1998 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

"GRINDING" NOISE WHEN STOPPING, RIGHT TURN. DEALER "SWAPPED" RACK AN DPINION FROM IN-STOCK USED CAR. SAME PROBLEM BUT NOW ON TWO CARS! LASTLY: AFTER I COMPLAINED, STRONGLY, DEALER INSTALLED NEW RACK AND PINION, PROBLEM SOLVED.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STARTING AND TOWED TO THE DEALER TWICE, DEALER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS BATTERY LEAKING ACID, WHICH CORRODED THE POSITIVE CABLE, DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY, CLEANED ACID FROM TRAY AND REPLACED POSITIVE CABLE. *YD

CONSUMER STATES THAT COVER FOR LEFT AND RIGHT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES HAS DISCONNECTED AND FELL OFF OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD CONSUMER THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON SEVERAL CARS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL. *YD

NOT A SAFETY DEFECT BUT THIS CAR IS LEAKING OIL AROUND THE OIL PAN AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE DEALER THAT THEY HAVE REDESIGNED THE RUBBER GASKET TO WITHSTAND HOTTER TEMPATURES AND I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF RECALL ON THIS. THE DEALER IS WANTING $1800.00 TO REPAIR THIS AND MY CAR HAS ONLY 58,000 MILES ON IT.*AK

ROTORS WARPED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT, DEALER STATED THAT THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE DRIVER MAKING QUICK STOPS FROM HIGH SPEEDS OR RIDING THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, CONSUMER STATES NEITHER OF THESE THINGS HAVE OCCURRED AND FEELS THAT THERE IS A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE BRAKING SYSTEM OR ABS, AFTER REPAIRS THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HAD AN EXTREME HEAT BUILD UP WHICH CONSUMER COULD FEEL, THE HEAT FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL IS HOT, BUT NOTHING TO COMPARE WITH THE RIGHT WHEEL, THE REAR WHEELS ARE ONLY WARM. *SLC

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED NOTICED A GRINDING AND RUMBLING NOISE COMING FROM ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. DEALER HAS SERVICED VEHICLE 11 TIMES FOR ABS PROBLEMS VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIIP FOR REPAIRS ABOUT TWO WEEKS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS VIBRATION PROBLEMS, THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING HOSE, AND THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE AND THEY ARE WORKING ON A REMEDY.*YH

FRONT AND REAR ROTORS WERE TURNED A YEAR AGO, THEY WERE WARPED. AT THIS TIME VEHICLE IS SHAKING AND VIBRATING AGAIN WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THIS TIME.*AK

IN AUGUST 2000, A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE DRIVER-SIDE AIR BAG ON 1998 CADILLAC DEVILLE. I HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY CADILLAC, AND THE DEALER SAYS THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY PARTS. HAS THE RECALL BEEN CANCELED?*AK