1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE Complaints

METAL TO METAL SOUND AND OR GROANING-MOANING WHEN STRAIGHTEN WHEEL UP AFTER TURNING HARD TO RIGHT OR LEFT AND WHEN PARKING. GM HAS YET TO FIX AND IN FACT THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN TO DEALERS SAYING THIS IS A STEERING PROBLEM AND DO NOT ATTEMT TO FIX AT THIS TIME. CAR STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY.*JB

FIRST TIME ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT APPROX 75 MPH. ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE PASSING SEMI. ALL LIGHTS ON DASH CAME ON AND TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. AFTER SERIOUS SCRAMBLING TO GET CAR OFF ROAD AND BRING TO SAFE STOP ATTEMPT TO RESTART WAS SUCCESSFUL AND TRIP OF 600 MILES CONTINUED W/O INCIDENT. FIVE DAYS LATER SAME THING OCCURRED ON SUBURBAN STREET IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT APPROX 45 MPH CAUSING A LOT OF CONSTERNATION BY DRIVERS BEHIND ME THAT DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I CAME TO SUDDEN DECELERATION. TOOK CAR TO CADILLAC DEALER AND THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM. THEY CHARGED ME $112.50 FOR ENGINE DRIVEABILITY AND PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSIS AND DID REPLACE A DEFECTIVE EGR VALVE WHICH I FEEL HAD ABSOLUTELY NO ASSOC W/ STALLING PROBLEM. I THINK AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER FILINGS OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE NHTSA RECORDS, THAT CADILLAC HAS A REAL PROBLEM AND HAD BETTER GET ON IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. DT

THE ACCELERATOR STICKS "HANGS" DUE TO CARBON BUILD UP ON THE ACCELERATOR CABLE. THE OWNER STATES THAT HE HAS TO STEP ON THE PEDAL VERY HARD IN ORDER TO DEPRESS OR UNSTICK. THE VEHICLE IS TAKEN IN FOR THIS FAILURE ABOUT EVERY SIX MONTHS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS TS

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STALLS SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE WILL RESTART THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE STARTS HARD, MORE AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW MINUTES. (SMELLS LIKE FUEL) THE MECHANIC CHECKED AND FOUND THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAKING/REPLACED THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO CONTINUE FORWARD, AND REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICEMAN CAME, AND DROVE VEHICLE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL DESCENDED TO THE FLOOR. AFTER REPAIRS, BRAKES FAILED AGAIN SEVERAL DAYS LATER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH RPMS WENT UP AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE, THEN SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. RPMS THEN WENT TO 45000. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLE. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME ON JULY 23, 2002.*AK THE PROBLEM OF VEHICLE ACCELERATING WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED OCCURRED AGAIN BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE. *YH

NOISE WAS COMING FROM STEERING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING SYSTEM WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS BUMPY SURFACES. THE STEERING GEAR WAS REPLACED TO CORRECT THE NOISE. *YH

THE MANUFACTURER SENT A RECALL (00V-217) LETTER TO THE DEALER PRIOR TO THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE, BUT THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE SALE. *YH CONSUMER'S NEIGHBOR WROTE IN ABOUT HIS LINCOLN.