1996 CADILLAC SEVILLE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO SMELL GAS. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER POPPED THE HOOD AND NOTICED GAS CASCADING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT THE FUEL RAIL SPLIT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *NLM

CONSUMER STATED HE HAD STARTING PROBLEMS. WHEN STARTING VEHICLE THE INDICATOR TOLD HIM THAT THE IGNITION SYSTEM FAILED, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. IN ADDITION, CONSUMER HAD TO WAIT 3 MINUTES BEFORE HE COULD START VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS FOR THE INTERNAL SHORT CIRCUIT CONDITION CLUSTER. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL ALTHOUGH IT WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

INSTRUMENT PANEL SHORT CIRCUITS CAUSING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO GO BLANK CAUSING LOSS OF GAUGE FUNCTION AND ALL TELL TALE INDICATIONS EXCEPT FOR SERVICE ENGINE SOON. THE LOSS OF TELL TALES FOR SEAT BELTS, TURN SIGNALS, HIGH BEAM HAZARD, OIL PRESSURE COOLANT TEMPERATURE. CHECKED WITH CADILLAC THEY STATED MY VIN NUMBER DID NOT FIT THE CRITERA OF THE CURRENT RECALL FOR 96 CADILLAC SEVILLE WHICH HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM I AM DESCRIBING. *PH

#95-V-224-000 THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO PULL OVER UNTIL THEY RESET THEMSELVES, CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE.*JB

CAR WAS PURCHASED (LEASED) ON 2/22/00. CAR KEPT STALLING WHILE DRIVING OR WOULDN'T START AT ALL. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER ON 2/29/00. THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ON 6/8/00. THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND I HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER. DASH BOARD PANEL WOULD READ BATTERY, NO CHARGE WHEN IT WOULD RAIN HAD BELT REPLACED. HAD SEVERAL STIFF SPOTS WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL ON 11/1/01. RACK AND PINION AND WATER PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 45654 MILES. ON 1/30/01 DEALER PERFORMED "PROTECT INJECTOR SERVICE" AT 49481 MILES. 2/20/02 RETURNED CAR TO DEALER, GAS PEDAL WAS STICKING. THEY CLEANED DEPOSIT IS FROM THROTTLE BLADES AT 49533 MILES. CAR BEGAN STALLING AGAIN. 10/29/01 EGR VALVE REPLACED WITH 60324 MILES. 12/12/01 SPARK PLUGS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCE WITH 60324 MILES. WE HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES, FRONT AND BACK BRAKES. THE AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT MAY, 2002. HAD IT REPAIRED ON 7/9/02 REPLACED R&R COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY, EXPANSION TUBE ASSEMBLY, A/C RECHARGE, FREON, DYE KIT, A/C OIL AND ORIFICE TUBE WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 69860!! RIDICULOUS ISN'T IT?? NOT DONE YET 7/11/02 - A/C IS OUT AGAIN. THIS TIME HAD TO REPLACE THE A/C SENSOR, A/C SWITCH, ACM MODULE, R&R SWITCH COMPRESSOR CUT-OFF, R&R SENSOR SUNLOAD (ATC), R&R MODULE CLIMATE CONTROL. TODAY, IT STILL DOESN'T WORK. I'M TIRED OF PUMPING $$ INTO SOMETHING THAT IS A LEASE. WE CONTACTED CADILLAC ON HELPING US GET OUT OF THIS LEASE AND INTO A DIFFERENT GM LEASE, THEY WOULDN'T HELP. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE DAY 3. WHEN PARKING THE CAR AND TRYING TO REMOVE KEYS IS ANOTHER PROBLEM. WE HAVE TO HIT THE TOP OF THE SHIFTER TO GET THE KEYS TO RELEASE. THE SHIFTER STICKS AND WON'T RELEASE THE KEYS. CURRENTLY, THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS THE BANGING UNDER THE CAR, WHICH WE FOUND ARE THE STRUTS. THEY DON'T EVEN MAKE AFTER MARKET ONES YET! LET US KNOW IF ANY OF THESE THINGS ARE "RECALLED". CADDY CRAP!! THANK YOU. DT

THE STEERING MECHANISM VIBRATES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED AT LOW SPEEDS DUE TO WORN STEERING GEAR. THE FIRST FAILURE, THE POWER STEERING GEAR AND PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE SECOND, CONSUMER IS BEING TOLD IT NEEDS REPLACING AGAIN. *JG

WHILE DRIVING WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER,AND IT WILL START BACK, AND OCCASIONALLY WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IT WILL NOT START. WHEN FINALLY IT STARTS DASHBOARD SETTING IS SET ON ZERO. CONTACTED DEALER, THEY SAD IT WAS CAUSED BY THE INTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER MALFUNCTIONING.*AK

I PAID FOR A NEW ENGINE I BELIEVE RHAT MATAGA OF STOCKTON REBUILD MY OLD ENGINE. MY OLD ENGINE HAD SUGAR IN THE OIL . HAD THE SAME TAPPING NOISE . WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO PROVE IT. I WAS TOLD THE 2000 ENGINE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WANT IT FIX OR REPLACE.*AK

I HAD A OIL CINSUMPTION PROBLEM THE CAR HAD BEEN USING 3 QTS OF OIL EVERY 1800 MILES. WE FOUND OUT FROM A TECH THAT WORK THERE AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE HAD BEEN A NOTICE SENT OUT TO ALL TECH THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS AND HAD BEEN FOR SOMETIME WITH THE NORTHSTAR ENGINE. AND THAT THERE STILL IS. THE PROBLEM IS WITH CARBON BUILT UP IN THE RINGS THEY ADDED A CLEANER TO TAKE THE CARBON OFF. THIS IS ALL AT THE COST OF THE CUSTOMER . WHICH WAS $524.24 AND HAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF THE PROBLEM. I CALLED CADILLAC THEY TOLD ME I WAS NOT TO GET THIS INFORMATION IT WAS FOR TECK USE ONLY.*AK

PROBLEMS STARTED WITH A BUZZING SOUND EMITTING FROM THE RADIO/SPEAKERS; THEN SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE STEERING WHEEL; VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ON MANY OCCASIONS RESULTING IN MY HAVING TO BE TOWED; ELECTRIC WINDOW AND MIRRORS STOPPED WORKING; DRIVER'S SEAT LAYS BACK TO FURTHEST POINT (ALMOST RESTING AGAINST BACK SEAT) AND WILL NOT RESPOND TO CONTROLS UNTIL FULLY RECLINED--THIS CONTINUES TO OCCUR NOT ONLY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED BUT ALSO WHILE BEING DRIVEN; HORN WOULD GO OFF WHEN CAR WAS STARTED AND COULD NOT BE SHUT OFF; BOTH "SERVICE ENGINE" & "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" LIGHTS WOULD COME ON CONTINUOUSLY, EVEN AFTER SERVICE WAS DONE; TRACTION CONTROL WOULD ENGAGE FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WOULD REMAIN ENGAGED UNTIL ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF; WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY TIGHT AND DIFFICULT TO TURN; STEERING MADE LOUD GRINDING NOISES WHEN TURNING; INTERIOR LIGHTS AND HIGH BEAMS STOPPED WORKING; ENGINE WOULD DIE WHILE BEING DRIVEN AND WOULD NOT TAKE A "JUMP" CHARGE RESULTING IN HAVING TO BE TOWED;