1990 Cadillac Deville

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM DUE TO THE ATB VALVE BLOCK. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 12/28/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  SHARP PULL OF STEERING WHEEL WITH A HARD BRAKE APPLICATION DURING A NON-ABS STOP. *AK

• 12/27/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. TT

• 12/17/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

  THE BRAKES WORK INTERMITTENTLEY OVER 3000 MILES. TS

• 12/16/2015· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINECrash

  THE CAR WHILE TURNING INTERMITTENTLY DIES AND LOOSES ANY ACCELERATION STALLS AND MOST OF THE TIME STARTS BACK UP WHEN LIFTING FOOT OF THE GAS AND SOMETIMES DIES. ALSO THE CAR ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN SOMETIMES VERY QUICKLY. THE CAR STALLING WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN GOT ME T-BONED BY SOMEONE WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THIS DEFECT IS GOING TO GET SOMEBODY KILLED.

• 12/09/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/09/1997· AIR BAGS

  AIR BAG COVER ON STEERING COLUMN SPLIT, UNSPECIFIED REASONS.

• 12/05/1997· AIR BAGS

  AIR BAG: DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG SATRTED TO SPLIT OCT. 96. HAS NOW SPLIT COMPLETELY ACROSS. TOOK CAR IN TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. *AK

• 12/02/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ALTERNATOR FAILURE. *AK

• 12/02/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE BRAKE SHOES IN THE REAR DO NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DRUMS, CAUSING THE FRONT BRAKES TO WEAR OUT OFTEN. *AK CONSUMER STTES IN ADDITION TO WEARING OUT THE FRONT BRAKES FASTER CONSUMER HAS REDUCED BRAKING, CONSUMER HAS TRIED TO GET DEALERSHIP TO LOOK AT VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT THEY FEEL IT IS INSIGNIFICANT.*JB

• 12/01/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTI LOCK BRAKES ARE FAILING-BRAKES GO AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 7-8 MINS BEFORE THEY WORK PROPERLY. TT

• 11/28/2000· TIRES

  THE MICHELIN TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING A POSSIBLE COLLSION WITH ONE INJURY (LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED). *MJS

• 11/13/1995· SUSPENSION

  REAR SUSPENSION SPRINGS ARE CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON REAR TIRES. TT

• 11/07/2003· SEAT BELTS

  THE DRIVERS SEAT-BELT LATCH NO LONGER WILL RETAIN THE BUCKLE WHEN INSERTED. *LA

• 11/07/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHEN DRIVING CAR SOMETIMES ACCELERATES OUT OF CONTROL. *AK WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES THEY WERE VERY HARD, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, CONSUMER THEN FORCED THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARKED THE STOP WAS SEVERE, THE SECOND OCCASION THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AGAIN AND CONSUMER HAD TO PUT GEAR IN NEURAL AND BEGAN RAPIDLY HITTING THE ACCELERATOR AFTER 3 TIMES THE ENGINE SLOWED DOWN AND THE BRAKE WORKED, HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE.*JB

• 11/04/1997· STEERING

  STEERING COLUMN SMOKED.

• 10/29/2003· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY REASON VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 65 MPH. BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO DECELERATE VEHICLE AND THEY DIDN'T WORK, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DEALER AND INDEPENDENT SHOP COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 10/16/1998· EQUIPMENT

  EVAPORATOR CORE FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKING.

• 10/12/1995· TIRES

  RIGHT FRONT MICHELIN TIRE FAILED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL.

• 10/10/1995· SEAT BELTSCrash

  INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD THE DRIVER AND SHE WAS THROWN ALL OVER THE CAR. TT AN OFFICER STATED THAT THE FORCE AND ANGLE OF IMPACT WERE NOT ENOUGH TO ENGAGE SEAT BELT, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

• 10/07/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE.

