1998 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

CAR HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE DEALER SINCE NEW ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED 3 TIMES NOW FOR BEING WARPED MFGR & DEALER REFUSE TO REPLACE THEM STATING THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR BUT I CAN BUY THEM AFTERMARKET THAT ARE GARUNTEED NOT TO DO THIS MFGR ALSO SAYS NEEDING TURNED 3 TIMES IS NORMAL IN 40,000 MILES I AM CONCERNED THAT NOW THE ROTORS ARE TO THIN AND WILL WARP MORE EVEN AND MAY POSSIBLY FALL APART THESE ROTORS ARE OVER 200.00 EACH THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR I HAVE WORKED ON CARS FOR 40 YRS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN A SET THAT NEEDED TURNED THIS OFTEN AND KNOW TURNING THEM THIS MANY TIMES MAKES THEM UNSAFE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ,HEARD LOUD NOISE WHEN LEFT FRONT HEADLAMP COVER ASSEMBLY CAME LOOSE AND FLEW OFF, HITTING THE LEFT SIDE VIEW MIRROR, BOUNCED OVER, CRACKING WINDSHIELD AND STRIKING WINDSHIELD WIPER. CONSUMER WENT TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD IT WAS COMMON PROBLEM. ALSO, SPOKE TO OTHER CONSUMERS WHO HAD SAME DEFECT. *AK *SLC

I WAS INFORMED THAT MY SPARK PLUGS WIRES WERE BURNING WITH ONLY 46,000 MILES ON THIS CAR. AND THE WIRES IN THE BACK OF THE ENGINE ARE IN A VERY BAD WAY. I ALSO WAS TOLD THAT A SPARK COULD IGNITE FROM THE ENGINE AT ANY TIME, AND CAUSE AN IMMEDIATE FIRE.*AK

THE SIDE AIR BAG WAS ON RECALL AND WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE CHECK STABILITY SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE TIME, SINCE THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED.*YH

RECALL 00V217000; CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER LAST OCTOBER, AND HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DEALER SINCE THEN. DEALER KEPT TELLING CONSUMER THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE YET. CONSUMER HAS ALSO CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, ONLY TO BE TOLD WHEN HIS TURN COMES THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM. *AK SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR DEFECTIVE. REPLACEMENTS STILL NOT AVAILABLE SINCE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. *YH

THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS TOO COLD ON PASSSENGER SIDE - CLOSED VENTS - WHEN COMFORTABLE THEY WERE OPENED ONLY TO FIND THAT THERE WAS NOW HOT AIR COMING OUT. THE NEXT SERIES OF EVENTS TOOK PLACE IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THE CONTROL FOR THE HEADLIGHTS WAS DIMMING TO OFF THEN GOING ON, THE AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DIGITAL DISPLAY WENT OUT LEAVING NO INDICATION AS TO SPEED. THE PASSENGER NOTICED A GLOW IN THE DOOR PANEL, THIS GLOW WAS A FIRE. I PULLED ON TO THE SHOULDER AND WE GOT OUT. I CALLED *11 INDIANA TOLL ROAD FOR ASSISTANCE AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUSTED IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. THE CAR IS NOW AT THE DEALER IN OAK LAWN IL. AND GENERAL MOTORS IS INVESTGATING THE INCIDENT.

BRAKE LINE RUPTURED DUE TO IT CHAFING AGAINST THE FRAME, THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR VERIFIED THAT THE STEEL BRAIDED BRAKE LINES WERE RUBBING ON THE FRAME AND WORE THROUGH CAUSING BREAKE FLUID LOSS, THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING.DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT OR DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN VEHICLE STALLS HE LOSES POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, MAKING VEHICLE VERY HARD TO CONTROL. *SLC

ON 11/08/99 TEST DROVE CAR, COMPLAINED OF BRAKE PROBLEM, JERKING OF VEHICLE WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. DEALERSHIP REPL FRT PADS & CUT ROTORS ON 11/8/99. PURCHASED CAR ON 11/26/99, I COMPLAINED THE SAME DAY I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE THAT THE BRAKES WERE STILL PULSATING WHEN APPLIED. ON 11/29/99 DEALERSHIP REFACED REAR ROTORS, SAID THEY WERE OUT OF ROUND. ON 5/23/01 I HAD THE REAR LEFT ROTOR REPLACED AND THE OTHER THREE REFACED. *AK

FRONT ROTORS IN ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ARE WARPING. HE HAS TAKEN VEHICLE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND THEY WERE NOT OF THE OPINION THAT ROTORS WERE WARPED BAD ENOUGH FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK