2000 Cadillac Deville Brakes Problems

I WAS PREPARING TO MAKE A 270 DEGREE LEFT TURN AND I WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE WHEEL AND THE STEERING WHEEL KEPT SPINNING WHILE THE CAR STAYED IN A FORWARD MOTION. I ATTEMPTED TO PRESS ON THE BRAKES AND THEY HAD BARELY ANY BRAKE PRESSURE WHICH RESULTED ME TO COLLIDE WITH A PARKED CAR THAT WAS IN THE FIRST PARKING SPOT IN THE LOT I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO. THE OPERATOR IN THE PARKED VEHICLE I HIT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER SUSTAINING INJURES DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH. *TR

NHTSA ID

10670672

Incident

Nov 29, 2014

Mileage

101,000 mi

MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE REMEDY FOR RECALL #14V355.THE JULY 2, 2014 LETTER TO [XXX] RE:NHTSA NOTIFICATION CAMPAIGN NO. 14V-355 FROM [XXX] , GM, STATES ON PAGE 3 THAT "THE TORQUE PERFORMANCE OF THE IGNITION SYSTEM MAY BE INSUFFICIENT TO RESIST ENERGY GENERATED WHEN THE VEHICLE GOES OFF ROAD OR EXPERIENCES SOME OTHER JARRING EVENT". THIS IS THE SAME IGNITION SWITCH THAT GM HID FROM THE PUBLIC FOR YEARS WHICH RESULTED IN 196 CLAIMS FOR DEATH, 116 CATASTROPHIC INJURIES AND 1,460 OTHER INJURIES. INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH FOR THE RECALL, YOUR ORGANIZATION IS ALLOWING GM TO BLOCK THE KEY FROM BEING PLACED ON A KEY RING WITH HOUSE KEYS, THE REMOTE FOB THAT COMES WITH THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE DOOR LOCKS, SEAT POSITIONING, TRUNK RELEASE AND PANIC ALARM. AND THE GM PROVIDED CADILLAC MEDALLION THAT IS USED TO RETURN THE KEY TO ME IF IT BECOMES LOST. MOST PEOPLE NEED TO KEEP HOUSE KEYS ON THE CAR KEY RING, AND THE FOB IS INTEGRAL TO USING THE VEHICLE. THE RECALL FIX BEING ALLOWED BY YOUR AGENCY IS DANGEROUS AND WRONG. SUBSEQUENT OWNERS OF THE VEHICLES WILL NOT KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL AND POP THE LITTLE PIECE OF PLASTIC OUT OF THE KEY HOLE AND ATTACH ALL OF THEIR KEYS ON ONE KEY RING. FOR CURRENT OWNERS, THIS TAKES AWAY ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE VEHICLE, THE FOB USAGE AND MAKES LIFE MORE DIFFICULT HAVING TO KEEP TRACK OF A SINGLE CAR KEY AND THEIR KEY RING WITH ESSENTIAL KEYS ON IT. ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST, GM KNEW ABOUT THE DEFECT AND CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH PART IN NEWER VEHICLES USING THE SAME PART NUMBER TO AVOID A RECALL AS PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND DIED. GM'S FIX LEAVES MY CAR WITH ITS DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH IS STILL SUBJECT TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. WHO ARE YOU PROTECTING? GM? NOT ME AND I AM TERRIFIED. I WANT MY IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED WITH ONE THAT IS PROPERLY DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED FOR THE SAFE USE OF MY VEHICLE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10652801

Incident

Sep 30, 2014

Mileage

63,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE DRIVER OWNED A 2000 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP AND THE BRAKES FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO JERK VIOLENTLY WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE ROUTINELY REPAIRED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY AND THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL. THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE UPON APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE DRIVER CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MAJOR HEAD AND BODILY INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE DRIVER SUCCUMBED TO THE INJURIES SEVERAL DAYS LATER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10627991

Incident

Apr 29, 2009

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE BACK ONTO THE ROAD. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID

10627560

Incident

Dec 30, 2012

WHILE PULLING OFF ROAD INTO CAR WASH, BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO FLOOR WITHOUT BRAKING ACTION. AFTER INSPECTING, FOUND THAT BRAKE PEDAL MECHANISM HAD DISCONNECTED FROM PUSH ROD TO MASTER CYLINDER. AS A RESULT, NO BRAKES WERE AVAILABLE TO CONTROL SPEED OTHER THAN THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10504444

Incident

Mar 18, 2013

Mileage

139,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE AND DISPLAYED RESISTANCE. THE CONTACT MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE WHERE HE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO BRAKE FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR. AFTER ADDING BRAKE FLUID TO THE VEHICLE AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, HE NOTICED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING AS THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 200,433. *TR

NHTSA ID

10499652

Incident

Feb 15, 2013

Mileage

200,433 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOOR BOARD ABNORMALLY. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND TIME. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A BRAKE FLUID LEAK UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THOROUGHLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR DOORS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE OPENED FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 85,000.

