1996 Cadillac Deville complaints

ON A 3000 CROSS COUNTRY TRIP THE CAR ACCELERATES UNCONTROLLABLY WHILE TURNING THE A/C OFF, GIVING IT MORE HORSEPOWER. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM UNTIL I DISCOVERED THAT THE CAR WILL IDLE BETEEN 3000 AND 4000 RPM WHEN THIS CONDITION EXISTS. I HAVE SEEN IT ACCELERTE THROUGH 80MPH. TURNING THE CAR OFF THEN RECRANKING IT CAUSES THE PROBLEM TO GO AWAY TEMPORARILY. THE LOCAL CADILLAC DEALER HAS REFUSED TO REPAIR IT OR EVEN DIAGONSE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CALLED THE CADILLAC NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY HAVE ALSO REFUSED TO HELP ME GET THE NEEDED REPAIRS. NO ONE BUT A CADILLAC DEALER CAN SERVICE THESE CARS. THEY VERY RUDELY SUGGESTED THAT I JUNK THE CAR. THIS IS THE FIRST PROBLEM THAT I HAVE HAD IN THE PAST 110,000 MILES. THE CAR HAS 180,000 MILES AND IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE OTHER THAN THIS PROBLEM. WHILE I WAS IN THE CADILLAC SERVICE CHECK-IN AREA, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED WILDLY OUT OF CONTROL AND CAUSED THE RADIATOR TO BURST WHILE THE MECHANIC WAS CHECKING IT INTO THE SHOP. THEY REPAIRED THE RADIATOR THEN DEMANDED THAT I DRIVE THE CAR AWAY WITHOUT THE UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION PROBLEM BEING REPAIRED, GROSSLY NEGLECTING THE DANGERS INHERENT TO MYSELF AND OTHERS IN DOING SO. *AK

MY 1996 CADILLAC DEVILLE CONCOURSE HAS DEVELOPED A DEFECT WHEREAS IT WILL ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN, SHUTTING DOWN THE A/C FOR MORE HORSEPOWER WHILE IT DOES IT. I HAVE SEEN IT ACCELERATE THROUGH 80 MPH ONCE. THE CONDITION GOES AWAY TEMPORAILY WHEN THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND RECRANKED, RETURNING AT UNPREDICTABLE INTERVALS. MY LOCAL CADILLAC DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, GIVING ME A "GO AWAY AND NEVER COME BACK SPEECH" ADVISING ME STRONGLY TO JUNK THE CAR (IT'S IN ALMOST PERFECT CONDITION OTHERWISE). I THINK I MAY HAVE A 'SMOKING GUN' CAR FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE KILLED, MAIMED, DESTROYED PROPERTY WITH CARS THAT ACCELERATE BY THEMSELVES. THE DEALER HAD THE CAR OVERNIGHT AND CLAIMED TO HAVE MADE NO FREPAIRS, BUT IT HAS NOT REPEATED THIS SINCE I GOT IT BACK TODAY. IT WAS A CHRONIC CONDITIOIN THREE DAYS AGO NEAR THE END OF A 3000 MILE TRIP. CADIULLAC HAS EXTRAORDINARY RESPOSIBILITIES AND LIABILITIES HERE FOR REFUSING TO REPAIR THE CAR AS THEY HAVE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE ELSE TO REPAIR CADILLAC CARS, AND THIS CAR IS A LOADED GUN. I HAVE LEARNED TO STOP IT BY TAKING IT OUT OF GEAR, AT WHICH TIME, IF THE CONDITION IS PRESENT, THE ENGINE IDLES BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 RPM. THEY HAVE ADMITTED TO ME THAT IT IS IN THE ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROLS, BUT STEADFASTLY REFUSED TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT IT. IU THOUGHT IT VERY STRANGE THAT THEY WOULD SO POINTEDLY TRY TO MAKE AN ANTI-CADILLAC PERSON OUT OF ME WITH THEIR RUDENESS ABOUT MY PROBLEM, AND THEIR REFUSAL TO PERFORM REPAIRS. THEY HAVE

WAS DRIVING, SMELLED STRONG GAS ODOR. FUEL RAIL LEAKING . WORRIED ABOUT A CAR FIRE. SO MUCH FOR BEING A GM CUSTOMER ALL MY LIFE THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND DO NOT RECALL IT. *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID ON THE GARAGE FLOOR UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED AN OIL LEAK DUE TO A FAULTY ENGINE GASKET AND A RUSTED RADIATOR. *AK *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED NO SATISFACTORY SERVICE TO DATE REGARDING LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE DUE TO CORROSION OF ALUMINUM WHEELS. (NAR) *PH

FUEL RAIL HAS LEAKED TWO TIMES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. I HAVE HAD LEAKS SEALED EACH TIME AND NOW I HAVE THE LEAK AGAIN.

