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BREM.....I have been setting my cruise control very CAREFULLY ! On my last outing it only varied 1 mph or so............
Nobody on the Cadillac forums has posted any cruise problems like ours with their cars......
I think it us not the car !!!!!!!!!!!....lol !
If you have cash.....There is a LOT of 1 owner "creampuffs" there. Worth the trip !
Uncle just bagged a 98 Concourse...Loaded 85k
1 geezer owned..... $3500.......mint, clean, no snow !
BUT: Has that ####### roof!
I have a winter place in Daytona and see a lot of them!
I don't have a solution for you on your cruise control. I can only tell you that my '04 DeVille cruise control works perfectly. It does not vary 1 mile up or down. I might mention that the way I set mine, and this is for efficiency of gas consumption, is I bring it up to the speed that I want to hold before I hit the "set" on it. But from that point on, it takes and works perfectly. In fact, the total car is fantastic. I love it. I would stay after the dealer to fix yours.
Sounds like your cruise works as mine should work. My 98 De Ville never varied once set. We have only one Cadillac dealer within 65 miles of here, or 130 miles round trip. I have had the car into the dealership three times and they have said it is running as it should, I know from experience they are not correct. The variation most times is one to two miles an hour but has been as much as seven on several occasions since I got the car mid summer of this year. Local dealer wants me back for a fourth time, I have my doubts but may give them another chance. Many thanks for your input on this.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Cadillac systems. They have replaced the cruise module, cleaned various connecting cables and parts, so far without results.
The factory representative would have taken the details of the problem back to headquarters, where Cadillac engineers could think about it.
If there is carbon buildup, Wide Open Throttle application several times may clear it up. WOT meaning full throttle through the first 2 gears, at least. These are old ladies cars, but if a Northstar is driven 'easily', it will cause problems.
Some excessive oil usage can also be cured by WOT, which may free up sticky rings which are causing oil usage.
EGR valve clogging with carbon can also set 'check engine lights', and can be freed up at times by WOT applications.
If you see a cloud of black smoke behind you when you do this, it means you are doing some good.
Drive it like you stole it.
Chicago loop. The car had 16K on it when he got it. A momth later the friend drove it over to my house W/ a very bad knocking in the engine. He asked what to do? He took it to the local Cadillac dealer who ran a can of upper cylinder cleaner thru the engine. After the treatment the engine ran as quiet & smooth as can be. I think it was a 500 c i d. and I dont know the fuel being used. My friend kept the car for 5 more years and it ran very well. This had been an old mans car but it was easily restored.
This is about 3 hours of shop time and the special cleaner. A do-it-yourself of whoomping on the right pedal a few times might save you a lot of money if you are going to be paying for this shop procedure.
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I have had my tires rotated at Discount Tire, as I do with all of my vehicles. They know nothing about resetting the air pressure sensors, so I am living with that little nuisance. No way will I take it to the dealer every time I need rotating, which I do every 5,000 miles.
HELP AND MERRY CHRISTMAS !!
I've seen the instructions, but since I don't have that late a model Cadillac, I didn't save it anywhere.
The dealer uses a special shaped magnet, but I think any strong magnet that will get down around the valve stem would work.
The 'trick' is, you have to push some combination of buttons, or turn ignition on and off, or some such thing. Then work quickly around the car starting left front, RF,RR, LR, slipping the magnet down over the stem. Have to get this done for each tire in 20 seconds or some such.
Keep searching, this info is out there. You might google 'Cadillac monitor reset' or some such combination and see what turns up.
BREM......Did you get your cruise issue worked out ?
I took my 03 in for a emission recall last week.
They replaced a sensor and another part....
I had them check the cruise also but got the "NO problem found" printed on the work order......
maintain speed once set and stabilized a few times. This is one tough problem to resolve because of the intermittent nature of the problem. One time fine, next time unstable. Recently, I pressed set button at 28 MPH, green cruise set light came on and the car than slowed to 22 MPH and the cruise light went out. If I could get it to do that at the dealership, could probably resolve the glitch in the system. I will for sure post here if and when the problem gets resolved. Many thanks for your continuing interest.
A few years back, the owners manual on a car of mine specifically said it would not work under something like 40MPH.
The new controls, with more electronics, might be able to function at slow speeds. But why would anyone want cruise at a speed like this?
Cops. I occasionally set it in areas so I don'thave to be alert.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
This was also true in my 98 Deville. I use slow speed cruise on lightly travelled roads when there is not much traffic around and I am looking out for deer and other wild life. Since I wear glasses it helps not to have to glance at the dash as much. This worked well in my 98 Deville and previous cars but not on this car due to the instability of the system. It is particularly unstable at lower speeds but has also lost as much as seven MPH at a set speed of 55 MPH.
The system does not need "Tweaked". The cruise module is getting some sort of spurious signal. Either the wiring to the module is faulty or the buttons (most likely the set/resume) on the steering wheel are bad.
I would keep after the dealer to get it fixed, getting a loaner or rental car (at GM's expense) to use while they work on it. At some point they will have to either get it fixed or say that they can't. When they give up, you ask for your money back. But at this point, you have already let things slide. I doubt that you can invoke the Lemon Law now.....
Unless this was program car...
Mine did for the emission control recall/check my cruise again deal.
I asked for the "fat daddy" CTS V that has been sitting since March ! Of course all hopes dashed and was offered just about any used car on the lot!
Since the weather has been miserable here in NY I declined and drove my 4x4 instead !
Let the "boss" suffer and driver our Escort winter rat !!!!.......LOL !
I think that there is some problem in transmitting the signal from the buttons on the steering wheel to the cruise control module. Perhaps the service manager needs to drive the car a few days until he experiences the problem.
the customer relations person said they would try to oblige. The weather here has been cold and wet as is in your area so have not gone in yet.
Sent him this way "home" !!!
I wanna hear about those drop top Caddies......
Esp. if both the hoses are hot you gotta figure the core is not plugged..........
Is your heater door stuck ? Does air come out the defroster, floor, dash vents ? Can you hear the door moving ?
The front struts are $pendy and I assume you have the service ride control message......
My front struts went out on my 96 Deville....$2500 fix at the dealer.........
Bye Bye 96 and hello new 03 Deville...........
I used a "cob" fix with a 50 ohm resistor wired into the plug on each of the strut towers to fool the computer and turn off the service msg.
Then dumped the car !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found this info. on one of the cadillacforums
BTW: There are now aftermarket passive struts to replace the factory front electric ones for 1/3 the price.