1990 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

THE REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS LEAKED BRAKE FLUID OVER THE BRAKE SHOES MAKING THEM USELESS. NLM

POWER STEERING FAILED ON THE ROAD, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND NEAR ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH. YH

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THEREIS VIRBATION WITHIN THE VEHICLE DUE TO A BROKEN SHAFT AXLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN SLIGHTLY TURNING THE WHEEL ON AN EXPRESSWAY ENGINE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WILL START UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLETO SLIDE. ALSO, AND ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. *AK

BARRINGTON MOTOR WORKS HAD MADE MORE EXCUSES THAN FIX PROBLEMS, OTHER PROBLEMS EXIST, BUT TOO MANY TO LIST. THE BARRINGTON MW HAS NEVER ONCE FOUND A PROBLEM TILL THE CAR LEAVES US STRANDED, EVEN AFTER WE COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT PROBLEM. UNTIL I FIND A DECENT GM DEALER, THIS IS THE LAST GM FOR US, WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF CADILLAC DEALERS, AND WE HAVE BEEN TO MANY.

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY-SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE I SMELLED A STRONG BURNING ODER AND THEN SEEN WHISPS OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE AIR BAG IN THE STEERING WHEEL-I SHUT OFF THE IGNITION AND THE SMOKE QUIT SHORTLY AFTER - I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG STARTED TO SMOKE IN A FEW SECONDS AGAIN--I DISCONNECTED THE S.I.R. CONNECTOR ON THE STEERING COLUMN AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE-NO SMOKE OR SMELL WITH S.I.R. DISCONNECTED-I REMOVED THE AIR BAG FROM THE STEERING WHEEL-ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE AIR BAG MODULE THERE IS A ROUND STEEL CAP ABOUT 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 1/2 HIGH FASTENED TO THE BACK OF THE AIR BAG MODULE--THIS WAS VERY HOT AND HAD BLACK SOOT COMING OUT ALL AROUND THE EDGES WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE AIR BAG MODULE-----I TOOK THE AIR BAG MODULE TOO MY LOCAL CADILLAC DEALER-THEY CHECKED FOR ANY RECALLS OR TECH BULLETINS AND SAID I SHOULD CONTACT CADILLAC DIV. CONCERNING THIS AS IT WAS PAST WARRANTY--I CALLED CADILLAC CONSUMER RELATIONS CENTER ON 4/12/90 THEY SEEMED CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND TOOK A VERY DETAILED REPORT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED -EVEN THE TIME OF DAY AND TEMP.--THEY SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME IN3-5 DAYS--ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LATER THEY GOT CALLED ME BACK AND SAID VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I SHOULD BRING IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER AND GET IT FIXED AT MY EXPENSE-.-I TOLD THEM I WOULD CONTACT THE NHTSA AS I FELT THIS WAS A DEFINITE SAFETY CONCERN-THEY JUST SAID THEY WOULD NOTATE IT IN THE FILE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT A COASTING SPEED VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE TO 80 MPH TO STOP. CONSUMER JUST JAMS TRANSMISSION GEAR INTO PARK AND SHUTS THE ENGINE DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FOR A SOME TIME I NOTICED THE AUTO WAS NOT STARTING AS QUICK AS USUAL AND I SMELLED GAS A COUPLE OF DAYS THING THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT HAD OVER FILLED MY TANK. I KEPT SMELLING GAS SO TOOK IT TO GET CHECKED. THE GAS SENDER LINES WERE ALL PITTED AND RUSTY. THE GAS TANK WAS ALSO PITTED AND RUSTY AT THE SEAMS AND OTHER AREAS OF THE TANK. I WAS WONDERING WHY IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS MY GAS MILEAGE WAS SO POOR ALL OF A SUDDEN. BESIDES, I WOULD THINK IT TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS THING. THE AUTO HAS BEEN KEPT UNDER COVER SINCE I BOUGT IT , I DON'T BELIEVE SUCH IMPORTANT COMPONENTS SHOULD HAVE RUSTED AND PITTED SO BADLY UNLESS IT WAS POOR QUALITY MATERIAL. IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IT COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A FIRE. IT CAUSED ME $ 710.00 TO REPLACE TANK AND SENDER. I NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PROBLEM, BUT RECEIVED NO ACKNOWLEGEMENT.

BRAKES HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HARD BRAKE PEDAL, SEVERAL SYSTEM REPAIRS MADE PREVOIUSLY HOWEVER HAVE NOT BEEN THE SOURCE OF THE FAILURE, SERVICE BULLETIN REPAIR OF THE ABS VALVE BLOCK REPAIRED PROBLEMS.