1999 Cadillac Deville complaints

MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHERE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. PRESSING ON THE PEDAL HARDER WILL FREE UP THE PEDAL BUT LEADS TO JERKING AND UNPREDICTABLE ACCELERATION. DEALER SAYS THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE AND THEY HAVE NO PERMANENT FIX. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER WAS THE OWNER OF A 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TIRES HAD BUBBLES. THE CONSUMER REPLACED ONE TIRE AT A TIME UNTIL ALL OF THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE BUBBLES. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS PAST WEEKEND HE EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE BECAUSE OF A BUBBLE. THE CONSUMER EXCHANGED THE TIRE WITH THE CADILLAC DEALER, AND THEY INSTALLED THE SAME BRAND OF TIRE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT RETURNED HOME HE REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND OF TIRES. THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS 20,000 MILES. THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE VEHICLE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF TIRES, BUT IF THE CONSUMER WANTED A DIFFERENT BRAND OF TIRES THERE WOULD NOT BE A WARRANTY FOR THE TIRES. THE CONSUMER HAD NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THESE THE TIRES. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS VOGUE, THE TIRE LINE IS P225/ 975. THE CONTACT WAS GOING TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE VEHICLE AND TIRES BY MAIL. *AK (11/17/05) *SC

CONSUMER'S ENGINE OVER HEATS AND CONSUMES OIL EXCESSIVELY. *TS *** NAR RECEIVED 9-29-05*** THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS POSSIBLE HEAD GASKET OR HEAD BOLT FAILURE. *NM

DT: THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN AFTER THE OIL LIGHT COMES ON. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AROUND 55 MPH. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WHILE HE WAS SLOWING DOWN. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO START BACK. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES TODAY 8-4-05. THE OIL WAS NOT LOW AT THE FIVE TIMES THIS HAS OCCURRED. THE FIRST TWO TIMES IT OCCURRED CONSUMER DID NOT TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER HAS CURRENTLY MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HE HAD A CADILLAC BEFORE THAT HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO OTHER KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. *AK

AUTOMOBILE RAN A RED LIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY CAR. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY CAR. THE SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY SO I WAS THROWN AGAINST THE DOOR WITH INJURY TO MY HEAD, NECK, SHOULDERS, AND LOWER BACK IN THE VICINITY OF MY KIDNEY. *JB

DT: CAR HAS BEEN SHUTTING DOWN INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. JUST SHUTS OFF. CONSUMER LOSES ALL POWER BRAKES, AND STEERING, ETC,. *AK CONSUMER SAID THAT THERE AREN'T ANY WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. ONCE THE CONSUMER STOPS THE VEHICLE, IT HAS TO BE RESTARTED AND IS OK UNTIL THE NEXT OCCURRENCE. *SB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT INTERMITTENT STALLING PROBLEMS WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP OR APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FROM A STOP POSITION. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS, AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE VEHCILE STALLED AGAIN LAST WEEK (5-5-05) . *BF *NM

VEHICLE OVERHEATED DUE TO EXHAUST FUMES GETTING INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM. THIS CAUSED THE HEAD GASKET TO FAIL. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED THREE TIMES. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO CHANGED OUT THE WATER PUMP THINKING IT WAS THE PROBLEM AT THAT TIME. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. ALSO, CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK HEAD GASKET FAILURE, VEHICLE BECAME A HAZARD DURING THE FIRST INCIDENT DUE TO THE FACT CAR WAS TRAVELING ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY THROUGH MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. THE ENGINE WAS THE VICTIM OF A BOTCHED HEAD REPAIR. SEVERAL OF THE HEAD BOLT HOLES HAVE HAD CUSTOM HELICOILS INSTALLED BY LOCAL CADILLAC DEALERSHIP. THEIR MECHANIC BOTCHED THE REPAIR AND THEY DID NOT HOLD. AS A RESULT THIS ENGINE HAS A COOLANT LEAKAGE PROBLEM. *BF

VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY SHUTDOWN WHILE IT WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED BY CONSUMER.*AK

THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE HOSE HAD RUPTURED WHILE BEING BLED. THE OWNER CHECKED THE LEFT BRAKE HOSE AND IT HAD SAME TYPE OF CRACK AS THE RIGHT FRONT. *JB BOTH HOSES WERE REPLACED. *TC

TRANSMISSION FAILED. THERE WAS NO REVERSE. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL GO FROM FIRST GEAR AND LUNGE STRAIGHT INTO THE THIRD GEAR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *AK

YESTERDAY, NOV. 22, I HAD A FRONT END COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN MY CAR BEING TOTALLED. AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT THE AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED AND INFLATED, BUT THE AIR BAG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DEPLOYED BUT DID NOT INFLATE. THE CAR WAS A 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE SEDAN WITH 65,000 MILES ON IT. *AK

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION A THUMPING NOISE WAS PRODUCED. DEALER STATED RACK AND PINION BOLT WAS MISSING . *AK NOT ONLY WAS A BOLT MISSING THE BOLT WAS SO LOOSE IT WAS HANGING OFF. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE MISSING BOLT AND TIGHTENED THE LOOSE BOLT. *TC

VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT AN ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PCV, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE VEHICLE LOST POWER BRAKES AND STEERING AND WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE STALLING WAS RELATED TO A FAILURE IN THE MAIN COMPUTER CHIP. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWAITING PARTS TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE. THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO RE-CLEAN THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. *NM THE EGR VALVE FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE REACHED HIGH TEMPERATURES. I N JUNE, 2004 INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE RADIATOR. I N JULY, 2004 THEY REPLACED THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT. IN AUGUST TECHNICIAN INDICATED TO CONSUMER THE NEED TO REPLACED THE ENGINE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $7.000. *AK

MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 5 PASS BUTTONWILLOW WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE CAME APART. SOME OF THE TREAD REMAINED ON WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE TIRE DAMAGED THE QUARTER PANEL, REAR LOWER BUMPER AND THE REAR DOOR. THE RESULT WAS TIRE FAILURE, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROLMAN STOP TO GIVE ASSISTANCE BY CALLING AAA TO HAVE OUR CAR PIGGYBACKED TO A BIG-O DEALER TO REPLACE THE FAILED TIRE. I PURCHASED TWO NEW TIRES TO BE MOUNTED IN REAR OF THE CAR. I'VE KEPT THE OLD TIRE SO THAT I MAY SUBMIT A CLAIM TO THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. GIVING PROOF OF PRODUCT FAILURE AS WELL AS THE DAMAGE PRODUCED BY THE FAULTY TIRE. *AK

WHILE STOPPING ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE DRIVER SIDE OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. THE SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. *AK *LA

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DRIVER SIDE IMPACT COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY THEY NOTICED THAT THE SIDE AIR WAS DISCONNECTED AND DUCK TAPED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SIDE IMPACT SENSOR MODULE RECALL 00V228000 REPAIRS PERFORMED. DEALERSHIP NEVER PERFORMED REPAIRS, BUT INDICATED HE DID SO. *AK

CAR MAKES A GROANING NOISE WHEN TURNING LEFT TO RIGHT. SOUNDS LIKE IT'S COMING FROM THE FRONT END STEERING SYSTEM. ALSO, IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL TO METAL. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID TO WAIT UNTIL IT BECAME WORSE. *LA

INTERMITTENT LOSSES OF POWER STEERING WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. *LA

DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FUEL RAIL, CONSUMER SMELLED GAS EVERY TIME SHE WAS IN THE VEHICLE. *PH

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING/BRAKING 80-120 MPH STEERING WHEEL/DRIVER'S SEAT/ ACCELERATOR, AND BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATED. *AK

WHILE STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE BACKFIRED. THEN FIRE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE UNDER HOOD PADDING WAS COVERED WITH A FLAMMABLE MATERIAL. THIS CAUSED THE FIRE TO BURN THROUGH THE PAINT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOOD.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD STOPPED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 1600 MILES. ENGINE WOULD SHUT DOWN AND NOT RESTART. *PH *JB

DASHBOARD IS WARPING AND THE DEFOGGER GRILL IS LIFTING UP FROM THE DASH SO THAT THE GRILL IS NOT DIRECTING THE AIRFLOW IN THE PROPER DIRECTION. *LA

1999 CADILLAC DE VILLE CONCOURS THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE BUMPER SHOCKS ARE LEAKING FLUID. CAR IS DEALER MAINTAINED.*AK

DEFECTIVE CADILLAC PRODUCT/SERVICE RESULTING IN DEATH.*MR AIR BAG FAILURE. *CB

CONSUMER STATES A FAULTING IDLE CONTROL VALVE CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPEED UP INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SUSPENSION KNUCKLE ASSEMBLY, I HAVE HAD THIS CAR TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS, THE SECOND DEALER, LAST SUMMER, REPLACED THE REAR STRUTS & STABILIZER BAR WHICH DID NOT RECTIFY THE SITUATION WHEN AMBIENT TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE 60 DEGREES, I HEAR A "FIERCE" SCREECH/SCRUNCH SOUND FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION, I HAVE GONE ROUND & ROUND WITH CADILLAC CUSTOMER SERVICE & THE DEALERS, NOW THAT THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY CADILLAC DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED & THE TIRES ROTATED LAST WEEK & WHILE THEY WERE UNDER THE CAR I HAD THEM TO LOOK AT THE REAR SUSPENSION, THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW KNUCKLE ASSEMBLY & THE DEALER KNEW BETTER THAN REPLACE REAR STRUTS WITH THIS TYPE OF NOISE. IT SEEMS THAT NOURSE CADILLAC IN DELAWARE RAN UP A BIG TAB & BILLED IT TO CADILLAC (WARRANTY) AND AS SOON AS THEY MADE THEIR MONEY THEY WANTED NOTHING MORE TO DO WITH THE CAR SO NOW I AM STUCK. A CAR OF THIS MAGNITUDE & PRICE SHOULD NOT HAVE REAR COMPONENTS WEARING LIKE THIS, I ONLY HAVE 77,000 MILES ON THE CAR & I DO NOT DRIVE IT HARD....WHAT DO I DO?*AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED ON MY 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE WITH ONLY 33200 MILES ON IT. IT WAS 2 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. *NLM

