2002 Cadillac Seville Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CADILLAC SEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND ALLOWED IT TO SIT OVERNIGHT. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE FROM HER DRIVEWAY WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD, ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE THERE WAS A BOLT MISSING THAT WAS CAUSING THE RACK AND PINION TO BEND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000. UPDATED 01/02/2013*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL WOULD NOT BE HONORED EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECALL. UPDATED 1/9/2013 *JS

MY VEHICLE STARTED TO FEEL AS IF THE STEERING WAS A LITTLE LOOSE A FEW MONTHS AGO, AT ONE POINT I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE, BUT I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A TIRE SHOP AND THEY VERIFIED MY TIRES WERE FINE AND THEY COULD NOT SEE ANY VISIBLE PROBLEMS OR LEAKS. ABOUT A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 610 AND I TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TRYING TO SWITCH LANES, AND ALMOST SIDE SWIPED A TRUCK. THE LOSS OF CONTROL WAS ONLY DURING THE TURN OF THE STEERING WHEEL, I GAINED CONTROL WHEN I STRAIGHTENED THE STEERING WHEEL AND CONTINUED ON HOME. ON OCTOBER 13, 2012 I GOT INTO MY CAR AND PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, AND THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WAS EVEN MORE LOOSE. I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND THE FRONT END MADE A CLUNK SOUND AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SHIFTED UPWARDS WHEN I PROCEEDED TO TURN THE WHEEL. A MECHANIC VERIFIED THAT A MISSING BOLT DAMAGED THE MOUNTING STRAP, WHICH ALSO DAMAGED THE RACK AND PINION. *TR

I WAS GOING TO GET AN INSPECTION STICKER AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS BECAUSE OF AN EMISSION PROBLEM. CYLINDER 4 WAS MISFIRING. *TR

CAR STARTS TO SHAKES IN FRONTEND OF CAR AT 50 TO 70 MPH. SYSTEM STABILITY NOTIFICATION COMES ON. HAVE HAD IT CHECKED AND MECHANICS CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. NEW TIRES AND CALIBRATION DOES NOT HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CADILLAC SEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A NARROW CURVED ROAD, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG ABRUPTLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURY TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BODY AND HEAD AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN WITH CAUTION TO A SAFE LOCATION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.