2002 Cadillac Seville: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jun 7, 2018 · Airbags, Engine · GA · crash · 1 injury

While stopped behind 3 vehicles at a stoplight I florida a female who said she was unfamiliar with driving her husbands stick shift vehicle stalled out. Two vehicles in front of me pulled around her when the light changed, this left about twenty feet between my car and hers. She accidentally put the car in reverse and backed into mine at about 15 miles per hour. When I started to get out of the car she pulled forward fifteen to twenty feet before the engine of her car quit. As I watched to see what she was doing she got the car started and put it in reverse again hitting my car again. She did this three times before getting it in a forward gear and moving forward without the car engine stalling. At no time did during this did the airbags in the seville deploy.

Filed Dec 14, 2015 · Electrical · 115,000 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 cadillac seville. The contact stated that while driving at 25 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ignition needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 115,000. Updated 04/19/16*lj updated 05/11/18*jb

Filed Oct 15, 2015 · Electrical · 116,000 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 cadillac seville. The contact stated that while driving at 20 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 116,000.

Filed Mar 18, 2014 · Engine · 50,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 cadillac seville. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle suddenly stalled. After restarting, the vehicle operated normally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed that the crank shaft position sensor was faulty. The contact indicated that a newly designed crank shaft position sensor was installed which corrected the defect. The manufacturer was notified and no solution was offered. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 50,000.

Filed Mar 11, 2014 · Engine · 85,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 cadillac seville. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact mentioned that the failure was recurring. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 85,000.

Filed Jul 12, 2010 · Engine · 90,000 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 cadillac seville. While driving approximately 60 MPH the vehicle stalled without warning. She restarted the vehicle and within a few minutes it began to function normally. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic five times who was unable to duplicate the failure. The failure occurred intermittently. The failure had been ongoing for more than a year while driving various speeds. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 92,416. Updated 10/05/10 *bf updated 10/07/10

Filed Jul 7, 2004 · Engine · 13,768 miles · CT

While driving 45 MPH vehicle stalled. Consumer restarted the vehicle, and drove it to the dealer, who informed the consumer that the problem was the crank sensor.