THE VEHICLE CONSUMED 3/4 QUART OF OIL A WEEK. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *NLM *SCC

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. MR *TS *JB

METAL TO METAL SOUND AND OR GROANING-MOANING WHEN STRAIGHTEN WHEEL UP AFTER TURNING HARD TO RIGHT OR LEFT AND WHEN PARKING. GM HAS YET TO FIX AND IN FACT THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN TO DEALERS SAYING THIS IS A STEERING PROBLEM AND DO NOT ATTEMT TO FIX AT THIS TIME. CAR STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY.*JB

FIRST TIME ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT APPROX 75 MPH. ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE PASSING SEMI. ALL LIGHTS ON DASH CAME ON AND TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. AFTER SERIOUS SCRAMBLING TO GET CAR OFF ROAD AND BRING TO SAFE STOP ATTEMPT TO RESTART WAS SUCCESSFUL AND TRIP OF 600 MILES CONTINUED W/O INCIDENT. FIVE DAYS LATER SAME THING OCCURRED ON SUBURBAN STREET IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT APPROX 45 MPH CAUSING A LOT OF CONSTERNATION BY DRIVERS BEHIND ME THAT DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I CAME TO SUDDEN DECELERATION. TOOK CAR TO CADILLAC DEALER AND THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM. THEY CHARGED ME $112.50 FOR ENGINE DRIVEABILITY AND PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSIS AND DID REPLACE A DEFECTIVE EGR VALVE WHICH I FEEL HAD ABSOLUTELY NO ASSOC W/ STALLING PROBLEM. I THINK AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER FILINGS OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE NHTSA RECORDS, THAT CADILLAC HAS A REAL PROBLEM AND HAD BETTER GET ON IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. DT

THE ACCELERATOR STICKS "HANGS" DUE TO CARBON BUILD UP ON THE ACCELERATOR CABLE. THE OWNER STATES THAT HE HAS TO STEP ON THE PEDAL VERY HARD IN ORDER TO DEPRESS OR UNSTICK. THE VEHICLE IS TAKEN IN FOR THIS FAILURE ABOUT EVERY SIX MONTHS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS TS

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STALLS SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE WILL RESTART THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE STARTS HARD, MORE AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW MINUTES. (SMELLS LIKE FUEL) THE MECHANIC CHECKED AND FOUND THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAKING/REPLACED THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO CONTINUE FORWARD, AND REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICEMAN CAME, AND DROVE VEHICLE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL DESCENDED TO THE FLOOR. AFTER REPAIRS, BRAKES FAILED AGAIN SEVERAL DAYS LATER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH RPMS WENT UP AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE, THEN SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. RPMS THEN WENT TO 45000. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLE. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME ON JULY 23, 2002.*AK THE PROBLEM OF VEHICLE ACCELERATING WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED OCCURRED AGAIN BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE. *YH

NOISE WAS COMING FROM STEERING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING SYSTEM WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS BUMPY SURFACES. THE STEERING GEAR WAS REPLACED TO CORRECT THE NOISE. *YH

THE MANUFACTURER SENT A RECALL (00V-217) LETTER TO THE DEALER PRIOR TO THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE, BUT THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE SALE. *YH CONSUMER'S NEIGHBOR WROTE IN ABOUT HIS LINCOLN.

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SERVICE RIDE SYSTEM AND SERVICE STABILITY LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE STABILITY/ABS HAVE ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING, THIS CAUSES VEHICLE TO DECELERATE SIGNIFICALLY, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE STEERING WHEEL SENSOR, REPAIRED SEPARATED LINK AT THE LEFT FRONT POSITION SENSOR AND CLEANED THE CORRODED GROUNDS LOCATED AT THE ELECTRONIC BRAKING AND TRACTION CONTROL MODULE, DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES WHEN IT IS RAINING AND DARK AND HEADLIGHTS ARE COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, ALL SHE SEES IS A BLUR, ON ONE OCCASION WHILE WASHING THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED BROWN BLOTCHES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER SIDE FIELD OF VISION ON THE WINDSHIELD. *SLC

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN WITHOUT WARNING, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. STEPPED ON BRAKES IN ORDER TO CONTROL VEHICLE.*AKJG

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RIDES UP CONSUMER'S NECK. CONSUMER FEELS IN A CRASH NECK COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED. *AK *TT

CONSUMER STATED THE TAIL LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY.*JB

DASH LIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY STAY ON. ABS/CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. ALSO, THERE ARE NOISES WHICH COME FROM BODY OF VEHICLE. INFORMATION SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. *AK RIGHT FRONT HUB REPLACED. STRUT MOUNT REPLACED. *SLC