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1990 Cadillac Fleetwood Brakes Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA

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Brakes reportsComplaints 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.
12
Latest Apr 9, 2001
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
57%
of 21 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
3
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

What this page shows

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Cadillac Fleetwood submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.

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

Owner reports naming brake

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Brakes
Filed Apr 9, 2001

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKES FAILED, ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON. DEALER REPLACED 1 MODULE, ACCUMULATOR AND PUMP.*AK *SLC

NHTSA ID
885446
Incident
Apr 2, 2001
Brakes
Filed Jun 1, 1999
Crash reported

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL BRAKING, PEDAL BECAME HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH CAUSED A MINOR COLLISION. BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID
838712
Brakes
Filed Oct 9, 1998

ABS BRAKES FAILED.

NHTSA ID
781029
Incident
Oct 7, 1998
Brakes
Filed Oct 8, 1998

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ABS BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OUT, THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE BRAKING POWER. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED. PLEASE PROVID FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
828709
Brakes
Filed Apr 30, 1998

GOING 60MPH, WHEN STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. APPLIED BRAKES & NOTHING HAPPENED. HAD NO BRAKES. WAS EXITING WHEN BRAKES FAILED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & THE MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE THE ABS BRAKE PUMP & MOTOR. *AK

NHTSA ID
822952
Incident
Mar 21, 1998
Brakes
Filed Nov 13, 1997

WHEN DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS GOES TO APPLY BRAKES, FEELS AS THOUGH BRAKES WILL NOT STOP IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY BRAKING SITUATION. THIS IS A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHICH CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK *SLC

NHTSA ID
819008
Incident
Feb 1, 1991
Brakes
Filed Aug 15, 1997

COMPLETE ABS BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

NHTSA ID
518863
Incident
Jun 19, 1997
Brakes
Filed Aug 13, 1997
Crash reported

DRIVING 35MPH, APPLIED THE BRAKES, THEY LOCKED. VEHICLE CONTINUED MOVING; WENT INTO GAS STATION & HIT PARKED VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER 1ST TIME IT HAPPENED. REPLACED BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED QUICKLY AT ANY SPEED, PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND VEHICLE WON'T STOP. *SLC

NHTSA ID
815491
Incident
Aug 9, 1997
Brakes
Filed Jun 3, 1997
Crash reported

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP, WITH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35MPH, THE PEDAL CONTINUED TO MANEUVER, CAUSING AN EXTENDING STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

NHTSA ID
812692
Incident
May 28, 1997
Brakes
Filed Dec 23, 1996

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL BECOMES INTERMIITTENTLY VERY HARD TO APPLY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
806635
Brakes
Filed Mar 21, 1996

WHILE DRIVING AT 5MPH, LOST CONTROL AN BRAKING SYSTEM ON THE CAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

NHTSA ID
981043
Incident
Mar 20, 1996
Brakes
Filed Apr 20, 1995

EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT ABS FAILURE. TT

NHTSA ID
964115
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.

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