While driving the car will shut down and I will lose power steering and power brakes and I'm pretty sure my air bags are not working either
Cadillac Deville loss of power problems
59 of the 2,538 owner complaints about the Cadillac Deville describe sudden loss of power, most of them for the 1996 model year.
- owner complaints
- 59
- worst model year
- 1996
- typical mileage
- 88,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
Often reported together
Power steering loss 27Stalling 17Jerking 3Fuel pump 3Engine failure 2Check engine light 2
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 cadillac deville. While driving 10 MPH, the vehicle experienced a loss of power. The contact stated that the vehicle was able to be restarted after several attempts. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was repaired under an unknown recall; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 167,000. The VIN and the federal safety agency campaign number were not available.
After taking off from a stop sign, I drove up over about 1 1/2 inch vertical rise in the pavement (small bump). The engine and electrical systems shut down. I lost power stirring and power brakes. I got stopped and restarted the engine. This occurred about 3 days after I had taken my car to the gm dealer for repairs covered by gm recall 14299, "unintended ignition key rotation". My key did not rotate. Yesterday april 2, 2015 when driving 45 MPH on a state highway, the engine stopped again without hitting any bumps. I was able to coast, put the car in neutral, and restart the engine, before the car behind me could hit me. There was no shoulder to pull off.again there was no key rotation. I called my gm dealer after the first occurrence and was told I would have to pay for a new ignition switch or what ever was causing the problem. The recall only removed all other keys from the ignition key ring. This is a very dangerous defect that gm needs another recall to fix this sudden engine and electrical system shut down because if there is a crash the air bags will not deploy. Also lost of power steering and power brakes makes control of the car very difficult.
Main computer failed while driving causing total loss of power. One pin was bad in the computer that controls the cars fuel, engine, etc. Replaced the defective computer costing over $1,000. Prior to the failure the check engine light came on many times. The computer did not store a code for this problem. This total loss of power is a costly safety issue.
Do not remember earlier occurrences but this happened about 6 or 7 times over past 2 years .... Ignition cut off (for no reason) while driving in traffic and lost all power. Luckily avoided accidents each time. Owned car for approx. 2yrs.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 cadillac deville. While driving 6 MPH, the vehicle jerked, lost power steering, and stalled. A warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed and was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified about the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.
The engine turned off and I lost power steering and power brakes. The engine restarted ok after the incident.
Temporary loss of power steering when driving through standing water puddles. Nearly impossible to steer for about 10 seconds, then returns to normal. Dealer can not duplicate. Reports splash shield intact, drive belt is not degraded and has proper tension to power steering pump. But problem still exists and is a potential safety hazard.
I had driven the car and parked it outside. When I went to drive the car approximately two hours later, I lost power steering for a few seconds when turning the corner. This failure has occurred september 2009, january 2010, march 2010 and may 2010 when I have notified the dealership service department. The cadillac dealership replaced a pulley on the right side in march 2010 and we still have this issue. It happens inadvertently and it seems like after we had rain. The cadillac is garage kept. Updated 06/29/10*jb
Front wheels passed through a puddle and water splashed into engine compartment while I attempted to make a turn. There was a complete loss of power steering and the turn could not be completed. The effect was momentary but scared me quite a bit. This has happened three times on different rainy days with the car.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Cadillac Deville loss of power
Which Cadillac Deville years have sudden loss of power problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1996 (12 complaints), 1997 (7 complaints) and 2000 (6 complaints).
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