Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1983 Cadillac Deville

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.

1
Open recalls
5
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

5 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
93E019000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE1993-06-04

THE FUEL FILTERS WERE PRODUCED WITH AN INCORRECT THREADED FITTING. THE INCORRECT FITTING IS SIMILIAR ENOUGH IN SIZE THAT THE FUEL FILTER MAY APPEAR TO BE CORRECTLY THREADED ONTO THE FUEL LINE.

RiskREPLACE THE FILTERS WITH THE CORRECT FILTERS.

FixTHE IMPROPER THREADING COULD CAUSE A GASOLINE LEAK WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA88019·STEERING1988-01-28 → 1990-10-31

HYDRO BOOST

PE87054·STRUCTURE1987-09-04 → 1988-02-08

TRUNK FIRES

EA86003·STRUCTURE1985-10-28 → 1988-02-18

SIDE DOOR FIRES

Led to recall87V167000

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