2003 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

2003 DEVILLE 83K MILES TAKEN FOR EMISSION TEST WILL NOT PAST UNTIL CODE PO741 IS FIX. PO741 TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH EXCESSIVE SLIP TRANSAXLE COST $2000 TO $4500 TO REPAIR BUT IS NOT AN EMISSION PART. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE RAPIDLY. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO PARK IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE LINE LEADING TO THE THROTTLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE THE REPAIR. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

ON MAY 3, 2010, MY FRIEND WAS DRIVING MY 2003 DEVILLE, THE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THEY DEPLOYED ON THEIR OWN,SMOKE FILL THE VEHICLE, THE FORCE OF THE AIRBAGS PUSH HER SO HARD , THEN THEIR WAS GREAT PAIN COMING FROM HER LEFT ARM IT STARTED TO SWELL THEN IT BRUISED. THE FORCE OF THE BAGS KNOCK THE PASSENGER WINDOW OFF TRACK, AND THE DRIVER MIRROR IS DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ONE CADILLAC DEALER WHERE WE FOUND THAT GENERAL MOTOR HAD DOWN SIZED TAKEN THE DEALERSHIP. NEXT WE TOOK THE CAR TO CREST CADILLAC, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO BLAME. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT AT DEALER THEIR OVERNIGHT, LITTLE HELP THEIR BUT ONLY A BILL. IT HAS TAKEN HER SINCE MAY TO GET SOME RESOLVE WITH GMC. THIS MONDAY AUGUST 22,2010 THEY WILL SEND A INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE, THIS INVESTIGATOR WILL COME FROM CHICAGO, THE CAR IS IN MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN. HE TELLS HER IT WILL TAKE 7 TO 8 HOURS TO FIND A MODULE AND TO UPLOAD PICTURES TO GMC. SHE IS A SENIOR, WHEN TALKING WITH THE FIRST GMC EMPLOYEES THEY WERE VERY RUDE, BUT THAT THE WAY BUSINESS IS THESE DAYS. SHE IS UNDER THE DOCTOR CARE, WE WANT TO KNOW WHY DID THOSE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED? *TR

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY.....I HAD VEHICLE CHECKED A SEVERAL AUTO SHOPS AND RECEIVED THE DIAGNOSIS THAT MY TORQUE CONVERTER WAS POSSIBLY SLIPPING. I WAS QUOTED BETWEEN $900 TO $ 2100 TO REPAIR. I STATED FOR THIS PRICE I COULD REALLY JUST BUY A REMANUFACTERED TRANSMISSION. THIS IS RIDICULOUS, THERE HAS TO BE A RECALL MESSAGE OUT THERE TO HELP FELLOW OWNERS. I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPENING TO MANY OTHER OWNERS WHO IN TURN REFUSE TO GET THIS SERVICE AS IT CAN BE VERY COSTLY. *TR

2003 CADILLAC DEVILLE. SLOW LEAK IN LEFT REAR TIRE. *GR WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED HIM THE TIRE WAS LEAKING BECAUSE THE CAST ALUMINUM RIM HAD DETERIORATED AND PITTED ON THE INSIDE UNDER THE TIRE. AN INVESTIGATION WAS DONE AND THE CONSUMER WAS THEN TOLD, THE DETERIORATION WAS A RESULT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND NOT A DEFECT. THE CONSUMER DID NOT BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE CASE, SINCE THE DETERIORATED SURFACE WAS NOT EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. *JB

2003 CADILLAC DEVILLE DHS *GR THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, ROTORS AND LEFT FRONT CALIPER HAD TO BE REPLACE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE LEFT FRONT CALIPER WOULD STICK AND IT DIDN'T RELEASE PROPERLY WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE AND ROTOR TO WEAR. AFTER THE CONSUMER PICKED THE VEHICLE UP AND STARTED DRIVING, SHE HEARD THE NEW BRAKES GRINDING. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AGAIN AND WAS TOLD AFTER MARKET PARTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON HER VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED SHE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED ORIGINAL GM PARTS BE PUT ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE ENGINE BLOCK HALVES AND REAR SHOCKS WERE LEAKING OIL. *JB

CADILLAC, 2003, SEVILLE [XXX] . APRIL 11, DRIVING IN ARIZONA WHEN THE AUTOMOBILE AUTOMATICALLY BEGAN TO SURGE FORWARD, INCREASING SPEED UP TO 90 MPH. BRAKES WERE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED, AND WHILE CONSTANTLY APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. FINALLY, EXIT THE INTERSTATE AND SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. CADILLAC DEALER FINDINGS: FOUND CENTER PIN FOR THROTTLE BUTTERFLY STICKING WHEN WARMED CAUSING VEHICLE THROTTLE PLATE TO STICK OPEN WHICH MAY CAUSE THROTTLE TO STICK. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

SON WAS IN CAR SEAT IN LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE AND WAS DRIVING AND SON CALLED OUT TO ME THAT HIS SEAT BELT CAME OFF. HAD TO PULL OVER AND AND SWITCH SIDE OF THE CAR HE WAS ON THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS BROKEN OFF . WENT TO THE DEALER FOR THAT AND AIRBAG LIGHT GOING ON AND OFF INTERMINTENTLY SO DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS A PRETENTIONOR PULLEY SO THE SEATBELT AND MY SENSORS WERE GOING OFF DUE TO THIS... *TR

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 2003 V-8 CADILLAC DEVILLE, AT 82,000 MILES. DEALER DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION PROBLEM; REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER AND REWORKED LOWER VALVE BODY. DEALER CHARGED $2241 FOR REPAIRS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER WINDOWS ARE INOPERATIVE. AS A CONSEQUENCE SHE IS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE OPERATION OF THE WINDOW DEVICES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT AN EXPENSE OF $326.00 EACH. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 66,000.