Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Cadillac Deville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
1997 CADILLAC DEVILLE EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION FAILURES.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND A FAULTY BEARING IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER IN JUNE 2003 THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES. *JB
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM FAILED, DEALER DENIED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TRACTION CONTROL MODULE AS PER NHTSA.*AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS. THIS MAY CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS CRASH, WHICH CAN LEAD TO DEATH. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES. BUT, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK *ML
TRANSMISSION COMPUTER WIRES WERE IMPROPERLY PLACED ON THE TRANSMISSION WHICH MELTED DISABLING GEAR SHIFT. YH
RECALL WORK FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROL MODULE DENIED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.
TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR SHUDDERS, OCCURS BETWEEN 0 AND 6 MPH.
AT TIME OF DELIVERY TRUNK LID DID NOT CLOSE PROPERLY.
TRACTION SYSTEM ENGAGES WITHOUT CAUSE EFFECTING BRAKING ABILITY.
CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT DESIGN OF TRACTION CONTROL IS INSUFFICIENT FOR CLIMBING STEEP GRADES.
ABS BRAKES FAILED,CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE PRIOR TO RECALL. ALSO RESURFACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. IN ADDITION, WHEN DRIVING TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN 4 TIMES FOR BRAKE REPAIRS SINCE FEBRUARY, 1997. (97V-064). *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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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