1993 CADILLAC DEVILLE

123 complaints filed with NHTSA.

123
Complaints
13
Crashes
18
Fires
10
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP13
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL8
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY7
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION7
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS5
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE4
UNKNOWN OR OTHER4
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL3
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT3
SUSPENSION:FRONT3
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD3
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT3
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE3
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS3

Recent Complaints

20110705CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

PURCHASED 2003 CADILLAC DHS FROM COAST CADILLAC, THE NEXT MONTH WE HAD TO GET A NEW ENGINE FROM RANCHO MOTORS. LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER THAT WE HAD TO GET A NEW COMPUTER. MY HUSBAND HAD A CAR ACCIDENT ON JULY 4, 2009 WHERE HE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AAA ADJUSTER CAME TO DIAMOND CAR COLLISION IN HESPERIA AND STATED THE CAR WAS NOT TOTALED. I REQUESTED A SECOND OPINION AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT TOTAL THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN 2007 WHERE IT WAS REA

Mileage: 96,000

20090610FirePOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BURNING AND LEAKING A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL. THE CONTACT ALWAYS NOTICED OIL SPOTS ON THE GROUND AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. IF THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN FOR A WHILE, SMOKE WILL APPEAR FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE, RATHER THAN THE HOOD. THE FAILURE HAS ALSO CAUSED THE AIR CONDITIONER TO STOP WORKING. A WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND READ, "STOP.TURN OFF ENGINE". A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE OIL WAS CO

Mileage: 85,000

20030224FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB

Mileage: 128,000

20020402CrashSTRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS

SUV AND PICKUP TRUCKS SHOULD BE MODIFIED TO WATCH BUMPERS OF ALL PASSENGER CARS.

20020313CrashELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE

CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATES LIKE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES(CRUISE CONTROL IS OFF) AND UNABLE TO DISENGAGE BY APPLING BRAKES.DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE EXACT CAUSE.LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE TURNING CORNER, CAUSING CAR TO ACCELERATE WHILE FOOT WAS ON BRAKE AND CROSS OVER CENTER LINE,SLIDING IN GRAVEL, STRIKING TREE ON OPPOSENT SIDE OF ROADWAY. THE TPS HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND THE ECM AND IGNITION LOCK REPLACED ONCE.*AK

20020313CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATES LIKE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES(CRUISE CONTROL IS OFF) AND UNABLE TO DISENGAGE BY APPLING BRAKES.DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE EXACT CAUSE.LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE TURNING CORNER, CAUSING CAR TO ACCELERATE WHILE FOOT WAS ON BRAKE AND CROSS OVER CENTER LINE,SLIDING IN GRAVEL, STRIKING TREE ON OPPOSENT SIDE OF ROADWAY. THE TPS HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND THE ECM AND IGNITION LOCK REPLACED ONCE.*AK

20020313CrashELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATES LIKE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES(CRUISE CONTROL IS OFF) AND UNABLE TO DISENGAGE BY APPLING BRAKES.DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE EXACT CAUSE.LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE TURNING CORNER, CAUSING CAR TO ACCELERATE WHILE FOOT WAS ON BRAKE AND CROSS OVER CENTER LINE,SLIDING IN GRAVEL, STRIKING TREE ON OPPOSENT SIDE OF ROADWAY. THE TPS HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND THE ECM AND IGNITION LOCK REPLACED ONCE.*AK

20000426FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

VEHICLE FIRE UNDER DASH WHILE PARKED. *MJS

20000111CrashSTEERING:RACK AND PINION

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

20000111CrashSUSPENSION:FRONT

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

19990325FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

NO ENGINE LIGHT ON THE CONSOLE CAME ON TO WARREN CONSUMER OF ENGINE TROUBLE. SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE HOOD, AND WHEN CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO CHECK IT OUT AFTER LIFTING THE HOOD,THE ENGINE BURSTED INTO FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO PUT OUT FIRE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED BECAUSE THE CONSUMER BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED. *AK

19980820FirePOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES

TRANSAXLE OIL COOLER COUPLING BROKE/FAILED, CAUSING AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

19970826FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DIED . OWNER TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE NOTICING SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. IN SECONDS THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *AK

19970826FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DIED . OWNER TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE NOTICING SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. IN SECONDS THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *AK

19970310FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

ELECTRICAL FIRE, CAUSE UNKNOWN, STOPPED AT A REST STOP, CAME OUT FROM THE RESTROOM AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. CADILLAC DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH OIL IN THE ENGINE AND THIS STARTED THE FIRE. *AK

19961231CrashTIRES

MICHELIN TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURIES. *DH

19961231VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY.

19960923FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING.*AK

19960923FireSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING.*AK

19960729CrashSEATS

DURING REAR IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BRACKETS BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS INTO THE REAR SEAT.*AK