NHTSA Complaint #714727 — 1994 CADILLAC CADILLAC

THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THE DEALER COULD NOT PINPOINT THE ACTUAL PROBLEM WHEN THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. THEY SAID WE SHOULD TRY TO REPLACE THE SOLENOID FIRST AND SEE IF THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IT DID NOT. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP ANALYZED THE PROBLEM AND SAID IT WAS IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CADILLAC AS GM HAD PUT A "BISQUE" TORQUE CONVERTER IN ALL CADILLACS TO MAKE IT RUN SMOOTHER. IT COST $600 TO HAVE A NEW SOLENOID INSTALLED AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL $3000 FOR A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. THIS IS INEXCUSEABLE! TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, I HAD HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH A 1986 OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88. THEN I HAD 4 TRANSMISSIONS! DO YOU HAVE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS? FOR A CAR THAT COSTS THIS MUCH, SURELY THERE MUST BE SOME WAY TO MAKE GM ENGINEER A HALF DECENT POWERTRAIN! AT THE MINIMU, GM SHOULD PAY FOR THE LABOR AND PARTS FOR THIS POWERTAIN. I AM IRATE! *AK