Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 15 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Cadillac Fleetwood. 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.
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I REPORTED AND SENT THE FAILED TIRE (6/13 INCIDENT) TO FIRESTONE. AT THEIR INSISTENCE AND PROMISE TO REIMBURSE ME FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES, I BOUGHT 3 NEW TIRES. FIRESTONE'S REPLY DENIES THAT TREAD SEPARATION IS MANUFACTURER'S FAULT AND REFUSES TO REIMBURSE ME FOR COST OF NEW TIRES OR REPAIR TO VEHICLE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDM0A1B206 TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH AND SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE POWER STEERING WAS GONE. ALSO, UNDERNEATH THE COLUMN FRAME FELL APART, IT WAS HOLDING ON BY A FEW BOLTS. *AK *ML
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKES APPLIED AT ANY SPEED OVER 40 MPH. *YC
AIR WILL BLOW, CONSTANTLY CHANGING VENTS BY ITSELF, THE PANEL LIGHTS FLASH, AND THE CLIMATE SYSTEM CAN'T BE CONTROLLED, POSSIBLY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *SLC
WHILE TRAVELING AT40-45 MPH ACCELERATOR SUDDENLY GOT STUCK IN OPEN POSITION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO KEEP ACCELERATING. TO STOP VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL AND THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, VEHICLE ACCELERATED FROM, 45 TO 75 MPH DUE TO FAULTY IDLE MOTOR/REPLACED.
WHILE TRAVELING IN THE VEHICLE 55 MPH THE ENGINE IDLES WITHOUT INDICATIONS TO 85 MPH. CONSUMER HAD TO TURN VEHICLE OFF TO GAIN CONTROL. *AK
WHILE DRVING AT NIGHT WOULD NOTICE THE PANEL LIGHTS KEPT GETTING DIMMER. HAD CALLED & SPOKE TO SERVICE MANAGER & WAS INFORMED TO BRING VEHICLE IN TO CHECK IT OVER. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKE CONTROL.
POWER ASSIST BOOSTER OF THE BRAKE HAS FAILED AT DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, DEFECTIVE ROTORS, EQUIPPED WITH ABS BRAKES. TT
ABS PUMP MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. TT
GAS TANK SPLIT IN THE SEAM AT THE RIGHT TANK ON THE ORIGINAL AND REPLACEMENT, RESULTING IN GAS LEAK. TT
THROTTLE STUCK AND HIT THREE OTHER CARS. TT
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.
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