1999 Cadillac Deville

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION.STARTING FROM 26 JUN. 1999 ,THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE, TILL 20 MAR. 2000 THE DEALER WORKED ON FINDING AND CORRECTING ENGINE OIL LEAKS. WITH THE NEXT OIL CHANGE, AFTER CORRECTION OF THE OIL LEAKS , ON 12 JUL.2000 THE OIL LEVEL WAS DOWN ONE QUART. AT THIS TIME I REQUESTED AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WHICH WAS COMPLETED(3K MILES LATER) ON 5 SEP.2000 AND AGAIN WAS ONE QUART LOW. AT THIS TIME I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NOW HAVE TO DO A FORMAL CONSUMPTION TEST(3K MILES MORE) TO SUBMIT TO G.M. SHOULD THE OIL LEVEL AGAIN BE A QUART LOW THE DEALER ADVISED ME THAT IT WOULD BE WITH-IN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LATEST G.M. BULLETIN,WHICH WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ME TO SEE.I SUBSEQUENTLY CALLED G.M. AT 1 800 458 8006 AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE ANY COMMET ON THIS "TECHNICAL" PROBLEM AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO WORK IT OUT WITH THE DEALER..WOULD I BE WAY OFF BASE THINKING THAT THE DEALER MORE OR LESS ALREADY STATED HE IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS????? THANKS FOR YOUR EAR.

ENGINE OVERHEATED-LOOSE HEAD BOLTS (NHTSA ITEM # SB6089931). ANTIFREEZE VAPORS CAME IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT THROUGH A/C VENTS FOR OVER 20 MINUTES AND THEN A LARGE STEAM EXPLOSION INSIDE CAR WHEN ENGINE OVERHEATED. A FINE MIST OF VAPORS ENTERED THE CAR WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE AS WE THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER AS THE INSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE KEPT SLOWING RISING UNTIL STEAM EXPLOSION OCCURED. ( HOT ANTIFREEZE VAPORS WERE FORCED THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONER VENTS BY THE DEFORMING OF THE REAR HOOD GASKET BY INCOMING 65MPH AIR FLOW AND A DEFECTIVE FRONT HOOD GASKET). IF THIS CAR HAD A FULL TIME COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE THIS INCIDENT AND INJURIES MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED. CADILLAC DOES NOT PROVIDE AN ACTIVE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ON THIS CAR AS OTHER MANUFACTURERS DO. ONLY WAY TO DETERMINE COOLANT TEMPERATURES IS TO PUSH THE INFORMATION BUTTON ON DASH WHICH SEPARATELY INFORMS YOU OF ENGINE FUNCTIONS. NO WARNINGS IN OPERATION MANUAL, NO WARNING LABELS IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AS TO POTENTIAL DANGERS OF DEX-COOL EXPOSURE NOR INFORMATION ON THE DAY OF ENGINE FAILURE FROM CADILLAC ROAD ASSISTANCE PERSONNEL AT THEIR 800 NUMBER). ONLY WARNINGS OF ENGINE OVERHEATING ARE EMITTED -AFTER THE CAR HAS OVERHEATED! INJURIES TO MYSELF WERE: SEVERE, VERY PAINFUL EYE INFLAMATION IN BOTH EYES( EYE DOCTOR EXAMINATION IN OCTOBER 1999) INSTANT CATARACTS WITH LARGE BLACK SPOTS IN BOTH EYES 30 DAYS AFTER ACCIDENT. RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES OF FACE PRESENTLY HAVE CHEMICAL BURNS ON CHEEKS AND THROAT. IN APRIL, 2000 I HAD VERY DIFFICULT BREATHING PROBLEMS. I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ON 2 DIFFERENT DAYS WITH BREATHING PROBLEMS. BREATHING PROBLEMS WERE DIAGNOSED AS CHEMICAL INDUCED ASTHMA FROM DEX-COOL ANTIFREEZE WITH 2-ETHYLHEXANOIC ACID INHALATION. AT PRESENT I LIVE IN HELL EACH DAY WITH ASTHMA FROM THIS CADILLAC VEHICLE. ENGINE WAS REBUILT IN SEPTEMBER, 99 AND A NEW ENGINE INSTALLED ON JAN. 28, 2000. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED UP IN FEBRUARY, 2000 AFTER 16 DAYS OF SITTING IDLE.*

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER INSTALLED A BLACK BOX, AND THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IN COLD WEATHER CAN'T PUT GAS INTO THE GAS TANK DUE TO THE COVER AND CAP FREEZING UP. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK. THE BUTTON FOR THE HIGH AND LOW WORKS BUT NOTHING ELSE. WHEN VEHICLE STALLS ALL ELECTRICAL POWER IS LOST INCLUDING BRAKES AND STEERING. VEHICLE IS BACK IN SHOP, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK