2000 Cadillac Eldorado problems

“MY 2000 CADILLAC ELDORADO HAS HAD THE "CAMSHAFT POSITIONING SENSORS" REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR (2000).ALTHOUGH GM HAS "TSB"'S OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM THEY CLAIM MINE IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE THE VIN # IS NOT THE SAME AS THE ONE INDICATED ON THIS PARTICULAR "TSB" SAME CAR----SAME TROUBLE !!!!!!! .THEY WILL NOT HONOR IT. THIS SEEMS TO ME LIKE SAYING "WE'LL FIX THE BLUE ONES,BUT NOT THE BLACK ONES". THIS IS MY 3RD CADILLAC------& MY LAST !!!!!!!!!! *TR”

“DEAR NHTSA, CADILLAC GM SHIPPED THE NORTHSTAR ENGINE WITH A KNOWN HEAD GASKET ISSUE INVOLVING THE THREADING AND THE SHORTNESS OF THE HEADBOLTS, WHEN THE THE COOLANT FLOWS THROUGH THE ENGINE, THE HEAT OF THE COOLANT GOING THRU THE HEAD GASKETS RIPS AND SHREDS THE HEADBOLTS CAUSING A FAILING HEAD GASKET, WHEN THE THREADING ON THE HEADBOLTS STARTS TO SHRED APART FROM HEAT, THE HEAD GASKET CANNOT HOLD CAUSING OVERHEATING CAUSING THE HEAD GASKET TO BLOW, GM KNOWINGLY SHIPPED ALL NORTHSTAR ENGINES WITH THIS PROBLEM AND STILL HAS NOT RECALLED IT, THE MODELS AFFECTED BY THIS AWFUL PROBLEM 1992-2002 CADILLAC SEVILLE STS/SLS 1992-2002 CADILLAC ELDERADO ESC/ETC 1992-2002 CADILLAC DEVILLE . THIS ISSUE HAS CAUSED THESE VEHICLES TO BE SENT TO THE GRAVE AND HAS COSTED MANY CADILLAC OWNERS INCLUDING MYSELF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS, THESE CARS WOULD LEAVE THE LOT WITH THAT ISSUE AND BLOW THERE HEADS WITHIN 40,000 MILES, GM PURPOSELY MANUFACTURED THESE CARS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE COST TO REPAIR IS ALMOST 5,000 DOLLARS, THEY MANUFACTURED MULTIPLE MODELS WITH THIS ISSUE, HOW HAVE YOU NOT RECALLED THESE VEHICLES! FIX THIS! HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO US? THEY RIPPED US OFF 10…”

“WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH THE ENGINE QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE I-35W BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN MINNEAPOLIS. I MANAGED TO COAST SAFELY TO A STOP ON AN EXIT RAMP ABOUT 200 FT FROM BOBBY AND STEVE'S AUTO WORLD. THEY SPENT FOUR HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY FOUND THE ECS FUSE HAD BLOWN BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED ITS FAILURE EVEN AFTER FOUR HOURS OF WORKING ON THE CAR. THEY REPLACED THE FUSE AND EVERYTHING BEGAN WORKING PROPERLY. THE PROBLEM HAD NOT RECURRED AS OF THIS DATE. I BOUGHT A PACKAGE OF FIVE10 AMP REPLACEMENT FUSES AND PUT THEM IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. I WAS TOLD THAT ECS FUSE SUPPLIES THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE, THE AGR VALVE, THE EVAPORATOR CANISTER PURGE VALVE, THE IGNITION ONE RELAY, THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR, AND THE TRANS AXLE. *TR”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CADILLAC EL DORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE UNKNOWN REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILURE COULD HAVE CAUSED THE CRASH HOWEVER, THE CONTACT COULD NOT CONFIRM THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE CRASH BECAUSE SHE SUFFERED SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS AS A RESULT OF STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL UPON IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED FOR THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,900 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CADILLAC ELDORADO. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT A BURNING SENSATION ON HIS RIGHT FOOT AND NOTICED THAT AN UNKNOWN HOT LIQUID WAS LEAKING ONTO THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND, IN THE PROCESS, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 183,000. UPDATED 04/06/16*LJ *TR”

“I PURCHASED THE USED AFTER IT HAD 38000 MILES. AFTER PURCHASE I FOUND I HAD NUMEROUS BRAKE COMPLAINTS. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT REPAIR THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT RIGHT CALIPER. REPLACED THE ROTORS WITH TWO NEW ONES AND INSTALED NEW PADS. RESEARCHING THE BRAKE PROBLEMS I DISCOVERED THE CAR HAD BRKE PAD REPLACENT 2 PREVIOUS STARING AT 9400 MILES AND HAD THE ROTORS MACHINED AT LEAST TWICE BEFORE. ADDITIONALLY I WAS TOLD THE LEFT CALIPER HAD BEEN REPLACED ALSO ALTHOUGH I HAVE NO RECORD. THE BRAKES CONTINUE TO "CHATTER" UPON BRAKING. I DON'T BELIEVE HAVING BRAKE WORK DONE 4 TIMES WITHIN 51000 TIMES IS NORMAL. THEREFORE I'M REPORTING AS A DEFECT DESPITE THE DEALERS PROTESTATIONS THAT EVERYTHING I NORMAL. DT”