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1985 Cadillac Deville Steering problems

Owners have filed 5 complaints about the 1985 Cadillac Deville's steering with NHTSA - 24% of all its complaints, most recently on May 7, 2002. Loss of power steering, stiff or loose steering, wandering, column and rack problems.

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5
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0
Crashes
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Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
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Steering complaints

Steering

- Rack and pinion steering - stuck in certain positions and when cold - dangerous! - Rear load leveling sys. Doesn't seem to work on any cadillacs of this era. I can't put a single bag of groceries in the trunk without the rear bottoming - why haven't they been recalled? - Headliner came loose and hangs down. - Cassette plays a couple seconds then ejects. - Engine sputters and misses even though all tune-up related items have been replaced. - Front brake hose clogged and locked brake off and on. - Dangerous. Hit...

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brakes and pull hard to right. I owned an 86 celebrity with twice the miles as this cadillac yet it was 100 x more reliable. Can't believe cadillac could have stayed in business after this model year. Who in their right mind would ever buy another. This one was garage kept and not driven in snow since 1987 and was owned by an elderly minister. It was very well maintained and looked like new when I bought it directly from him. If one that was taken care of this well was so bad, what about the ones that received only normal levels of care and maintenance. This car looks like new (except headliner) but I've been tempted to give it to the junk yard. It depresses me greatly. When I fix one thing, other things fail twice as fast as the rate I can get them fixed. I want to tryto get it repaired to sell but I can't get ahead of new problems.*Ak

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 761654
Steering

While attempting to turn right at any degree greater than a lane change, the steering gives the consumer high resistance, especially during a cold start. *Slc

Filed SteeringNHTSA 558242
Steering

Intermittently steering wheel locks up when started. When driving, it frequently offers high resistance to turn right to any degree greater than a lane change. *Ak.Et

Filed SteeringNHTSA 848916
Steering

Failure on the steering wheel and column, the bolts that holds the steering wheel is breaking away from the steering column. *Ak

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 980849
Steering

Power steering failure when starting vehicle. Tt

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 961224

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