Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Cadillac Deville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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: CADILLAC DEVILLE 1996. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC BUTTONS THAT CONTROLLED THE DRIVER'S SEAT, STARTED TO MOVE IN ALL DIFFERENT WAYS, UPWARD, DOWNWARD, AND PUSHED THE CONTACT UP AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN SHE TRIED TO MOVE THE SEAT BACKWARD IT WOULD NOT MOVE. *AK *SC *JB
INSTRUMENT PANEL IS NOT WORKING ANY MORE. CONSUMER CANNOT TELL/ READ FUEL LEVEL OR SPEED ON VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT REAR ENDED A TRUCK. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, ALSO, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBACKS COLLAPSED. *AK CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. *SLC
WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN IN MODERATE TRAFFIC, INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT BLACK,TEMPERATURE DEMAND WENT TO 75F,BLOWER CAME ON FULL WITH BLAST OF VERY HOT AIR; IN DRIVING TO DEALER INCIDENT RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND TRACTION WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, THOUGH TRACTION WAS NOT LOST.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND MAKING A TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE, TOYOTA PICKUP TRUCK BEHIND, PLOWED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS ON BOTH SIDES DIDN'T DEPLOY. ALSO, DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLASPED. CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
THE TURN LIGHTS WORK ERRATICALLY ,THE DASH SIGNAL LIGHTS BLINK FAST WHILE THE LIGHT ON THE OUTSIDE DO NOT BLINK. SOMETIMES IT BLINKS FAST AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T BLINK AT ALL. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING THE POOR SEAT DESIGN THAT RESULTS IN POOR VISIBILITY.
UNSPECIFIED: SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON.
CAMSHAFT DEFECTIVE.
TRANSMISSION PROBLEM.
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSSENGER'S AIR BAGS DURING A REAREND ACCIDENT, RESULTIN GIN AN INJURY TO CONSUMER, ALSO SEATBACK COLLAPSED. .
HOLE TORN IN GAS TANK WHEN DRIVER HIT SOMETHING IN ROADWAY. *DSH
HOOD LATCH FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL. *SD
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Data on this page last refreshed .