1996 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE BROKE OFF WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY DIDN'T HOLD. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM HOOD. UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE, STEERING LOCKED UP. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND WAS TOTALLED.*AK

ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER DETERMINED FUEL PUMP HAD SHORTED OUT, CAUSING THE STALLING. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED.*AK *TT

DRIVER SEATBELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT RELEASE, CONSUMER HAD TO CRAWL OUT FROM UNDERNEATH TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE. NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK

ENGINE STALLS AT 30 MPH AFTER LETTING OFF OF THE GAS. LOSING ALL POWER ASSIST THE STEERING AND BRAKES AS IT DID THIS WEEKEND ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD IN AR. WHILE SLOWING DOWN FOR A 10 MPH CURVE.... IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING SHE COUND NOT HAVE MADE THE TURN AND BEEN DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDE !!! THIS PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED SINC E ARROUND SEPT 2000. MOST OF THE TIME THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. LAST TIME I LEFT THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WHEN IT STALLED THEY REPLACED THE CRANK SENSORS, NOW IT STALLS AT 30 MPH INSTEAD OF AT STOPS ONLY !!!*AK

THERE IS A GASOLINE SMELL WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT FUEL INJECTION LINE HAD TWO PIN HOLES IN IT, AND RAW GAS WAS SPRAYING OVER LEFT FRONT OF ENGINE. CONSUMER FELT CAR COULD CATCH ON FIRE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER REPAIR, GAS WAS SMELLED AGAIN. AT THIS TIME TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING IN A DIFFERENT PLACE AND REPLACED IT. *YH

VEHICLE IS GOING 45-55MPH IT STARTS TO DECELERATE. STEERING GETS STIFF. OIL PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON, AND WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE BEGINS TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL. PROBLEM HAS DUPLICATED ITSELF MANY TIMES, BUT DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THIS PROBLEM TO FIND A SOLUTION. ONCE VEHICLE IS RESTARTED THERE IS NO PROBLEM.*AK

METAL CASTING ON IDLER IS BROKEN AND DOES NOT REMAIN POSITIONED ON MAIN DRIVE BELT, WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE CASTING WHERE THE BOLT WAS ATTACHED CRACKED, AND THE BOLT PULLED OFF FROM THE BLOCK, AMKING THE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE.*SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 5-10 MPH VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND VARIOUS OTHER COMPONENTS. CONSUMER NOTED THAT ENGINE WAS STILL ON. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER; DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL PUMP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT REAR ENDED A TRUCK. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, ALSO, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBACKS COLLAPSED. *AK CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. *SLC