NHTSA ID

10459241

Incident

May 15, 2012

Mileage

85,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CADILLAC DEVILLE. WHEN THE CONTACT REMOVES HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURS WHEN IDLING AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. THE ABS TRACTION LIGHT ILLUMINATES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC. IN ADDITION, THREE OF THE WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED WITHIN A WEEK OF EACH OTHER. CURRENTLY, ALL FOUR WINDOWS FAIL TO GO UP AND DOWN PROPERLY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,627 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. REMAILED 11/14/08. *LJ

NHTSA ID

10242924

Incident

May 15, 2008

Mileage

70,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CADILLAC DEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. BOTH VEHICLES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HIS NECK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60,000. UPDATED 4/23/08. *LJ

NHTSA ID

10223541

Incident

Mar 12, 2008

Mileage

60,000 mi

BROUGHT CAR AT ARNOLD PALMER CADILLAC IN CHARLOTTE, NC, INDEPENDENCE AVE ON 2/10/07. AFTER GETTING HOME, BRAKES BEGIN TO SQUEAK, TOOK CAR BACK IMMEDIATELY THE NEXT DAY, I WAS TOLD TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND SLAM ON BRAKES AND THE SQUEAK SHOULD STOP; THAT WAS AN INSULT. AGAIN I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP , I WAS TOLD THAT THEY TOOK THE BRAKES PADS OFF AND SANDED THEM DOWN AND THE SQUEAKING WOULD STOP. IT HAS BEEN THREE WEEKS NOW, MY BRAKES IS STILL SQUEAKING WITH A GRINDING NOISE. SPENDING $16,000 FOR A VEHICLE, I FEEL I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. I HAVE MISSED 2 DAYS OF WORK TAKING MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALESHIP TO BE MADE A FOOL OF. I HAVE BROUGHT 3 CADILLACS FROM ARNOLD PALMER, NEVER AGAIN WILL THEY GET MY BUSINESS OR WILL I RECOMMEND ANYONE TO THEM FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE. IN ADDITION TO THE BRAKE PROBLEM, NOW THE WARNING LIGHTS ARE COMING ON FOR FLUID LEVELS. WHEN YOU BUY A CAR FROM A WELL-KNOWN COMPANY, YOU TRUST THAT THE PRODUCT YOU BUY WILL BE RELIABLE, AND HAVE GONE THROUGH A FIVE POINT INSPECTION. WHAT CAN I DO TO RESOLVE THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE I CANNOT CONTINUE TO KEEP MISSING WORK AND TAKING THE CAR BACK FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL ARNOLD PALMER IS PUTTING ME OFF IN AN EFFORT FOR THE WARRANTY TO EXPIRE, AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO FIX PROBLEM. *JB

NHTSA ID

10184176

Incident

Feb 10, 2007

Mileage

89,000 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TURNING INTO A DRIVEWAY AT 10 MPH OR LESS THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED SEVERAL TIMES ALONG WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE DEPRESSION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS UNINTENTIONAL. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A GATE AND A PARKED CAR. THE OCCUPANT OF THE PARKED CAR WAS INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED A PIN FELL OUT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL RENDERING IT INOPERABLE. UPDATED ON 05/30/2006. *AK

NHTSA ID

10156495

Incident

Apr 26, 2006

Mileage

20,000 mi

THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE BRAKES FAILED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO FRONT END COLLISIONS. *AK THERE WAS A FUNNY NOISE IN THE ENGINE AT IDLE SPEED. THE ENGINE WOULD LOSE POWER AND STALL. THE SERVICE MANAGER SUGGESTED THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2000-2004 MODEL WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE FRONT BRAKE LININGS WERE WORN, THE DASH PAD WAS PEELING AT THE LEADING EDGE NEAR THE DEFROST EDGE NEAR THE DEFROST GRILLE DUE TO DELAMINATION AND THE COIN HOLDER HOUSING HAD COME APART AND SPLIT AT THE SEAM. *SC THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED. *JB

NHTSA ID

10117810

Incident

Jan 4, 2005

Mileage

25,000 mi

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM OPERATED POORLY. VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. NEITHER THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER WERE WILLING TO DEAL WITH THE ABS BRAKE PROBLEM. ALSO. AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD ON. *AK *SC

NHTSA ID

10087636

Incident

Aug 10, 2004

Mileage

200 mi

DEALERSHIP RESURFACED THE FRONTS ROTORS AND REPLACED THE PADS AT 30,000 MILES, AT 50,000 MILES FRONT ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AND THE PADS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. AT 60,000 MILES THE FRONT ROTOR WERE RESURFACED FOR A THIRD TIME. ALSO, HAD A TIE ROD PROBLEM. *AK THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT HE BRAKE WERE WEARING NORMALLY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 25000 TO 30000 MILES. THE CONSUMER NOW HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN THE DEALER AND REFUSES TO ALLOW THEM TO WORK ON THE VEHICLE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN WARRANTY WORK. *NM

