Wheel Problems of Cadillac Deville

When trying to make a turn on wet roadway (not a puddle of water) or trying to turn at a light for instance while it is raining, even at a low rate of speed, the power steering locks and the car will not continue to turn, causing traffic behind you to come to a screeching halt. After stopping the steering will slowly loosens up allowing you to complete the turn. I have had it checked out with my repair garage but they couldn't find anything. Since I am aware of this happening I'm very careful when making a turn in the rain. I'm thankful I wasn't on the interstate doing 60.

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The wheel monitoring light continues to indicate a malfunction. The ignition switch slot prevents me from removing the key. To remove the ignition key, I have to manipulate the gear handle in order align the extraction of the key.

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Driving on 85 and ran into two big potholes. Have pictures also.

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I own a 1999 caddilac Deville with alloy wheels. Two of the four wheels have stress cracks in them. This vehicle has not been driven abusively and the tires and wheels have always been properly balanced and aligned. I am very concerned that other vehicles with this type of wheel(s) will also get stress fractures and the wheels will fail with catastrophic results! I will keep the wheels and make them available for inspection for 45 days.

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The contact owns a 2002 Cadillac Deville. The contact properly inflated the rear driver side tire and within one week, the tire was deflated to 12 pounds. The vehicle was taken to an independent tire center where the technician informed him that the failure was contributed to the chrome wheel. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 95,380.

The contact owns a 2001 Cadillac Deville. While driving at approximately 55 mph, the passenger front wheel split in two pieces. The vehicle was not taken in to be examined for the cause of the failure. The vehicle was equipped with eclipse aftermarket group wheels. The manufacturer of the wheels was notified and informed the contact that they would not be able to provide any assistance. The failure and current mileage were 141,000.

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The contact owns a 2005 Cadillac Deville. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the front drivers side of the vehicle started to vibrate violently. The contact mentioned that once vehicle speed was reduced to 55 mph, the vehicle stopped vibrating. The contact mentioned that all four tires and rims were replaced. However, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 15,000 and the current mileage was 45,000.

The wheel cracked. The consumer discovered it while placing air into the tire. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and the wheel was replaced by the dealer. The crack was 6 inches long in the right front wheel.

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I had a tire blowout at 11:00 pm while driving on a freeway. I was unable to remove the wheel lug nuts using the lug wrench furnished with the car (I even tried standing on the hinged arm of the lug wrench) and was saved by a driver of a SUV who stopped to help. The lug wrench had an effective arm length of 9 inches and a arm diameter of about 3/4 inch. I later found out that the lug nuts are to be torqued to 100 ft-lbs. I then bought a torque wrench with an arm length of two feet and an arm diameter of 3 inches. Checking the torque required to break the lug nuts lose I got values between less than 100 ft-lbs up to 200 ft-lbs. The manufacturers should be required to furnish lug wrenches that ordinary people can use to replace the tires. Furthermore, they would also be required to specify a maximum value for torquing lug nuts in addition to a minimum value because a large variation in torque between the nuts on each wheel warps the brake drums or disks and results in severe surging when braking (what fun I had with this condition when dropping down off of donner summit into sacramento - the whole car was shaking violently when I applied the brakes). I complained to the dealer who was already aware of the lug wrench problem (which they could do nothing about) but not about the unequal torquing problem (they posted a list of my torque readings in the shop). I also complained to Cadillac customer service but got nowhere with them.

Consumer states while driving the front right wheel spring broke, and the entire front of the vehicle lowered and rub on the tires. Consumer was unable to control the vehicle.

Repeated and frequent loss of air from tires mounted on Cadillac original equipment wheels. (nar).

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Consumer received no satisfactory service to date regarding loss of tire pressure due to corrosion of aluminum wheels. (nar).