I have to express my disappointment with the 2002 DeVille. It is beautiful, powerful, comfortable, and reasonable on gas. But, I had to replace a front-end wheel bearing at 40,000 miles, and it was out of warranty! To make matters worse, I have an intermittent vibration that comes and goes over 40 mph. It doesn't happen all the time, sometimes the ride is smooth as silk even at high speeds. It feels like a wheel balance problem, but reading some of the other reviews here, it sounds like a manufacturer's flaw. I will be replacing the tires shortly due to wear, but I doubt it will do anything to improve this vibration.
Car is very fast, but a bit bouncy in front, and an annoying intermittent vibration.
Have the front drive axles checked out!
I wrote the original above review of my 2002 De Ville. Well, I DID go out and bought 4 new Michelin Harmony tires. What a HUGE difference. My old tires must have had a broken belt or something, because the vibration I had is all gone, no shimmy at all! This car rides like a dream. One word of caution, when they were mounting the tires, they warned me that the "seal" might not be completely airtight due to quite a bit of oxidization on the inside of the chrome-plated wheels. It's been two weeks, and so far, so good, no leaking.
Wish to add comment on 2002 Caddy De ville in line with other owners comment re front wheel bearing and hub. Had failure at approximately 46,000 miles, out of warranty and dealer was happy to repair at $434.00. I think this is a very poor performance on an easily driven and well maintained, original car. I suspect there are many more of these failures and not being reported. Also had engine failure at 36000 miles. Piston failure, and many other parts replaced. This was under warranty, but while this is a good looking and comfortable car I am afraid this is the last Caddy in this family.
Like to add to the above; same deal 2002 deville, 2nd owner. I bought it with 40000 miles and really enjoyed it until about 50000 miles. A cable assembly in window went bad; just for the part, caddy wanted $464. I ended up doing it myself and getting the part off ebay, but what a pain! Then at 52000 miles, the alternator (?). I say this because, with 22 computers in this car, the Cadillac can't even seem to tell me what is going on. And in the same week, my front passenger wheel bearing and check engine light is on. I'm getting rid of this nightmare and won't ever buy another caddy.
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