Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 Cadillac Brougham

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

5
Open recalls
6
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

6 filed
1
Crashes
2
Fires
1
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    2
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:CRUISE Control
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1
  • Parking BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
    1
  • Steering
    1

Recalls

5 campaigns
92V152000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS1992-10-20

THE INCREASED WEIGHT OF THE STRETCH CONVERSION LIMOUSINES REQUIRES LARGER DIAMETER REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS THAN THOSE INSTALLED IN THE FACTORY.

RiskTHE VEHICLES DO NOT MEET THE STOPPING DISTANCEREQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105, "HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEMS".

FixREPLACE THE EXISTING REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS WITH LARGER DIAMETER BRAKE CYLINDERS.

91V096000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS1991-06-14

REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS ARE TOO SMALL TO ALLOW FOR PROPER BRAKING.

RiskSTOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105 ARE NOT METWITH POWER BRAKING ASSIST UNIT INOPERATIVE.

FixREPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

91V101000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS1991-06-14

RiskSTOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105 ARE NOT METWITH POWER BRAKING ASSIST UNIT INOPERATIVE.

FixREPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

91V011000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM1991-01-11

LIMOUSINE FAILED TO MEET STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105.

RiskINCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT;VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 105.

FixREPLACE ORIGINAL REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A LARGER CYLINDER.

89V102000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1989-06-16

A SMALL NYLON BUSHING IN THE CRUISE CONTROL SERVO BAIL MAY SLIP OUT OF PLACE, CAUSING INTERMITTENT AND UNEXPECTED INCREASES IN ENGINE SPEED OR DIESELING (ENGINE RUN ON WITH IGNITION OFF).

RiskSERVO ROD ASSEMBLY COULD CATCH ON ENGINE COMPONENTS ANDRESULT IN A STUCK THROTTLE WITH POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixINSTALL A NEW BUSHING IN CRUISE CONTROL SERVO BAIL.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
C89001·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1989-03-06 → 1990-01-16

THROTTLE NON-RETURN

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