1997 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

STEEL BRAKE LINE RUBED AGANIST FRAME AT LEFT REAR BEHIND WHEEL, CAUSING A HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE, RESULTING IN FLUID LEAK.*AK

HEADLIGT LENS COMES UNGLUED FROM HEADLIGHT FLIES OFF; ALSO CAUSES HEADLIGHT FAILURE; TALKED WITH SERVICE REP AT DEALERSHIP AND HE STATED THAT IT IS A COMMON DEFECT. *AK

THE BRAKE LINE RUBBED AGAINST FRAME AND THE LINE WORE THROUGH CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO LEAKED OUT OF THE SYSTEM RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THE LINE WAS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY. NLM

THE ACCELERATOR STICKS, CONSUMER HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATE THEY CAN FIX IT FOR A COST AND THE CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED, THE PROBLEM EXISTED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. *MJS

BRAKE ROTORS ARE WORN TO THE POINT OF BEING UNSAFE AT 44500 MILES DUE TO DEFECTIVE HEAT TREATING OF ROTORS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S SEAT MOVED UP AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO, THE DEALER CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. *SLC

THE BATTERY ERODED DUE TO BATTERY ACID EATING THROUGH THE TERMINAL CONNECTION BOLT, THE POSITIVE TERMINAL BROKE FREE OF THE BATTERY CAUSING THE BATTERY TO DISCONNECT FROM THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, THE BATTERY IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSES THE BATTERY TO BE SUBJECT TO EXTREME HEAT. *SLC

HEADLIGHTS HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE LENSE WAS SEPARATING, CONSUMER FELT IT WAS COMING FROM A HEAT BUILDUP, CONSUMER ALSO OWNED A 1995 SAME MAKE/MODEL THAT EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

ALL FIVE WHEEL STUDS ON FRONT WHEEL SHEARED, LUGS WERE IN PLACE, THIS CAUSED FRONT FENDER TO BEND. *SLC

I HAVE CONSTANTLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY 97 DEVILLE. I HAVE REPORTED IT BOTH TO CADILLAC OF MEMPHIS AND BUD DAVIS CADILLAC THAT IS LOCATED AT 5433 POPLAR AVENUE, MEMPHIS TENN. 38119. THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 901-761-1900.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK