Replacing Magnetic Ride Control Shocks on Cadillac XTS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2020
- This is a How-to video on replacing the rear Magnetic Ride Control Shocks on a Cadillac XTS Platinum. The basic steps will work for non-Platinum XTS as well. Tools required at a flat blade screwdriver or Interior trim tool, Metric Sockets, and Torx Bit. Also, a floor jack and jack stands. The video was shot on a hoist but the process could be duplicated with a floor jack and jack stands.
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I am prepared for anything that happens to my XTS. Other than the suspension and touch screen it’s a pretty reliable car.
and the service power staring wheel
I have this exact car every problem listed i have but i live the car
Amen I feel the same way.
Good video. Just had to have my shocks replaced on my '15 XTS Platinum v-sport at 43,000 miles. Costed a pretty penny. Wish I watched this video first..
same here but at 120k for 2 grand but now the rear end drops. intermittently so the shop cant find the problem. when it acts up it gets loud and grindy. we think its compressor. once it fills back up we are driving to shop and replacing compressor
Front struts are a beast. Great video on the rear. What is the part number for the shocks you put on?
Replace the rear shocks in mine today the fussiest part for me was getting out the wheel liner. But overall the job was easy with the right tools. Going to tackle the front struts tomorrow.
Never got the front struts replaced yet, they are waiting to be installed. However the job looks pretty much straightforward. Remodeling house now they’ll have to wait
I've had shops that refused to do these or the struts or the shocks. Finally found a guy that said he would then he calls me and tells me he doesn't really know how to do it and he now he's going to nail me for 350 bucks labor per wheel! No choice because the dealership is twice as much.
@@HowardLuken I had a family member replace the front struts on mine, found out the front struts involved disconnecting the knuckles. I’m glad I didn’t try it because it was a lot of work.
Hello J,
I have a 2013 XTS Premium and it has the electric (Magnetic) shocks. I had the front replaced under warranty years ago to fix a knocking noise. My rears are leaking at 187K miles and I'm going to follow your video to change the shocks. The dealer diagnosed the shocks as needed to be replaced and wants $1600.00. I'm going to do it within the next three weeks. I've got the 19in rims. I will post my results once done.
Replace shock as video shows. Caddy ride is back to smooth.
Nice video. Would you get mag shocks on this car if you could have a choice? I understand how they can make your ride firmer for track use but do you think they make the ride more comfortable on bumpy Michigan roads? Going to order a C8 convertible soon and I don't think I want the Mag. ride for $1900 since the car will be a GT cruiser for me. Will I be missing out on anything if I don't get Mag ride in your opinion?
This car rides awesome considering it has 20inch wheels with low profile tires. I attribute it to the Mag Ride Control. You may like it on the Vette if it allows you to soften the ride to make these Michigan Roads bearable. I have a 2012 Camaro SS and it does not Mag and I kind of wish I did. I like to drive it to work in the summer and I wish I could adjust the Suspension to soften the ride on my commute. I guess it comes down to how much your going to drive it.
@@jsspeedshop4954 Thanks for the feed back.
Good job! I have to do my rear control arms (upper and front.) Do I have to remove the shocks to do the job?
Thanks! Yes, I think you will have to at least unbolt the bottom of the shock.
5:50 on 3/2/24. If not for your video, I would have paid someone to do it. Only issue was the clip. I struggled with it. Thank you.
I probably missed it, but what brand did you go with?
My 2013 xts just started showing leveling system signal. Noticed it was kinda leaning. But then normal. What is thr issue. The shocks?
Thanks going to do mine this month! Did you say Rock Auto has a good price?
Yes, if you can wait a few days for parts Rock Auto has great prices and for most things they have many options available.
All xts has magnetic ride?
Yes it was standard, befitting of a Cadillac!
Did anyone have the bolt on the bottom get stuck trying to take it off?
They are $600 each at dealership 4.8.2021
Where do find the air suspension module?
Sorry I am not sure I have never had to do anything with it.
