1994 CADILLAC SEVILLE Problems & Recalls

THIS VEHICLE IS FACTORY EQUIPPED WITH A DELCO/BOSE SOUND SYSTEM. I WAS DRIVING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES AND 1/4 MILE, THE RADIO SOUND BECAME DISTORTED AND INTERRUPTED. THE VEHICLE'S VOLTAGE DISPLAY INDICATED 13.3 VOLTS, RATHER THAN THE NORMAL 14.2 OR ABOVE. I TURNED O...

Mileage: 188,000

THE THROTTLE IS STILL OPEN AFTER RELEASING THE GAS PEDAL, CAUSING THE CAR TO CONTINUE MOVEMENT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. SIMILAR TO RECALL CAMPAIGN 93V164000. *NM

I OWN A 1994 CADILLAC 4 DOOR SEVILLE. I AM THE SECOND OWNER. RECENTLY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TUNE UP THE VEHICLE, I DISCOVERED THAT THE PLASTIC COVER COVERING THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR MOUNTED ON THE FIREWALL HAD LITERALLY BEGAN TO DISINTEGRATE. THIS EXPOSED THE INSIDE INSULATION WHICH IS WITHIN INCHES ...

Mileage: 140

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING HE FELT BOILING WATER HIT HIS FEET. HE HAD TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND PARK IT. THIS CAUSED BURNS TO BOTH OF HIS FEET. HE IS A MECHANIC AND FEELS IT IS BECAUSE THE HEATER CORE BUSTED. HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS BECA...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT IN 7-04. HE BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2000. WHEN HE DROPPED THE FUEL TANK TO GET TO THE FUEL PUMP HE NOTICED THE ELECTRICAL WIRES GOING INTO THE PUMP WERE BLACK. WHEN HE UNSCREWED THE PUMP HE NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL WERE WIRES WERE FRIED. HE TOOK THE...

Mileage: 98,380

1994 CADILLAC SEVILLE HAD HOT COOLANT POUR ONTO THE DRIVER'S FOOT CAUSING SEVERE BURNS.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE HEATER CORE HAD RUPTURED, IN ADDITION THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT THE WATER PUMP WATER PUMP HOUSING, HOSES AND THERM...

Mileage: 147,295

1994 CADILLAC SEVILLE HAD HOT COOLANT POUR ONTO THE DRIVER'S FOOT CAUSING SEVERE BURNS.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE HEATER CORE HAD RUPTURED, IN ADDITION THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT THE WATER PUMP WATER PUMP HOUSING, HOSES AND THERM...

Mileage: 147,295

OIL WAS LEAKING OUT THE LOWER CRANK CASE, WHICH COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND CAUSE THE ENGINE TO FAIL. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY CONSUMER, AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN AIR BAG PROBLEM. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. *AK *SC THE VEHICLE HIT A LIGHT POLE. *JB

Mileage: 104,000

I CALL THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE SYSTEM OVERHEATING AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT DOING ANYTHING IN HELPING ME WITH THE VEHICLE, NOT EVEN TOWTRUCK. I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN BEFORE MY WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRED AND HE SAID HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHI...

Mileage: 11,900

I CALL THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE SYSTEM OVERHEATING AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT DOING ANYTHING IN HELPING ME WITH THE VEHICLE, NOT EVEN TOWTRUCK. I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN BEFORE MY WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRED AND HE SAID HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHI...

Mileage: 11,900

I CALL THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE SYSTEM OVERHEATING AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT DOING ANYTHING IN HELPING ME WITH THE VEHICLE, NOT EVEN TOWTRUCK. I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN BEFORE MY WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRED AND HE SAID HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHI...

Mileage: 11,900

I CALL THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE SYSTEM OVERHEATING AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT DOING ANYTHING IN HELPING ME WITH THE VEHICLE, NOT EVEN TOWTRUCK. I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN BEFORE MY WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRED AND HE SAID HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHI...

Mileage: 11,900

REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR, CAUSING THE REAR BRAKE PADS TO SMOKE AND CATCH ON FIRE. CONSUMER REPLACED THE REAR CALIPERS/ROTORS AND MASTER CYLINDER. CONSUMER CALLED GMC, AND WAS TOLD THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. EACH TIME THIS HAP...