REPEATED AND FREQUENT LOSS OF AIR FROM TIRES MOUNTED ON CADILLAC ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WHEELS. (NAR) *PH *CB

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE A GASOLINE ODOR ENTERED THE PASSENGER CABIN. ALSO, THE VEHICLE'S START TIME INCREASED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL INJECTION RAIL SYSTEM. *AK *MR

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE EXPLODED AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK

THERE WAS A GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER POPPED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT FUEL RAIL WAS SPRAYING GAS ONTO THE FUEL LINE. *AK THE FUEL LINE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. *SCC *JB

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED POWER STEERING FAILURE. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. *AK

WHEN THE DRIVER PUT THE KEY IN AND TURNED THE IGNITION VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

WHENEVER THE VEHICLE GOES THROUGH EVEN TO A MODERATE WATER PUDDLE THE POWER STEERING IS SUBJECT TO TEMPORARY FAILING AND THE DRAG ON THE WHEEL IS CONSIDERABLE. VERY HARD TO STEER FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE UNABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR. NUMBER OF FAILURES IS MANY BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET TOGETHER AND REPORT THE MATTER. *LA

AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY WHILE WAITING AT A RED LIGHT. THERE WAS A RED LIGHT ON WHICH IT SAID TRACTION CONTROL-CHECK AIRBAG. RED LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF SPORADICALLY.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING OIL STARTED TO LEAK FROM THE ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

INJECTOR ( PLASTIC) GAS LINES WERE SPRAYING VAPORIZED GAS OVER THE ENGINE. WHY THIS DIDN'T IGNITE IS BEYOND BELIEF! OUR CERTIFIED CADILLAC MECHANIC SAID THAT MOST CARS HAVE METAL GAS LINES NOT PLASTIC. THE PLASTIC HOSES ARE MOLDED INTO THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM SO WHEN THEY CRACK WITH AGE, THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SYSTEM NOT JUST THE PLASTIC LINES. HOW WOULD ANYONE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM - ONLY BECAUSE THE FUMES BECAME MORE INTENSE DID I TAKE IT IN. I HAD BEEN DRIVING THE CAR WITH PASSENGERS FOR THREE WEEKS PRIOR AND THE CAR COULD CATCH ON FIRE AND POSSIBLY EXPLODED. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 79,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. *JB

DEX COOL COMPLAINT SLUDGE BUILD UP WATERPUMP AND TRANSMISSION CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX PUT NEW WATERPUMP ON BUT I HAVE STILL PROBLEMS. *AK

THE FUEL PUMP WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. **NLM FUEL PUMP FAILED CAUSED BY METAL SHAVINGS FOUND IN PLASTIC FUEL TANK. FUEL PUMP AND TANK WERE REPLACED. *TT

THE GASKET FOR THE OIL PAN HAD LEAKED, AND CAUSED THE SERVICE LIGHT TO REMAIN ON. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PH SCC

THE CHROME WHEELS ARE STARTING TO PEEL. CONSUMER STATES TIRES ARE LOOSING AIR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE HAS STALL WAS CONTACTED BUT WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT THE PROBLEM.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE CONSUMER CAN STRONGLY SMELL CHEMICAL FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

THE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL BROKE AND FUEL SPILL ONTO THE ENGINE. CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LEAK FUEL AND A FIRE. TS FUEL RAIL AND REGULATOR REPLACED. *TT

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH OUT ANY WARNING, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED, LOSS OF ALL POWER INCLUDING BRAKES AND STEERING OCCURRED. *JG

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO GO FORWARD. HOWEVER VEHICLE WILL GO INTO REVERSE. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLS AND ONLY GOES INTO REVERSE, IT TAKES ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFORE IT FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. CONSUMER FEELS PREVIOUS OWNER TRADED VEHICLE IN DUE TO STALLING. *TT

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WILL NOT GO FORWARD, BUT WILL GO INTO REVERSE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS, VEHICLE WILL RESTART AND RETURN TO NORMAL CONDITIONS. DEALER CANNOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND STRIKING A MEDIAN BARRIER.(NO OTHER TIRE INFO GIVEN) (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT)*JB

INSTRUMENT PANEL IS NOT WORKING ANY MORE. CONSUMER CANNOT TELL/ READ FUEL LEVEL OR SPEED ON VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

I BOUGHT A CAR FROM A X-POLICE OFFICER FOR A VERY GOOD PRICE. IT RAN WELL I HAD IT CHECKED OUT. BRAKES AND ALL. THEY WERE FINE. WELL I NOTICED THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS VERY LONG BEFORE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED,. WELL TO MAKE IT SHORT I SLIGHTY HIT A CURB AND THAT WAS IT. THE CAR IS TOTALED.*AK

ENGINE IS MADE OUT ALUMINUM AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING IT OVERHEATED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD. DEALERSHIP AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

BRAKES FAILED WHILE GOING 10MPH. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TRYING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, BRAKE LINE BURSTED FROM RUSTING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE BROKE OFF WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY DIDN'T HOLD. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM HOOD. UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE, STEERING LOCKED UP. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND WAS TOTALLED.*AK

ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER DETERMINED FUEL PUMP HAD SHORTED OUT, CAUSING THE STALLING. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED.*AK *TT