• 09/30/2009· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL WITH SPEED AT 100+ MILES PER HOUR. THE BRAKES FAILED/ WOULD NOT MOVE. THE ACCELERATOR MOVED AWAY FROM MY FOOT. THIS HAPPEN A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES WITH MY CAR. EACH TIME THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. MY CAR WAS A 1990 CADILLAC SEDAN DEVILLE, 4 DOOR. THE TOYOTA RECALL DESCRIBED EXACTLY WHAT HAPPEN TO MY CAR. THE 911 CALL TELEVISED ON THE NEWS WITH THE FAMILY THAT WAS KILLED IN THE TOYOTA CAR, THE CALLER SAID "THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING OUT OF CONTROL AND THE BRAKES HAD FAILED". THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER WITH MY INCIDENTS AND THIS BROUGHT BACK THOSE MEMORIES. I HOPE THIS CAN HELP. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS THE FLOOR MATS, THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER AT FIRST AND THEN SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. I DID SENT A COMPLAINT TO GMC IN DETROIT, MI BUT NEVER HEARD BACK. *TR

• 09/27/1999· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THEREIS VIRBATION WITHIN THE VEHICLE DUE TO A BROKEN SHAFT AXLE. *AK

• 09/25/1997· TIRES

  TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING COLLISION.

• 09/25/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE, ALL THE BRAKE POWER IS GOING TO ONE WHEEL, THE PASSENGER'S FRONT, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO LOCK UP DURING OPERATION. *AK

• 09/25/1995· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  CRUISE DISCONNECTED WHILE DRIVING AND DOES NOT REINSTATE ITSELF. TT

• 09/23/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  ENGINE FIRE.*MR WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE TURNPIKE, THE ENGINE ALL OF A SUDDEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS *JB

• 09/22/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FOR NO REASON; PRESSED FEET HARD ON BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. TOOK INTO PENSKE. DID A SCOPE & COULD NOT LOCATE PROBLEM. ACCELERATION OCCURRED AGAIN SINCE HAVING VEHICLE CHECKED. *AK

• 09/18/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES TOTALLED FAILED, BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. TT

• 09/09/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CABLE TO BATTERY REPEATLY LOOSENED, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER.*AK

• 09/08/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTERMITTENTLY WHEN SLIGHTLY TURNING THE WHEEL ON AN EXPRESSWAY ENGINE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WILL START UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 09/07/2000· TIRES

  PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65-70 MPH, TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE CAME OFF. DRIVER MANAGED TO GET VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. NO ONE WAS INJURED. FIRESTONE FR 360, TIRE SIZE P205 70R15, ON A 1990, CADILLAC, DEVILLE. NOT ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT. FIRESTONE WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE TIRE. FIRESTONE PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRE, TOWING CHARGES, REPLACEMENT FOR A NEW BATTERY AND CAR DAMAGES. *AK THE CUSTOMER AGREED AND BOUGHT NEW FIRESTONE TIRES TO REPLACE THE OLD ONES BUT NOW DOES NOT FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE. *YH

• 08/29/2001· POWER TRAINCrash

  AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND PLACING IT INTO NEUTRAL VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE, CRASHING INTO A PICNIC TABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

• 08/29/1996· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE PLASTIC LINER INSIDE THE FUEL TANK, HAS COME LOOSE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL DURING OPERATION.*AK

• 08/16/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HOBBIE DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED ENGINE MOTOR MOUNT IN MARCH 1999. WE HAD THE CAR CHECKED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP IN JUNE 2000 (5676 MILES ON NEW PART) AND THEY FOUND THAT THE NEW MOUNT WAS BROKEN. WE FEEL THAT THE PART MAY HAVE BEEN BROKEN AT THE TIME OF INSTALLATION. CALLED BOTH HOBBIE AND GENERAL MOTORS. NEITHER WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT IS DEFECTIVE NOR WILL THEY ADMIT TO A PROBLEM.

• 08/13/2001· PARKING BRAKE,POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT RELEASE. TOOK OUT OWNERS MANUAL, AND IT STATED THAT BRAKE MAY FREEZE UP AT TIMES. CONSUMER PUT CAR IN PARK AND GOT OUT TO REACH LEVER, WHEN CONSUMER PULLED LEVER, VEHICLE LURCHED SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, RIGHT FRONT TIRE ROLLED OVER CONSUMER'S LEG, AND VEHICLE HIT A PARKED CAR BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. CONSUMER HAS YET CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STILL HAS NOT RECOVERED COMPLETELY DUE TO THE SEVERE TISSUE DAMAGE DONE TO THE LEG AND BOTH FEET. *SLC

• 08/09/1996· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ACCELERATION, WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL THE AIR PUMP FAILED AND HOSE BROKE.

