We have a 2008 cts and it has a light issue with the taillights, license plate lights and the 3rd brake light if I remember right. That hard plastic harness where the wires come into the trunk is where every light issue with the car was. Because that hard plastic doesn't allow the wires to move enough and I had to splice and put back together 3 wires and everything was working again. So I just cut that hard plastic piece in half to allow the wires to have greater flexibility
Thanks for sharing your experience. It’s very helpful. Did you cut the hard plastic in half and then kept the two pieces in their usual position? That is, you didn’t take any of the hard plastic away but just cut it in half only.
We have a 2008 cts and it has a light issue with the taillights, license plate lights and the 3rd brake light if I remember right. That hard plastic harness where the wires come into the trunk is where every light issue with the car was. Because that hard plastic doesn't allow the wires to move enough and I had to splice and put back together 3 wires and everything was working again. So I just cut that hard plastic piece in half to allow the wires to have greater flexibility
Thanks for sharing your experience. It’s very helpful. Did you cut the hard plastic in half and then kept the two pieces in their usual position? That is, you didn’t take any of the hard plastic away but just cut it in half only.
@@HandyVal yes, I cut it in that bend it has so the wires could have more flexibility.
Your video was perfect found the neutral wire broken in the same spot as yours was able to use a solderless crimp to fix it 👍 thanks again
Thank you. Smart idea with the solderless crimp. Should last a long time.
@@HandyVal I forgot to mention I have a2009 caddy CTS I was able to pull some slack from above which made it easier to crimp the wire
Thanks, the exact same wire same place...
Thank you. It’s certainly a flaw in their design. Luckily, it’s easy to get to.
Is the blue wire the same on every 09 Cadillac cts for the brake light ? Or it can be a different color?
The wire color should be the same blue one for all second generation CTS, including the 2009. I have no reason to be it’s different. Let me know.
Thank you for the video.
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A bad design flaw but luckily it’s a fairly easy fix.