1989 Cadillac Deville

Safety Score
91
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
48
NCAP Stars

Recalls (0)

No recalls found for the 1989 Cadillac Deville.

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2007-10-15 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE No 0 WOULD NOT PASS EMISSIONS DUE TO MISFIRE AND NOX CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION (MOST LIKELY DUE TO PROBLEMS IN ONLY A FEW C…
2006-01-01 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 1989 CADILLAC DEVILLE CP SPEED ACTUATOR - HIGH IDLE / RUNAWAY VEHICLE - HAVE REPLACED 3 TIMES PROBLEMS STILL HAPPENING.…
2005-11-11 STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 1 HOOD ON FRONT CAR FELL CLOSED BY ITSELF AND LATCHED CLOSED. MY FINGERS WERE ON FENDER AT THE TIME IT FELL. MY FINGERS W…
2004-02-05 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED, AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED AN ACCELERATOR M…
2001-10-04 POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY No 0 REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY FELL APART AND DROPPED FRONT END ONTO THE PAVEMNENT.*AK
2001-04-05 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 AFTER ACCELERATING THROTTLE KEEPS PUMPING, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND CAN NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK ALTERNATOR FAIL…
2001-03-09 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 RUNAWAY THROTTLE, SUDDEN HIGH SPEED ENGINE CONDITIONS THAT OCCURRED ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT OF THE DRIVER. STOPPING REQUI…
2001-02-16 TIRES No 0 THE TIRE AND RIM ASSEMBLY ON THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER CAME OFF DAMAGING THE FRONT FENDER (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM
2000-05-18 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
2000-05-18 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE, PUT FOOT ON BRAKE TO RELEASE CRUISE CONTROL, CAR IMMEDIATELY EXCELLED TO 85MPH. REACHED O…
2000-01-27 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL No 0 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 55MPH ACCELERATED TO CHANGE LANES IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. CONSUMER THOUGHT ACCELERAT…
1999-11-18 WHEELS No 0 AFTER DISCOVERING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVING RIGHT OWNER CHECKED THE WHEELS AND FOUND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO BE …
1999-09-23 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Yes 0 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND IN A MINOR COLLISION. *AK
1999-09-05 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY No 0 HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON VEHICLE, AND DEALER NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A GAS LEAK. TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO …
1999-04-19 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 ENGINE RACED OUT OF CONTROL ON STARTUP. DESPITE MY HEARING PROBLEM, I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION BEFORE LEAVING "PARK". I…
1999-03-09 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 WHEN TURNING THE IGNITION ,THE ENGINE GOES TO FULL POWER. CONSUMER MUST PRESS HARD ON BRAKES IN ORDER TO KEEP THE VEHI…
1998-12-06 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 0 THROTTLE STUCK AT 71 MPH CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED, WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN AND CONTI…
1998-11-01 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 TRANSAXLE MOUNT (BOTTOM MOUNT): 2 BOTTOM BOLTS SHEAR OFF FROM TRANSAXLE SIDE AT THE SAME TIME. STEM PART OF BOLT STIL…
1998-07-22 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULTIN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE F…
1998-02-20 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 INGITION SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE.
1997-10-07 STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR No 0 STEERING WHEEL BOLT LOOSENED CAUSING WHEEL TO MOVE UP AND DOWN WITH NO CONTROL.
1997-10-01 STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 1 HOOD STRUTS FAILED TWICE, HITTING DRIVER IN THE BACK WHILE HE WAS WORKING UNDER THE HOOD. THE STRUTS THAT HOLD THE HO…
1997-09-06 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 OIL PUMP FAILED DUE TO WORN OUT BEARINGS. *AK
1997-05-10 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP BECAUSE THE HOSE ON THE BRAKES HAD BROKEN. THER…
1997-04-02 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, VECHICLE GOES TO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, PARKED THE VEHICLE AND IT WENT INTO HIGH IDLE AND WOULD …
1997-01-19 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
1996-06-27 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 THE DATES ARE APPROXIMATE. I BOUGHT MAY 29,1996 AND WAS IN THE SHOP WITHIN TWO WEEKS. THE SERVICE ADVISOR (DICK SMITH …
1996-06-15 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 0 WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE, PULLED INTO PARKING LOT, MADE A RIGHT TURN, STARTED FOR PARKING SPOT, VEHICLE, WITHOUT WARNIN…
1996-04-02 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 1 THE THROTTLE STUCK AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AROUND A PARKING LOT AT 70MPH AND HIT 7 CARS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. …
1996-03-24 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE No 0 TWO FUEL LINES LEAK. *SD
1996-03-09 STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR No 0 TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WILL NOT SHUT OFF WHEN COMPLETING A TURN, STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT LOCK WHEN VEHICLE'S IGNITION IS OF…
1995-12-23 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL No 0 VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN DUE TO FAILED IDLE SPEED CONTROL.
1995-12-23 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION THROTTLE VALVE FAILED, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION.
1995-10-15 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY No 0 HEAT REGULATOR INOPERATIVE.
1995-07-14 WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS No 0 WRENCH THAT REMOVES WHEEL COVER PLASTIC LOCKING NUT WON'T FIT DUE TO DEFORMATON OF NUT, PREVENTING WHEEL COVER FROM BE…
1995-04-16 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK. *SD
1995-02-14 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY No 0 SHOULDER/LAP BELT BUCKLE DOESN'T LOCK IT POPS OPEN. TT
1995-02-02 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST No 0 POWER SEAT TRACK BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO DISCONNECT. *SKD
1994-12-10 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS No 0 ENGINE COOLANT HOSE ROTTED OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO EXPELL FROM ENGINE, RESULTING IN ENGINE BLOCK OVERHEATING, DAMAGING …
1994-10-04 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 AT 64 MPH THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE OIL PUMP AND DEFECTIVE ENGINE BEARINGS, AT 6,000 MILES LATER SAME …
1994-08-01 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 0 VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TWICE, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AW
1991-01-01 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER No 0 WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR ACCELERATED DAMAGED THE BRAKE TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN . T
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS No 0 ARM REST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WITH ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FAILED. MJS
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN No 0 FAN BELT FAILED.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY No 0 DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT STAY LOCK. TT
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 BRAKES ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE VEHICLE, VERY WEAK IN SPITE OF GOOD LININGS. *MJS