• 07/22/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLETO SLIDE. ALSO, AND ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. *AK

• 07/17/1994· STRUCTURE

  ELECTRIC LOCK ON REAR DOOR JAMMED. *TW

• 07/09/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,WHEELS,EQUIPMENT

  BARRINGTON MOTOR WORKS HAD MADE MORE EXCUSES THAN FIX PROBLEMS, OTHER PROBLEMS EXIST, BUT TOO MANY TO LIST. THE BARRINGTON MW HAS NEVER ONCE FOUND A PROBLEM TILL THE CAR LEAVES US STRANDED, EVEN AFTER WE COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT PROBLEM. UNTIL I FIND A DECENT GM DEALER, THIS IS THE LAST GM FOR US, WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF CADILLAC DEALERS, AND WE HAVE BEEN TO MANY.

• 07/08/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  SUDDEN ACCELERATION.

• 07/02/2002· TIRES

  MICHELIN, TPG SPEC, P205/70H15, DOT M3H3819X409, REPLACEMENT TIRES WITH 10000 MILES ON A 1990, CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE. RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD BELT SEPARATION, THEN, ON 24 JUNE 2002, LEFT REAR TIRE HAD BELT SEPARATION.*AK *JG

• 07/01/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE DRIVING IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL. WAS ABLE TO STOP WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. WILL BE TAKING TO THE DEALER. *AK

• 07/01/1996· TIRES

  AT 26,000 MILES TWO VOGUE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

• 06/24/1999· AIR BAGS

  MY CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY-SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE I SMELLED A STRONG BURNING ODER AND THEN SEEN WHISPS OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE AIR BAG IN THE STEERING WHEEL-I SHUT OFF THE IGNITION AND THE SMOKE QUIT SHORTLY AFTER - I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG STARTED TO SMOKE IN A FEW SECONDS AGAIN--I DISCONNECTED THE S.I.R. CONNECTOR ON THE STEERING COLUMN AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE-NO SMOKE OR SMELL WITH S.I.R. DISCONNECTED-I REMOVED THE AIR BAG FROM THE STEERING WHEEL-ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE AIR BAG MODULE THERE IS A ROUND STEEL CAP ABOUT 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 1/2 HIGH FASTENED TO THE BACK OF THE AIR BAG MODULE--THIS WAS VERY HOT AND HAD BLACK SOOT COMING OUT ALL AROUND THE EDGES WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE AIR BAG MODULE-----I TOOK THE AIR BAG MODULE TOO MY LOCAL CADILLAC DEALER-THEY CHECKED FOR ANY RECALLS OR TECH BULLETINS AND SAID I SHOULD CONTACT CADILLAC DIV. CONCERNING THIS AS IT WAS PAST WARRANTY--I CALLED CADILLAC CONSUMER RELATIONS CENTER ON 4/12/90 THEY SEEMED CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND TOOK A VERY DETAILED REPORT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED -EVEN THE TIME OF DAY AND TEMP.--THEY SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME IN3-5 DAYS--ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LATER THEY GOT CALLED ME BACK AND SAID VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I SHOULD BRING IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER AND GET IT FIXED AT MY EXPENSE-.-I TOLD THEM I WOULD CONTACT THE NHTSA AS I FELT THIS WAS A DEFINITE SAFETY CONCERN-THEY JUST SAID THEY WOULD NOTATE IT IN THE FILE. *AK

• 06/18/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THERE HAS BEEN 2 TIMES THAT THIS ENGINE HAS FAILED ALMOST COSTING OUR LIVES.*AK

• 06/17/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  SOMETIMES DRIVING, THERE IS NO BRAKE, IT PULL TO THE SIDE, HAVE ABS ANIT-LOCK. CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

• 06/16/2010· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. ON WARM DAYS, WHEN DRIVING WITH AIRCONDITIONING.TURNED ON, THE CAR STALLS AND THEN QUICKLY STARTS UP AGAIN. NO NOTICE FROM COMPUTER PROBLEM LIGHT. NOTE OTHER OWNERS OF THIS CAR HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS EVEN AFTER DEALER CHECK.........ONE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT IT IS THE BAFFLE AROUND THE FUEL TAKE THAT CUTS THE IGNITION OUT AND I SHOULD KEEP FUEL COMPLETELY FILLED TO TOP OR AT LEAST HALF FULL. YESTERDAY WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN, IT WAS WARM IN LOS ANGELS, HAD 11 GALLONS IN TANK AND STILL HAD PROBLEM. NO RECALL WAS EVER INITIATED BY US GOVERNMENT OR GM. MY CAR IS A 1990 CAD WITH ONLY 80,000 MILES AND MAINTAINED REGULARLY. *TR

• 06/09/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE ADEQUATELY.

• 05/27/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES FAILED PREMATURELY. *AW