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Year · Make · Model

1984 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
7
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

7 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
    1
  • Unknown OR Other
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V Battery
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
    1
  • Service BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
    1
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND Attachments
    1

Recalls

3 campaigns
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.

87V167000·VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS1987-10-26

WATER OR SNOW DRIPPING ONTO DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW SWITCH ASSEMBLIES MAY CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND SWITCHES TO OVERHEAT.

RiskTHIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE IN THE DOOR PANEL AREA.

FixINSTALL NEWLY DESIGNED WINDOW SWITCHES. (1984 MODELS WILL RECEIVE NEW CONNECTORS ALSO).

84V011000·SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER1984-02-06

SOME VEHICLES HAVE BUCKET SEAT BACK LOCKS THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 207, ANCHORAGE OF SEATS. IN EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT BACK LOCK MAY NOT FUNCTION.

FixINSPECTION OF SEAT BACK LOCKS WILL BE PERFORMED. LOCKS THAT HAVE BENT, BROKEN OR MISSING HOOKS WILL BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
C89001·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1989-03-06 → 1990-01-16

THROTTLE NON-RETURN

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

REAR DISC BRAKES

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

SIDE DOOR FIRES

Led to recall87V167000

DP85018·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1985-04-10 → 1985-06-05

CARBON MONOXIDE FLOW INTO PASSENGER AREA

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