General Motors Corp.: Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator
General Motors Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 12, 1999 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 29,766. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAN DEVELOP IN THE GENERATOR, EVEN WHEN THE ENGINE IS OFF.
The risk
THE ELECTRICAL SHORT COULD CAUSE AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE THAT COULD SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE VEHICLE AND ANYTHING NEAR IT.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE GENERATOR.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 Cadillac Seville | 73 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1998 Cadillac Seville | 65 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 99V070000.
Full record for the 1999 Cadillac Seville → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →