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 1996 record →
PULLING INTO GARAGE COULD NOT TURN STEERING WHEEL. DID NOT STRAIGHTEN UP TO ENTER INTO GARAGE. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE & A GARAGE. TOOK TO DEALER. HAPPENED 3 TIMES ALREADY. *AK
BATTERY FAILED.
AIR BAGS AND ABS FAILED TO FUNCTION DURING CRASH.
DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 45MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY LOCKED UP; VERY HARD TO STEER; WIFE HELPED STEER TO SIDE OF RD.; CALLED CADILLAC HELPLINE & TOLD 96 CHASISS PUT ON 95 BODY FRAME & CAUSED WATER TO BE THROWN ON BELTS FROM TIRES, THAT'S REASON FOR STEERING PROBLEM. *AK
HE CAR USES A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL. *AK
WHEN DRIVING IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND UPON MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT.
'SERVICE ENGINE' LIGHT COMES ON.
TURN SIGNAL FUSE SHORTED.
HORN INOPERATIVE.
INTERMITTENT STALLING.
AIRBAGS DIDNT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL CRASH. *AK
PLASTIC MOVING MECHANISM ON RIGHT REAR VIEW MIRROR FAILED.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NOT WELL GROUNDED, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH DASH READ OUT OF COMPUTER.
POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED.
STEERING FAILED TWICE IN RAINY WEATHER.
SPEED SENSOR FAILED.
CASSETTE PLAYER INOPERATIVE.
OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES DEFECTIVE.
MAIN COMPUTER FAILED 2 TIMES.
STEERING FAILURE, WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONTINUES TO PULL TO THE LEFT, CAUSING OVERSTEERING, IN FOR REPAIRS 9 TIMES, WILL PROVIDE REPAIR BILL. *AK
POWER STEERING BELT CAME OFF, CAUSING POWER STEERING FAILURE.
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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