2001 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AND WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT TO APPLY BRAKE PRESSURE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL THEN INTO PARK AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THAT IDLE AIR CONTROL MODULE WAS STICKING IN THE HIGH POSITION. ALSO, THE FORCE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK CAUSED THE MOTOR MOUNTS TO FRACTURE. THE IDLE AIR CONTROL MODULE AND MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED. *AK

2001 DEVILLE SIDE VIEW MIRROR HAS A CHEMICAL THAT DARKENS THE GLASS WHEN A BRIGHT LIGHT IS DIRECTED INTO THE MIRROR. *TS *JB

DURING ROUTINE SERVICE THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE MID ENGINE GASKET WAS LEAKING. THIS IS A 2001 DEVILLE WITH THE NORTHSTAR ENGINE AND ONLY 48,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THAT ENGINE. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. IN ORDER TO CORRECT THIS , I MUST PAY THE DEALER $2,000.00 AS THEY HAVE TO TEAR THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE CAR APART TO GET TO THE PROBLEM AREA. THIS IS AN ISSUE WHICH SHOULD ENCOURAGE A RECALL. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO START. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC PUT THE VEHICLE ON A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING MACHINE AND DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDED CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSORS. THE CADILLAC DEALER AGREED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SENSORS AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THE SENSORS WERE BEING REPLACED WITH UPGRADED SENSORS.

MY WIFE HAD AN ACCIDENT A FEW YEARS AGO AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION. RECENTLY WE HAD TO TAKE OUR CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. ALSO EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD BLEAK AND GO OFF. IT ENDED UP BEING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE $446.00 TO REPAIR. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED RIGHT A WAY BECAUSE THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON WE COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT NOT KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE NAVIGATING SLOWLY THROUGH A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM THROUGH THE VEHICLE'S BUILT IN DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM. *AK

DT: 2001 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WILL DIE SUDDENLY. THE VEHICLE WILL START UP AFTER THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, AND IT STARTED RIGHT AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE ON MAY 30, 2002. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES. THE CONSUMER DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THEY KEPT CHANGING THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED THE SECOND TIME MAY 28, 2004, AND THE THIRD TIME, MARCH 28, 2005. THE SPEED DOES NOT MATTER WHEN THIS OCCURS.*AK *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED 2001 CADILLAC DEVILLE WAS STALLING AND JUMPING. THIS IS HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS 4 TIMES. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS STALLING EVEN IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONSUMER IS GETTING A RENTAL WHEN THE DEALER IS WORKING ON THE CAR. THE CAR HAS HAD DIAGNOSTIC TESTING DONE. THE OWNER SAYS THAT THE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER CAN NOT GET THE CAR INTO THE SHOP TILL NEXT WEEK. AND THE OWNER IS NOW GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE RENTAL FEE FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THE OWNER IS HAVING ISSUES ON HER WARRANTY ALSO. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED SENSORS, GASKETS AND ROTORS, MOTOR MOUNTS, REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. THE OWNER DOES HAVE ANY IDEA ON THE CAUSE. THE COMPONENT THAT I AM CHOOSING IS OTHER. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. SPEED IS NOT A FACTOR.*AK

ELECTRIC WINDOW MECHANISMS BREAKING. YESTERDAY WHEN THE WINDOW WAS OPERATED TO CLOSE IT, THERE WAS A LOUD CRACKING NOISE WHEN IT REACHED THE TOP, THE NEXT DAY WHEN THE WINDOW WAS LOWERED, IT MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND THEN THE WINDOW FELL TO THE BOTTOM AND WOULD NOT OPERATE AGAIN. THIS WAS THE DRIVER'S WINDOW. ON JUNE 14, WE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN BUT TO THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW. THE CADILLAC DEALER CHARGED US $640.00 TO REPLACE A WINDOW REGULATOR. IT SEEMS SOMETHING IS VERY DEFECTIVE IF 2 OF THEM BREAK WITHIN A MONTH.

DT: WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER PUTS FOOT ON THE BRAKES, AND THEN PUTS FOOT BACK ON THE GAS, AND THE VEHICLE DIES. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THERE ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE HAND. THEN THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, AND STAYS ON FOR 2 OR 3 DAYS. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE YET, WAITING ON GM TO RECOMMEND.*AK *SB