Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →
WHILE PROCEEDING THROUGH A GREEN LIGHT, EAST BOUND, ANOTHER CAR GOING SOUTHBOUND AT ABOUT 65, HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ALMOST HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONT OR SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, CONSUMER WAS SERIOUSY INJURED. *AK
REAR LEFT TURN SIGNAL FLASHES TOO FAST WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. I HAVE CHANGED THE FLASHER,REPLACED FUSES BURNED OUT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. HAVE NOTICED OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME TYPE WITH SIMILAR DEFECTS. CONTACTED CADILLAC DEALER TECHNICIAN RECOMEND REPLACE LIGHT SOCKET. *AK
ORIGINAL BATTERY LEAKED ACID ON STARTER CABLES. UNDERSTAND OTHERS HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS. WE WERE LUCKY AND FOUND THE PROBLEM WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED. LEAK WAS SUBSTANTIAL, NOT MINOR.
E POSITIVE TERMINAL MELTED AWAY FROM THE CASE. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO START THE CAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY. *AK
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING 10MPH ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED. HE WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN WHEN WITH LEFT SIGNAL ON , AND THE AIRBAG BLEW . *AK
THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WORK SOMETIMES, AND ON OTHER OCCASIONS THEY DO NOT OPERATE. ALSO THE LIGHTS BLINK TOO FAST. HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY DEALER. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 55 MPH BRAKES FELT LIKE SHAKING AND VIBRATING, BUT NO LOSING CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL. ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 15000 MILES FOR FIRST TIME, AND THE SECOND TIME AT 30000 MILES. CONSUMER ALSO WHEN APLIED BRAKES, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP ON TIME IT JUST STOPPED A FEW INCHES AWAY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK
COMPLETE VEHICLE FIRE.
VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED, AFTER STOPPING TO PAY A POLL AND BEGAN ACCELERATING TO CONTINUE TRIP.
COMPUTER IN DASHBOARD FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING IN A FLOOD-TYPE WATER, THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAG SYSTEM DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER SENT LETTERS TO CONSUMER URGING HER TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY IF VEHICLE IS BEING SUBMERGED IN WATER BECAUSE IT CAUSES THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. ALTHOUGH MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, HE WONT' FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK
AIRBAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING IN SEVERE RAIN STORM, PRIOR TO INCIDENT, AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON, SPEED 5 MPH, CAUSING WINDSHIELD ON PASSENGER'S SIDE TO SHATTER. *AK
WHILE SITTING/WAITING FOR A PARKING SPACE, WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AND THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE CAR STARTED BY ITSELF THEN SHUT OFF, THEN 10 MINS LATER IT DID THE SAME THING.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 45 MPH VEHICLE BEGAN SLIDING, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T GO IN ANY DIRECTION/VEHICLE BEGAN GOING INTO CIRCLE, AROUND AND AROUND THE BACKWARD. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING LEFT FRONT BRAKE TO OCCASIONALLY LOCK UP, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.
PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 5 MPH, ABS. *AK
CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE AIR CAME OUT, DEALER SAID NAIL WAS IN TIRE AND ROTATED TIRE, BUT STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM . *AK
PROBLEM WITH REAR RIGHT WINDOW. *AK
FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES, VEHICLE WOULD DIE OUT. TT
ENGINE FAILURE. *AK
REMOTE KEY ACCESS FAILED, PREVENTING DOORS FROM UNLOCKING. *SKD
TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR CABLE LOOSENED. *AK
ENGINE VALVE LIFTER FAILURE.
AUTO IS BURNING OIL. TT
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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