Cadillac Brougham

BACKED OUT OF MY GARAGE AND STOPPED IN DRIVEWAY. SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. LOOKED UNDER HOOD AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM SIDE OF ENGINE DUE TO BRAKE FLUID BEING SPRAYED FROM A BRAKE LINE WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. HAD BRAKE LINE REPLACED AND FOUND A HOLE WHICH HAD RESULTED FROM LINE RUBBING AGAINST CHASSIS. I HAVE SAVED THE REPLACED LINE IN CASE VERIFICATION IS DESIRED. *TR

DRIVING ON FLA. TURNPIKE, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION ON RIGHT REAR PASSENGER TIRE. HAD TO CHANGE TIRE TO SMALL DOUGHNUT SPARE. WENT BACK TO HOME BASE TO PURCHASE TIRE(S) FOR CAR BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH TRIP. WAS TOLD BY PEP BOYS I ONLY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TIRE THAT HAD TREAD SEPARATION, SO CONSUMER ONLY PURCHASED THE ONE TIRE. CONSUMER CONTINUED ON TRIP. NEXT DAY, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ANOTHER TREAD SEPARATION, THIS ONE ON LEFT FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. THIS TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED EXTENSIVE…

I PURCHASED A NEW 1992 4 DOOR CADILLAC BROUGHAM. AT PRESENT THE CAR HAS 45,000 MILES. ALL 4 DRS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT IS ENGAGED. PROBLEM: STARTING AROUND MID-DECEMBER, 2005 AND THROUGH MARCH 30, 2006, ALL 4 DRS AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCKED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 4-5 TIMES IN THIS TIME PERIOD. OTHER THAN THE DOORS UNLOCKING, THERE WERE NO OTHER OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS. ON MARCH 31, 2006, ALL 4 DRS UNLOCKED AGAIN. THIS TIME, ABOUT ONE (1) MINUTE AFTER THE…

JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ( ABOUT 40 MPH ) I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE THE MUFFLER FALLING OFF THE CAR WITH A BANG AND THE CAR MOVING ODDLY AND HEARING A METAL NOISE. I FOUND IT TO BE THE VERY REAR CROSSMENBER ( THE ONE BEFORE THE REAR BUMPER ) HAD FALLEN OFF. I HAVE DONE WELDING FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS THIS WAS NOT WELDED PROPERLY. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN A GARAGE FROM DAY ONE AND MY MOM IS THE ONLY OWNER. THE PAINT AND UNDERCARRIAGE IS LIKE NEW! ( NO RUST AND ALL MAINTENACE HAS BEEN DONE ) IF…

FOR VERY BRIEF PERIODS THE VEHICLE LOST STEERING AND JERKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN MAY 2003. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED.*AK *CB *JB

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THROTTLE IS VERY HARD. CONSUMER HAS TO ALMOST STAND ON THE GAS PEDAL TILL IT BREAKS LOOSE FROM THE HOLD. SAME PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER EVERY STOP. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND PLACED THE VEHICLE IN AUTO/PARK, ` ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE WHEN HE REALIZED THE REAR WHEELS WERE LOCKED. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO FLUID IN THE REAR END. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS MECHANIC, WHERE THEY FOUND THAT THE REAR END HAD GONE OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING WHILE BEING CHECKED OUT. MR SCC

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RIGHT SIDE FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT. CONSUMER STATES DEALER CAN'T FINE A PART TO REPLACE SEATBELT. CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE DRIVING WITHOUT SEATBELT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMTION. MR

I AM SENDING YOU A COPY OF THIS LETTER AND COPIES OF MY REPAIRS. CURRENTLY, I DRIVE A 1993 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM, AND I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE GENERAL MOTORS CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON NOV. 14, 1999 AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. RECENTLY, ANOTHER SAFETY PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE CAR. HERE IS A LIST OF SAFETY PROBLEMS I'VE HAD WITH THE CAR SINCE JUNE 1999: *AK

FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT PROPERLY REGISTER CORRECT LEVELS OF FUEL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER LEASED THE CAR NEW ON JANUARY 16, 1996 AND STATES THE GAS GAUGE NEVER WORKED PROPERLY FROM DAY ONE, THE TANK WAS REPLACED 3 OR 4 TIMES ALONG WITH HOSES AND THE SAME CONDITIONS CONTINUE. *SLC