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1992 Cadillac Deville Engine problems

Owners have filed 22 complaints about the 1992 Cadillac Deville's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 16% of all its complaints, most recently on July 18, 2015. They describe 0 crashes, 6 fires and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
22
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
6
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Transmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

My son was driving down the road at 35 miles and hour and the engine dropped out of the car. Upon inspection of the car afterwards, it appears that the rubber bushings on four bolts for the engine mounts had disintegrated / dry rotted and the bolts that were holding the engine into car were severly rusted which resulted in letting the engine drop out of the car. The car had just passed inspection. There was no rust on the body of the car and only slight surface rust on very little of the cars undercarrage. My...

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son was driving down the highway at 65 miles an hour the day before. It is my understanding that you could not see this dry rot on the engine mounts when the engine was mounted in correct position.

Filed Incident Power train · EngineNHTSA 10734942
Engine & cooling

Consumer noticed oil on the ground when vehicle was moved. The oil leak is coming from the engine. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10046550
Engine & coolingTransmission & drivetrain

Engine, have had the head gasket fail at 71,000 miles, had engine rebuilt, now at 92,000 miles head gasket has failed again, had mechanic replace it, however the bolt hole in the aluminum block has had the threads strip out at only 40 lbs. Of torque and dealer can offer no possible repair advice for this problem, having a new engine put in vehicle at this time, also clear coat finish on upper right corner of front fender has come off causing the dark blue finish to become white. Car also dies randomly when pulling...

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up to stop lights or slowing down. Also having all engine and transmission mounts replaced due to failure of two mounts. Expect more from cadillac than this type of low quality. *La

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Power trainNHTSA 10043316
Engine & coolingFire

The engine compartment caught on fire. *Jb the consumer felt that the incident may be the result of recall #94v199000. Scc

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10014771
Engine & cooling

Water pump failures since purchase--water pump replaced six times

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 566360
Engine & cooling

Two (2) problems: if engine fails, for any reason, car must come to a complete stop, placed in park, to restart engine. In traffic this is an extremely dangerous condition. Second, engine quits under hard braking when there is less than 4 gal fuel remaining. Yes, fuel filter replaced. Yes, no water in fuel system. Please assist.8Jb

Filed Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 764718
Engine & coolingFuel system

While driving vehicle speed dropped to 5 mph, choking sound. Went to dealer who found plastic buffer in fuel pump was falling apart and clogging fuel pump. *Ak also, the vehicle loses power and hesitates when hot. *Yh

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Fuel system, gasolineNHTSA 881568
Engine & cooling

Will not start, ,turn switch on l,ights come on, wait 30 minutes may start

Filed Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 729498
SteeringBrakesEngine & cooling

Water pump coming loose at interstate speeds, causing fan belt to break, loosing power steering and power brakes. Happened again at 115741 miles. *Ak

Filed Incident Steering · Service brakes, hydraulic · Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 726008
Fuel systemFire

While driving, consumer smelled gas, had received recall regarding fuel pump and made an appointment with the dealership after smelling the gas, vehicle experienced fire, claim 20-5211-880. *Slc

Filed Incident Fuel system, gasolineNHTSA 6900648
Engine & cooling

Intermittently while applying the brakes vehicle would stall without indicationas. Please provide further information. *Ak

Filed Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 848016
Engine & cooling

Water pump failed causing whinning noise to come from engine. Nlm

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 548526
Engine & coolingFuel system

While driving at any speed without any prior warning the vehicle lost power and there was a leakage coming from the gas tank. Consumer had the gas tank replaced. When stopping and taking off again, the vehicle would move very slowly and jerk. Also, when the consumer puts foot on the accelerator the vehicle isn'tpicking up any speed. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Fuel system, gasolineNHTSA 832832
Engine & cooling

While driving at 40mph the pulley conected to the water pump broke and came out of the engine. Consumer has had water pump replaced 16 months ago before this incident occurred. Consumer has contacted dealer. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 829550
Engine & coolingFire

Driving for about 30 minutes ,parked vehicle, about 3-4 minutes later vehicle was on fire within engine compartment, resulting in total loss of vehicle. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 823632
BrakesEngine & cooling

The water pump, front brake and rotors needs replacing, the rear cylinder is leaking, and there is a possible problem with the torque converter.

Filed Service brakes, hydraulic · Service brakes, air · Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 781654
Engine & cooling

Motor mounts/bolts broke, causing leakage and engine failure.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 532333
BrakesEngine & coolingTransmission & drivetrainFire

After parking the vehicle, the vehicle caught on fire. Cause not determined by fire marshall. *Ak there was a recall 94v199 regarding upper transaxle cooler hose, recall states the hose can pull out of the crimped coupling and cause a leak, when exposed to ignition source, fire could occur, consumer had taken to dealer after receiving notice, also brake light illuminated and dealer replaced master cylinder, same day after repair, vehicle caught fire. *Slc

Filed Incident Service brakes, hydraulic · Engine and engine cooling · Power trainNHTSA 815944
Engine & coolingFuel system

Fuel tank failure, when driving vehicle and turning a corner, fuel goes to one side of tank. Vehicle experiences stalling. *Slc

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Fuel system, gasolineNHTSA 800855
Engine & coolingFire

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *SD

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 503458
Engine & cooling

INTERMITTENT STALLING. *SD

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 490732
Engine & coolingFire

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *SD

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 483345

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