CADILLAC Complaints

ELECTRIAL PROBLEMS ALSO ENGINE PROBLEMS AND FRONT LIGHT GWENT OUT 3 TIMES BURNS OIL

WHEN YOU ENGAGE THE WINDSHIELD WASHER, THE WIPERS CONTINUE TO RUN AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. AT TIMES THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE WIPERS IS TO PULL THE FUSE. OTHER TIMES, SIMPLY TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AND LETTING THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES ALSO WORKS.

THE TIMING CHAIN LOOSENS AND CAUSES THE ENGINE TO FAIL. AVERAGE COST OF THIS REPAIR IS $2,100 AT 88,000 MILES. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS ENGINE AND PREVIOUS YEARS WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE.

'TAKATA RECALL' I WAS DRIVING MY 1995 CADILLAC SEVILLE OUT OF A SHOP-RITE PARKING LOT ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2017 AND WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. I WAS DRIVING VERY SLOWLY AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND ROUTE 46 (A BUSY HIGHWAY). MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY AND I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE AIRBAGS SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD. ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 98V115000, 1995 CADILLAC SEVILLE 'PASSENGER VEHICLES INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS CAN OCCUR DUE TO WATER INTRUSION.' I THEN CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS WHO STATED THAT MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THE RECALL. THEY PERFORMED AN INVESTIGATION AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST ME WITH THE REPAIRS BUT REFUSED TO GIVE ME A REASON. ACCORDING TO THE NHTSA WEBSITE: 'FRONTAL AIRBAGS ARE GENERALLY DESIGNED TO DEPLOY IN 'MODERATE/SEVERE' FRONTAL OR NEAR-FRONTAL CRASHES, WHICH ARE DEFINED AS CRASHES THAT ARE EQUIVALENT TO HITTING A SOLID, FIXED BARRIER AT 8-14 MPH OR HIGHER. (THIS WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO STRIKING A PARKED CAR OF SIMILAR SIZE AT ABOUT 16-28 MPH OR HIGHER.)' SINCE I WAS GOING MUCH SLOWER THAN 8-14 MPH, I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL AND GM IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO ASSIST ME OR ADVISE ME?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC DTS EQUIPPED WITH DEXTERO TOURING DTR1 TIRES, SIZE: 225/55/R17 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS WIFE'S CO-WORKER NOTICED BUBBLES ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO CENTER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET AND SEEK REIMBURSEMENT; HOWEVER, THE TIRE WAS OUT OF STOCK. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO CALL NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL, AND IT WENT TO FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING VEHICLE. CONSOLE READ "CHECK BRAKE ASSIST". JUST PULLING OUT OF MY PARKING AREA 2/15/2018. CADILLAC RECALL # 10V105 - GM RECALL # 15149 ISSUED 10/28/2010. NAT'L SAFETY RECALL # 09149 - NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. 15V225000. CADILLAC REFUSES REIMBURSEMENT $ 1449.

3/15/2018 CONSOLE LITE UP, SHOWING SYMBOL FOR "EMISSION CONTROL" PROBLEM APPEARED ON MY INSTRUMENT PANEL WHILE I WAS DRIVING. 3/19/2018 HAD VEHICLE CHECKED. ADVISED CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS REPLACEMENT. CADILLAC CONTACTED - THEY DENY ANY RECALL ISSUED. VEHICE ORIGINAL MILEAGE 91632

WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING MY BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED NOTING "SERVICE-BRAKE ASSIST ON CONSOLE. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF BRAKING. CADILLAC RECALL # 09149. I CONTACTED CADILLAC. THEY REFUSE TO CONSIDER REPAIR OF DEFECT. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. *JS

"CADILLAC RECALL" THE BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY ON THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND AT TIMES THE CAR DID NOT IMMEDIATELY STOP WHEN BRAKES WERE PRESSED. AS A RESULT, I COULD NO LONGER DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO FIND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. IN ADDITION, RECALLS AND ISSUE WITH THIS CAR HAVE MADE THE NEWS.

MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ENTER THE HEADLIGHTS CAUSING THE BULB TO SHORT OUT AND CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDIDTIONS. DEALERS WANT $1000 TO REPLACE THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY