1996 CADILLAC SEVILLE Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE DASHBOARD EXPLODED, AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEN , HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY. REPAIRS WILL BE DONE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE.*AK

SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN I TOOK OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT. IT WAS NOT A GREAT DEAL OF SMOKE BUT ENOUGH FOR ME TO QUESTION THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE CHECKED ALL THE WIRING IN THE COLUMN AND DID NOT FIND ANY BURNED WIRES. WHEN HE REMOVED THE AIR BAG PACKAGE HE FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE BURN MARKS ON AIR BAG ASSEMBLY. HE RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE IT TO DEALER AT THIS TIME. *NM

WHILE DRIVING THE SMELL OF GASOLINE IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE BECAME OVERWHELMING. DRIVER PULLED OVER AND NOTICED GAS STREAMING FROM THE FUEL RAIL. FUEL RAIL WAS REPLACED WITH UPDATED VERSION BY MECHANIC. *NM

DT: 1996 CADILLAC SEVILLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITION CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE THEN SLOWED DOWN, AND HE TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, AND THEN TURNED IT ON AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, NOR HAD ANY OTHER MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. . THE CONSUMER STATED THIS HAPPENED SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT'S INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE CONSUMER SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR A INSTRUMENT CLUSTER RECALL. HE FOUND A RECALL BUT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURE THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD WILL GO FROM 10MPH TO 140 MPH AND THE TACHOMETER WOULD GO FROM NORMAL TO 0. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. REFR# CADILLAC 1-333-062133, CAMPAIGN # FROM RECALL 95V224000. *NM OCCASIONALLY ALL ENGINE POWER IS ABRUPTLY LOST WITHOUT WARNING AT LOW SPEEDS OF 10-30 MPH RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL WITH POWER STEERING FUNCTION LOST. ON 2 OCCASIONS THE CAR STEERED ITSELF INTO AN OPPOSING TRAFFIC LANE. NO COLLISION OCCURRED BECAUSE THE OPPOSING TRAFFIC LANE WAS FREE OF TRAFFIC. STEERING CONTROL WITHOUT POWER STEERING WAS IMPOSSIBLE AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. *TT

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 04V110000 CONCERNING FUEL RAIL TUBING. AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE WHEN DRIVER START UP THE VEHICLE IT HESITATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANYTIME. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THIS PART WAS NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS RECALL NOTICE. *AK GM HAD TO REDESIGN THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, WHICH IS AN INTERACT PART OF THE FUEL RAIL BUT EXPECTS THE CONSUMER TO PAY FOR IT. CONSUMER FEEL THIS IS UNFAIR. *BF

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' CADILLAC SEVILLE 1996 FOR FUEL RAIL AND RETURN LINE. *BF WHEN THE CONSUMER COMPLETED HIS 60 MILE TRIP, SHE NOTICED SHE HAD LOST ABOUT 8 GALLONS OF GAS IN THAT ONE TRIP. WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A SMELL OF GAS. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL, HOWEVER AFTER THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTICULAR GAS LINE SHE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL. *JB GAS WAS SPRAYING TOWARD THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. RECALL# 04V110000. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. *NM RECALL CAMPAIGN: 04V110000. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SERVICE PRIOR TO THE RECALL NOTICE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AS SOON AS THE RECALL REPAIR WAS COMPLETED THE VEHICLE RAN PERFECTLY. REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTED BY THE CONSUMER. *TC *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR A FUEL RAIL RECALL AND NOW THE VEHICLE IS STALLING. NHTSA RECALL FUEL RAIL: 04V110000. *JB

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 95V224000 CONCERNING INSTRUMENT PANEL. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK