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1990 Cadillac Deville Engine problems

Owners have filed 10 complaints about the 1990 Cadillac Deville's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 12% of all its complaints, most recently on December 16, 2015. They describe 1 crash, 2 fires and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
10
Recalls
0
Crashes
1
Fires
2
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Acceleration & cruise controlBrakesEngine & coolingCrash

The car while turning intermittently dies and looses any acceleration stalls and most of the time starts back up when lifting foot of the gas and sometimes dies. Also the car accelerates on its own sometimes very quickly. The car stalling while making a left turn got me t-boned by someone while making a left hand turn. I'm not the only one with this problem. This defect is going to get somebody killed.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · Service brakes · EngineNHTSA 10810706
SteeringEngine & coolingAirbagsFire

Tl*the contact owns a 1990 cadillac deville. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle's steering wheel began to smoke for thirty seconds. The air bag light has remained illuminated for two months. The mechanic stated that the water pump caused the air bag light to fail. The contact also noticed a rubbing noise coming from the axle when making a left and right turn. The steering failure has not been diagnosed. The current mileage is 175,512 and failure mileage was 175,480.

Filed Incident Steering · Engine and engine cooling · Air bagsNHTSA 10190429
Engine & coolingFire

Engine fire.*Mr when the consumer exited the turnpike, the engine all of a sudden caught on fire. *Ts *jb

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10040653
Engine & cooling

There has been 2 times that this engine has failed almost costing our lives.*Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 746996
Engine & cooling

Replaced the water pump three times within the past two years. Too many other problems to list. *Ak

Filed Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 744222
Engine & cooling

Hobbie diagnosed and replaced engine motor mount in march 1999. We had the car checked at an independent repair shop in june 2000 (5676 miles on new part) and they found that the new mount was broken. We feel that the part may have been broken at the time of installation. Called both hobbie and general motors. Neither will acknowledge that the motor mount is defective nor will they admit to a problem.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 728137
Engine & coolingBody, doors & structureAcceleration & cruise control

Engine mounts were broken / intermittent rough idle caused by def grounding system.

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Structure · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 722559
Engine & cooling

Intermittently when slightly turning the wheel on an expressway engine will stall out and die, resulting in loss of vehicle control. The vehicle will start up immediately after. The dealer and manufacturer have been notified. *Ak

Filed Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 847099
Engine & cooling

ENGINE BLOCK LEAKING DUE TO FAILURE.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 542050
Engine & cooling

Vehicle seized while driving the vehicle on the highway. Tt

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 977033

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