Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1987 Cadillac Deville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
1987 CADILLAC DEVILLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED.*MR THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE FIRE WAS DUE TO WIRING REPAIRS THAT WERE PERFORMED BY THE DEALER. PRIOR TO THE FIRE THE CONSUMER HAD OTHER REPAIRS DONE ON THE CAR SUCH AS A NEW RACK AND PINION, STRUTS, TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AND REPAIRS TO THE AIR CONDITION. *JB *NM
HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT. TEMPERATURE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF. WARNING LIGHTS FOR ENGINE DID NOT COME ON.CONTACTED DEALER, AND TOOK VEHICLE TO SHOP. *AK
THE ENGINE CONSTANTLY IS KNOCKING, WHEN THE 50,000 MILE WARRANTY WAS UP, THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THE NEW ENGINE IS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. *SLC
WHEN ENGINE FAILED CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE CAR. CONSUMER FELT THAT A BRAND NEW ENGINE SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER, ONLY LASTED 25000 MILES AND QUIT. ENGINE REPLACED WITH ONE OF THE SAME TYPE, WHICH IS FAILING AFTER 25000 MILES. *AK *ML
WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING SHE NOTICED STEAM WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. A TECHNICIAN TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS A LEAKAGE FROM THE ENGINE MANIFOLD. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
LEAK IN GASKET CAUSED ENGINE TO SPUTTER AND EMISSION OF SMOKE, RESULTED IN ENGINE FAILURE. QCAW
ENGINE IS MAKING A VERY LOUD NOISE. *AK
ENGINE HEAD LEAKS WATER INTO OIL.
ENGINE REPLACED.
WHILE PARKED IN DRIVE, THE VEHICLE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WATER MIXED IN ENGINE OIL CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL. *SD
THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED TWO TIMES DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE ENGINE DEALER IS BLAMING THE RADIATOR WASN'T REPLACE BY THEM THATS WHY THEY ARE NOT REPLACING ENGINE.
THE ENGINE STARTS TO GROWL AND THE MAIN BEARING WENT. THIS IS THE 4100 ENGINE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE 4100 SERIES ENGINE HAS SEAL LEAKS WHICH HAVE CAUSE ANTI-FREEZE AND WATER TO LEAK INTO THE OIL. TT
EXHAUST MANIFOLD FAILURE, BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKETS, VEHICLE BECAME DISABLE IN HWY. TT
ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAKED DUE TO LOOSE BOLTS, CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. TT
ENGINE; WHEN THE SEAL BREAK WATER GO INTO THE ENGINE. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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