1990 Cadillac Brougham

Routine

Owners filed 10 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › anchorage. It has been recalled 9 times.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip2
203
Tires1
000
Seats › Front Assembly › Power Adjust1
010
Seats › Front Assembly › Head Restraint1
000
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage1
101
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000
Parking Brake › Conventional1
000
Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

9 safety recalls

Part 573 reports
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Wheel Cylinders91V099000
Filed Jun 14, 199191 vehiclesFederal Coach, Llc

Defect. REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS ARE TOO SMALL TO ALLOW FOR PROPER BRAKING.

Risk. STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105 ARE NOT METWITH POWER BRAKING ASSIST UNIT INOPERATIVE.

Remedy. REPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Wheel Cylinders91V101000
Filed Jun 14, 1991205 vehiclesAllen Coachworks

Risk. STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105 ARE NOT METWITH POWER BRAKING ASSIST UNIT INOPERATIVE.

Remedy. REPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Wheel Cylinders91V096000
Filed Jun 14, 199128 vehiclesUltra Limousines

Defect. REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS ARE TOO SMALL TO ALLOW FOR PROPER BRAKING.

Risk. STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105 ARE NOT METWITH POWER BRAKING ASSIST UNIT INOPERATIVE.

Remedy. REPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Wheel Cylinders91V093000
Filed Jun 14, 199114 vehiclesRoyale Limousine Mfrs.

Defect. REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS ARE TOO SMALL TO ALLOW FOR PROPER BRAKING.

Risk. STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105 ARE NOT METWITH POWER ASSIST BRAKING UNITS INOPERATIVE.

Remedy. REPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Wheel Cylinders91V100000
Filed Jun 14, 199161 vehiclesDabryan Coach Builders

Risk. STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105 ARE NOT METWITH POWER BRAKING ASSIST UNIT INOPERATIVE.

Remedy. REPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Wheel Cylinders91V092000
Filed Jun 10, 199114 vehiclesExecutive Coach Builders

Defect. REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS TOO SMALL TO ALLOW FOR PROPER BRAKING.

Risk. STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 571 ARE NOT METWITH POWER ASSIST BRAKING UNIT INOPERATIVE.

Remedy. REPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum91V011000
Filed Jan 11, 1991244 vehiclesMoloney Coach Builders

Defect. LIMOUSINE FAILED TO MEET STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105.

Risk. INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT;VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 105.

Remedy. REPLACE ORIGINAL REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A LARGER CYLINDER.

Equipment › Other › Labels90V133000
Filed Jul 27, 1990158 vehiclesLimousine Werks, Inc.

Defect. TIRE PLACARD MAY CONTAIN INCORRECT GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATINGS AND TIRE INFORMATION.

Risk. LIMOUSINES WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 110 AND CONSUMERMIGHT UNKNOWINGLY OVERLOAD THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF PLACARD MISINFORMATION.

Remedy. INSTALL REVISED TIRE PLACARDS.

Equipment › Other › Labels90V134000
Filed Jul 27, 1990158 vehiclesLimousine Werks, Inc.

Defect. GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATINGS AND TIRE INFORMATION MAY BE INCORRECT ON LABELS.

Risk. VEHICLES WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH 49 CFR PART 567.

Remedy. INSTALL REVISED CERTIFICATION LABELS.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Dec 31, 1998SC

INNER RIM WHICH IS BOLTED ONTO THE VEHICLE HAS SEPARATED FROM THE OUTER RIM WHICH IS MOUNTED TO THE TIRE. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal
Filed Sep 15, 1998PA

TURN SIGNALS EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT FAILURE.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed May 13, 1997PA

TRANSMISSION DEFECTIVE.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jan 29, 1997IL

WAS BURNING OIL EVERY 200 MILES, TOOK INTO DEALER WHO SAID ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

Parking Brake › Conventional
Filed Jan 17, 1996NJ

EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE DOES HAVE MALFUNCTION, CANNOT HOLD VEHICLE IN PLACE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash1 injured
Filed Dec 13, 1995KS

DURING BRAKE APPLICATION NOTED HESITATION BEFORE COMPUTER ENGAGES CAUSING VEHICLE TO FLOAT. TT UPON IMPACT THE SHOULDER STRAPS SNAPPED CAUSING CONUSMER TO SUFFER INJURIES.*JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash2 injured
Filed Oct 31, 1995NY

ABS: BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, HIT GUARDRAIL DURING RAINY WEATHER. TT *JB

Seats › Front Assembly › Power AdjustFire
Filed Oct 19, 1995GA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FIRE, POWER SEAT SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE ON TWO OCCASSIONS. TT *SLC

Seat Belts › Front › AnchorageCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 22, 1995FL

SEAT BELTS DID NOT WORK WHEN CUSTOMER WAS IN ACCIDENT. TT

Seats › Front Assembly › Head Restraint
Filed Mar 16, 1995CA

THE FRONT SEAT HEAD RESTRAINT NOT HIGH ENOUGH. TT

10 of 10 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1990
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19964000Routine
19953000Routine
19945000Routine
19933010Routine
19926000Routine
19916500Routine
1990 — this page10910Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jun 14, 1991. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.