1990 Cadillac Allante

THREE TOTAL BRAKE FAILURES TO DATE. TWO RESULTED IN ACCIDENTS WHEN THE ALLANTE HAD TO BE CRASHED INTO TRUCKS ON EACH OCCASSION TO STOP WITHOUT INJURY TO PEDESTRIANS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IN EACH CASE WAS ABOUT $1,000 TO THE ALLANTE AND $2,000 TO THE TRUCKS IN EACH CASE. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO CADILLAC WHO EXAMINED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND COULD NOT "FIND A PROBLEM." HOWEVER, ON EACH OCCASION, CADILLAC REPLACED THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM AND MASTER CYLINDER AT NO CHARGE. WE WERE ADVISED (AND STILL ARE TOLD) BY CADILLAC THAT THEY HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A BRAKE FAILURE OR SIMILAR INCIDENT IN ANY ALLANTE! WE JUST LEARNED THIS IS NOT THE CASE WHEN WE DISCOVERED YOUR WEBSITE. THE DENIAL OF ANY BRAKE INCIDENTS HAS COME FROM UNIVERSITY CADILLAC, BAYVIEW CADILLAC, THE CADILLAC SOUTH FLORIDA AREA REPRESENTATIVE AND CADILLAC THROUGH THEIR "800" NUMBER 1-800-ALLANTE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS NOT BEING THE TRUTH, THIS IS A COMPANY-WIDE EFFORT TO WITHHOLD THE TRUTH FROM ALLANTE OWNERS!

SIX INCIDENTS OF TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE (ABS) RESULTING IN VEHICLE BEING TOWED TO DEALER. REPLACE PUMP MOTOR FOUR TIMES. REPLACE MASTER CYLINDER, ACCUMULATOR ($3420.00). REPLACE PUMP RELAY. BRAKES DO NOT HAVE A CONSISTANT FEEL. AT TIMES CAR SPEEDS UP WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. MY OPINION IS THAT THE ABS IS UNSAFE AND POORLY ENGINEERED.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN SHE TRIED BRAKING THE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD SHE HAD TO SLOW DOWN WITH ENGINE IT WAS LUCKY THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING FAST. THE DEALER SAID THE CAR HAD A BOSCHE111 SYSTEM THAT DID NOT HAVE A BACKUP IF THE PUMP WENT OUT CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I WAS SHOCKED. I HAD IT REPLACED I THOUGHT IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR ANOTHER 61000 MILES. WELL IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN I AM AFFRAID TO SELL OR DRIVE THIS CAR IF THIS EVER HAPPENED AT 70 MILES AN HOUR ON THE FREEWAY I WOULD BE DEAD. SCARRY!!!!!!