1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

AUTOMOBILE CUTS OFF, BUT WILL START UP AGAIN. CONSUMER HAS NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS YET, BUT IS VERY WORRIED BECAUSE OF THE WAY AUTOMOBILE CUTS OFF IN TRAFFIC. MECHANICS CANNOT FIND OUT WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH VEHICLE. *AK *JB

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A LATERAL COLLISION, UPON IMPACT SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE SENSOR WAS RECALLED. *SLC

SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE-CAR TOTALED-ABOUT 20000 DAMAGE TO GARAGE $ CONTENTS. *AK

RECALL 00 V 217 000/ AIR BAG SIDE IMPACT SENSOR MODULE: UNABLE TO GET DEALER MICHAEL HOHL GMC; CARSON CITY, NV; PHONE# 775/883-5777 TO HONOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND STILL WAS UNABLE TO GET RECALL RESOLVED . SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE MIRROR WILL NOT STAY ADJUSTED. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN IT INTO DEALER ABOUT 15 TIMES FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. AFTER ADJUSTING MIRROR, AND TURNING AWAY, AND WHEN LOOKING AT MIRROR AGAIN, CONSUMER MAY BE LOOKING AT THE SKY. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE WHEN CHANGING LANES, DRIVER DOESN'T KNOW IF ANOTHER CAR IS COMING OR NOT. ALSO, DOOR LOCKS, WILL LOCK CONSUMER OUT OF VEHICLE.*AK WHEN VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED IN THE MORNING, IT FEELS LIKE IT IS TURNING ON 6 CYLINDERS. DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, SLIDING DOOR HAS BEEN OPENED WHILE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION, REMOTE UNLOCK BUTTON INOPERABLE. POWER WINDOW NEEDED ADJUSTED. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A LOUD NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, DEALER HAS MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO FRONT AND REAR CASTER, CAMBER, AND TOE IN. DASH BLINKS IN AND OUT, DEALER FOUND GROUNDS TO BATTERY WERE CORRODED. CENTER VENT ON DASH WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE. FRONT ROTORS OUT OF ROUND TWICE, REAR ROTORS OUT OF ROUND ONCE, FRONT BRAKE PADS WORN. BATTERY SHORTED. *SLC

TRACTION CONTROL ILLUMINATES OFF AND ON, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN BRAKE SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. NO PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED WITH BRAKES. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT LIGHT REMAINED ON, AND THAT VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO DEALER SIX TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM . DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 30 TO 45 MPH CONSUMER HIT CONCRETE DIVIDER ON RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE AND FRONT END AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONTACT DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT VEHICLE DID NOT HIT HARD ENOUGH, AND DIDN'T HIT IN RIGHT PLACE. *AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

ONE TIRE DEVELOPED A TIRE BLISTER IN THE SIDEWALL AT 7000 MILES, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE HAD 24262 MILE AT THE TIME OF BLOWOUT (O.E. MICHELIN XW4 TIRES 225/60R16). NLM

MICHELIN, XW4 TIRES, P225/60R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL TIRE WITH 24000 MILES ON A 1999, CADILLAC, DEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING 70-75 MPH REAR PASSENGER TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. NO ACCIDENT, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK TIRES INFLATED AS GM SPECIFIED, 30 PSI. *SLC

MICHELIN TIRES P225/60R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, CADILLAC DEVILLE WITH 7000 MILES. WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED BUBBLE DELAMINATION ON REAR PASSENGER TIRE'S SIDEWALL. *AK TIRES INFLATED AS GM SPECIFIED 30 PSI, MICHELIN XW4. *SLC