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1979 Cadillac Eldorado Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Aug 24, 2000
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1979 Cadillac Eldorado, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Tires & wheels1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

THE TIRE TREAD CAME OFF MY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON 6/28/2000. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO AVOID HAVING A MAJOR CRASH, BUT SUBSTANTIAL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY CAR . I CONTACTED THE TIRE MANUFACTOR (ATLAS "PINNACLE") AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS TIRE WAS MANUFACTORED AT A FIRESTONE PLANT. I AM CONCERNED THAT FIRESTONES DEFECTIVE TIRES RANGE ALOT FURTHER THAN JUST THE ONES BEING RECALLED AS MY TIRE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM (TREAD COMING COMPLETELY OFF MY TIRE) OCCUR AS THE WILDERNESS TIRES AND ALTHOUGH IT IS UNDER TE ATLAS BRAND NAME, IT WAS MANUFACTORED BY FIRESTONE. WHAT DO I DO REGARDING THE DAMAGES TO MY VEHICLE (OVER $3,000 WORTH) AND I HAVE KEPT THE TIRE. I NEED TO HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED BUT AM WAITING TO SEE WHAT I SHOULD DO IN THE MEANTIME. PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS RECALL IS ONLY SKIMMING THE SURFACE OF A MUCH LARGER PROBLEM IF IT HAS AFFECTED ATLAS TIRES TOO. THANK YOU.( DOT NUMBER: HYULA9A535 TIRE SIZE: 75R1597S )

NHTSA ID 728866 · filed Aug 24, 2000

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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