Tl*the contact owns a 2002 cadillac escalade. on september 3, 2007, the contact plugged her television into the cigarette lighter and the vehicle began smoking. the vehicle then became engulfed in flames. her husband doused the vehicle with water and drove it to the cadillac dealer. the carpet was burned, the tracking system failed, and the wiring harness had to be replaced. the purchase date and powertrain were unknown. the current and failure mileages were 48,000.
Parked vehicle in store parking lot to shop , when i returned to the vehicle and attempted to drive off the vehicle would not move . the vehicle transmission gears were stuck. the vehicle transmission did not slip, it was as if i trying to pull a building down. i had to pay for new transmission. *tr
Abs system activated at slow speeds (<10mph). resulted in braking chatter, brake pedal coming up and being hard to depress. the extended stopping distance caused driver to use emergency braking to avoid collisions with vehicles at lights and intersections. initially fixed as worn brake pads. problem persisted. returned to dealer, had abs sensors replaced. problem recurred (worse) within 8 mos, dealer informed me that abs sensors had not detected problem. brakes worn. would not verify abs issue until brakes replaced. *nm
There was intermittent stalling. the dealer was unable to resolve the problem when the consumer would have the vehicle towed to the dealer. the consumer felt that the vehicle was dangerous to drive. *ak the consumer smelled wires burning, the check engine was on, the seal for the rear hatch leaked water, there was a long crank with the engine when warm, there was a winding noise coming from the driver's left front tire area due to a failed bearing which destroyed the entire front differential, the a/c was not cold due to a leak, water leaked in the trunk, the mirrors would not tilt in reverse, a positive cable was loose and a bolt was stripped, the starter would not engage after waiting for a short period of time and an abnormal noise would be heard when restarted. *sc *cb
While driving, the luggage rack covers flew off of vehicle.*yd