| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003213327 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 2003 |
| Consumer's City: BALTIMORE | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SEVILLE | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Exterior lighting |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G6KY5295VU | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 05 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 08 1996 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 1997 cadillac rear light housings is a defective design. these housings continually leak causing excessive moisture to be trapped. we had delivery on our sts on 10/09/96. these housing were replaced under warranty on 2/18/97 due to this problem. again on 3/25/98, these housings were replaced under warranty due to same problem. the moisture problem continued and when presented to dealer on 09/07/01 for service, we were told that this was a normal condition and cadillac has washed its hands with no replacement. they have implied that this a defective design and can only be fixed by replacement, but at owner's cost. now, this problem has continually got worse resulting in corrosion in light bulb sockets causing light failure. i am concerned that this moisture will eventually cause a electrical short resulting in a fire, etc. or visibility concerns for on coming vehicles. is cadillac waiting for an accident caused by these conditions before they react????? also reference to odi id#10014105,8008955,8008954. *jb |
