1996 Cadillac Brougham

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices1
000
Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages
Filed Jan 17, 2003MD

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THROTTLE IS VERY HARD. CONSUMER HAS TO ALMOST STAND ON THE GAS PEDAL TILL IT BREAKS LOOSE FROM THE HOLD. SAME PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER EVERY STOP. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Aug 2, 2001TN

FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT PROPERLY REGISTER CORRECT LEVELS OF FUEL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER LEASED THE CAR NEW ON JANUARY 16, 1996 AND STATES THE GAS GAUGE NEVER WORKED PROPERLY FROM DAY ONE, THE TANK WAS REPLACED 3 OR 4 TIMES ALONG WITH HOSES AND THE SAME CONDITIONS CONTINUE. *SLC

Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices
Filed Feb 9, 2000FL

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE 45 TO 55 MPH LEFT MIRRIOR STARTED SHAKING AND VIBRATING SO MUCH THAT CONSUMER CAN'T SEE OUT OF THE MIRRIOR. THE RIGHT ONE IS STATIONERY. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 8, 1997CA

BRAKES GRAB, MOSTLY ON THE LEFT SIDE. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT CRACKS WERE FOUND IN BRAKE PADS. LEFT FRONT WHEEL LOCKS UP AND TEARS RUBBER OF TIRES. *AK

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1990
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1996 — this page4000Routine
19953000Routine
19945000Routine
19933010Routine
19926000Routine
19916500Routine
199010910Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.