NHTSA ID

10087189

Incident

Aug 4, 2004

Mileage

30,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN THIS HAPPENED CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES , AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT HAYWIRE. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS THE PROBLEM, AND HAD BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK THE SENSORS WERE REPLACED 6 TIMES. ALSO, KNEE BOLSTER BELOW STEERING WHEEL FEEL ONTO CONSUMER'S LEGS. CONSUMER FOUND PLASTIC CLIPS THAT HOLD KNEE BOLSTER. TECHNICIAN INSTALLED NEW KNEE BOLSTER. *LA

NHTSA ID

10055345

Incident

Mar 3, 2003

Mileage

23,000 mi

I PULLED OFF THE HWY AND WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES. THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR KEPT GOING. I PULLED ON MY EMERGENCE BRAKES AND THE CAR STOPPED. THE TOW-TRUCK DRIVER SAID A PIECE HAD BROKE OFF THE BRAKE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10038658

Incident

Sep 9, 2003

Mileage

45,447 mi

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, SPEED OF IMPACT WAS UNDETERMINED AT THAT TIME, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF FAULTY BRAKES BECAUSE ONE SIDE LOCKED WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED BY DEALER UNDER WARRANTY, THERE WERE 2 INJURIES. *SCC

NHTSA ID

8012049

Incident

Jun 13, 2002

VEHICLE HIT A CEMENT WALL AT 5-10 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. MAJOR DAMAGE TO BUMPER. NO INJURIES.*AK THE CAUSE FOR THE ACCIDENT WAS BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO THE PEDAL BECOMING DISCONNECTED UNDERNEATH THE DASH BOARD. *JG

NHTSA ID

8008486

Incident

Apr 21, 2002

CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE AT 5-10 MPH, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE HIT A CEMENT WALL. MAJOR DAMAGE TO BUMPER AREA. NO INJURIES. DEALER STATED BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT ATTACHED TO BAR UNDERNEATH LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.*AK *JG

NHTSA ID

8008477

Incident

Apr 21, 2002

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLEY VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND TOOK OFF IN TRAFFIC, CONSUMER HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND APPROPRIATELY FOR BRAKES, VEHICLE WAS OUT OF CONTROL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT HEATER IS INOPERATIVE, DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLES WERE OUT OF POSITION, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE PLASTIC RETAINER WAS BROKE, WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE CONSUMER LOST ALL POWER STEERING, DEALER REPLACED RACK AND PINION, ENGINE IS MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE, WHILE ACCELERATING VEHICLE STARTED IN THIRD GEAR, WHICH THE GEARS SEEM TO LOCK UP INTERNALLY, VEHICLE STARTS VIBRATING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE RIGHT CENTER DASH A/C VENT CLOSES BY IT SELF, THE NIGHT VISION LENS IS CRACKED AND THE CONSOLE HOLDER AND LATCH BROKE.*YD

NHTSA ID

8001011

Incident

Dec 14, 2001

THE INSURED LEFT THE CAR IDLING TO WARM UP, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE PROBLEM AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. NLM

NHTSA ID

6900686

Incident

Sep 12, 2000

INTEERMITTENTLY AT 60MPH VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE. MOST TIMES VEHICLE WILL START UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER. DEALER HAS REPLACED MAIN CONSOLE 3 TIMES, AND ABS BRAKES. BUT, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

NHTSA ID

890227

DATE OF PICKUP OF CAR SERICE ANTI-SYSTEM CAN ON SYSTEMS WOULD NOT WORK, CAME BACK FOR CAR NEXT DAY DROVE CAR A FEW DAYS, CAR SAT FOR 4 DAYS WENT TO DRIVE CAR, IT WAS COMPLETLY DEAD, HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. REPLACED BATTERY 2 TIMES NOW AFTER HAPPENING SERVAL TIMES, ALSO REPLACED 2 MODULES. THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN 5 TIMES + 1 TIME AGAIN COULD NOT PICK UP BECAUSE IT ACTED UP AGAIN, AFTER SERVICE THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED. NOW THE SECURITY LIGHT HAS GONE ON AGAIN, AND STAYED ON FOR 1HR TILL I REACHED MY DESTINATION. THIS LIGHT WOULD ALWAY COME ON AND STAY ON WITH THE SERVICE ANTI- THEFT READING AT THE PREVIOUS TIMES. I DO NOT FEEL SAVE DRIVING THIS CAR. I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR OUT OF TOWN, I FEEL AT ANYTIME I COULD BE STRANDED FROM IT NOT STARING. THIS CAR IS A LEMON

NHTSA ID

734272

Incident

Oct 4, 2000

ABS BRAKE LIGHT CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID

864292

WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT WHILE DRIVING AT 5-10 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

864287