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Year · Make · Model

1982 Cadillac Eldorado

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.

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

Consumer complaints

3 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • Equipment
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR System
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1
  • Power TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT Velocity Joint
    1
  • Unknown OR Other
    1

Recalls

3 campaigns
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.

82V060000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES1982-06-08

SOME OF THE INVOLVED VEHICLES CONTAIN INCORRECT ACCELERATOR CABLE BRACKETS. THIS COULD ALLOW THE CRUISE CONTROL SERVO ROD TO BIND ON THE ACCELERATOR CABLE BRACKET.

FixDEALER WILL INSTALL THE CORRECT CABLE BRACKET WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER. VEHICLES WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL WILL ALSO BE MODIFIED IN THE EVENT THAT CRUISE CONTROL IS LATER ADDED.

82V012000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM1982-01-03

UNDER CERTAIN VEHICLE OPERATING CONDITIONS, THE GOVERNOR WEIGHT RETAINER IN THE INJECTION PUMP MAY FAIL. THE THROTTLE VALVE COULD STICK, PREVENTING RETURN TO IDLE AND SHUT DOWN OF THE ENGINE BY THE DRIVER.

FixDEALER WILL REPLACE THE GOVERNOR WEIGHT ASSEMBLY IN THE INJECTION PUMP AT NO COST TO OWNER.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA88036·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1988-07-22 → 1991-08-30

REAR DISC BRAKES

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