DRIVER SEATBELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT RELEASE, CONSUMER HAD TO CRAWL OUT FROM UNDERNEATH TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE. NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK

ENGINE STALLS AT 30 MPH AFTER LETTING OFF OF THE GAS. LOSING ALL POWER ASSIST THE STEERING AND BRAKES AS IT DID THIS WEEKEND ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD IN AR. WHILE SLOWING DOWN FOR A 10 MPH CURVE.... IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING SHE COUND NOT HAVE MADE THE TURN AND BEEN DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDE !!! THIS PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED SINC E ARROUND SEPT 2000. MOST OF THE TIME THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. LAST TIME I LEFT THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WHEN IT STALLED THEY REPLACED THE CRANK SENSORS, NOW IT STALLS AT 30 MPH INSTEAD OF AT STOPS ONLY !!!*AK

THERE IS A GASOLINE SMELL WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT FUEL INJECTION LINE HAD TWO PIN HOLES IN IT, AND RAW GAS WAS SPRAYING OVER LEFT FRONT OF ENGINE. CONSUMER FELT CAR COULD CATCH ON FIRE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER REPAIR, GAS WAS SMELLED AGAIN. AT THIS TIME TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING IN A DIFFERENT PLACE AND REPLACED IT. *YH

VEHICLE IS GOING 45-55MPH IT STARTS TO DECELERATE. STEERING GETS STIFF. OIL PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON, AND WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE BEGINS TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL. PROBLEM HAS DUPLICATED ITSELF MANY TIMES, BUT DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THIS PROBLEM TO FIND A SOLUTION. ONCE VEHICLE IS RESTARTED THERE IS NO PROBLEM.*AK

METAL CASTING ON IDLER IS BROKEN AND DOES NOT REMAIN POSITIONED ON MAIN DRIVE BELT, WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE CASTING WHERE THE BOLT WAS ATTACHED CRACKED, AND THE BOLT PULLED OFF FROM THE BLOCK, AMKING THE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE.*SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 5-10 MPH VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND VARIOUS OTHER COMPONENTS. CONSUMER NOTED THAT ENGINE WAS STILL ON. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER; DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL PUMP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT REAR ENDED A TRUCK. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, ALSO, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBACKS COLLAPSED. *AK CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. *SLC

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS WARM, THE DEALER HAS REPLACED MANY COMPONENTS BUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM STILL EXIST. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY A SMALL BLACK OBJECT APPEARED ON PAVEMENT, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP OR TURN RIGHT OR LEFT BECAUSE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC, VEHICLE PASSED OVER THE OBJECT AND IT WENT BETWEEN WHEELS AND DOWN MIDDLE OF CAR. BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER MADE IT TO SHOULDER. CONSUMER STATED THAT PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW BROKE, AND THAT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SUSTAINED CUTS AND BURNS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER FEELS THE AIRBAGS SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED FOR JUST RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY DEBRIS. *SLC

CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL INSIDE VEHICLE THAT WAS COMING THROUGH AIR CONDITIONER VENTS. DALER WAS REPLACING FUEL LINES THAT CONNECT TO THE FUEL RAIL AT THIS TIME.*AK

I HAVE A 1996 CADILLAC DEVILLE THAT I PURCHASED NEW. AT ABOUT 83K MILES, I NOTICED THAT AN OIL LEAK HAD STARTED FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER NEAR WHERE I LIVE NOW (MORITZ CADILLAC IN ARLINGTON, TX), AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAUSE OF THE OIL LEAK WAS THE WEARING OUT OF THE ENGINE SEALS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE. I WAS THEN TOLD IT WOULD COST $1,800 TO REPAIR AS IT WOULD REQUIRE THE COMPLETE REMOVAL OF THE ENGINE FROM THE CAR TO REPAIR (ABOUT 18 HOURS OF LABOR). AFTER SOME RESEARCH ON THE WEB I FOUND THAT THIS IS APPARENTLY A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH CADILLAC'S WITH THE NORTHSTAR ENGINE. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW IN THE ENGINE, AND BECAUSE THE COST IS SO HIGH, MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR OWNERS TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE, AND HENCE ARE DRIVING CARS THAT ARE BOTH ENVIRONMENTALLY UNSOUND AND POTENTIALLY UNSAFE DUE TO THE LEAKING OIL.

WIRING SYSTEM FAILED, RESULTING IN A SHORT CIRCUIT WHICH IGNITED A FIRE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

THE PROBLEM WAS FAULTY WIRING CAUSED BY ACID LEAKING ONTO THE AUTO CABLES ETC. THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM CAUSED BY THESE DEFECTIVE BATTERIES, BUT CADILLAC REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS, STATING ONLY THAT MY WARRANTY RAN OUT! THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECTIVE BATTERY! *AK

ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL THERE IS A HAIR LINE CRACK WHERE TIRE MEETS THE RIM, ALL THE WAY TO AXLE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM SEVERAL PLACES. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY PUT IN GASKETS, BUT IT'S STILL LEAKING OIL.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK