Cadillac Eldorado Engine Problems
22 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 3 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2000. Best year: 2002.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CADILLAC ELDORADO. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT FELT A BURNING SENSATION ON HIS RIGHT FOOT AND NOTICED THAT AN UNKNOWN HOT LIQUID ...
ENGINE TURNS OFF FOR NO REASON WHILE GOING UNDER 40 MILES. HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND IT WILL START RIGHT UP AGAIN. USUALLY ON CITY STREETS, IN MOTION. WE THINK MOST OF THE TIME AFTER TURNING.
WHEN I TRY TO START MY CAR THE TRUNK AND SOMETIMES THE GAS CAP COMES OPEN. I MUST THEN GET OUT OF MY CAR AND GO TO THE REAR AND PUT THE TRUNK AND CLOSE THE CAP..........I AM LOOKING FOR OTHERS WHO HAVE SIMILAR SITUATIONS WITH THEIR CAR....
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CADILLAC ELDORADO. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT HEARD A CLINKING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VALVE SOLENOID AND TORQUE CONVERTER CAUSED...
2001 CADILLAC ELDORADO. *TR
2001 CADILLAC WITHOUT WARNING LOST BOTH STEERING AND BRAKING ON TWO OCCASIONS. *TS THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF A MALFUNCTIONING CRANK SENSOR AND RESULTED IN THE ENGINE LOSING POWER. THE CONSUMER HAS FILED THREE FORMAL COMPLAIN...
ENGINE QUIT AT APPROX 30 MPH. COASTED TO STOP. ENGINE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS THE 3RD OCCURRANCE IN PAST SIX MONTHS. *JB
CONSUMER HEARD TAPPING NOISES IN THE ENGINE WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IN THE COLD. *PH AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE DECARBONIZED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS OF RESOLVING THE PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT....
CRANKING SENSOR FAILURES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PH
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED WIITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. 8NLM
THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN SEVERAL TIMES WHILE EXITING A RAMP. *AK *JB