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1984 Cadillac Eldorado Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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 Sep 9, 1999
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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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jan 18, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1984 Cadillac Eldorado. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

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

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–7 of 7

Electrical
Filed Sep 9, 1999

CAR WOULD NOT START.WHEN CONSUMER LIFTED THE HOOD TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE, SAW THAT THE BATTERRY EXPLODED, AND THE BATTERY TERMINAL WAS PULLED OUT OF THE BATTERY. *AK

NHTSA ID
847324
Incident
Aug 7, 1999
Brakes
Filed Jul 23, 1999

I KNOW THIS IS A USED CAR BUT,I WOULD LIKE TO GET ADDITIONAL INFO ON IT.MY SON-INLAW BOUGHT THE CAR IN 1992.HE HAD THE MOTOR WORKED ON TWICE.MY SISTER BOUGHT IT FROM HIM IN 1997,SHE HAD MOTOR WORKED ON TWICE.MY SISTER GAVE IT TO MY DAD HE JUST HAD WORK DONE ONIT AND IT'S STILL NOT RIGHT. SINCE IT WAS NOT PURCHASED FROM ORIGINAL DEALER CAN RECALLS STILL BE DONE ON THIS CAR AND HOW DO I GET IT DONE?( DOT NUMBER: )

NHTSA ID
709040
Engine
Filed Jul 21, 1999

ENGINE FAILED. MJS

NHTSA ID
547456
Filed Feb 24, 1997

UNSPECIFIED.

NHTSA ID
546849
Engine
Filed Dec 4, 1995

PURCHASE CAR NEW AT 28,000 MILES THE ENGINE BLEW . TT

NHTSA ID
975958
Incident
Nov 1, 1995
Body & structure
Filed Mar 16, 1995

UNDERHOOD SIDE ARMS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD UP HOOD; HOOD FALLS DOWN; COULD CAUSE INJURY. TT

NHTSA ID
962048
Incident
Mar 12, 1995
Brakes
Filed Jan 18, 1995

ROTORS UNDERSIZED, RESULTING IN PREMATURE WEAR OF ROTORS. TT

NHTSA ID
958797
Incident
Jan 1, 1995

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.

Data sources

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