1997 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED, "NEW" FREON ESCAPED INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, CAUSING DRIVER (ME) TO INHALE GAS, HAD HEART ARITHMIA AND LOSS OF OXYGEN IN BLOOD STREAM, PASSED OUT, WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND PLACED IN CARDIAC CARE UNIT FOR THREE DAYS UNTIL IT WAS PROVEN I HAD NOT HAD STROKE OR HEART ATTACK. LOST THREE WEEKS OF WORK. DANGEROUS SITUATION!

THE ABS WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IT FEELS LIKE THEY ARE DRAGGING, AND AS IF THE BRAKES ARE ON THE WHOLE TIME. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES WHILE DRIVING OVER 20MPH, VEHICLE WOULD SHIMMY. DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

A RODENT CHEWED A HOLE IN THE SIDE FIREWALL AND INTERIOR OF VEHICLE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER PLUGGED THE HOLE WITH A METAL PLATE. *AK

THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS BURNT OUT, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS AT 23,000 MILES. *AK

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUED ELECTRONIC BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROL MODULE FAILURE (RECALL 97V-064), RECALL REPAIR COMPLETED HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE BRAKE FAILURE. MJS

WHILE COMING TO STOP SIGN CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. ROTORS WERE WARPED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATES, AND WHEN CONSUMER GOES OVER A BUMP VEHICLE ALSO VIBRATES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO REPAR ISHOP THREE TIMES, DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDEER RECALL # 97V064. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK