Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 Cadillac Fleetwood

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.

2
Open recalls
17
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
34
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

17 filed
2
Crashes
0
Fires
5
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • AIR Bags
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL Pump
    2
  • Unknown OR Other
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
    2
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    2
  • Visibility
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
96V245000·WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS1996-12-10

THE WHEEL LUG NUTS WERE NOT TIGHTENED TO THE PROPER SPECIFICATION DURING ASSEMBLY.

RiskTHIS CONDITION COULD RESULT IN A FRACTURE OF THE WHEEL STUDS CAUSING THE WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE.

FixDEALERS WILL TIGHTEN THE VEHICLE'S WHEEL LUG NUTS TO THE PROPER SPECIFICATION.

96V018000·SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT1996-01-30

DEFECTIVE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT ATTACHMENT NUTS WERE NOT PROPERLY TORQUED AND CAN LOOSEN.

RiskTHE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT CAN LOOSEN, FATIGUE, AND SEPARATE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION KNUCKLE RESULTING IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT BOTH FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT ATTACHMENT NUTS FOR PROPER TORQUE. IF THE BALL JOINT HAS LOOSENED, BOTH THE BALL JOINT AND THE KNUCKLE WILL BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA96007·SUSPENSION1996-05-31 → 1996-12-24

REAR WHEEL SEPARATION

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