General Motors has issued a technical service bulletin (TSB) after certain 2020 Cadillac CT4 units were delivered with incorrect tailgate badges.
As we reported last week, the 2020 Cadillac CT4 Premium Luxury with the available turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine wears the ‘500T’ badge on its tailgate, as per Cadillac’s new torque-based naming scheme. A handful of 2020 Cadillac CT4 models with the uprated turbo four-cylinder were shipped with incorrect ‘450T’ badges rather than ‘500T’ badges, however, so GM has now issued a TSB to instruct dealers on how to remedy the issue.
According to the TSB, roughly 1,155 examples of the 2020 Cadillac CT4 were shipped with ‘450T’ badges instead of ‘500T’ badges. Dealerships will remove the incorrect badge and replace it with the correct one. This work will be performed at no cost to the owner and should only take around 20 minutes to complete. GM is also instructing dealers to perform this fix on any vehicles that are sitting on lots and have yet to be sold.
The Cadillac CT4 Premium Luxury with the available 2.7L engine produces 310 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque. Cadillac’s torque badging strategy is based on the given vehicle’s maximum torque output measured in newton meters, and then rounded up to the nearest number divisible by 50. The Cadillac CT4 Premium Luxury with the 2.7L engine produces the equivalent of 475 newton meters of torque, so GM rounded up to 500 to get the ‘500T’ designation.
The 2020 Cadillac CT4 comes standard with a turbocharged GM 2.0L I4 LSY gas engine, which produces 237 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. Converted to newton meters, the 258 pound-feet figure is equivalent to about 350 newton meters, so the standard CT4 receives ‘350T’ badge. The only Cadillac CT4 variant that does not receive one of these torque-based badges is the performance-focused CT4-V, which has a more powerful version of the 2.7L L3B engine good for 325 horsepower and 380 pound-feet of torque.
| Model | Trim | Engine | Horsepower | Torque | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT4 | Luxury | Turbo 2.0L I4 LSY | 237 | 258 | 350T |
| CT4 | Premium Luxury | Turbo 2.0L I4 LSY | 237 | 258 | 350T |
| CT4 | Sport | Turbo 2.0L I4 LSY | 237 | 258 | 350T |
| CT4 | Premium Luxury | Turbo 2.7L I4 L3B | 310 | 350 | 500T |
| CT4 | V | Turbo 2.7L I4 L3B | 325 | 380 | V |
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I’d just remove it myself without worrying about a replacement. The name is stupid.
They are moving to the Torque figures because it makes far more sense with the coming electric age than the displacement of an ICE engine.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
This incorrect badge story reminds me of the time many years ago when my friend ‘s new GMC Jimmy had the Jimmy badge on one fender and a Blazer badge on the opposite fender.
Scotty: The worst I’ve seen all my years working at the GM dealership was a Buick LeSabre showed up with an Olds 88 steering wheel. I also once saw one come in with factory pained pin stripes that were two different colors on each side of the car.
Was that during a contract negotiation or strike year?
Yep, I found a GMC Envoy with a TrailBlazer badge on the liftgate on a dealer lot back in 2003.
I had a 1995 Chevy Blazer that had LT badging on one side and SLT GMC badging on the other side. Bought it new like that. Never changed it because of the “novelty” of it lol.
Long, long ago, I had a Ford Falcon that said Falcon on one side and Futura on the other.
Lots of examples: a ’69 Custom S in a dealer lot with one Custom S, one LeMans taillight; a Firebird of that vintage that showed up with one Firebird bucket seat, one Camaro seat; a Ford Fairmont coming from the factory with a Mercury Zephyr front clip; and a Pontiac Torrent with Equinox badging on its tailgate.
Wouldn’t matter to me. Just like Nate said above, that junk would be off my car in 30 seconds after arriving home. In fact, I’d remove the “CT4” as well. Taking those two stupid emblems off would increase my car’s value.
This just shows it was a poorly thought out idea to begin with.
I would have just waited until the car actually went ev before the torque number was put on.
i wouldn’t be exactly trust gm when it comes to ev torque numbers. the hummer ev 11,500 lb-ft number they keep pushing is a lot more hype than reality.
Even the guys who build ’em can’t tell the difference…
I would remove this silly badge too. Oh wait I wouldn’t buy the car in the first place!
As long as Caddy keep mimicking Euros they will keep lose. Almost everything about Euros are gimmick , deceiving , like their completely nonsense, BS badging that don’t represent any engine characteristics nor any trim and just for eyeservice. Caddy should make hundred percent unapologetic American style luxury cars because people of the world know them for that, not as a loser imposter.
European cars often have letters, numbers, or both because of the variety of languages on the continent. If Cadillac were selling many cars in Europe, that might make sense. However, there have always been different model names in different markets. No reason Cadillac can’t do that, too.