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 1995 Cadillac Deville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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
WHILE IN REVERSE COMING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY BRAKES FAILED.THE FRONT BRAKES WERE ALREADY BAD. UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. CONTACTED THE DEALER. THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINED OPEN. *AK
SEVERE VIBRATION BETWEEN 50 TO 80 MI. PER HOUR. HAVE SPENT OVER $1000.00 TO TRY TO REMEDY PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY CAN'T DO ANYMORE AND IT MUST BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THERE IS ALSO A VERY LOUD POPPING NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION. IT COMES FROM EITHER SIDE AND POSSIBLY CHASSIS. AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS STRUTS OR BEARINGS. COMPLETE FRONT END REPAIR DID NOT FIX THE NOISE. CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT EITHER. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH CHANGING GEAR SHIFT FROM PARKING TO REVERSE OR DRIVE ON AN INCLINE. SOMETIMES IT JAMS AND HAS TO BE JERKED VERY HAD TO GO INTO GEAR. OTHER TIMES IT SLIPS FROM GEAR TO ANOTHER. HAVE REPLACED BRAKES 2 TIMES. STILL HAS SHUDDER UPON PRESSING BRAKES REGARDLESS OF SPEED. AN OFFENSIVE ODOR LIKE ROTTEN EGGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN USING AIR CONDITIONER. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY FOUND THIS A LOT IN THIS CERTAIN VEHICLE. THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX. IT IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. OWNER BEFORE ME HAS ALREADY REPLACE THE IGNITION MODULE. A DEALERSHIP SAID ANOTHER MANUFACTURING DEFECT. FUEL PUMP WIRES WERE BURNED AND REPLACED BY PREVIOUS OWNER. BATTERY CABLES ALSO SHORTED OUT AND WERE REPLACED ON 8/29/03. BATTERY CONTINUES TO BE DRAINED IF VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN STARTED WITHIN A 3 DAY PERIOD. *CB
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF BRAKES PULSATING AND NOT BRAKING SMOOTHLY, THE ROTORS WERE TURNED AND THE BRAKES WERE PLACED, BUT THIS STILL DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, THE DEALER FINALLY FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW ROTORS, THE ROTORS WERE RUSTY AND PITTED AND THE BRAKE PADS HAD NO SURFACE TO BRAKE AGAINST WHICH PUT MORE PRESSURE ON THE ROTORS. *SLC
THE BRAKE TUBING IS RUBBING THE STABILIZER BAR CAUSING WEAR WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN INSTANT LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND IMMEDIATE MALFUNCTION OF ALL BRAKING ABILITY. *AK
POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSING THE OIL TO LEAK. YH
MASTER CYLINDER FAILED TWO TIMES, ONE INCIDENT CAUSED COLLISION WITHIN GARAGE.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENEDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH CAUSED A COLLISION. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
FUEL TANK VAPOR LOCKS DUE TO FAULTY FUEL CAP, ROTORS RUSTED, HEADLIGHT DIMMER SWITCH FAILED.
FUEL TANK VAPORS LOCK DUE TO FAILED FUEL CAP.
APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GO, HAD AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WAS DRIVING APPLY THE BRAKE CAR WHEN IN TO A SKID HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED . 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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