1994 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN AFTER IT HAD JUST BEEN RUNNING. DEALERSHIP REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND WOULD NOT GIVE REASON FOR CAUSE OF DEFECT. IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. IN 1998, CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS STRANDED WHEN THE SAME DEFECT OCCURRED WITH FUEL PUMP. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 45,000-48,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY. IN DECEMBER 2000, FUEL PUMP STOPPED WORKING FOR A THIRD TIME. CONSUMER FELTTHAT THIS COULD BE A COMPUTER RELATED DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

TIRES HAVE BEEN LOOSING AIR FOR THE PAST YEAR, NEED AIR WEEKLY, NEW VALVE STEM PUT ON TIRES CONTINUE TO LEAK

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM, EXPELLING NOXIOUS FUMES. *AK THE OIL LEAKING INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS A FIRE HAZARD AS WELL AS A POLUTION PROBLEM. *YH

SPLIT ENGINE BLOCKSEAL LEAKS OIL ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM (NOXIOUS FUMES AND FIRE HAZARD). *AK

SERVICE CONTROL WARNING WAS ILLUMINATED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE STRUT, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE CONNECTIONS TO NEW GENERATION SHOCK/STRUTS WERE INCOMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING WIRING IN WHICH CONSUMER WOULD PAY FOR A RELAY AND WIRING HARNESS, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS NOT INFORMED THE SPEED SENSITIVE SHOCKS/STRUTS WOULD BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NON-VARIABLE PASSIVE STRUTS IN WHICH VEHICLE WAS NOT DESIGNED, NOW VEHICLE EXPERIENCES HARSH RIDE, FRONT STEERING IS LIGHT, VEHICLE WANDERS, TORQUE STEER TO THE LEFT WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, FRONT SUSPENSION RATTLES, AND EXTERIOR/INTERIOR OF VEHICLE RATTLES. *SLC

VEHICLE HAD A SLOW WATER LEAK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO FOUND VEHICLE HAD A HOLE IN ALUMINIUM ENGINE BLOCK. ALSO, SAID THERE WAS A KNOWN CADILLAC PROBLEM. THEY RECOMMEND PUTTING TABLETS IN RADIATOR TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING. *AK ENGINE BLOCK LEAKING AT REAR OF LEFT CYLINDER HEAD, HOWEVER DUE TO THE COST $4976, CONSUMER DECLINED REPAIRS. *SLC

OIL PAN HAS PREMATURELY FAILED AT ONLY 48,000 MILES, CAUSING AN OIL LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO RELEASE INFO ON NUMBER OF FAILURES. WANTS $2500 TO FIX THIS OIL LEAK. REFUSES TO REPAIR UNDER SB6088914 OR SB036769. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT, CAUSING LEAKAGE ONTO ENGINE, RESULTING IN ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK THE COMPUTER SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE TO PROTECT THE ENGINE WHEN THE GASKET BLEW UP. *YH

FUEL PUMP CONNECTOR INSIDE THE FUEL TANK, BURNED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY OWNER. *AK THE BURNED CONNECTOR AND THE WIRES ARE ABOVE GASOLINE LEVEL, AND THE OXYGEN COMING THROUGH RELIEF HOSE COULD CAUSE EXPLOSION OR FIRE. *YH