1989 CADILLAC DEVILLE Problems & Recalls

1989 CADILLAC DEVILLE CP SPEED ACTUATOR - HIGH IDLE / RUNAWAY VEHICLE - HAVE REPLACED 3 TIMES PROBLEMS STILL HAPPENING. NOW I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR FOR FEAR OF A ACCIDENT! I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF ANY OTHER CONSUMERS HAD SAME PROBLEMS AND IT IS CONFIRMED! "INCIDENTS NUMEROUS TIMES". *TR

1989 CADILLAC DEVILLE CP SPEED ACTUATOR - HIGH IDLE / RUNAWAY VEHICLE - HAVE REPLACED 3 TIMES PROBLEMS STILL HAPPENING. NOW I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR FOR FEAR OF A ACCIDENT! I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF ANY OTHER CONSUMERS HAD SAME PROBLEMS AND IT IS CONFIRMED! "INCIDENTS NUMEROUS TIMES". *TR

WOULD NOT PASS EMISSIONS DUE TO MISFIRE AND NOX CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION (MOST LIKELY DUE TO PROBLEMS IN ONLY A FEW CYLINDERS). POSSIBLE CAUSES INCLUDE LEAN AIR/FUEL RATIO, PORT VACUUM LEAKS, EGR SYSTEM, ERRATIC IGNITION TIMING, AND/OR OTHER MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. *TR

HOOD ON FRONT CAR FELL CLOSED BY ITSELF AND LATCHED CLOSED. MY FINGERS WERE ON FENDER AT THE TIME IT FELL. MY FINGERS WERE SMASHED BETWEEN THE HOOD AND THE FENDER. I COULD NOT GET THEM OUT. I HAD TO SCREAM FOR SOMEONE TO OPEN THE HOOD FROM INSIDE THE CAR SINCE I WAS TRAPPED. MY FINGERS CAME VERY CLO...

Mileage: 178,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED, AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED AN ACCELERATOR MOTOR THAT MALFUNCTIONED. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACE THE IDLE SPEED SENSOR.*AK FRONT CALIPERS AND ROTORS BURNED UP. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE CALIPERS, ROTORS AND FLUSHED THE BRAKE...

Mileage: 108,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED, AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED AN ACCELERATOR MOTOR THAT MALFUNCTIONED. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACE THE IDLE SPEED SENSOR.*AK FRONT CALIPERS AND ROTORS BURNED UP. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE CALIPERS, ROTORS AND FLUSHED THE BRAKE...

Mileage: 108,000

REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY FELL APART AND DROPPED FRONT END ONTO THE PAVEMNENT.*AK

AFTER ACCELERATING THROTTLE KEEPS PUMPING, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND CAN NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK ALTERNATOR FAILED, FRONT BRAKES MAKE NOISES, ALSO THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED.*YH *YH

AFTER ACCELERATING THROTTLE KEEPS PUMPING, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND CAN NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK ALTERNATOR FAILED, FRONT BRAKES MAKE NOISES, ALSO THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED.*YH *YH

AFTER ACCELERATING THROTTLE KEEPS PUMPING, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND CAN NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK ALTERNATOR FAILED, FRONT BRAKES MAKE NOISES, ALSO THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED.*YH *YH

AFTER ACCELERATING THROTTLE KEEPS PUMPING, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND CAN NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK ALTERNATOR FAILED, FRONT BRAKES MAKE NOISES, ALSO THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED.*YH *YH

RUNAWAY THROTTLE, SUDDEN HIGH SPEED ENGINE CONDITIONS THAT OCCURRED ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT OF THE DRIVER. STOPPING REQUIRED STEERING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNING OFF THE IGNITION. LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IT PERSISTED EACH TIME ENGINE WAS RESTARTED.

THE TIRE AND RIM ASSEMBLY ON THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER CAME OFF DAMAGING THE FRONT FENDER (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM

THE TIRE AND RIM ASSEMBLY ON THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER CAME OFF DAMAGING THE FRONT FENDER (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM

WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE, PUT FOOT ON BRAKE TO RELEASE CRUISE CONTROL, CAR IMMEDIATELY EXCELLED TO 85MPH. REACHED OVER TO TURN OFF SWITCH ON CRUISE CONTROL, AT THE SAME TIME BOTH FEET ON BRAKES, TRYING TO SLOW DOWN, FINALLY PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL, CAR SLOWED DOWN.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

BRAKES ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE VEHICLE, VERY WEAK IN SPITE OF GOOD LININGS. *MJS

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 55MPH ACCELERATED TO CHANGE LANES IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. CONSUMER THOUGHT ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK AND HIT THE BRAKE. THEN CONSUMER TRIED TO LIFT THE GAS PEDAL WITH HER FOOT, THINKING IT WAS STUCK AND CAR KEPT ACCELERATING. CAR WAS ALSO PLACED IN NEUTRAL, BUT CONTI...

THE DATES ARE APPROXIMATE. I BOUGHT MAY 29,1996 AND WAS IN THE SHOP WITHIN TWO WEEKS. THE SERVICE ADVISOR (DICK SMITH I THINK HIS NAME IS) ASSURED ME THAT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE WOULD ADDRESS THE ENGINE SURGE PROBLEM AND AS I THINK ABOUT IT I AGREED TO IT BECAUSE THAT WAS AT LEAST THE SECOND TIME I ...

AFTER DISCOVERING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVING RIGHT OWNER CHECKED THE WHEELS AND FOUND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO BE CRACKED AND COMING APART. SPOKES WERE COMING OUT OF THE WHEEL. CUSTOMER WAS NOTIFED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OWNER WILL BE REPLACING THE WHEELS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. ...

HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON VEHICLE, AND DEALER NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A GAS LEAK. TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REMOVED THE GAS TANK BECAUSE IT SAT ON TOP OF THE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. FUEL SENDING UNIT RUSTED BECAUSE MOISTURE BACKED UP IN THE LINES. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *A...

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND IN A MINOR COLLISION. *AK

THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULTIN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE RACED OUT OF CONTROL ON STARTUP. DESPITE MY HEARING PROBLEM, I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION BEFORE LEAVING "PARK". IF I HAD PUT THE CAR IN "DRIVE" I WOULD HAVE SMAHED INTO THE PARKED CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE SERVICE STATION SAID THAT THE IDLE SPEED CONTROL UNIT HAD FAILED. IT WAS JAMMED IN THE F...

ENGINE RACED OUT OF CONTROL ON STARTUP. DESPITE MY HEARING PROBLEM, I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION BEFORE LEAVING "PARK". IF I HAD PUT THE CAR IN "DRIVE" I WOULD HAVE SMAHED INTO THE PARKED CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE SERVICE STATION SAID THAT THE IDLE SPEED CONTROL UNIT HAD FAILED. IT WAS JAMMED IN THE F...

WHEN TURNING THE IGNITION ,THE ENGINE GOES TO FULL POWER. CONSUMER MUST PRESS HARD ON BRAKES IN ORDER TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. *AK *ML

THROTTLE STUCK AT 71 MPH CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED, WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN AND CONTINUED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION STRIKING A STOP SIGN WHICH FELL ON THE CAR BRAKING THE WINDSHIELD AND DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT FENDER AND SCRATCHS ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE, UPON ...

TRANSAXLE MOUNT (BOTTOM MOUNT): 2 BOTTOM BOLTS SHEAR OFF FROM TRANSAXLE SIDE AT THE SAME TIME. STEM PART OF BOLT STILL LEFT INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION ORIFICE. POSSIBLE WRONG BOLT STRENGTH. BOTH BOLTS ARE ORIGINAL PARTS.

HOOD STRUTS FAILED TWICE, HITTING DRIVER IN THE BACK WHILE HE WAS WORKING UNDER THE HOOD. THE STRUTS THAT HOLD THE HOOD UP ARE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE HOOD. *AK

FAN BELT FAILED.

INGITION SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED.

OIL PUMP FAILED DUE TO WORN OUT BEARINGS. *AK

STEERING WHEEL BOLT LOOSENED CAUSING WHEEL TO MOVE UP AND DOWN WITH NO CONTROL.

ARM REST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WITH ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FAILED. MJS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP BECAUSE THE HOSE ON THE BRAKES HAD BROKEN. THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP BECAUSE THE HOSE ON THE BRAKES HAD BROKEN. THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.

DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, VECHICLE GOES TO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, PARKED THE VEHICLE AND IT WENT INTO HIGH IDLE AND WOULD NOT IDLE DOWN. *AK

AT 64 MPH THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE OIL PUMP AND DEFECTIVE ENGINE BEARINGS, AT 6,000 MILES LATER SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE SAME PROBLEM ALSO OCCURRED AT 3,000 MILES AND LESS. TOOK IT TO AN ENGINEERING SCHOOL AND THEY FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WAS IMPROPERLY ALIGNED, CAUSING BEARING A...

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

HEAT REGULATOR INOPERATIVE.

WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE, PULLED INTO PARKING LOT, MADE A RIGHT TURN, STARTED FOR PARKING SPOT, VEHICLE, WITHOUT WARNING, SUDDENLY ACCELERATED; VEHICLE JUMPED CURB, WENT ACROSS GRASS, HIT LIBRARY BLDG.*AK

TRANSMISSION THROTTLE VALVE FAILED, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION.

SERPENTINE BELT JAMMED, CAUSING ALTERNATOR FAILURE. *DH

AIR PUMP NOISY/FAILED.

THE THROTTLE STUCK AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AROUND A PARKING LOT AT 70MPH AND HIT 7 CARS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

THE THROTTLE STUCK AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AROUND A PARKING LOT AT 70MPH AND HIT 7 CARS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

TWO FUEL LINES LEAK. *SD

VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN DUE TO FAILED IDLE SPEED CONTROL.

TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK.

SERPENTINE BELT JAMMED, CAUSING ALTERNATOR TO FAIL, WHICH CAUSED FRONT END TO SMOKE.

SERPENTINE BELT JAMMED, CAUSING ALTERNATOR TO FAIL, WHICH CAUSED FRONT END TO SMOKE.

THROTTLE SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO SURGE.

TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WILL NOT SHUT OFF WHEN COMPLETING A TURN, STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT LOCK WHEN VEHICLE'S IGNITION IS OFF. *AK

TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK. *SD

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTOL. *SD

ALTERNATOR BURNED. *SD

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR ACCELERATED DAMAGED THE BRAKE TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN . T

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR ACCELERATED DAMAGED THE BRAKE TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN . T

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT STAY LOCK. TT

WRENCH THAT REMOVES WHEEL COVER PLASTIC LOCKING NUT WON'T FIT DUE TO DEFORMATON OF NUT, PREVENTING WHEEL COVER FROM BEING REMOVED. *SD

VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TWICE, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AW

ENGINE COOLANT HOSE ROTTED OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO EXPELL FROM ENGINE, RESULTING IN ENGINE BLOCK OVERHEATING, DAMAGING CYLINDERS. *SKD

SHOULDER/LAP BELT BUCKLE DOESN'T LOCK IT POPS OPEN. TT

POWER SEAT TRACK BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO DISCONNECT. *SKD