1995 CADILLAC ELDORADO Complaints

CUSTOMER STATES THAT HER 1995 CADILLAC ELDORADO CAUGHT ON FIRE IN HER DRIVEWAY AND SHE IS NOT SURE WHY**CC *JB

TL-* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CADILLAC ELDORADO. THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND BURST INTO FLAMES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR QUITE SOMETIME. HOWEVER, THE OWNER WOULD START THE VEHICLE FREQUENTLY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED , AND THE CONTACT RECEIVED A POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE CONTACT HAS PHOTOS OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM, AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *AK

1995 CADILLAC ELDORADO CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.***TRANSFERRED TO OCC***. *MR THE FIRE REPORT STATED THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A POSSIBLE SMALL LEAK OCCURRING IN THE FUEL LINE FROM THE MAIN LINE TO THE HARNESS. THIS LEAK WAS MOST LIKELY IGNITED BY ARCING IN THE SPARK LINE PLUG CABLE. *JB

04V110000/FUEL RAIL TUBING. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL WORK DONE. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THE RECALL WORK WAS NOT DONE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE WORK HAD BEEN DONE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

NHTSA RECALL 04V110000 CONCERNING FUEL RAIL TUBING. AFTER HAVING THE FUEL RAIL REPLACED CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOL VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL REGULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL RAIL AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR NHTSA RECALL #04V110000. DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, AND THAT THEY REPLACED THE COMPONENT INDICATED IN THE RECALL. *AK ONE WEEK AFTER THE REPAIR THE VEHICLE CUT OUT AND THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS FUMES, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADDED A CLIP. *SC

OIL LEAKAGES WAS NOTICED, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, A FIRE STARTED IN THE FUEL LINE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

TWO DAY AFTER DEALER HAD PERFORM A RECALL LETTER NHTSA #04V11000, WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE: SOME PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L V8 ENGINES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE NYLON TUBING USED IN THE FUEL RAIL CONSTRUCTION MAY DEGRADE AND CRACK. ADDITIONALLY, THE 1995 MODEL YEAR USES A UNIQUE UNDERHOOD FUEL RETURN LINE THAT MAY CRACK. CRACKING OF THE FUEL RAIL OR RETURN LINE TUBING CAN RESULT IN A FUEL LEAK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER.

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED GASOLINE COMING THROUGH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT FUEL RAIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE FUEL RAIL WAS CRACKED AND WAS SPRAYING FUEL ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *NM