1989 Cadillac Allante
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
1 recall names the 1989 Cadillac Allante. Newest first.
Certain replacement fuel filters, fram brand name p/n g3727, with date codes x52911 through x60801 sequentially or x600141 and a mexico country or origin marking on the fuel filter housing manufactured from october 18, 2005, through march 21, 2006, sold for use on the vehicles listed above and on certain school buses. (to see the school bus engine sizes…
Risk and remedy
Risk
This condition may cause an inadequate seal at the connection, potentially leading to a fuel leak. In the presence of an ignition source, a fire could occur.
Remedy
Honeywell will notify owners and replace the fuel filters free of charge. the recall began on october 18, 2006. owners may contact fram customer service at 1-800-890-2075 (option 1).
Owner complaints
37 complaints
What owners report most
Latest complaints
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Driver applied the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. then, driver pumped the brakes three times to stop. Driver was able to maintain control, and drove vehicle to the dealer. mechanic acknowledged the problem, but a solution could not be determined at this time. *Ak
- Electrical system › Horn · Power train › Automatic transmission · Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip · Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components
The transmission was in for inspection because of a delay in shifting. *jg
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Every allante owner seems to have had the same problem. dt
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
When trying to apply brakes brake pedal will go to the floor, causing vehicle to have extended stopping distance. Dealer notified. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Pedal went to the floor, no brakes, then the ABS pump started and brakes returned. the brake systems has become unreliable. rear brakes were not functional (calipers frozen), and accumulator replacement returned normal function for less than 12 hours.*ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
While driving 70 and applying brakes, the ABS system failed, causing loss of vehicle control. *Ak the dealer replaced the accumulator, but did not correct the problem. *Yh
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components › Master cylinder
While coming to a stop at about 25 mph applied brakes and heard a clunking sound.then, brake pedal went to the floor. He was able to coast to side of road, got out, and noticed brake fliud on the gound. Mechanic determined brake master cylinder had failed, and needed to be replaced.*ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Understand you are reviewing anti-lock brakes failure on this car. I am also experiencing this problem and understand there have been many failures ,18 injuries and one death from this problem. IS there a recall for this system.*ak
- Electrical system › Ignition › Module · Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Ebcm failed, antilock system inactive, poor braking ability as antilock system goes nuts for the first few minutes of driving,went to dealer to replace ebcm, part not available anymore from GMC. my car IS now a safety hazard. gm should continue to provide such a vital part related to the saftey of the car.*ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Our 1989 & 1990 have the same dangerous problem outlined within 70% of the complaints on your defects investigation database. What IS the outcome of your investigations therien about this problem? No safety defect listed in summary. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Continued problems with brake system lead to complete ABS brake system failure. gm needs to recall these bosch III ABS brake sytems. odi action number ea99-017. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
While driving downhill at 55 mph ABS warning light came on. Upon applying brakes, driver had to push on the pedal really hard, and pull up steering before vehicle would stop. Vehicle was taken to dealerhip, where the ABS pump and relay were replaced. *ak *ML
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
ABS arning light and computer feedback continuous to fail. very poor engineering design and GMC should correct this problem. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components › Master cylinder
Master cylinder failed, no pressure, required total replacement. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
This IS a intermittent ABS failure. brakes still stop car, but, no ABS. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
No summary listed for above vehicle.
- Equipment › Electrical · Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip · Unknown or other
I was driving to church with my daughter on october 24, 1999 travelling about 35 mph on dry pavement with outside temperature about 70 f. As I applied brakes to stop at a traffic light, the brake pedal went down as usual, but suddenly pushed my foot up and braking effect became noticeable less.…
I was driving to church with my daughter on october 24, 1999 travelling about 35 mph on dry pavement with outside temperature about 70 f. As I applied brakes to stop at a traffic light, the brake pedal went down as usual, but suddenly pushed my foot up and braking effect became noticeable less. fortunately, on sunday there IS not much traffic at this intersection, but with more a usual traffic pattern I would have certainly been in an accident. there was no warning prior to this event. the brakes appeared to be working normally. at the time of the brake malfunctioned, the red brake light lit on the instrument panel along with the light behind the check information center area on the instrument panel. the driver's information center panel displayed "anti-lock disabled" followed in a few seconds by "anti-lock ok". a similar sequence of events recurred as I drove the car home slowly. I contacted gary at 1-800-allante who informed me that general motors IS aware of anti-lock failures on allantes but has not "opened a campaign". he told me he was "not allowed" to say anything further other than to contact my dealer. the car has been repaired. the problem being isolated to the anti-lock pump and accumulator. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
When the pedal was applied while traveling slow there was no response from the brakes, the pedal went to the floor. vehicle eventualy cruised itself to a stop. No dealer has been contacted. *ak
- Service brakes, air › Antilock
No summary
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
I was approaching a stop sign and when I applied my brakes they did not function. luckily there was no vehicle in the intersection when I went through it.
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
There IS a system design problem on all cadillac allante ABS brake systems. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
No summary listed for this vehicle. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
When brake IS applied, warning light comes on, brake "thumps" (skips), ABS IS disabled and brakes work. I am cautiously driving car. Let no one else drive. Dealer (fitzgerald, annapolis, md) says car IS safe, brakes will work. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Original ABS system failed in fall of 1998 and was replaced with a rebuilt master cylinder/abs assembly at a cost of $2900. 14 months and 16000 miles later, this assembly failed as well. The latest failure resulted in numerous "attempts" on the part of the dealership to repair the system, putting…
Original ABS system failed in fall of 1998 and was replaced with a rebuilt master cylinder/abs assembly at a cost of $2900. 14 months and 16000 miles later, this assembly failed as well. The latest failure resulted in numerous "attempts" on the part of the dealership to repair the system, putting the car back on the road, only to fail again. Two failures nearly resulted in accidents, on avoided by driving the car off the roadway. Repaired system IS currently functioning consistently well. I may be contacted directly for further information if it would be helpful. I understand this IS a common, and expensive problem on this vehicle as I have learned. Thanks for your attention to this matter. Douglas s. Herbert (919) 682-3411. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
When appyling ABS brakes brake pedal bounces back and becomes hard, also, ABS brake light illuminates. please give any further details. *ak
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Braking system failure
- Braking system
Consumers allege a partial or total loss of braking ability
- Braking system
The petitioner allege total loss of all braking ability without warning
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