Mileage: 116,000

REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR, CAUSING THE REAR BRAKE PADS TO SMOKE AND CATCH ON FIRE. CONSUMER REPLACED THE REAR CALIPERS/ROTORS AND MASTER CYLINDER. CONSUMER CALLED GMC, AND WAS TOLD THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. EACH TIME THIS HAP...

Mileage: 116,000

REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR, CAUSING THE REAR BRAKE PADS TO SMOKE AND CATCH ON FIRE. CONSUMER REPLACED THE REAR CALIPERS/ROTORS AND MASTER CYLINDER. CONSUMER CALLED GMC, AND WAS TOLD THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. EACH TIME THIS HAP...

Mileage: 116,000

REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR, CAUSING THE REAR BRAKE PADS TO SMOKE AND CATCH ON FIRE. CONSUMER REPLACED THE REAR CALIPERS/ROTORS AND MASTER CYLINDER. CONSUMER CALLED GMC, AND WAS TOLD THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. EACH TIME THIS HAP...

Mileage: 116,000

THE POSITIVE POST OF THE BATTERY WAS CRACKED AND LEAKED ACID. THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM HAD FAILED DUE TO THE POSITIVE TERMINAL BOLT CORRODING. SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE'S POSITVE BATTERY POST WILL OPEN CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF AND UNABLE TO START. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS DEALERSHIP STATED STRESS ON THE POSITIVE TERMINAL CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DIE OUT, THE BATTERY TO CRACK AND LEAK ACID. CORROSION WAS ALSO FOUND IN THE BATTERY TRAY AND THE BA...

Mileage: 63,070

THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CRANK CASE LOWER SEAL ON THE 4.6 NORTHSTAR ENGINE AND MANUFACTURER HAS NOT RESPONDED. OIL LEAK IS HITTING EXAUST AND CAT CONVERTER WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND A RECALL FOR REPAIR. THERE IS A TSB ON THIS ISSUE , BUT NO RECALL. I WANT A FIX...

ON 7/25/01, ENGINE OVERHEATED AS PER ENGINE SCREEN. 255 DEGREES. REPLACED "FAILED THERMOSTAT" TOPPED OFF COOLANT AND RECHECKED. CAR SMELLED LIKE ENGINE HOT. VEHICLE LOST COOLANT. CALLED PUTNAM CADILLAC/BUICK. THEY CHANGED OIL & CHECKED. NO DETECTION OF OVERHEATING. 7/23/02 CAR DRIVEN TO PUT...

ON 7/25/01, ENGINE OVERHEATED AS PER ENGINE SCREEN. 255 DEGREES. REPLACED "FAILED THERMOSTAT" TOPPED OFF COOLANT AND RECHECKED. CAR SMELLED LIKE ENGINE HOT. VEHICLE LOST COOLANT. CALLED PUTNAM CADILLAC/BUICK. THEY CHANGED OIL & CHECKED. NO DETECTION OF OVERHEATING. 7/23/02 CAR DRIVEN TO PUT...

TIRE WAS SO HOT INSERT ON HUB CAPE BLEW OFF CAR.*AK

ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING UP MOUNTAIN ROAD DUE TO OVERHEATING. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED BY DEALER AS BLOWN HEAD GASKETS DUE TO LOOSENING OF HEAD BOLTS. PROBLEM IS USE OF STEEL BOLTS DIRECTLY IN ALUMINUM BLOCK WHICH VIBRATE LOOSE OVER TIME, CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT. WIDELY RECOGNIZED PROBLEM B...

ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING UP MOUNTAIN ROAD DUE TO OVERHEATING. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED BY DEALER AS BLOWN HEAD GASKETS DUE TO LOOSENING OF HEAD BOLTS. PROBLEM IS USE OF STEEL BOLTS DIRECTLY IN ALUMINUM BLOCK WHICH VIBRATE LOOSE OVER TIME, CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT. WIDELY RECOGNIZED PROBLEM B...

ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING UP MOUNTAIN ROAD DUE TO OVERHEATING. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED BY DEALER AS BLOWN HEAD GASKETS DUE TO LOOSENING OF HEAD BOLTS. PROBLEM IS USE OF STEEL BOLTS DIRECTLY IN ALUMINUM BLOCK WHICH VIBRATE LOOSE OVER TIME, CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT. WIDELY RECOGNIZED PROBLEM B...

ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING UP MOUNTAIN ROAD DUE TO OVERHEATING. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED BY DEALER AS BLOWN HEAD GASKETS DUE TO LOOSENING OF HEAD BOLTS. PROBLEM IS USE OF STEEL BOLTS DIRECTLY IN ALUMINUM BLOCK WHICH VIBRATE LOOSE OVER TIME, CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT. WIDELY RECOGNIZED PROBLEM B...

CAR WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 1 MONTH. IT WAS STARTED, ALLOWED TO RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN MOVED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN OUR YARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE KEYS REMOVED. ABOUT 20 MIN. LATER, SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. BURNING PIECES OF PLASTIC WERE...

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15-25 MPH ON A WET ROAD APPLIED BRAKES TO AVOID REAR ENDING A VEHICLE IN FRONT, BUT BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND VEHICLE CRASHED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15-25 MPH REAR ENDED A VEHICLE IN FRONT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER FELT THAT VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A PRIOR ACCIDENT DUE TO AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER DIAGNOSED THAT FUEL PUMP SHORTED OUT. CONSUMER REPLACED IT WITH NEWLY DESIGNED FUEL PUMP.*AKTHE ORIGINAL PUMP HAD A FAULTY DESIGN WHICH CAUSED IT TO COLLAPSE SQUEEZING THE HOT GROUND WIRING TOGETHER RESULTING IN THE FUEL PUMP SHORTING OUT AND BLOWING T...

THE CYLINDER HEAD BOLTS STRETCHED RESULTING IN OIL LEAK AND HEAD GASKET FAILURE. LEAK VARIES FROM DROPS ON GARAGE FLOOR TO SMOKING OIL CLOUD FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CADILLAC MISDIAGNOSED PROBLEM WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND PERFORMED WRONG REPAIR TWICE. CADILLAC WILL NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY EV...

ENGINE HALF CASE OIL SEAL FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE, POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRE HAZARD. *MJS

I UNDERSTAND FROM MY MECHANIC THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CASES OF CRACKED TRANSMISSION CASES, WHICH ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. I WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT CADILLAC WOULD PAY FOR THE PARTS TO REPAIR THIS REPAIR, SINCE IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FATILITY. DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE A SAFETY ISSUE LIKE THI...

ENGINE IS MADE OF 2 METALS, THEY EXPAND DIFFERENTLY, OIL USAGE IN VEHICLE IS 3 QUARTS WEEKLY. CADILLAC DEALER MADE CONSUMER AWARE OF THIS FACT. *AK

OIL IS LEAKING FROM CRANK CASE, POSSIBLY CAUSING OTHER RELATED DAMAGE. *AK THE OIL LEAK IS DUE TO DESIGN FLAW, WHICH THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF BUT RELACTANT TO REPAIR BEYOND WARRANTY. *YH

ENGINE OIL LEAKS, IN TWO PLACES, POSSIBLE HEAD BOLTS STRIPPED, GM RECOMMENDS REPLACEING ENGINE AT A COST OF $7,500. THE ENGINE HAS ONLY 72,500 MILES ON IT. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. GM SHOULD REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AT NO COST, DUE TO PROBLEM ORIGINATING FROM A DESIGN PROBLEM.*AK

ENGINE BOLCK THREADS FOR HEAD BOLTS FAILED, RESULTING IN BLOWN HEAD GASKETS AND LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT.

OIL PAN IN THE NORTHSTAR ENGINS HAVE DEFECT THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF AND WILL FIX IN ANY UNIT UNDER WARENTY OR EXTENDED INSURANCE PROGRAMS. THE PROBLEM IS A STRUCTURAL WEAKNESS OF THE CAST METAL OF THE OIL THE OIL PAN IS CONSTRUCTED....MINUTE CRACKS DEVELOP IN THE METAL AROUND THE RETAINING SCRE...

LEAKS OIL FROM FROM JOINT SEAL, MAKES ANNOYING METALLIC TICKING KNOCK SOUND. $48,000 CAR... FEELS LIKE A HI-MILEAGE NOISY JOLLOPY THATS GOING TO IMPLODE.