Torque spec and loctite?
Have you had any problems with your sunroof shade
No, never any issues with that.
Are you having that problem? If so how old is your car? I have a 2013 XTS And have not had any problems with that.
How to do change that rear airbag
Sorry I never had to change one of those.
My Cadillac Cue screen froze up in my 2019 xts. Dealership wants $1400 to replace it.. And on top of that, He laughed and told me they get Several complaints about the Que Screens..
That’s an easy fix… I actually ordered mines from Amazon and installed myself. It took about an hour and a half. The screen is better than the previous. I also did a friend of mines and that took me about 35 mins. The dealerships and shops overcharge like crazy.
That’s an easy fix… I actually ordered mines from Amazon and installed myself. It took about an hour and a half. The screen is better than the previous. I also did a friend of mines and that took me about 35 mins. The dealerships and shops overcharge like crazy.
I replaced my rear shocks and is worse did I do something wrong?
What was your issue?
I bought my 16 XTS new and love it. While under warranty both rear shocks and CUE died but were replaced under warrant at 25k miles...I now have 54k miles and the RR Shock is making noise now (out of warranty). I dont want to keep replacing the expensive rear shocks every 25k miles..Can I replace them with regular non magnetic shocks?
Yes you can go with regular Impala suspension, but the MRCS system needs to be disabled in the ECU.
Air ride cost less than replacing their over priced parts. Lower it down and raise it back up. My ride quality is actually the same as factory. Just have to make sure your tanks stay clean and lower it high enough to still be driveable of the bags don’t fill. Easy as pie
We have a 2015 XTS and my buddy shop told me that it would be $1,608.00 to fix rear shocks. I will be doing them myself, is what i told my wife
That was the airbag dropping when you remove those two bolts at the top. Apparently you either need a special unit that electronically releases the airbag or there's a tiny line that goes in up behind the airbag that you loosen slightly and it'll allow the air to drain out. Typical GM cadillac. I'm having them worked on right now because nobody would do it and Cadillac wanted to rip me off for thousands. Now the guy at the shop calls me and tells me he doesn't know how to do it basically and here they are videos online and I told him. I've had that same side rear shock taking off once before by another fly by night shop and they did the same thing failed to support the airbag or deflate it and I think they screwed up the entire system. Now I got a guy at another shop wants to charge me $350 bucks per wheel and he only wants to do the struts in the front to begin with. Got the parts online but it still costing me an arm and a leg. I hate this Cadillac xts.
Gm repair manual online.. that mechanic needs better resources..You just simply support the tension on the control arm with a jack without having to screw around with the airbag for no reason.
That's not the cars fault that's the INCOMPETENT MECHANICS!
Which is why if you truly want your vehicle to last a long time then it's best to study up on it and do your own work.
Isn't this car a gussied up Impala?
We have a 2013 XTS premium and had the Same problem with the rear shocks. The first, rear drivers side was replaced at 36000 miles. The rear passenger side was replaced when my husband discovered the puddle under it at 64,000 miles. Picked it up on a Friday afternoon at a cost of $600.00. The very next day the rear drivers side starts leaking. Does this sound a little fishy? The dealership wanted to know why I was upset since the warranty paid for it the first time. I told them I was upset that my very expensive XTS premium was falling apart at only 65,000 miles. I had just replaced the air conditioning compressor two months before. Does anyone else think I should have to rebuild a $65,000 car at 65,000 miles. I also had to replace all the tires two years ago. What,s up with that? We are currently dealing with having to replace the Cue screen and the Instrument panel is now shorting out on has also.
A/c compressor is out in mine too ($200 real GM part at Rick Auto)… replaced front shocks at 65k now rears are leaking. But far as the guy is saying Rock auto is awesome! Them plus a good mechanic (not a stealership) and you’ll save!!!
