Safety Score
86
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1990 Cadillac Deville.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | THE CAR WHILE TURNING INTERMITTENTLY DIES AND LOOSES ANY ACCELERATION STALLS AND MOST OF THE TIME STARTS BACK UP WHEN L… |
| 2010-06-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. ON WARM DAYS, WHEN DRIVING WITH AIRCONDITIONING.TURNED ON, THE CAR STALLS AND THEN QUICK… |
| 2007-05-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 CADILLAC DEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SMOKE FOR THI… |
| 2007-03-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 CADILLAC DEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 65 MPH. THE CONTACT… |
| 2004-02-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID | No | 1 | THE TRUNK LID SHUT AND LOCKED WITH CONSUMER'S HAND STUCK IN IT. A NEIGHBOR HAD TO PRY OPEN THE TRUNK WITH A TIRE IRON… |
| 2004-02-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | Yes | 1 | THE CONSUMER SET THE CRUISE CONTROL AT 48 MPH. THE CONSUMER CAME UPON A VEHICLE THAT WAS MAKING A TURN THEREFORE SHE H… |
| 2003-10-29 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY REASON VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 65 MPH. BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO DECELERATE… |
| 2003-05-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FIRE.*MR WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE TURNPIKE, THE ENGINE ALL OF A SUDDEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS *JB |
| 2003-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | THE DRIVERS SEAT-BELT LATCH NO LONGER WILL RETAIN THE BUCKLE WHEN INSERTED. *LA |
| 2002-09-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CABLE TO BATTERY REPEATLY LOOSENED, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER.*AK |
| 2002-04-16 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 1 | WIFE LEFT CAR PARKED IN DRIVEWAY IN PARK, EXITED THE CAR WALKED TO THE TOP OF THE DRIVE TO PICK UP RAKES PROCEEDED BACK… |
| 2002-01-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE, RAISING UP TO 80 MPH+. HAS TO STEP ON BRAKES TO SLOWD… |
| 2002-01-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP OR REDUCE SPEED, BUT BRAKES WILL MALFUNCTION. SOMETIMES RESULTS … |
| 2001-10-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL WITH SPEED AT 100+ MILES PER HOUR. THE BRAKES FAILED/ WOULD NOT MOVE. THE ACCELERATOR MO… |
| 2001-08-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | Yes | 0 | AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND PLACING IT INTO NEUTRAL VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE, CRASHING INTO A PICNIC TA… |
| 2001-06-25 | PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL | Yes | 1 | PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT RELEASE. TOOK OUT OWNERS MANUAL, AND IT STATED THAT BRAKE MAY FREEZE UP AT TIMES. CONSUME… |
| 2001-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THERE HAS BEEN 2 TIMES THAT THIS ENGINE HAS FAILED ALMOST COSTING OUR LIVES.*AK |
| 2000-11-28 | TIRES | No | 1 | THE MICHELIN TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING A POSSIBLE COLLSION WITH ONE INJURY (LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED). *MJS |
| 2000-11-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I HAVE WRITTEN TO CADILLAC AND WILL TRY TO ATTACH THAT NOTE. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK |
| 2000-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | SHARP PULL OF STEERING WHEEL WITH A HARD BRAKE APPLICATION DURING A NON-ABS STOP. *AK |
| 2000-06-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HOBBIE DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED ENGINE MOTOR MOUNT IN MARCH 1999. WE HAD THE CAR CHECKED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP IN… |
| 2000-05-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BROKEN / INTERMITTENT ROUGH IDLE CAUSED BY DEF GROUNDING SYSTEM. |
| 2000-03-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON FOUR OCCASIONS, DURING EACH OF WHICH THE BRAKES WERE UNABLE TO STOP THE CAR.… |
| 1999-09-24 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | POWER STEERING FAILED ON THE ROAD, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND NEAR ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH. YH |
| 1999-09-22 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THEREIS VIRBATION WITHIN THE VEHICLE DUE TO A BROKEN SHAFT AXLE. *AK |
| 1999-07-21 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLETO SLIDE. ALSO, AND ABS LIGHT COMES ON … |
| 1999-05-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS IS MALFUNCTIONING WHILE DRIVING WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THER E WILL BE NO BRAKES, UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. REPLACED P… |
| 1999-04-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY-SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE I SMELLED A STRONG BURNING ODER AND THEN SE… |
| 1999-02-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FOR A SOME TIME I NOTICED THE AUTO WAS NOT STARTING AS QUICK AS USUAL AND I SMELLED GAS A COUPLE OF DAYS THING THE GAS … |
| 1998-12-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO THE GARAGE, CRASHING THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. FINALLY STO… |
| 1998-11-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKES HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HARD BRAKE PEDAL, SEVERAL SYSTEM REPAIRS MADE PREVOIUSLY HOWEVER HAVE NOT BEEN THE SOURCE… |
| 1998-08-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE BLOCK LEAKING DUE TO FAILURE. |
| 1998-07-01 | WHEELS | No | 0 | BARRINGTON MOTOR WORKS HAD MADE MORE EXCUSES THAN FIX PROBLEMS, OTHER PROBLEMS EXIST, BUT TOO MANY TO LIST. THE BARRIN… |
| 1998-07-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL. WAS ABLE… |
| 1997-11-02 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | AIR BAG: DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG SATRTED TO SPLIT OCT. 96. HAS NOW SPLIT COMPLETELY ACROSS. TOOK CAR IN TO DEALER AND W… |
| 1997-03-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FOR NO REASON; PRESSED FEET HARD ON BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. TOOK INTO PEN… |
| 1997-02-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION LINKAGE AND CONTROL ARM OF THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN CONNECTOR DISENGAGED. |
| 1996-11-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS | No | 0 | THE BRAKE SHOES IN THE REAR DO NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DRUMS, CAUSING THE FRONT BRAKES TO WEAR OUT OFTEN. *AK C… |
| 1996-11-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR FAILURE. *AK |
| 1996-11-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING CAR SOMETIMES ACCELERATES OUT OF CONTROL. *AK WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES THEY WERE VERY HARD,… |
| 1996-09-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE, ALL THE BRAKE POWER IS GOING TO ONE WHEEL, THE PASSENGER'S FRONT, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO LO… |
| 1996-07-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ACCELERATION, WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL THE AIR PUMP FAILED AND HOSE BROKE. |
| 1996-04-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | WHILE GOING UP A HILL, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT OT THE FLOOR AND ACCELERATED WITHOUT BEING PRESSED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. … |
| 1996-02-02 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | FRONTAL COLLISION AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT |
| 1995-12-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. TT |
| 1995-11-13 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS | No | 0 | REAR SUSPENSION SPRINGS ARE CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON REAR TIRES. TT |
| 1995-09-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CRUISE DISCONNECTED WHILE DRIVING AND DOES NOT REINSTATE ITSELF. TT |
| 1995-07-06 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | Yes | 1 | INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD THE DRIVER AND SHE WAS THROWN ALL OVER THE CAR. TT AN OFFICER … |
| 1995-05-27 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED PREMATURELY. *AW |
| 1995-04-30 | TIRES | Yes | 0 | RIGHT FRONT TIRE FELL OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT) *SKD |