Cadillac Fleetwood Complaints

172 consumer complaints on file.

#11084953April 13, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR HAD A FLAT TIRE ON THE HIGHWAY - LEFT REAR. HAD JACKED IT UP, AND CHANGED TIRE. WAS LETTING JACK DOWN WHEN IT COLLAPSED. SCISSORS TYPE JACK. ONE OF THE CAPTIVE NUTS THAT THE MAIN BOLT RUNS THROUGH TO RAISE THE JACK ASSEMBLY FAILED, DROPPING THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY. LUCKILY, THE TIRE HAD BEEN CHANGED, AND NO ONE WAS HURT WHEN THE CAR DROPPED. I HAVE HAD A SIMILAR FAILURE ON MY 1993 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD, AND WONDER IF THIS IS NOT COMMON TO ALL OF THE GM CARS USING THIS JACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10652198November 3, 2014
ENGINE
I AM OWNER #2 OF THIS VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER DISCONTINUED MAKING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR THE VEHICLE. CADILLAC DEALERSHIPS CLAIM THERE ARE NO NOS PARTS, THE MAIN AFTERMARKET MANUFACTURERS DO NOT MAKE REPLACEMENTS BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT BE PROFITABLE TO DO SO. THE USED PART RECYCLERS IN MY AREA EITHER DO NOT HAVE THE PART OR MISREPRESENT THE PART CLAIMING IT IS FOR A FUEL INJECTED ENGINE WHEN IT IS CLEARLY FOR A CARBURETED ENGINE. THIS IS BOGUS, THE CAR RUNS BEAUTIFULLY, OR DID UNTIL THIS OCCURRED, AND NOW BECAUSE I CANNOT GET THIS ONE PART, THE CAR ENDS UP IN A JUNKYARD. PITIFUL AND WASTEFUL, SHAME ON GM/CADILLAC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627265August 21, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
APPLIED BRAKE BRAKES DID NOT GRAB CAR STARTED TO SLIDE WAS TOLD MOUDOULE WENT OUT CADILLAC SAID THEY HAD RECALL CAN;T GET PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319251March 12, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER TO STOP THE ACCELERATION, THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS AND THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 109,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10216125January 23, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1994 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD CAUGHT FIRE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE WAS THEN ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *KB OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-90-0874. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10209653November 21, 2007
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SEAT BELTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY VEHICLE ACCELERATES BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING, WHEN I CHANGE IT FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE AND WHEN I PRESS ON MY BRAKES AT A STOP LIGHT FEELS LIKE IS STILL ACCELERATING AND WANTS TO GO FASTER. I HAD TWO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS REASON. NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS NOT CHANGING GEAR ANYMORE AND THIS VEHICLE IS AT THE MECHANIC FOR THIS REASON. I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM BUT IT WAS FIXED BY MY MECHANIC. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE SEAT BELTS DRIVER SIDE AND FRONT PASSENGER. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10201922September 5, 2007
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DRIVING ON FLA. TURNPIKE, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION ON RIGHT REAR PASSENGER TIRE. HAD TO CHANGE TIRE TO SMALL "DOUGHNUT" SPARE. WENT BACK TO HOME BASE TO PURCHASE TIRE(S) FOR CAR BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH TRIP. WAS TOLD BY PEP BOYS I ONLY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TIRE THAT HAD TREAD SEPARATION, SO CONSUMER ONLY PURCHASED THE ONE TIRE. CONSUMER CONTINUED ON TRIP. NEXT DAY, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ANOTHER TREAD SEPARATION, THIS ONE ON LEFT FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. THIS TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE'S (A 1990 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM, IN SHOW ROOM SHAPE) FRONT PANEL, ROCKER PANEL, WHEEL TRIM, BALL JOINTS, IDLER ARM AND ALIGNMENT OF CHASSIS. CONSUMER HAD TO CHANGE THIS TIRE TO SMALL SPARE, CAUSING STRESS AND POSSIBLE INJURY TO LOWER BACK. CONSUMER HAD JUST COMPLETED BACK TRACTION TREATMENTS ON 8/30/07. THE TREADLESS TIRE AND DAMAGED WHEEL STRUCTURE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AND PICTURES TAKEN OF IT AND DAMAGES TO VEHICLE. CONSUMER PURCHASED NEW TIRE TO REPLACE THIS SECOND SEPARATION AND IN FEAR THAT THE REMAINING TWO TIRES THAT HAD TREAD ON THEM WOULD SEPARATE AS WELL , PURCHASED NEW TIRES FOR THEM AS WELL. TIRES: BRIDGESTONE P225/75R15. UPDATE 12/02/07
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166830August 29, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE WAS EASILY RESTARTED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 94V199000, REGARDING THE POWER TRAIN AXLE ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE ALERTED. UPDATED 10/17/2006 - SMOKE BEGAN POURING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. A NEW PCM WAS INSTALLED. THE GAS TANK FLOAT WAS BAD. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10163256July 24, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED, WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH., THE VEHICLE HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH THE LEFT FRONT FENDER OF ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT RAN A STOP SIGN. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142203November 8, 2005
