Right rear control arm bushing was shot causing the car to sway side to side when hitting bumbs.
Fuel pump went, cost $600 to replace.
Filler neck for gas tank rotted and was leaking when filling with gas.
Service engine light is always turing on.
Love the looks and style of the car, the Northstar V-8 is both powerfull and efficent, but guzzels oil. In addition to requiring 7.5 quarts at an oil change it uses a quart of oil every 1,000-1,500 miles.
The caddy is to large to be front-wheel-drive too much weight up front and nothing in the back. It is terrible in the Buffalo NY winters. When applying the brakes on snow covered roads it has the tendency to turn sideways, and the traction control is pretty much useless on a FWD.
I like the caddy, but I do think that my previous 1994 Lincoln Town car was a much better built, more reliable car, and the rear-wheel-drive w/traction control handled much better in snow.
I agree service engine light always on.
What is wrong with using a quart every 1000 miles? If it's not fouling plugs, it really is probably saving wear on parts, which will cause rings, pistons and cylinder walls to last longer.
All the problems you cite with the car have nothing to do with the general engineering of it - ie if the car eats oil this is something you can fix, but not something that is wrong with the design of the engine.
Just find your leak, or burn and rebuild.
A '94 Lincoln better in the snow? Not sure about that fish (tailing) story. Good cars Lincolns, but I have yet to see one that didn't require the proverbial couple bags of salt in the trunk to keep the thing straight on slippery roads, and give the driver half a chance at getting up noticeable snow covered inclines. Those 90's town car's were big tubs mated to massively undersized engines. Anyway, I thought in Buffalo folks would know that you shouldn't be "braking" in snow anyway -- you take your foot off the gas and let inertia do the rest for the most part. And at slower speeds you pump, not jam on the brakes.
A good car or bad car is not because you have a car with less problem or more problems. The good or bad is based on large sampling. And the results can easily reflect on the used car market.
For example, a Deville costs almost three times more than a Civic or Corolla when new. After 3 to 4 years, they are about the same price. For a 10 years old Deville, Civic or Corolla has almost twice value better than Deville. From financial point of view, buying any Cadillac is a poor decision.
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