Tl*the contact owns a 1995 cadillac seville. While backing out of a parking space, the driver heard a loud sound underneath the hood of the vehicle. He then noticed smoke coming from the hood and the fender. He parked the vehicle, opened the hood, and noticed small flames coming from the engine cover. The flames were extinguished with a fire extinguisher. The contact pushed the vehicle back into a parking space and disconnected the battery. The vehicle was towed to his residence. A technician stated that there may be a recall for this failure. Through research, the contact discovered the federal safety agency campaign id number 04v110000, the federal safety agency action number ea04003 (fuel system, gasoline:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings). The dealer stated that the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer stated that the case would have to be turned into the cadillac legal department. A few days later, the contact received a letter stating that there was insignificant information that proved there was really a defect. The letter further stated that he needed an expert to inspect and take pictures of the vehicle, in addition to any work orders. The contact believes that the vehicle should be repaired according to the recall. The current and failure mileages were 103,000.
1995 Cadillac Seville: fire, smoke or burning smell
9 of the 74 complaints about the 1995 Cadillac Seville describe fire, smoke or burning smell.
- owner complaints
- 9
- of this car's complaints
- 12%
- typical mileage
- 120,000
- recalls
- 0
Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year
What owners say
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 cadillac seville. While driving at an unknown speed, the contact noticed flames under the hood of the vehicle. She stopped and exited the vehicle and called 911. The fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. The vehicle was destroyed and the fire department has not completed their report. There were no injuries. The failure mileage was 137,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 cadillac seville sts. When the contact started the vehicle, it began smoking. She opened the hood and saw flames. The dealer stated that her VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 04v110000 (fuel system, gasoline:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings); however, she never received a recall notice. The contact purchased the vehicle from a dealer and they did not inform her of any recalls on the vehicle. A representative from the dealer further stated that she would be responsible for all damaged parts and that they would only cover the part referenced in the recall. The failure and current mileages were 120,000.
The car caught on fire after changing the oil at walmart. The car towed to the cadillac dealer, and no compensation were giving. No recall were receive until last week.
August 23, 2007, on or about 12:00 noon today I was driving my car. 1995 cadillac seville sts northstar with 117,000 miles. My car started to hesitate and wasnt running right. I pulled over and parked. Smoke started to come out of my hood and inside the car. The smoke in the car smelled like something on fire. I called my husband and my son. My son came ( we were about mile from home) and tried to get it home, didnt work. As my son was driving smoke also was coming inside the car. So we stopped and called a tow truck. The driver towed us home. While he was here he was cking my car and looked under it and saw a red amber vibrant glow coming from the catalytic converter and smoke was going into my car. He showed it to me very fast, it looked like a hot heating element in an electric oven. I was scared to death and he immediately told me to shut the car off and get away from it. It looked like the car was ready to blow up! My husband ch'd it later when cool and found within 15 minutes of the car running the same problem. It was in the garage and quickly rolled it out so if it caught fire it wouldnt be in the house, shut off the car and felt around the floor ,center console all hot to the touch. He took a hose to the underside of the car and sprayed the catalytic converter to cool it down, opened up the doors to try and air out the car as it had filled with smoke. We called the tow truck back to take the car to the dealer for service. The service advisor told my husband that he had seen this problem before and that we would need a new catalytic converter that costs around $1,000.00 and would see if he could get it under warranty. The car was no longer under any warranty. My car gave me absolutely no warning or signal of any problem. On august 24, 2007 I reported the problem to gm (file #71-550478818), they told me they would do nothing and report me as dis-satisfied. We had the car repaired and picked it up from the dealer on august 29,2007.
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 cadillac seville. While driving 20 MPH smoke was coming from under the hood. The vehicle burst into flames after being pulled over. There was the federal safety agency recall # 04v110000 (fuel system, gasoline: delivery). The fire department extinguished the fire. The current and failure mileages were 140,000.
While driving 5 MPH vehicle stalled. Suddenly, the vehicle caught on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. Vehicle was towed to a dealer for inspection.
While driving, smoke began emitting from the vents. The consumer was able to pull over. The consumer lifted up the hood and the vehicle was on fire. The consumer was able to extinguished the fire. The consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection. Please fill in additional information.
Vehicle caught fire, and was totally destroyed, after stopping to pay a poll and began accelerating to continue trip.
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Questions about the 1995 Cadillac Seville fire or smoke
Is fire, smoke or burning smell a common problem on the 1995 Cadillac Seville?
9 of 74 owner complaints about the 1995 Cadillac Seville (12%) mention fire, smoke or burning smell. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
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