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 1997 Cadillac Seville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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
BRAKE LINE FAILURE - 1997 CADILLAC SEVILLE STS - 4.6L ENGINE - REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED - DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION AND ABRASION CAUSED BY NORMAL USAGE - BRAKE FLUID LOSS LEADS TO NO PEDDLE PRESSURE AND GREATLY DIMINISHED OR ZERO BRAKING CAPABILITY. SUGGEST RECALL TO INSPECT ABRADED BRAKES LINES. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CADILLAC SEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ANTILOCK BRAKE AND TRACTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATE SIMULTANEOUSLY DURING NON-ABS APPLICATIONS. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 97V064000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE IS 139,000. UPDATED 6/22/09 *CN THE HORN, FAN BLOWER AND STABILIZER LINK WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 06/25/09.*JB
I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 60 TO 65 MILES AN HOUR, THE DISTANCE BEFORE THE MALFUNCTION BEGAN WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES BEFORE MY BRAKES AUTOMATICALLY WERE APPLIED DURING A NON BRAKING APPLICATION. THE CADILLAC STS SLOWED DOWN INTO A CAR THAT HIT MY REAR BUMPER. I TRIED TO RECOVER FROM THE BUMP. AS AN RESULT, THE MOMENTUM SENT ME INTO A ROCKY BUT GRASSY DITCHED AREA ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. AS A RESULT OF THE EBTCM FAILING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY BUMPER WAS DAMAGED, FRONT BUMPER WAS DAMAGED, ALONG WITH MY STEERING AND STRUTS. I CONTACTED GM ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THIS DEFECTIVE EBTCM AND THE REMEDY HAS BEEN THAT A INSPECTOR WILL EVALUATE THE CAR THEN NEXT(....) I WILL BE NOTIFIED WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL REPAIRED. THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED MAJORITY OF THE TIME SINCE MY INCIDENT. I'M WAITING FOR THE INSPECTOR TO CALL AND SCHEDULE AN DATE TO VIEW VEHICLE. AFTER THE DATE OF ACCIDENT, I WENT TO GET A DIAGNOSIS OF THE DAMAGE FROM AN AUTHORIZED CADILLAC DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO START WITH THE EBTCM AND STRUTS. IN ADDITION, THEY WOULD NEED MORE TIME TO DIAGNOSIS OTHER ISSUES. *TR
DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 97V064000 CONCERNING THE ABS BRAKES. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO EXCESSIVE COST. *AK
WHILE DRIVINGA ND UPON HITTING THE BRAKES ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THIS WAS A RECALL.CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE VERY SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 97V064000 CONCERNING ECBM REPLACEMENT. *AK
WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 15 MPH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ENGAGED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID. WHEN IT RELEASED CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE NEXT TIME WHEN CONSUMER TURNED IT OFF. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKE LIGHTS AND BACK UP LIGHTS ARE GETTING A LOT OF MOISTURE ON THEM, MAKING IT DIFFCUILT FOR OTHER VEHICLES TO KNOW WHEN CONSUMERS VEHICLE IS STOPPING OR AT A STOP OR WHEN VEHICLE IS BACKING UP.*JB *TT
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER PUSHED DOWN ON BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. FIRST WARNING WAS WHEN BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. STEEL BRAKE LINE WAS RUBBING FRAME RAIL ,AND FLUID WAS SQUIRTING OUT. ALSO, S WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES 5 TO 10 SECONDS, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. UNABLE TO CONTACT DEALER. *AK
ABS LIGHT ON, BRAKES WILL NOT WORK WHEN LIGHT COMES ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE, CANNOT REMEDY INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK
DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS PAST THE 75000 WARRANTY MILAGE. THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUBBED A HOLE IN A RIGGED STEEL LINE BY RUBBING UP AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE CAR.THE REGIONAL FIELD REP. DID NOT EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT IT. THEY WERE TAKING WHAT THE DEALERSHIP WAS SAY ABOUT IT THAT IT WAS NOT A DEFECT AND NO ONE EVER LOOKED AT IT !!!
BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR AT STOP SIGN OR LIGHT STEERING IS LOOSE AND UNCONTROLABLE AT PASSING SPEED IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WHEN PASSING A VEHICLE WHILE SITTING STILL AND BRAKE APPLIED STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED. *AK
PARKING BRAKE VACUUM RELEASE CYLINDER FAILED. *YC
BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.
BRAKE ROTORS FAILED. YH
FRONT BRAKES PLATES/ROTORS WARPED DUE TO HEAT. YH
DRIVING 60MPH W/CRUISE CONTROL ON; BRAKES MAKING NOISES ON & OFF; SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. GOT OUT VEHICLE & NOTICED BRAKES & HUB CAP ON DRIVER'S SIDE HOT; STEERING VIBRATES ALL THE TIME; CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT. TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK
ABS BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN A CRASH. *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.
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