Tl*the contact owns a 1992 cadillac deville. While driving 30 MPH, the contact smelled oil burning from the vehicle. The contact noticed a small amount of smoke coming from the engine compartment. The contact parked the vehicle. The dealer located the federal safety agency campaign id number 94v199000 (power train:axle assembly); however, they informed the contact that there would be a charge to have the recall work performed. The current mileage was 123,725 and failure mileage was 123,000. Updated 3/18/08 *cn updated 03/18/08
1992 Cadillac Deville: fire, smoke or burning smell
9 of the 135 complaints about the 1992 Cadillac Deville describe fire, smoke or burning smell.
- owner complaints
- 9
- of this car's complaints
- 7%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year
What owners say
Consumer stated that vehicle caught on fire. While driving along- vehicle began to slow up. She pulled over to the side, her husband got out of vehicle and noticed that vehicle was smoking. Husband went around, lifted the hood, then looked around to the rear, and saw fire coming out of the back of vehicle. By the time they got the family out of vehicle and started acrossing the street the vehicle went up in flames. Fire department was called, and they put the fire out. Consumer was told that the cause of the fire was the gas tank.
The engine compartment caught on fire. *jb the consumer felt that the incident may be the result of recall #94v199000. Scc
Had noticed smoke coming from steering column while driving approximately 35mph. This caused visibility problems for the driver. Had taken vehicle to a mechanic & was informed that an electrical short had occurred in th cruise control.
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.
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.
The vehicle was parked and caught on fire under the hood. Dealer said that it was a fuel spring that goes into the manifold.
Filled vehicle up with gas computer shut down then caught fire. Tt
Vehicle caught on fire in engine compartment while driving. Tt
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1992 Cadillac Deville fire or smoke
Is fire, smoke or burning smell a common problem on the 1992 Cadillac Deville?
9 of 135 owner complaints about the 1992 Cadillac Deville (7%) mention fire, smoke or burning smell. The model year with the most reports is 1992.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1992 Cadillac Deville?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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