We have classified the 5 complaints from 2001 Cadillac DeVille about SUSPENSION into the following categories.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 cadillac deville. while driving approximately 70 mph, the rear passenger side of the vehicle was leaking battery acid. as a result, the rear axle detached. the vehicle was towed to the contact's residence, but was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 177,000.
I put my car in drive and it felt and sounded like the entire front end fell out,my electric shows everything works , have also had weird thing come up that i can not turn security off, it started over heating i have fixed everything but will still get extremely hot for no reason. *tr
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 20 mph, there was a humming noise coming from the front of the vehicle. it was inspected by a dealer who determined the right front wheel bearing was loose and needed to be replaced.
Consumer states vehicle pulls severly to the left and the front suspension dives down.*jb
I purchased my car from lockhart cadillac in indianapolis, in. about one week later i began to have a grinding sound each time i turned the steering wheel left or right. i have taken in for repair several times. in september 2001, in addition to the grinding sound when turning the wheel, my car now slows down when i turn. also it has now begun to make the same sound when i back up. both lockhart cadillac in indianapolis and val ward in ft. myers, florida have told me that cadillac is working on it. they have been telling me this since february 2001. the noise is becoming louder.*ak
Front end wiggles and steering wheel vibrates. also, makes a loud noise. contacted dealer, and dealer had to replace wheel bearing. *ak