1998 CADILLAC DEVILLE Exterior Lightingheadlights Problems

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 1998 CADILLAC DEVILLE WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 133000 MILES AND BOTH HEADLIGHT UNITS ARE CLOUDY. THE CONTACT SAID THAT THE VISIBILITY IS VERY POOR AN THERE IS NO WAY TO CLEAN THEM TO IMPROVE VISIBILITY. WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO SEE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER (CARAMGO CADILLAC) AND HE WAS TOLD THAT BOTH HEAD LIGHT UNITS NEED TO BE REPLACED.

HEADLIGHT LENS FALLS OFF. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S OIL AND ANTIFREEZE LEAKED CAUSING THE INTAKE AND OUTTAKE OF THE ENGINE TO RUST, IN TURN CAUSING THE PIPE TO BUST AND THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE TO FIX THIS ISSUE. UPDATED 12.8/2006 - 4.6 LITER NORTHSTAR ENGINE. THE L/F WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE. THE BRAKES PULSATED. THE SES LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE HEADLIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE HEADLIGHT COVER FELL OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHT LENS BECAME FADED AND CLOUDY DUE TO SUN AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS LESS VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION; HOWEVER NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. UPDATED 3/28/2006 - *NM

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE PLASTIC HEADLAMP COVER AND SEAL FLEW OFF OF MY CAR ONTO MOVING TRAFFIC. I CALLED THE CADILLAC DEARSHIP IN WHICH THEY SAY I HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE ENTIRE HEADLAMP WHICH WILL COST $300. THE HEADLAMP HAD DRY CRACKED GLUE AROUND IT WHERE IT SEEMED LIKE THE GLUE GOT OLD AND STARTED TO CRACK.

THE ABS TRACTION CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THIS DEALER REPAIR SHOP FOR THIS PROBLEM SINCE AUG. 2002 AND THE INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH BRAKE FAILURES AND EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE KEEP RECURRING. *JB ANNTENA STUCK UP. POWER ANTENNA ASSEMBLY REPLACED. OIL LEVEL LOW AND OIL LIGHT IS ON. THERE WAS NO READING ON THE DIPSTICK. HAD TO ADD TWO QUARTS OF OIL AFTER DRIVING 1500 MILES. OIL LIFE INDICATOR WAS RESET. PISTON, ROD AND OIL RINGS REPLACED. DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT COVER FELL OFF WITH BULB BURNT OUT. HEADLAMP HOUSING ASSEMBLY REPLACED. CONSUMER WENT TO START VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T START. BATTERY REPLACED. CATALYTIC CONVERTER RATTLING. DRIVERS SIDE HEATED SEAT/SWITCH INOPERATIVE. WHILE GIVING GAS HESITATES; STRUGGLES UP A HILL. SPARK PLUG WIRE REPLACED. NOTIFICATION BY POSTCARD. ORDERED PARTS. DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WON'T GO UP. REPLACED LEFT...

NO NOTED EVENT. THE HEADLIGHT LENS FOR 98 CADILLACS, (NOT SURE IF THIS APPLIES TO OTHER YEARS AS WELL) COMES LOSE AND LEAVES THE INNER ELEMENTS EXPOSED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY CADILLACS DURING THIS PERIOD. I HAD TO PURCHASE 2 HEADLIGHTS. WHAT GUARANTEE DO I HAVE THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. WHY ARE THEY USING SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL. *NM

BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHT LENSES CAME OFF ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING 70-75 MPH IN THE RAIN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER REPORTED HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER NOTICED THE HEADLIGHT LENS WAS MISSING 0R FELL OFF. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

IN 2001, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT LENS ON MY 1998 CADILLAC DEVILLE FELL OFF. THE DEALER, HERITAGE CADILLAC, REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY AT NO COST, SINCE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. ON 11/6/04, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY FELL OFF. I HAVE NOT YET DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT LENS FELL OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

HEADLIGHT COVER SHEARED OFF WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE DEALER FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO INSPECT AND REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *AK

THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT LENS FELL OFF UNNOTICED WHILE DRIVING, AND THE LEFT HEADLIGHT LENS WAS LOST. INSURANCE INSPECTOR INDICATED THAT THE LENSES HAD A FACTORY DEFECT. *AK *NM

HEADLIGHT LENS CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT PASSENGER'S SIDE LENS WAS REPLACE DUE TO A RECALL A YEAR AGO. BUT, DRIVER'S SIDE WAS NOT ON RECALL. *AK THERE ARE TWO OCCURRENCES OF THE HEADLIGHT LENS COMING OFF THE VEHICLE. FIRST HAPPENED ON THE DRIVER SIDE THEN THE SECOND ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. INSURANCE COMPANY PAID FOR THE REPAIR OF THE FIRST FAILURE OF THE HEADLIGHT LENS, BUT NOT ON THE SECOND INCIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS SAID THAT IT WAS A FACTORY FAILURE. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH LENS ON DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLAMP CAME OFF AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE HEADLIGHTS LENS WILL FALL OFF, CAUSING A DISTRACTING TO CONSUMER VIEW. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *TS

