# 2016 Cadillac ATS - Pothole damage **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** cadillac\ **Created:** [May 18, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526 "2020-05-18T21:18:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaleClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DaleClark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DaleClark)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/1 "2020-05-18T21:18:54Z")
Hit a pot hole , at night, in the rain, at 45 mph. It was a strong hit and since then have had vibrations from the front at 35 to 45 mph, 65 to 75 mph. Cadillac Garage checked it out out and did a front steering alignment but it didn’t help. I remember sometime back in a CarTalk article in the newspaper you answered a similar problem but I don’t remember what it was. Maybe a small item that often gets overlooked ? Thanks for your help ! ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/2 "2020-05-18T21:30:51Z")
Dale , it is not known if Ray ever sees this site . But this should not be hard to solve. Any tire shop can see if you have a bent wheel or damaged tire . You could also move tire front to rear and see if that makes a difference . Did they not balance the tires ( all 4 ) ? ---
**Author:** ![DaleClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DaleClark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DaleClark)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/3 "2020-05-18T21:46:29Z")
VOLVO V70---- In a message dated 5/18/2020 2:30:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, [cartalk@discoursemail.com](mailto:cartalk@discoursemail.com) writes: ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/4 "2020-05-18T22:40:42Z")
Your car has a bent wheel, did you tell the service writer that your car has a vibration or did you ask them to perform a wheel alignment? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/5 "2020-05-18T22:47:08Z")
Agree… bent wheel. Have the wheel spun up on a balancer. It will be obvious ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/6 "2020-05-18T22:49:43Z")
Bent wheel or damaged tire. Tester ---
**Author:** ![DaleClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DaleClark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DaleClark)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/7 "2020-05-18T23:04:51Z")
In a message dated 5/18/2020 3:49:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, [cartalk@discoursemail.com](mailto:cartalk@discoursemail.com) writes: ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/8 "2020-05-18T23:11:56Z")
Dale, None of your responses are appearing, they are all blank. ---
**Author:** ![DaleClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DaleClark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DaleClark)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/9 "2020-05-18T23:15:20Z")
In a message dated 5/18/2020 3:47:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, [cartalk@discoursemail.com](mailto:cartalk@discoursemail.com) writes: ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/10 "2020-05-18T23:17:22Z")
None of your messages/replies are appearing, they are all blank. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/11 "2020-05-18T23:17:53Z")
Still blank, Dale… ---
**Author:** ![DaleClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DaleClark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DaleClark)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/12 "2020-05-18T23:20:35Z")
In a message dated 5/18/2020 3:40:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, [cartalk@discoursemail.com](mailto:cartalk@discoursemail.com) writes: ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/13 "2020-05-19T00:58:30Z")
Dale, please just hit the red reply button under the last response. Then your responses can be seen by all of us. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/14 "2020-05-19T01:00:19Z")
He is trying to reply by email . Of course I don’t understand why . I get enough stuff by email and certainly don’t need anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/15 "2020-05-19T12:41:27Z")
Yes, I see that. But we can not open the email from this site. The email option, IMHO, should be eliminated. ---
**Author:** ![DaleClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DaleClark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DaleClark)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/16 "2020-05-19T22:00:00Z")
Purebred—Some additional things I should have mentioned. 4 new tires were put on the wheels and the wheels balanced and rotated front to back. In a test drive I still felt vibrations from the front at speeds between 35 to 45 mph and 65 to 75 mph. Cadillac did not fix it so I am looking for another garage to give it a try. In a message dated 5/19/2020 5:41:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, [cartalk@discoursemail.com](mailto:cartalk@discoursemail.com) writes: ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/17 "2020-05-19T22:26:01Z")
Yippie, one of Dales replies finally posted, and we can see what he said. ---
**Author:** ![DaleClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DaleClark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DaleClark)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/18 "2020-05-19T22:45:56Z")
In a message dated 5/18/2020 6:00:22 PM Pacific Standard Time, [cartalk@discoursemail.com](mailto:cartalk@discoursemail.com) writes: ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/19 "2020-05-19T23:11:17Z")
And we can’t see Dales replies again. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526/20 "2020-05-19T23:12:33Z")
Dale, please post your replies here, we can’t see what you are saying. > [@2016 Cadillac ATS - Pothole damage](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526): > > Hit a pot hole , at night, in the rain, at 45 mph. It was a strong hit and since then have had vibrations from the front at 35 to 45 mph, 65 to 75 mph. Cadillac Garage checked it out out and did a front steering alignment but it didn’t help. I remember sometime back in a CarTalk article in the newspaper you answered a similar problem but I don’t remember what it was. Maybe a small item that often gets overlooked ? Thanks for your help ! [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-cadillac-ats-pothole-damage/164526.md?page=2)