Owner-reported complaints naming the exterior lighting system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting. 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. 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
TURN SIGNAL WOULD GO VERY FAST INSTEAD OF STEADY. WHEN ITS TURNED OFF & TURNED BACK, WOULD WORK AT NORMAL SLOW PACE. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. ALSO, TRUNK RELEASE BUTTON DO NOT COME OUT TO RELEASE TRUNK.*AK
TURN SIGNAL IS ERRATIC, TURN SIGNAL IS VERY RAPID WHEN HELD. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TURNING ON THE TURN SIGNAL (EIHER RIGHT OR LEFT) OR WHEN TURN SIGNAL IS FULLY ENGAGED, SIGNALS EXHIBIT A RAPID CLICK CONDITION. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. *TT
PE98005; TURN SIGNALS WILL BE ACTIVATED BUT WON'T ILLUMINATE WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED THE BULB. A YEAR LATER, THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK *NLM
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
VEHICLE EXPRIENCING PROBLEM WITH TURN SIGNAL RAPIDLY FLASHING. DEALER NOTIFIED *AK
RIGHT TURN SIGNAL FAILED. QCAW
ERRATIC OPERATION OF TURN SIGNALS.
TURN SIGNALS PERFORM ERRATICALLY. (QCAW)
INTERMITTENTLY THE TURN SIGNALS OPERATE ERRATICALLY. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
TURN SIGNALS OPERATE ERRATICALLY. SIGNAL SPEEDS UP WITHOUT WARNING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. INVESTIGATION NO. PE98005. *AK
TAIL LIGHT INOPERATIVE.
OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
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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