2000 Cadillac Seville Complaints

ON 04/15/2005 CAR WAS TAKEN IN TO DEALERSHIP FOR LEAKING TRUNK AND WATER IN TRUNK. GM HAD ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN 03-08-66-009, DATED JULY 30, 2003 FOR MODELS 1998-2003 CADILLAC SEVILLE TO REPLACE THE TRUNK SEAL WITH PART # 25762219 WEATHERST 12.269 K. THE WORK WAS COMPLETED PER THE BULLETIN, BUT ON 02/11/2011 CAR WAS TAKEN IN AGAIN FOR WATER IN TRUNK, WITH 35330 MILES. IF THE IMPROVED PART FROM SB 03-08-66-009 WAS USED AND INSTALLED BY THE SELLING DEALERSHIP, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE LEAK REOCCURRING WITHIN A SIMILAR TIME FRAME AS THE ORIGINAL FAILURE? I REALIZE MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KEEP THEIR VEHICLES MORE THAN 10 YEARS, BUT CURRENT OWNERS OF USED MODELS WOULD ALSO BE IMPACTED AND UNKNOWINGLY PAY FOR THE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT GM ACTUALLY CORRECTED A KNOWN DEFECT THEY HAD IN THIS MODEL CADILLAC WITH THEIR IMPROVED PART.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CADILLAC DEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ABS, BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND INSPECTED THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THE LIGHTS STAYED ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

CAR WAS OVERHEATING KEPT SAYING CHECK COOLING LEVEL I WOULD CHECK AND HAD TO ADD COOLANT. TOOK TO MECHANIC FOUND MY RADIATOR CAP WAS WARPED. I REPLACED CAP BUT YET THE CAR CONTINUES TO HEAT UP. MAJOR OIL LEAKS FROM ENGINE, SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINT 2-3 QTS BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. CURRENT MILEAGE ON VEHICLE 120,000 MILES. *TR

TL* - WHILE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM HIS DRIVEWAY ON 12-14-06 CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE STEERING ON THE VEHICLE FELT UNUSUAL. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE. ON 12-16-06, THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE TO NOTICE THAT THE TIE ROD AND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD BROKEN. THE CONTACT CURRENTLY HAS HIS VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE TELLING HIM THAT THERE ISN'T A RECALL FOR HIS TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT STATES THAT HE WENT ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 99V301000). THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HE CAN DO TO HAVE HIS VEHICLE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. IF ANY COPY OF THE INVOICE IS NEEDED CONTACT CAN PROVIDE A COPY

ON A ROAD TRIP .TIRE'S TREAD CAME OFF OF TIRE DURING THE RIDE, RESULTING IN A TIRE FAILURE AND BIG DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. TIRE IT SELF IS STILL INFLATED WITH NO TREAD ON IT. TIRE WAS TAKEN OFF OF VEHICLE. TIRE IS AVAILABLE. *NM