William Maley

Staff Writer - CheersandGears.com

October 24, 2012

If you have been reading any of the comparison tests of the new Cadillac ATS and the competition, you would have notice a reoccurring complaint; the six-speed manual transmission stinks. Apparently Cadillac is taking those criticisms to heart.

A source tells Motor Trend that Cadillac has stopped production of ATSs equipped with the six-speed manual to fix complaints of the six-speed being awful. The fix involves moving to a softer bushing setup in the transmission.

The fix will will be made before any cars equipped with the manual make it into the hands of consumers, meaning no recall.

Source: Motor Trend

William Maley is a staff writer for Cheers & Gears. He can be reached at [email protected] or you can follow him on twitter at @realmudmonster.

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While I know not everyone is good at a manual tranny, I am surprised that I did not see this more with all the reviews I read, only a couple complained, but guess more than a couple if GM is truly doing this.

Just glad GM is listening to feedback and truly responding to make things better.

I drove the 6-speed manual, I found it to be a nice shifting car. Still, if there is an issue, good to see Cadillac reacting to it so quickly.

Very good news! The manual trans has been the major flaw in all the reviews...glad to see they're taking care of it.

Good news. Very proactive effort.

GM has been getting better and faster at addressing isuses.

My 04 GTP took nearly a year to fix the bouncing headlamps with a simple metal bracket.

I like the fix it and fix it now kind of action.

Good.

C&D too big issue with it, good to see it's being fixed.

i am sure they have no issue freeing up production for the automatics

GM probably watched this video and decided to take action.