I purchased a 2004 Xlr in 2019 from an agent in fl. I immediately or with-in 200 miles I began to receive messages on my dash! first it was traction control that applied the brakes and caused the car to vet violently to the left as soon as I hit 65 miles an hour. Then the check gas cap followed by check engine lights came on. My Cadillac dealer was at a loss to solve the problem with traction control until they contacted the corvette engineers in bowling green, which took a week! they replaced the gas cap and that problem went away only temporally! on further inspection the tech's at my local caddy dealer determined by a smoke test that the crossover hose between the tanks was leaking! they gave me an estimate of close to a $8000 repair! the car has less than 54,000 mi. I have researched this problem and I am seeing this problem occurring in this model year perhaps because of engineering changes made to conform to government emissions standard controls! I am researching alternatives to having the repair done by my local dealership as they really don't seem to be very capable. The cap has been changed twice and the same problems reoccur!

- Hawthorne, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2004 Cadillac Xlr. The contact stated that the steering wheel would emit an abnormal noise when turned in either direction. Also, the contact was traveling approximately 40 mph when the stability control warning light illuminated. The contact applied the brakes for a traffic stop and the brakes seized, causing the contact to crash into the passenger's side of another vehicle. The ABS traction control warning light also illuminated after the failure occurred. There were no injuries and a police report was filed of the incident. The contact also stated that the vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign id number: 05V046000 (vehicle speed control). The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on multiple occasions however, the dealer was not able to duplicate or repair the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000. Updated 05/28/14 MA the consumer stated the axel was replaced and repaired. Updated 05/30/2014

- Denver, CO, USA