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
WHILE DRIVING THE FRAME WHICH CONTAINS THE RACK & PINION ASSEMBLY BROKE. THE METAL OF THE FRAME FAILED AND CAUSE THE RACK & PINION UNIT TO BECOME LOOSE CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING. IF THIS HAS HAPPENED AT A HIGHER SPEED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. THIS UNIT IS USED ON ALL CADILLAC DEVILLES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108713March 7, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
AFTER THE CONSUMER SAT DOWN IN THE DRIVERS SEAT, WITH HIS LEFT LEG OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AS HE BEGAN TO CLOSE THE DOOR, IT BROKE AWAY FROM THE DOOR ASSEMBLY HINGES AND LANDED ON THE CONSUMERS LEG CAUSING INJURY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10108955January 26, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
UPON OPENING THE DOOR IT COMPLETELY FELL OFF, BREAKING THE CONSUMER' S LEG. HOWEVER, CADILLAC WILL DO NOTHING TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10091096September 16, 2004
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT
TRIED TO TURN ON AIR-CONDITIONER AND HEATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DIAGNOSTIC CENTER AND AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AUTO CENTER. THEY BOTH HAD THE SAME CONCLUSION. THE CLIMATE CONTROL VALVE HAS FAILED. THE ACDELCO PART# 16082986 HAS A FAILURE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065579April 29, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL BACK IN 1999, IT DEALT WITH HAVING THE BALL JOINTS AND KNUCKLES REPLACED. HE STATED THAT AT THAT TIME, HIS DEALER TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS VEHICLE AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS OK. NOW 20,000 MILES LATER, HE FINDS THAT THE NUT HAS CHEWED THE COTTER KEY OFF AND IN HALF. HE STATED WHEN HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND SHOWED IT TO THEM, THEY SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE TO REPAIR IT. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, BECAUSE HE IS TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THE HIGHWAY, AND HIS WHEEL WAS ABOUT TO COME OFF. HE STATED THAT THE DEALERS NAME IS VAN TROW OLDS AND CADILLAC DEALER, IT IS LOCATED AT 2015 LOUISVILLE AVENUE MONROE, LA 318 387 2021. HE STATES ALL HE WANTS IS HIS VEHICLE REPAIRED, WHERE THEY DID NOT REPAIR IT BEFORE. *NM THE CONSUMER HAD THE FAULTY NUT IN THE BALL JOINTS REPAIRED BY A DIFFERENT DEALER PRIOR TO MEETING WITH THE VAN-TROW DEALERSHIP. *LA *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057156January 30, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER DOWN SHIFTED, AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041393October 7, 2003
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
STEERING LOCKS UP AT ANY GIVEN TIME OR SPEED, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING HARD LEFT AT A SLOW SPEED. 1987 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD WITH RACK AND PINION. IT'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR 4 YEARS BUT IS MUCH WORSE LATELY. MY MECHANIC SAYS IT WOULD COST A LOT TO FIX SO HE'S BEEN KIND OF IGNORING IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022553August 15, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN NEUTRAL GEAR. THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BLEW A HOLE IN THE MOTOR. *AK THE POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A LARGE HOLE IN THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE OIL PAN. HE THEN OBSERVED ABOUT A QUART OF OIL ON THE GROUND. IN HIS OPINION, THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS DUE TO LOW OIL WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO COME APART AND RUN THROUGH THE OIL PAN. *PH. THE MECHANIC STATED THE PROBLEM MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10027297August 7, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:SPRINGS
THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH PARKED VEHICLES. RELATED RECALL 95V082000. *AK *SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026220June 27, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING
1990 FLEETWOOD HAD AN ERROR IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.*MR THE FUEL TUBE MOUNTED FROM THE BODY TO FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, AT THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR THERE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE SECURITY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FUEL TUBE AND THE PRESSURE REGULATOR, THE CONNECTION DID NOT TIGHTENED PROPERLY, IT CONNECTED, BUT DID NOT SECURE THE TUBE TO THE REGULATOR. * PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014587March 27, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THE FUEL PUMP CONTAINED A SHORTAGE, WHICH CAUSED A SPARK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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