Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 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
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AND THE BRAKE FLUID HAD DRAINED OUT. ALL FOUR BRAKE RODS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 11/09/06.*JB
THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, A HOLE BLEW OUT OF THE BRAKE LINE. THE DEALER PATCHED THE HOLE BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *PH THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TOWED FOUR TIMES. *PH *JB
THE BRAKE LINE BURST, DUE TO RUST. *TS *JB
CORRODED BRAKE LINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING
BRAKE LINES CORRODED, CAUSING BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
PROBLEMS WITH RADIATOR. MJS
BRAKE FAILURE. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AT INTERSECTION.
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
BRAKES FAILED BUT DRIVER PUMPED THE BRAKES ENABLING HER TO DRIVE HOME. SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE HOOD WAS OPENED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE AND SMOKE WAS IN THE AREA OF THE BRAKE BOOSTER.
ROTORS WARPED CAUSING VIBRATIONS.
VEHICLE JERKS AFTER YOU PUT FOOT ON PEDAL.
IN THE WINTER MONTHS, THE BRAKE PADS FREEZE TO THE DRUM AND WHEN MOVING THE VEHICLE, THE DRUM PULLS THE BRAKE PADS OFF THE BRAKE SHOES. THE BRAKES SHOES AND PADS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AT THIS TIME.
RIGHT REAR WHEEL COVER BROKE.
BRAKES REQUIRED ALL ROTORS TO BE TURNED WITH LOW MILEAGE DUE TO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. *AK
ABS BRAKES; THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE CONSUMER NEEDED TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER TOO OFTEN. *AK
BRAKES FAILED.
BRAKES STICK WHEN FIRST STARTING CAR AND DOES NOT RELEASE UNTIL IN DRIVE GEAR. *SKD
BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED. *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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