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CYLINDER HEAD BOLT HOLE THREADS IN ENGINE BLOCK FAILED AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND LOSS OF COOLANT. TEMPERATURE ELEVATED RAPIDLY THROUGH 255 DEG.F. PRIOR TO "ENGINE SHUTDOWN WARNING". CAR HAS BEEN DOWN FOR A MONTH AND A HALF DUE TO PARTS PROBLEMS. *AK

ALMOST EVERY YEAR CONSUMER HAS TO CHANGE ELECTRIC BATTERY WITHOUT DEALER KNOWING WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM, AND THERE IS NO INDICATION OF IT.*AK HORN MALFUNCTIONS. *YH

ALMOST EVERY YEAR CONSUMER HAS TO CHANGE ELECTRIC BATTERY WITHOUT DEALER KNOWING WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM, AND THERE IS NO INDICATION OF IT.*AK HORN MALFUNCTIONS. *YH

I WAS TOLD THE BRAKE LINE RUBBED THROUGH THE COOLANT LINE CAUSING COOLANT 134 TO LEAK OUT AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING BRAKE LINE. I WAS SICKEN EVERY TIME I USED MY CAR TILL THE AIR CONDITION COMPRESS STOP WORKING.

OIL PAN GASKET LEAKING.....THERES BEEN A SERVICE BULLITEN ALERT PUT OUT ON THIS IN FEB. 1996. MY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IN 1997 AND THE GASKET SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT THIS TIME. OIL IS LEAKING FAIRLY BAD AND I WAS INFORMED BY CADILLAC MECHANIC THAT THE OIL GOING BACK ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AN...

OIL PAN GASKET LEAKING.....THERES BEEN A SERVICE BULLITEN ALERT PUT OUT ON THIS IN FEB. 1996. MY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IN 1997 AND THE GASKET SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT THIS TIME. OIL IS LEAKING FAIRLY BAD AND I WAS INFORMED BY CADILLAC MECHANIC THAT THE OIL GOING BACK ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AN...

DEALER NEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM ON 93-94 SEVILLES I WAS NOT INFORMED WHEN I BOUGHT IT. NO DEFECT (S) LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

IN DEEP SNOW NOT ABLE TO TURN OFF TRACTION CONTROL. RESULT CAR GETS STUCK. *AK

WHILE PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM THE ENGINE. *AK

WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FAILED. IT MADE CONTACT WITH A POWER STEARING LINE. THIS BROKE A BRACKETT ALOWING THE POWER STEARING LINE TO CONTACT A AIR CONDITIONER LINE FITTING. THIS ACTION NEARLY RUPTURED THE POWER STEARING LINE. HAD THIS HAPPENED THERE WOULD BE POSSIBLE ...

GREASE USED TO LUBRICATE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN SHORTED OUT THE TURN SIGNAL AND STARTED SMOKING WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN USE. MJS

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED,CONSUMER NEVER RECIEVED RECALL ON AUXILIARY ENGINE OIL COOLER OULET HOSE WHICH WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE A/C CLUTCH. CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS WHAT CAUSED VEHICLE FIRE.

DESIGN OF KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM FAILED RESULTING IN THE SYSTEM OVERHEATING.

VEHICLE SURGES FOR NO REASON WHILE VEHICLE IS AT A STAND STILL. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERS FOR PROBLEM, WHERE NO FAULT CODE WAS FOUND. *AK

ENGINE HAD A SEVERE OIL LEAK DUE TO DESIGN PROBLEM.

WHEN DRIVING THERE IS AN ODOR COMING UP FROM THE DUCTS(VENTS) BECAUSE OF AN OIL LEAK ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *AK

STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO TURN, IT TIGHTENS UP AND MAKES A LOT OF NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHELL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT.*AK

DEFROSTER CAUSES WINDSHIELD TO TURN BLACK TEMPORARILY WHEN TURNED ON, IMPEDING VISIBILITY. *DH

WINDSHIELD FOGS UP, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *SD

DEFROSTER CAUSES THE WINDSHIELD TO TOTALLY BLACK OUT/POOR VISIBILITY. *SD

VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, VEHICLE COMPLETELY BURNED, WILL.*AK *JB

THE EMERGENCY HAZARD LIGHT IS HARD TO GET TO IN AN EMERGENCY THE DESIGN. TT