Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. 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. 17 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
UPON REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING LOT VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR ,BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE SLOWLY STOPPED BY ITSELF BECAUSE OF THE LOW SPEED BEING DRIVEN. VEHICLE WAS FLAT BEDDED TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND THE BRAKE FLUID POURED OUT. THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED.*AK
FUEL PUMP LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK SHORTED OUT AND CAUSED A BLOWN FUSE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, UPON EXAMINATION THE WIRES WERE FOUND TO BE PINCHED DUE TO POOR DESIGN. *AK *NLM
REPORTIN WHILE TRAVELING. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIRSSHOP, AND INFORMED OF A, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF NO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL ON THAT PART. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE AND FURTHER INFORMATIOPN ON THIS MATTER.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 15-20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED, RESTARTED AGAIN, BUT AFTER A FEW MINUTES STALLED AGAIN. PARKED VEHICLE IN GARAGE, AND TRIED TO RESTART, UNABLE TO START VEHICLE. FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED, INSIDE OF PUMP HAD BURNED. WIRES HAD MELTED, AND THE CONNECTOR HAD BURNED AS WELL.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING ENGINE WOULD STALL WITHOUT INDICATION. AFTER VEHICLE HAD STALLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES CONSUMER REMOVED FUEL TANK, AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN FUEL PUMP DUE TO WIRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN AFTER IT HAD JUST BEEN RUNNING. DEALERSHIP REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND WOULD NOT GIVE REASON FOR CAUSE OF DEFECT. IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. IN 1998, CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS STRANDED WHEN THE SAME DEFECT OCCURRED WITH FUEL PUMP. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 45,000-48,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY. IN DECEMBER 2000, FUEL PUMP STOPPED WORKING FOR A THIRD TIME. CONSUMER FELTTHAT THIS COULD BE A COMPUTER RELATED DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
FUEL PUMP CONNECTOR INSIDE THE FUEL TANK, BURNED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY OWNER. *AK THE BURNED CONNECTOR AND THE WIRES ARE ABOVE GASOLINE LEVEL, AND THE OXYGEN COMING THROUGH RELIEF HOSE COULD CAUSE EXPLOSION OR FIRE. *YH
WIRE CONNECTOR BURNED OUT AT BRAKE CONNECTION INSIDE OF THE TANK. VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING, AND FUEL PUMP WASN'T PUMPING FUEL. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT THREE FUEL PUMP SENDING UNITS. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.
VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO FAULTY FUEL PUMP. MOTOR DREW HIGH CURRENT & WIRE FUSE TOGETHER. DEALER WILL CHANGE FUEL PUMP. CONSUMER WILL HAVE TO COVER COST. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *AK
FUEL PUMP WIRING BURNED AND SHORTED OUT. NLM
FUEL TANK STARTED LEAKING FOR NO REASON. THERE IS NO SIGN OF DAMAGE; I HAVE SAVED THE PART OF THE TANK WHERE THE LEAK OCCURRED.
PLASTIC GAS TANK WAS DISCOVERED LEAKING, AND THERE IS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO TANK. THIS STARTED SPONTANEOUSLY AND FUEL WAS DISCOVERED ON GARAGE FLOOR. I HAVE SAVED THE SECTION OF THE TANK WHERE THE LEAK OCCURRED.
PROBLEMS WITH RADIATOR. MJS
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP IS COMPLETEY BURNT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. AK
FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED TWICE, CAUSING THER WIRES TO BURN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
FUEL LEAKS , CAUSING ODOR/FUMES TO ENTER VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, AIR CONDITIONING FAILED 3 TIMES. *AK
FUEL TANK GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TANK GAUGE HAS BEEN REPLACED (3) TIMES AND READING IS STILL INCORRECT, ABOUT (3) TO (4) GALLONS OFF.*AK
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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