1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

IM DISABLE I DRIVE WITH HAND CONTROL. AS I WAS DRIVEN I NOTICE A BURNING SMELL . AND THEN MY FRONT WINDOW FROG UP WITH STEAM. AND THEN I HEARD THIS LOAD BUM. MY FOOT JUST START JUMPING AROUND AND I LOOK DOWN THERE WERE A PILE OF WATER HOT . I PULL OVER AND NOTICE THAT THE HEATER CORE HAD BURST WHICH LEFT ME WITH A SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURN ON MY RIGHT FOOT. I HAVE NOT REPAIR THE CAR YET . *TR

THE DAY I BOUGHT MY CAR 10 MINUTES AFTER RECEIVING MY CAR THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER DOING A COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC ON IT 2 DAYS LATER COME TO FIND OUT ITS MY TRANSMISSION CODE P0741 TORCH CONVERTER STUCK OFF. THAT CAR SHOULDN'T OF PASSED INSPECTIONS WITH SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ON OR INTERNAL TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS. NOW IM STUCK WITH A CRAP CAR AND OUT $4,500.00 . I HAVE TRIED TO WORK THIS OUT WITH THE DEALER FOR 2 MONTHS. NOW I WOULDN'T TAKE MAKE CAR BACK TO HIM IF U PAID ME. HES A CROOK AND DOESNT PROPERLY REPAIR CARS. OVER THE PAST 2 MONTHS I VE HAD TO REPLACE A EXHAUST A CV JOINT STABALIZER LINK TURN SIGNAL FLASHER . THE MAIN PROBLEM THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IM GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR OUTTA MY POCKET CLOSE TO 2000.00. WHILE THE DEALER GETS AWAY WITH IT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE REACHED HIGH TEMPERATURES. HAD RADIATOR REPLACED AND THERMOSTAT. THE CAR STILL OVERHEATS. TOOK THE CAR TO TECHNICIAN WHO SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE WHICH WOULD COST $7,000. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, MY DAUGHTER DISCOVERED THE CADILLAC DEVILLE 1999 NORTHSTAR MODEL/VEHICLE HAS NUMEROUS ISSUES DUE TO OVERHEATING AND HEAD GASKETS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE REACHED HIGH TEMPERATURES. HAD RADIATOR REPLACED AND THERMOSTAT. THE CAR STILL OVERHEATS. TOOK THE CAR TO TECHNICIAN WHO SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE WHICH WOULD COST $7,000. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, MY DAUGHTER DISCOVERED THE CADILLAC DEVILLE 1999 NORTHSTAR MODEL/VEHICLE HAS NUMEROUS ISSUES DUE TO OVERHEATING AND HEAD GASKETS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 60-70 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIMMY DRASTICALLY. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OVER 50 MPH. THE FRONT TIE ROD WAS REPLACED AND A SEMI-ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED. THE AXLE HUB CARRIER REAR SUSPENSION WAS FAULTY AND THE COIL SPRING WAS ALSO DAMAGED. LATER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT OPERATE AND, UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WIPERS WERE WIRED INCORRECTLY. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 50 MPH, THE CHECK OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 132,000. UPDATED 10/14/08 *BF UPDATED 10/24/08. *JB

WHILE SITTING IN FRONT OF MY HOME MY 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNT TO A TOTAL LOSS. THE CAR WAS PARKED, HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 48 HOURS. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE OCCURRED AT ABOUT 2:00PM. SATRUDAY AFTERNOON. TEMP ABOUT 82 DEGREES. SOMETHING IN THE CARS ENGINE ROOM ON THE LEFT SIDE IGNITED. IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT SELF IGNITED. JUST PRIOR TO THE FIRE, MY WIFE WHO WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME HEARD THE CAR ALARM GO OFF. SHE WENT TO THE WINDOW AND IT QUIT SOUNDING. SHE DID NOT SEE ANY FIRE AT THAT TIME. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER A NEIGHBOR POUNDED ON THE DOOR AND ALERTED HER TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR WAS BURNING. THE FIRE WAS SO INTENSE THAT BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT TO THE SEEN, ONE OF THE HOOD GAS STRUTS BLEW THROUGH THE FRONT GRILL AND LANDED ABOUT 20 FEET IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THIS CARS ENGINE COMPARTMENT ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER SYSTEM STARTED THE FIRE. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS. CADILLACS SHOULD NOT BURN AND SHOULD NOT SPONTANEOUSLY IGNITE. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 75,000 MILES. I OWN 11 OTHER CARS AND HAVE A SMALL CAR COLLECTION. I AM A CAR GUY AND THIS CAR LIKE ALL MY CARS (INCLUDING 2 FERRARI'S) HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND WHEN I LAST DROVE ON THURSDAY EVENING AUGUST 28, IT RAN FINE AND DID NOT GIVE ME ANY INDICATION OF ANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE POLICE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NOT VANDALIZED OR CAUSED BY ANY OUTSIDERS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE WATER PUMP. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT MOST OF THOSE MODEL VEHICLES WERE DESIGNED TO OPERATE IN THAT MANNER, AND IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. A FEW DAYS AFTER THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED, WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXCESSIVELY OVERHEAT. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC. HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT THE WATER PUMP, BUT RATHER A BLOWN OUT HEAD GASKET. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE REPAIRED WITHOUT A NEW ENGINE. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, HE DISCOVERED THAT HIS MODEL VEHICLE HAS NUMEROUS ISSUES DUE TO OVERHEATING AND HEAD GASKETS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 74,000. UPDATED 07/08/08. *BF UPDATED 07/08/08

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WATER PUMP CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE WATER PUMP; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE. AS OF OCTOBER 26, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,800 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,000. UPDATED 01/02/08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE HEATS UP DUE TO THE HEAD BOLTS LOOSENING AND THE ENGINE COOLANT EVAPORATES INTO THE CYLINDER HEADS. UPDATED *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SEAL. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE STALLED. A MANUFACTURER TSB #150201 WAS OBSERVED ONLINE, SIMILAR TO THE VEHICLE'S SYMPTOMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANICS TO BE SERVICED. THE MECHANICS COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER REPAIRED AND SOLD TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALERS AS IS. UPDATED 8/16/06 - *NM