Hindsight is golden. These cars were junk from day one and I've got the first year 2013 xts. GM knew, Cadillac knew but they don't care they just cranked out thousands of these things. There's a class action suit been going on for years about the spidering of the CUE screens and they replaced the entire unit while it was under warranty and tried to charge me until I showed them the bulletin from GM. Do a search for all the bulletins because there are a bunch and they have to do it for free! Of course the screen on the second unit spidered and broke and the whole computer system goes wonky because the touchscreen doesn't work anymore. I bought a replacement touch screen but nobody wants to touch this car. There's another video online showing step by step and there must be a couple dozen screws you have to take out. The entire console comes out instead of simply popping the screen out. More GM nonsense. It's a daunting task and I haven't done it yet. All told I spent more than I should have and probably 4 to 5 grand on the suspension and other things which is all the car is actually worth at this point and I still owe another two grand on top of that!
Ac compressor at 110k, front and rear shocks at 55k now front shocks again at 120k. CUE screen replaced twice for spidering. It's been a money pit but I do live the car.
@@tipdog36 haha… I bought a bootleg cue screen from China at bout 70k swapped screen myself $180 (lost proximity sensing tho)… replaced the wife’s cue screen in her SRX w/real GM screen $300, flawless
Cue screen is a pita, half the dash gets removed to take out the Cue Assembly, then you take it all apart to get to 4 screws for the screen. Engineering BS. Put the damn screws in front but noooo. Anyway, buy the screen for less than $100. Big tip, make sure you take the plastic film off the screen, and get the ribbon cable on right side up. Follow the U tube videos. It's not so bad, but you don't want to do it twice! Thx for shock video. Cost me a grand last time.
Anyone saying this car is trash just because they had to do some repairs might as well just ride the city bus or Uber around everywhere.
I'm tired of people whining just because they buy a luxury car that costs them some money in repairs. I've owned Cadillac, Mercedes, Porsche, and they ALL have taken money for upkeep.
I don't give a rats ass if I buy a Honda or Toyota and never have to spend money ever again on it I'm still buying a vehicle I love to drive 🚗
These cars are straight trash . I bought one and suspension needed to be replaced every 50k miles
We've had good luck overall. Biggest issue has been rims that bend easily and Cue screen that went out. But we only have a little over 50K miles on it.
@@jsspeedshop4954 45000 miles both rear shocks needs to be replaced and Cue touchscreen out!
Did you replaced all cue system or just touchscreen??
@@faridteymouri5832 Yeah low miles but also 7 years old. Overall we really liked the car. Worse part of it was the stock 20 inch rims bend too easily. We had to have rims replaced or repaired about 8 times. Finally bought some 18" wheels and tires for the winter pot hole season. I did just replace the touch screen. We just posted as separate video on that.
@@faridteymouri5832 same here Cadillac has a usual suit over the cue system screens on a million cadillacs. Mine is done the same and I can't find anybody that wants to do it. Struts and shocks same story went out under warranty and now Cadillac won't honor the lifetime parts warranty because I didn't pay for the first repair! Now I'm out thousands getting all four corners done again.
@@jsspeedshop4954 how did the 18s perform? If I keep my 2015 Platinum XTS 4, I really need to swap rims/tires. TERRIBLE ride in the rust belt. Not built for it at all.
Ok.. so this is a replacement video,but honestly .. when will anything actually be shown to explain the process? it’s only ok.. here is how you in bolt it.. and did not show the process at all.. I’m sure people want to see the removal and the installation.. not just the outline.. if it’s a simple easy process , why not show the boys coming out and the shock being pulled out.. and put back in.. not just to say.. reverse the process and you’re done.. not to mention the 1st step.. safety.. make sure the pressure is held when I’m holding so the shock don’t shoot down and break a bone.. no help
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work on a GM. If you want more comprehensive videos, look at 1A Auto.
@@PatientXero607 we’ll it’s not about science or rockets .. you’re right.. but on a diy video.. content is the key.. cmon.. knowledge is the only reason we watch.. cause we all know we’re not shooting for entertainment here.. geeez!
U talk too much dude
Habla Espanol, Heffe?