I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT ON MY 1998 CADELLAC DEVELLE. THE PASSENGER SIDE LENS BLEW OFF THE CAR AND WENT FLYING. THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. I STOPED TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPEN - SAW NO LENS ON THE ONE SIDE. CHECKED THE OTHER SIDE AND THE LENS WAS READY TO FALL OFF. I HAD NOT LIGHTS ON ONE SIDE AND IF I HAD NOT WIRED THE OTHER LENS IN PLACE IT WOULD HAVE BLEW OFF AND I WOULD HAVE HAD NO HEADLIGHTS. CONTACED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT SUGGESTED I CONTACT THE 800#. THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM STATING IT WAS OUT OF WARRENTY. RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I AM FINDING THEIR HAS BEEN SEVERAL COMPLANTS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELEIVE AN INVESTIGATION IS IN ORDER. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE FOR THE DRIVE AND A PROJECTILE...

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE HEADLIGHTS LENS WILL FALL OFF CAUSING A DISTRACTING TO CONSUMER VIEW. DEALER NOTIFIED MR

DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT COVER FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *AK *YD

THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT, THE LICENSE CONTINUOUSLY FALLS OFF, AND THE BULB FALLS OUT. TOOK TO DEALER. PROBLEM NOT REMEDY AS OF YET. NLM *TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT COVER FOR LEFT AND RIGHT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES HAS DISCONNECTED AND FELL OFF OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD CONSUMER THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON SEVERAL CARS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL. *YD

THE HEAD LIGHT LENSES HAVE FALLEN OUT OF BOTH HEADLIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAS SINCE REPLACED THE HEAD LIGHT LENSES AT HIS OWN EXPENSE, HOWEVER MANUFACTURER HAS AGREED TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER FOR THE CHARGES HE INCURRED.*YH

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ,HEARD LOUD NOISE WHEN LEFT FRONT HEADLAMP COVER ASSEMBLY CAME LOOSE AND FLEW OFF, HITTING THE LEFT SIDE VIEW MIRROR, BOUNCED OVER, CRACKING WINDSHIELD AND STRIKING WINDSHIELD WIPER. CONSUMER WENT TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD IT WAS COMMON PROBLEM. ALSO, SPOKE TO OTHER CONSUMERS WHO HAD SAME DEFECT. *AK *SLC

THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS TOO COLD ON PASSSENGER SIDE - CLOSED VENTS - WHEN COMFORTABLE THEY WERE OPENED ONLY TO FIND THAT THERE WAS NOW HOT AIR COMING OUT. THE NEXT SERIES OF EVENTS TOOK PLACE IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THE CONTROL FOR THE HEADLIGHTS WAS DIMMING TO OFF THEN GOING ON, THE AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DIGITAL DISPLAY WENT OUT LEAVING NO INDICATION AS TO SPEED. THE PASSENGER NOTICED A GLOW IN THE DOOR PANEL, THIS GLOW WAS A FIRE. I PULLED ON TO THE SHOULDER AND WE GOT OUT. I CALLED *11 INDIANA TOLL ROAD FOR ASSISTANCE AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUSTED IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. THE CAR IS NOW AT THE DEALER IN OAK LAWN IL. AND GENERAL MOTORS IS INVESTGATING THE INCIDENT.

HEADLIGHT LENSES HAVE FALLEN OUT OF BOTH HEADLIGHTS OF THE SUBJECT VEHICLE. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BY MY DEALER, NEAL NORTON CADILLAC, AT MY EXPENSE. WHE THE RIGH LENSE FAILED, THE FAILURE WAS IDENTIFIED BEFORE THE LENS WAS LOST, AND I REATTACHED THE LENSE USING LIQUID NAILS ADHESIVE. THIS REPAIR HAS WORKED THUS FAR, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THE LENSE WILL FALL OUT AGAIN. NEITHER MY DEALER, NOR CADILLAC ACKNOWLEDGE THIS TO BE A MANUFACTURING QUALITY AND RELIABILITY ISSUE. THEY HAVE BOTH ARGUED THE HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE TRIM. TO THE CONTRARY, I CONSIDER THE LENSES TO BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE. IF I WERE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE LENSES IN PLACE, I BELIEVE THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD SOON FAIL. THIS WOULD MOST LIKELY HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVE, ENDANGERING BOTH THOSE WITHIN THE VEHICLE AND OTHERS NEAR THE VEHICLE....

HEADLIGHT LENS ADHESIVE DEFECTIVE. MOISTURE CAUSES LIGHT FAILURE. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT COVER CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING CAUSING HEADLIGHT TO FAIL WHEN EXPOSED. *SLC

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, ENGINE STALLS OUT, AND THE HEDLIGHTS GO OUT. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 5 OR 6 TIMES, AND STILL HAS NO SOLUTION. *AK