1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

ENGINE OVERHEATED-LOOSE HEAD BOLTS (NHTSA ITEM # SB6089931). ANTIFREEZE VAPORS CAME IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT THROUGH A/C VENTS FOR OVER 20 MINUTES AND THEN A LARGE STEAM EXPLOSION INSIDE CAR WHEN ENGINE OVERHEATED. A FINE MIST OF VAPORS ENTERED THE CAR WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE AS WE THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER AS THE INSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE KEPT SLOWING RISING UNTIL STEAM EXPLOSION OCCURED. ( HOT ANTIFREEZE VAPORS WERE FORCED THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONER VENTS BY THE DEFORMING OF THE REAR HOOD GASKET BY INCOMING 65MPH AIR FLOW AND A DEFECTIVE FRONT HOOD GASKET). IF THIS CAR HAD A FULL TIME COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE THIS INCIDENT AND INJURIES MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED. CADILLAC DOES NOT PROVIDE AN ACTIVE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ON THIS CAR AS OTHER MANUFACTURERS DO. ONLY WAY TO DETERMINE COOLANT TEMPERATURES IS TO PUSH THE INFORMATION BUTTON ON DASH WHICH SEPARATELY INFORMS YOU OF ENGINE FUNCTIONS. NO WARNINGS IN OPERATION MANUAL, NO WARNING LABELS IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AS TO POTENTIAL DANGERS OF DEX-COOL EXPOSURE NOR INFORMATION ON THE DAY OF ENGINE FAILURE FROM CADILLAC ROAD ASSISTANCE PERSONNEL AT THEIR 800 NUMBER). ONLY WARNINGS OF ENGINE OVERHEATING ARE EMITTED -AFTER THE CAR HAS OVERHEATED! INJURIES TO MYSELF WERE: SEVERE, VERY PAINFUL EYE INFLAMATION IN BOTH EYES( EYE DOCTOR EXAMINATION IN OCTOBER 1999) INSTANT CATARACTS WITH LARGE BLACK SPOTS IN BOTH EYES 30 DAYS AFTER ACCIDENT. RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES OF FACE PRESENTLY HAVE CHEMICAL BURNS ON CHEEKS AND THROAT. IN APRIL, 2000 I HAD VERY DIFFICULT BREATHING PROBLEMS. I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ON 2 DIFFERENT DAYS WITH BREATHING PROBLEMS. BREATHING PROBLEMS WERE DIAGNOSED AS CHEMICAL INDUCED ASTHMA FROM DEX-COOL ANTIFREEZE WITH 2-ETHYLHEXANOIC ACID INHALATION. AT PRESENT I LIVE IN HELL EACH DAY WITH ASTHMA FROM THIS CADILLAC VEHICLE. ENGINE WAS REBUILT IN SEPTEMBER, 99 AND A NEW ENGINE INSTALLED ON JAN. 28, 2000. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED UP IN FEBRUARY, 2000 AFTER 16 DAYS OF SITTING IDLE.*

WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND VEHICLE WAS NOT HIT. DID NOT BUMP ANYTHING, AND DID NOT HIT ANYTHING WHILE THIS HAD HAPPENED.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH, MAINLY BEING HIT BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR, BY A TOW TRUCK TRAVELING ABOUT 55 MPH, AIR BAG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE AND TOW TRUCK WERE TOTALLED IN THE CRASH. *AK

DRIVER SIDE DOOR AIR BAG DEPLOYED BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING. INCIDENT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND DID CAUSE HEARING DAMAGE. IT WENT OFF BY ITSELF !

PASENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. RANDOM DEPLOYMENT. NO CRASH INVOLVED. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT DIVULGE WHY THIS HAPPENED. HAVE ATTEMPTED TO GAIN INFORMATION BUT REFUSED BY MANUFACTURER. CONCERNED THAT A RANDOM DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG AT HIGHWAY SPEED COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT.

THE VEHICLE STALLED IN RAIN WATER AND WOULD NOT RESTART BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP. YH

WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT AN IMPACT OCCURRING. *AK *ML

CONSUMER WENT TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE , PULLED EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND JACKED VEHICLE UP WITH FACTORY EQUIPPED JACK . CONSUMER REACHED FOR WHEEL AND JACK BROKE INTO 2 PIECES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FALL STRAIGHT DOWN, TRAPPING CONSUMER'S ARM BETWEEN FENDER AND FLAT TIRE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. TAKING VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS A TENDENCY TO ROLL BACKWARDS DUE TO DESIGN OF THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILURE. YH