1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

FIRST TIME ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT APPROX 75 MPH. ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE PASSING SEMI. ALL LIGHTS ON DASH CAME ON AND TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. AFTER SERIOUS SCRAMBLING TO GET CAR OFF ROAD AND BRING TO SAFE STOP ATTEMPT TO RESTART WAS SUCCESSFUL AND TRIP OF 600 MILES CONTINUED W/O INCIDENT. FIVE DAYS LATER SAME THING OCCURRED ON SUBURBAN STREET IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT APPROX 45 MPH CAUSING A LOT OF CONSTERNATION BY DRIVERS BEHIND ME THAT DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I CAME TO SUDDEN DECELERATION. TOOK CAR TO CADILLAC DEALER AND THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM. THEY CHARGED ME $112.50 FOR ENGINE DRIVEABILITY AND PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSIS AND DID REPLACE A DEFECTIVE EGR VALVE WHICH I FEEL HAD ABSOLUTELY NO ASSOC W/ STALLING PROBLEM. I THINK AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER FILINGS OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE NHTSA RECORDS, THAT CADILLAC HAS A REAL...

ENGINE HAS STALLED APPROXIMATELY TEN TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE THREE TIMES, AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL / INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

AUTOMOBILE CUTS OFF, BUT WILL START UP AGAIN. CONSUMER HAS NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS YET, BUT IS VERY WORRIED BECAUSE OF THE WAY AUTOMOBILE CUTS OFF IN TRAFFIC. MECHANICS CANNOT FIND OUT WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH VEHICLE. *AK *JB

PASSENGER'S SIDE MIRROR WILL NOT STAY ADJUSTED. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN IT INTO DEALER ABOUT 15 TIMES FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. AFTER ADJUSTING MIRROR, AND TURNING AWAY, AND WHEN LOOKING AT MIRROR AGAIN, CONSUMER MAY BE LOOKING AT THE SKY. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE WHEN CHANGING LANES, DRIVER DOESN'T KNOW IF ANOTHER CAR IS COMING OR NOT. ALSO, DOOR LOCKS, WILL LOCK CONSUMER OUT OF VEHICLE.*AK WHEN VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED IN THE MORNING, IT FEELS LIKE IT IS TURNING ON 6 CYLINDERS. DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, SLIDING DOOR HAS BEEN OPENED WHILE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION, REMOTE UNLOCK BUTTON INOPERABLE. POWER WINDOW NEEDED ADJUSTED. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A LOUD NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, DEALER HAS MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO FRONT AND REAR CASTER, CAMBER, AND TOE IN. DASH BLINKS IN AND OUT, DEALER FOUND GROUNDS TO BATTERY WERE CORRODED. CENTER VENT ON DASH...

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE CUT OFF CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. REFER;ODI # 730667,SECOUND 3K MILE OIL CONSUMPTION TEST COMPELETED AND AGAIN OVER A QT. USED. DEALER WOULD/COULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION BECAUSE MANUFACTURES BULLETIN (ID># 502869 GUIDE#76-60-04A )STATES 1 QT.CONSUMPTION IN 2K IS NORMAL,ALSO; IN A E-MAIL RESPONSE TO THIS COSUMPTION QUESTION MR. JACK ANDERSON (G.M.SPOKESMEN) STATED "OIL CONSUMPTION OF TWO QUUARTS PER 3000 MILES IS NOT ADNORMAL". I AM NOT QUESTIONING G.M. IS WHY WAS THIS INFORMATION ON THE WINDOW STICKER RIGHT NEXT TO THE FUEL ECONOMY AND ANNUAL FUEL COST. ALSO,IF IT CAN BURN TWO QTS.OF OIL WHEN NEW HOW MANY QTS. WILL IT BE BURNING AT 50K MILES. IS THIS IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGH STANDARDS OF AIR QUALITY THE EPA IS TRYING TO MAINTAIN? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. RA.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION.STARTING FROM 26 JUN. 1999 ,THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE, TILL 20 MAR. 2000 THE DEALER WORKED ON FINDING AND CORRECTING ENGINE OIL LEAKS. WITH THE NEXT OIL CHANGE, AFTER CORRECTION OF THE OIL LEAKS , ON 12 JUL.2000 THE OIL LEVEL WAS DOWN ONE QUART. AT THIS TIME I REQUESTED AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WHICH WAS COMPLETED(3K MILES LATER) ON 5 SEP.2000 AND AGAIN WAS ONE QUART LOW. AT THIS TIME I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NOW HAVE TO DO A FORMAL CONSUMPTION TEST(3K MILES MORE) TO SUBMIT TO G.M. SHOULD THE OIL LEVEL AGAIN BE A QUART LOW THE DEALER ADVISED ME THAT IT WOULD BE WITH-IN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LATEST G.M. BULLETIN,WHICH WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ME TO SEE.I SUBSEQUENTLY CALLED G.M. AT 1 800 458 8006 AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE ANY COMMET ON THIS "TECHNICAL" PROBLEM...

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION.STARTING FROM 26 JUN. 1999 ,THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE, TILL 20 MAR. 2000 THE DEALER WORKED ON FINDING AND CORRECTING ENGINE OIL LEAKS. WITH THE NEXT OIL CHANGE, AFTER CORRECTION OF THE OIL LEAKS , ON 12 JUL.2000 THE OIL LEVEL WAS DOWN ONE QUART. AT THIS TIME I REQUESTED AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WHICH WAS COMPLETED(3K MILES LATER) ON 5 SEP.2000 AND AGAIN WAS ONE QUART LOW. AT THIS TIME I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NOW HAVE TO DO A FORMAL CONSUMPTION TEST(3K MILES MORE) TO SUBMIT TO G.M. SHOULD THE OIL LEVEL AGAIN BE A QUART LOW THE DEALER ADVISED ME THAT IT WOULD BE WITH-IN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LATEST G.M. BULLETIN,WHICH WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ME TO SEE.I SUBSEQUENTLY CALLED G.M. AT 1 800 458 8006 AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE ANY COMMET ON THIS "TECHNICAL" PROBLEM...

THE VEHICLE STALLED IN RAIN WATER AND WOULD NOT RESTART BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP. YH

VEHICLE DIES AT STOP SIGNS, BUT CONSUMER IS ABLE TO START VEHICLE AGAIN . DEALER SAID CODES SHOW NO PROBLEMS. *AK *ML

ENGINE IS CONSUMING 3/4 QUARTS OF OIL WITHIN EVERY 600-700 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPLACED ENGINE, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK *ML

ON-GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING, BUT WILL RESTART. VEHICLE BEEN TO THREE DEFFERENT DEALERS. FIRST DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER OF A LOOSE NEGATIVE CABLE, WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. BUT THE OTHER DEALERS WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER INSTALLED A BLACK BOX, AND THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IN COLD WEATHER CAN'T PUT GAS INTO THE GAS TANK DUE TO THE COVER AND CAP FREEZING UP. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK. THE BUTTON FOR THE HIGH AND LOW WORKS BUT NOTHING ELSE. WHEN VEHICLE STALLS ALL ELECTRICAL POWER IS LOST INCLUDING BRAKES AND STEERING. VEHICLE IS BACK IN SHOP, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK