Cadillac Seville stalling problems

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 Jun 6, 2014 · Engine · 137,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 cadillac seville. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road. The contact was able to restart the vehicle however, the failure occurred fifteen times within an hour. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 137,000. Updated 8/11/14

Filed May 21, 2014 · Engine · 50,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 cadillac seville. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart and operated as normal. The failure occurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the cam shaft sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.

Filed Apr 6, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 20,000 miles · CA

On two separate occasions my old 2000 gm cadillac sts stalled while driving on the highway. This was not a mechanical problem - it was some sort of defect. Note that it was "repaired" in between the incidents, do it was not the same initial problem. I filed a complaint back then, but got no response. The mechanics at the palo alto cadillac dealer seemed to know of the problem. At the time, they said it was a failure of some sensors on the flywheel. I don't know if this was related to the current ignition switch problem. Having a vehicle stall at 65 mile per hour is absolutely terrifying. You lose power steering and brakes. It would have certainly ended up in an accident if I didn't understand how cars work. I was able to shift into neutral and restart the car. My point is, there was a defect on this car that appeared to be known by gm, and was also ignored. The complaint was ignored by the federal safety agency. I think you should also inquire with gm what was known about this defect. As I wrote - they seemed to have known that this was a problem, and just repaired it, rather than understand the risk they were making us take. I ended up selling the car because of this issue.

Filed Mar 21, 2014 · Airbags, Electrical · 80,000 miles · ID

Tl* the contact owns a 1996 cadillac seville. The contact stated the vehicle would intermittently stall. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis. The dealer stated the crank shaft sensors, sparks plugs and idle air control valve needed to be replaced the vehicle was not repaired. . The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic. The mechanic replaced the crank shaft position sensors,wiring, sparks plugs and idle air control valve. However the failure persisted. The contact stated the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v047000 (air bags , electrical system) is the same failure he experienced. However, the recall did not include the contact's year make or model. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 80,000. Updated 07-23-14 *bf updated 7/31/14

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 19, 2012 · Electrical · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 1996 cadillac seville sls. The contact was traveling 30 MPH when an error message appeared indicating that the vehicle would not start. The vehicle then stalled. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic. The mechanic stated that a grounded fuse caused a failure to the wiring harness in the instrument panel. The manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were unknown.