NorCal Blackwing
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- Joined
- Mar 16, 2022
- Messages
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- Location
- California, US
- V-Series Cadillac(s)?
- 2022 CT5-V Blackwing MT (Current), 2012 CTS-V Wagon MT (past)
I started a list of the reported blown motors on this forum. It's far from scientific because not all people who have had this issue are on the forum, and not all on the forum who have had an issue will post about it, but I'm hopeful it will shed some light on the failure modes if nothing else.
At a glance it seems to be an issue with every model year, the bottom-end tends to give out at fairly low miles, and the lifters can fail at pretty much any mileage. I didn't include transmission but it seems like it's happened for both manuals and autos.
If I've tagged you here and you have a correction or an update, let me know.
At a glance it seems to be an issue with every model year, the bottom-end tends to give out at fairly low miles, and the lifters can fail at pretty much any mileage. I didn't include transmission but it seems like it's happened for both manuals and autos.
If I've tagged you here and you have a correction or an update, let me know.
| User | Mileage | Model Year | What Broke |
| @AACaptRet | ~5000 miles | 2022 | bottom-end |
| @Nadnerb | ~200 miles | 2023 | bottom-end |
| @Carguyshu | ~3500 miles | 2022 | bottom-end |
| @CT5BW757 | ~10000 miles | 2023 | tick (lifter?) |
| @CT5BWenthusiast | ~21000 miles | 2023 | Rod Bearings |
| @SS Performance | ~5500 miles | 2024 | bottom-end ? |
| @Magnetic Flux | ~6500 miles | 2024 | lifters |
| Philsblackraven | ~14500 miles | 2022 | spark plugs? |
| @Motobones | ~3128 miles | 2024 | ?? |
| @S2K_MoZo | ~2100 miles | 2024 | bottom-end |
| @Firefrog | ~3500 miles | ? | ? |
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