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Also the rear end jumps or kicks out when I hit a bump on the highway. Bad shocks???
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks....
As for the mid-eighties, that was Cadillac's Darkest Hour, so to speak. I had an '85 Biarritz which went through 3 HT4100 motors before it finally got an Olds 307. Cadillac has come a long way since then.
As for your age, you are never to young to own a Cadillac as I see it. I am 35 and on my 5th new Cadillac, an '01 DTS fully equipped!
So sport that Concours with pride. Enjoy.
I have a 1991 Eldorado which has the same problem; a bad odor of gasoline at various (non-identifiable) times. If anyone has found the fix I would also like to hear about it.
- right rear view mirror which overcorrects and makes loud clicking when throwing the car into reverse
- temp. button on left steering wheel lights much lighter than other steering wheel buttons
- "service airbag" light is on
My car has 7900 mi. on it....anybody have similar problem? By-the-way, the sun visors do suck!
Now on the flip side, the car is no longer practical for our needs. I just bought a new Regal GS that fits me like a glove and the wife no longer needs a car this big. So, anyone have a clue as to the realistic resale value of a 2000 White DTS loaded to the hilt?
Remember that on forums like this you hear a lot from people who are experiencing problems with their cars and looking for help or solutions. People don't feel the need to post "my car is going great and I love it messages", although that is the vast majority.
bruce
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If I weren't in the middle of my lease on my '99 STS I would definitely be interested in your DTS with only 10,000 miles on it. If I am not mistaken, you put some nice aftermarket wheels in it too, right?
HARLEYBILL
Knoxville, Tennessee
Are you running premium gas ?
My boss lol was complaning about hers stalling
and rough idle with A/C on.
When i GET to drive it i always HAVE to put
gas in it and always put Sunoco 94 in. It runs
like a scalded dog..A week later shes complaning
its stalling again...So i ask what kind of gas
are u using ? She sez brand X regular..Sure
enough. She sez $2.10 a gallon is TOO MUCH !
Its a 1996 56 k problem free..This is in
Northern NY Resort area..... Geo
or belts ?? If belts when should they be
changed...can't see anything about them
in caddy maint. or owner manual.. Geo
Do those lexus v-8 use belts don't they ?
I know to use premium but ...you know how
it goes with the boss LOL......Geo
harleybill
knoxville, tennessee
I did replace the torque converter on the 95 at about 72k. That was $800.00 .
I had a real surprise at l20k. The four struts were worn out . GM has a patent on them and the 4 struts replaced was $2200.00.
I am definitely going to get out of my caddys now before replacing struts.
harleybill
knoxville, tennessee
After that they are going to to the Heritage at Hilton Head, then they will be sold.
I looked at the Escalade and the gauges look incredible. Didn't like the front end though.
The salesman at the first dealer I visited had a very snooty attitude like "who is this kid and why is he wasting my time." I had a perfectly good 1987 Chevrolet Caprice Classic for a trade and a substantial down-payment but this man's demeanor really turned me off. Not all young people are skateboarding slackers who watch MTV all day, but this sure had that attitude.
A second dealer was very accomodating, but I didn't think he was offering me a fair trade on my Caprice.
At the third dealer, the salesperson was a young woman who just started that month. She really went out of her way to sell me the car and offered me a very generous trade. She wasn't prejudiced against me because of my age and treated me with respect and dignity. This young lady got the sale. That first guy could've learned a lot from her. I came back 5 years later and got my second Cadillac - a 1994 base Deville which I use today as my daily driver, (I still have the Brougham in mint condition). I will probably go back there again if I consider another Cadillac, though Oldsmobile's incentives on the Aurora are very tempting.
What's the point of all this? I just hope all of Cadillac's dealers are learning to treat younger people with dignity and respect and discarding their prejudices. They can't keep serving the same elderly clientele forever. Cadillac builds some truly impressive cars, but the dealer experience may have left a lot of younger people cold.
Since we have moved to our new platform, we no longer have the requirement to stop and restart discussions after the numbers of posts exceed a certain limit. Since this discussion can continue as long as anyone has anything to say about DeVilles, there is no longer a need for the "2" that has been included in the discussion name. Down the road, that could confuse our newer members so I have removed it.
