go away. One thing you could do that may help, is to lubricate the contact points on the brake pads. You'll...

Hello. When this happens it usually means that the bulbs for drive and park have burnt out and need to be replaced. In some cases the entire strip lights have to be replaced to fix the ones that have burnt...

You need to disconnect the throttle cable from the throttle body to see if the idle comes down. If it does, you may have a misadjusted transmission downshift cable which is holding the throttle body open. If it still idles...

Hi. It's very possible that the source of your problem is related to the transmission control module. In some cases, the sensors inside the transmission will fail to send signals to the TCM and cause the problem you're experiencing. It...

Hi there, thanks for writing in. Your camshaft position sensor (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/camshaft-position-sensor-replacement) is really failing, and needs to be replaced. This sensor can begin to fail for short intervals with heat and vibration, cool off, then work again for a while....

Hello. Most of the time, when this code (https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/p0453-obd-ii-trouble-code-evaporative-emission-control-pressure-sensor-high-input-by-jerry-renshaw) comes up, it is either caused by a leak in the EVAP system or a failure of the sensor. Typically, the issue is the sensor itself not reading correctly. I will...

As you know, the clutch transmits engine power to the gearbox, and allows transmission to be interrupted while a gear is selected to move off from a stationary position, or when gears are changed while the car is moving. Most...