Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Cadillac Deville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
AS A DISABLED VIETNAM MILITARY VETERAN MY 1993 CADILLAC SEDAN DEVILLE WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR ANYPLACE WILL SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE WITH NO WARNING. LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TO WHY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS
WHEN VEHICLE IS WARMED UP IT WILL TAKE OFF AS IF CONSUMER'S FOOT IS ON GAS PEDAL, WHEN THE CONSUMER TAPS THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN, THIS PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE WEATHER IS 90+ DEGREES OUTSIDE AND HIGH HUMIDITY. *AK
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
VEHICLE IDLES VERY HIGH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN OR WHEN AT A COMPLETE STAND STILL, ENGINE AND RPMS RACE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS RESET AND REPLACED THE IDLE SPEED CONTROL, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
ENGINE TENDS TO STALL ATINTERSECTIONS OR WHEN SLOWING TO MAKEA TURN AND DURING SAME TRIP WILL SURGE AHEAD WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF OF ACCEL ERATOR ON RECENT RETURN FROM SHOP THAT WORKED ON COMPONENT CAR WENT FROM 59 MPH TO 72MPH IN APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE
AFTER REMOVING FOOT FROM THROTTLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN.
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY.
WHEN HOLDING AT A RED LIGHT ON A HILL THE CAR WILL SURGE FORWARD ALMOST JUMPING FORWARD. *AK
RATTLE COMING FROM LEFT SIDE OF DASH WHILE DRIVING.
ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND CLIP SEPARATED FROM LINKAGE, CAUSING LOSS OF ACCELERATION. *SKD
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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