1999 Cadillac DeVille Reviews

I purchased this car because the body looked great. I thought all I had to do is put $500 into head gaskets, and install them myself because I am a good engine builder. I found out on the Internet that the engines in this year were not drilled properly, and a customer satisfaction recall was created by GM. My engine was measured through the procedures as laid out by GM, and they will not honour their own recall. This is a disgrace to the manufacturer, and with our consumer protection laws, how can they get away with this? This is misrepresentation of the product, and should never have been sold in this condition. GM knows the error is drilling the block holes that are improper, and still does not want to fix the garbage they made. The customer satisfaction recall is campaign number 99086.

I purchase this car when I went home to Indiana in the early part of June 2010. I had no idea that I would purchase this gem. I live in San Diego, CA.

I had been looking for just the car, but whenever I went online or to various dealers, all were over priced and not as pristine as they claimed. Also, the majority of the DeVilles had over 100K miles.

I visited a car lot back home as I stated, and lo and behold, there she was, a 1999 Caddie DeVille Concours 50th Anniversary Edition, Polo Green, half vinyl top with the band across it. The interior was immaculate leather for an eleven year old car. I couldn't believe my eyes to see that it had only 92,500 miles, and minor surface scratches to say the least.

The dealer was the same owner as when I purchased my first hot rod muscle car back in the early 70's. I asked if the asking price was a joke ($4,295). I thought this was a steal since all the California area was asking almost 40% more. I drove it, and the ride was what I had anticipated; smooth and quiet. I purchased the car and drove cross country back to San Diego. Had its smog test (California Emissions) <> (it passed), and registered.

This is a beautiful car, and I have had many good compliments, and what a mint condition car, and not one I have seen as of yet has the half vinyl top as I have.

Everything is original, and the chrome factory wheels don't have a blemish on them.

The only thing I have invested in was changing the dual mufflers to the quiet turbo performance mufflers.

I had to replace the electric antenna, because on the original, the nylon cable had broke inside the unit. I went to the salvage yard and picked one just like it for $20; installed it and you would never know that it came from the junk yard.

I will keep this car for a very long time, as I feel this is my dream car, and my investment will soon pay for itself, except for that long drive of over 2,200 miles cross country.

Everyone should own a pre 2000 Cadillac. You just don't know what you're missing.

Oil leak -- (so I'm told).

Plugs and wires need replacing -- general tune up.

Haven't owned this car for long. It was THE car I was looking for -- I wanted to make sure I bought a Concours edition and I wanted the older body style from 1997-1999 model years. I've heard bad things about the newer body style and that they don't ride as nice.

I paid $3,800, but my mechanic thinks I could put an ad in the paper and double my money right now. When I brought it in for a pre-purchase inspection, he said that they expected to see a one in front of the four digit price that was plastered on the windshield (it was priced as 3850). That certainly made it much easier to write the check, but I still think I could have gotten it for below $3500.

My mechanic spent about 30 minutes with the car (not including the road test), before just laughing at me when I asked if there was anything wrong with it. They indicated it was more than a solid purchase at that price, and that the only issues were an small oil leak and tune up -- at 121,000 miles the car had the original plug wires.

As for the leak, I was told if it was an upper oil pan leak there was no real way to fix it -- short of tearing apart the entire aluminum engine (stupid) -- you just monitor the car and add oil as needed. If it was a lower pan leak, it was easily fixable.

I've had the car parked in a garage (I don't really drive much) and I haven't seen any spots from leaks under it at all though, so maybe it's not really that bad.

I also asked whether some of the bad things I had heard about the Northstar (guzzles oil, etc) were true. My mechanic said they were not.

The fit and finish on this car are unrivaled for the amount of money I paid. It's literally loaded and all the options work. Most likely this was a one owner car -- not passed along from hand to hand. Heated seats, CD/cassette, self-closing trunk, message center that monitors the battery, oil life, gas mileage, voltage use, even tells you when ice may be a problem, compass, traction control, front wheel drive, air shocks, programmable presets for mirrors, seat position, radio station for two drivers, weather band radio -- it's ridiculous.

The big smooth V8 can hump it up to 70 with seemingly zero effort. So far I've only driven it in very cold weather and for short distances before scurrying back to the heated garage I'm keeping it in -- more than anything I'm trying my best to avoid cold starts. But I've noticed no problems on the road. It takes premium, but who cares -- I'm not commuting 100 miles a day and never will. Mechanic also recommended Chevron Techron, which I was quick to incorporate. Needless to say, it's also quite roomy.

I expect this car to go another 100,000 miles, especially given my driving habits -- I tend to drive like a little old lady without the riding the brakes part -- but we'll see. I'm sure there will be things that will require replacement, but as long as it's limited to general use items like the brakes and shocks, I'm not going to lose my mind over it. It's a friggen car -- not a magic carpet.

I'm curious to see how much of an effect a full, major tune up will have on the performance and mileage. Right now though, I believe I got the best car I could get for the price I paid.