10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
7 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
12 / 0
Average Mileage:
64,501 miles

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problem #3

May 032010

DeVille

  • miles
On May 3, 2010, my friend was driving my 2003 Deville, the side airbags deployed from the vehicle without a collision with another vehicle. They deployed on their own, smoke fill the vehicle, the force of the airbags push her so hard, then their was great pain coming from her left arm it started to swell then it bruised. The force of the bags knock the passenger window off track, and the driver mirror is damage. The vehicle was taken to one Cadillac dealer where we found that general motor had down sized taken the dealership. Next we took the car to crest Cadillac, they didn't know who to blame. The vehicle was left at dealer their overnight, little help their but only a bill. It has taken her since may to get some resolve with GMC. This Monday August 22,2010 they will send a investigator to look at the vehicle, this investigator will come from Chicago, the car is in milwaukee Wisconsin. He tells her it will take 7 to 8 hours to find a module and to upload pictures to GMC. She is a senior, when talking with the first GMC employees they were very rude, but that the way business is these days. She is under the doctor care, we want to know why did those side airbags deployed?

- Milwaukee, WI, USA

problem #2

Feb 242010

DeVille 8-cyl

  • 113,500 miles
Son was in car seat in left rear of vehicle and was driving and son called out to me that his seat belt came off. Had to pull over and and switch side of the car he was on the seat belt buckle was broken off. Went to the dealer for that and airbag light going on and off intermintently so dealer told me it was a pretentionor pulley so the seatbelt and my sensors were going off due to this...

- Haverhill, MA, USA

problem #1

Oct 272003

(reported on)

DeVille

  • Automatic transmission
  • 3,084 miles
Intermittently instrument panel malfunctioned. Consumer could not duplicate the fuel level, and could not indicate in what gear the vehicle was in. Also, air bag light/battery light/service air bag indicator, and service tire indicator illuminated. The dealer had not been able to duplicate or determine the cause of the problem.

- Rancho Cordova, CA, USA