[ngiardina]

So anyway, I haven't been posting much in the past couple of months. This is due to the fact that my CTS has me quite disgusted. I will elaborate.

It has been to the dealer for warranty work 8 TIMES in 8 months and only 9000 miles.

My troubles started the day I took delivery, and there were about 10 initial quality items that I found at the dealer. (Already posted on this one)

Next up was the navigation screen squeaking as it goes up or down. Still unresolved, technician could not duplicate customer claim. BS!

Then, the a-pillar trims were replaced, due to warpage. The idiot who replaced them, after three months of waiting to get them, used a razor to0 cut open the shipping boxes and damaged them. He installed them anyway. At the same time, he installed a large amount of ass-grease on my cashmere leather interior.

Next up, my On-Star light goes red. The dealer tells me they reflashed it and it's fixed. I later learned that the VCIM can't be reflashed (courtesy of ewill3rd). Light is still red. Dealer finds out about a TSB concerning the antenna cable that runs from the antenna pigtail into the VCIM, but doesn't replace it because he says the rear package tray is covered in sound insulation (DynaMat), which it isn't. The a**hole didn't even look, he just assumed by the fact that my trunk is DynaMatted, that it would be under there. What a d*ck.

Now on to the really cool parts. My manual trans grinds everytime it is shifted into 5th gear above 3500 rpm. Car goes in, they say they have the fix, which included synchros and a 4th gear replacement. First time I get the car up to highway speed and shift to 5th, CRUNCH! Still unresolved.

My DIC displays "Service Stabilitrack" and "Service Traction Control". I call the dealer, he calls it "logic lock" and to disconnect the battery for 20 seconds and reconnect. I do so, and it is fixed. Isolated incident? No. Approximately 20 times over the next 30 days I have to repeat this procedure. OnStar and my Service manual both tell me that the EBCM needs to be replaced.

The express-up feature on my front windows has decided to work whenever it wants to, and my steering wheel makes a horrible creak when turned left or right of center. My center-stack spontaneously went dead. My trunk decided to start leaking water (on to my new tan suede!) and I found out on my own that it was the third brake light wiring chase that was leaking. A little bit of caulk and problem resolved.

As I write, the car is at the dealer for the transmission, EBCM, express-up, squeaky steering wheel, and onstar antenna cable. We shall see how much of that list they leave unresolved this time....

BTW - Greatest car I've ever owned. Beautiful, powerful, confident, and comfortable.