Something that keeps happening every so often....

04CTSVFLA · #1 (**permalink**) 07-16-07, 04:35 PM

Ive taken my car in twice for this same thing. While driving, usually in 4th gear - it all of a sudden says Im in reverse and the (r) comes up. They said they fixed it the other two times. Now it happened again, but only every so often. What do I do, bc I know they wont be able to replicate it.

stkshkr · #2 (**permalink**) 07-16-07, 07:32 PM

stop looking for the "R"

bossplayer · #3 (**permalink**) 07-16-07, 07:40 PM

Just pretend R means race!

SkullV · #4 (**permalink**) 07-16-07, 07:44 PM

if you REALLY want them to take care of it...snap a shot of the R on your cell phone or digital camera...thats what I did with my service stability system screen and they took care of it even though they couldn't replicate it.

Hockeydad · #5 (**permalink**) 07-16-07, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SkullV

if you REALLY want them to take care of it...snap a shot of the R on your cell phone or digital camera...thats what I did with my service stability system screen and they took care of it even though they couldn't replicate it.

That should work...I know it would scare the Sheets out of me.

fritz269 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-18-07, 04:37 PM

CTSVFLA,
did you (or anyone else) ever get a resolution for this?

It happened to me yesterday! My CTSV is a whole 2 weeks old, and that "R" was on for 10 miles of local driving. Through every gear up and down, I even tried banging it in and out of reverse at stoplight in case there was a sticky switch somewhere. I finally pulled over, shutdown & restarted, and it magically disappeared...

It didn't occur to me until later to wonder if my reverse lights were on that whole way!

I have an appt with my local caddy dealer tomorrow morning - but It'll probably be the run-around since I can't reproduce, so any info would be helpful.

Mystical_Ice · #7 (**permalink**) 09-18-07, 05:28 PM

yeah that would probably scare the crap out of someone. you're tailing them on the highway and suddenly their reverse lights come on. i wouldn't know what to do :-/

fritz269 · #8 (**permalink**) 09-18-07, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mystical_Ice

yeah that would probably scare the crap out of someone. you're tailing them on the highway and suddenly their reverse lights come on. i wouldn't know what to do :-/

Particularly since the CTS has reverse lights as big and bright as most headlights!

Cadillac Tony · #9 (**permalink**) 09-18-07, 06:03 PM

Mine does this every once in a while, and I actually got out and checked the reverse lights- they weren't on. It's probably a glitch with the reverse sensor in either the cluster or transmission, and I decided to not even mess with it.

theloanman219 · #10 (**permalink**) 09-18-07, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by fritz269

CTSVFLA,
did you (or anyone else) ever get a resolution for this?

It happened to me yesterday! My CTSV is a whole 2 weeks old, and that "R" was on for 10 miles of local driving. Through every gear up and down, I even tried banging it in and out of reverse at stoplight in case there was a sticky switch somewhere. I finally pulled over, shutdown & restarted, and it magically disappeared...

It didn't occur to me until later to wonder if my reverse lights were on that whole way!

I have an appt with my local caddy dealer tomorrow morning - but It'll probably be the run-around since I can't reproduce, so any info would be helpful.

I have never had this happen. The picture will prove that it did happen again. They might give you a problem because of time stamping.

And 04CTSVFLA was

rand49er · #11 (**permalink**) 09-18-07, 06:36 PM

Has happened to me ... twice. Stopped, shifted in and out of reverse, and it went away.

It's just a light.

urbanski · #12 (**permalink**) 09-18-07, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by fritz269

CTSVFLA,
did you (or anyone else) ever get a resolution for this?

he wont be back anytime soon.

fritz269 · #13 (**permalink**) 09-18-07, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rand49er

It's just a light.

Sure.
But as I just plunked down $50K for a new car, I don't expect it to be malfunctioning already.
Poor me.

But I posted because I really didn't know if it was *just* a light -- although the responses above have helped to allay that fear. Taking a quick cellphone pic is a good idea if it happens again (although it does sound like it'll be a hard problem to diagnose).

----

Appears as if I dredged up some bad memories with 04CTSVFLA. Sorry about that. I was just trying to be a good little netizen and not start new threads that might have been already repeated a hundred times.

-=* Fritz *=-

urbanski · #14 (**permalink**) 09-18-07, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by fritz269

Appears as if I dredged up some bad memories with 04CTSVFLA. Sorry about that. I was just trying to be a good little netizen and not start new threads that might have been already repeated a hundred times.

-=* Fritz *=-

no prob

rand49er · #15 (**permalink**) 09-18-07, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fritz269

Sure.
But as I just plunked down $50K for a new car, I don't expect it to be malfunctioning already.
Poor me.

But I posted because I really didn't know if it was *just* a light ...

Don't mean to sound like a pr1ck, and you did the right thing by searching and posting to find an answer. Actually, I started a thread about it the first time it happened to me, and a couple of guys had seen it already, too.

As far as 04CTSVFLA, he was indeed a character. I didn't really follow his posts that closely, but he was "out there."