I've altered the name slightly of the original DeVille discussion in the Archives to differentiate it from this active one.
Please continue...
Pat
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I am somewhat disabled having lost my left arm in the service. My pelvis and legs were damaged but I can still walk. I was disappointed that there was no comfortable place to rest my left foot while driving.
My wife has a Honda Accord. The left foot can rest on a comfortable plate. I went to a salvage yard and bought two different foot plates from Hondas and had one of them fitted to the floorboard below the emergency brake petal. I would recommend that solution to anyone needing left foot comfort. Why Caddy did not design the left foot area to be more comfortable is beyond me.
miles. My car has had regular service using the factory recommended oil. The Cadillac service manager says the Northstar engines burn a lot of oil and that they will not repair the engine unless it uses a quart of oil every 800 miles. Is this true? What is your experience? Thank you for your help!
Some of us over in the Bonneville forum are meeting there on Sunday the 22nd at the Rockaway Mall (exit 35 off Rt 80) anytime after noon to say hello to each other and hopefully some other Edmunds posters (particularly large GM model owners). We would certainly love to see some DeVilles show up that day.
Please send me an email (see my profile) or drop on by the Bonneville forum and say Hi.
Hoping to meet some DeVille owners Sunday
Ken
They had the DTS pitted against the Mercedes S430 and Lexus LS430. I had never driven the big Mercedes, so I started there.
As soon as I got in the S430 I was reminded of how I had noticed from sitting in Mercedes' at auto shows that the seats are very hard and relatively uncomfortable. When I got in, the airconditioning was on at a high fan speed. I wanted to turn it down, but I quickly found out the the controls on the Mercedes have got to be the most non-intuitive/non-user friendly controls I have ever experienced in a car. I could not find the fan speed control (didn't know where the hell on the dash the HVAC was...there are so many darn buttons!). That was two negatives and I hadn't even put the car in drive yet. The S430 drove "OK", but there was certainly nothing special about it, and the steering definitely felt very disconnected from the road. I was left wondering what all the hoopla is over Mercedes Benz cars.
Next I drove the Lexus LS430, since I had never driven the big Lexus before. The car is very old fashioned in appearance,including the big boxy looking front seats (I noticed it was one of the favorites of the older people there. More than one of them said "It looks like a Mercedes".), The LS430 drove and handled much better than the Mercedes, with a tighter, more connected to the road steering feel, but it seemed to wallow through the curves and lean over a lot. I noticed that it had the 17" (larger) wheel/tire option, but I don't know for sure whether or not it had what Lexus calls the "Euro" tuned suspension option.
I then decided to drive the Caddy DTS, actually thinking to myself that it would be a disappointing experience after having just driven the world's most coveted and vaulted cars from Germany and Japan. Well, was I surprised. The seats were the most comfortable (in my opinion of course), but most of all, the handling on this car made the Mercedes and the Lexus seem like wallowing land yachts. The DTS felt the most sure-footed in the S curves and sharp turns and at high speeds. It didn't feel like the tires were rolling up onto the sidewalls when taking hard turns like the other two felt. I was, frankly, amazed.
I would say that, at least from a performance standpoint (which was the focus of this challenge) that the Cadillacs most definitely held their own, and then some, against all of the competitors there.
Is there any warranty involved???If not, you are screwed!!! never drive a Northstar w/o a factory warranty.. There are many stories on the engine, some owners are lucky, and some are not. My son sold his 94STS with 137k miles a couple months ago for 7500 cash, he was original owner and really suffered no problems..Car wasn't driven hard..
He bought a 7k mile 01 SLS for a good deal..
I have a 96 Sedan Deville, original owner, wife's car,54k miles, and is covered with extended warranty, same as my Shortstar 40k mile 3.5L 99 Intrigue.
The Cadillac name does not carry too much honor after warranty expires, for all the dealer wants to see is the "color of green". Let's be realistic; the dealer has a family to feed, clothe, and house. If anyone buying a Caddy thinks they have purchased a lifetime, trouble free machine; quess again!! You have fun--you pay. There is no free lunch.