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1987 Cadillac Eldorado

Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations

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0Owner complaints

Model-year median: 2

1Recall campaigns

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2Investigations

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Inspection summary

1987 Cadillac Eldorado

NHTSA snapshot: September 18, 2026. 0 owner complaints · 1 recall campaigns · 2 investigations.

Counts are not failure probabilities and are not adjusted for sales, age, mileage exposure or reporting. One report may name several categories. Comparison method and limitations.

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    How this year compares

    Owner complaints by model year

    Other model years Selected year
    0
    1984    3
    1985    0
    1986    0
    1987    2
    1988    2
    1989    3
    1990
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    Counts vary with age, sales, mileage exposure and reporting. They are not failure rates.

    What owners reported most

    No component reports in this snapshot.

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    When problems were reported

    Mileage at the reported incident

    Limited mileage data: 0 of 0 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.

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    NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

    0 crash reports0 fire reports0 injury reports

    What owners actually said

    0 reports

    No matching complaints in this snapshot.

    Recall campaigns

    1

    87V047000 · Exterior Lighting:headlights:switch

    Apr 6, 1987

    THE TWILIGHT SENTINEL POTENTIOMETER (THUMBWHEEL CONTROL) MIGHT HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH ELECTRICAL CONTACTS WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT CIRCUIT.

    Consequence & remedy

    Consequence: WITH THE TWILIGHT SENTINEL SYSTEM ON, THE INTERMITTENTCIRCUIT COULD CAUSE HEADLIGHT AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS TO GO OUT. SUDDENLOSS OF HEADLIGHTS COULD REDUCE DRIVER VISIBILITY AND MIGHT RESULT IN A VEHICLECRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

    Remedy: INSTALL A NEW PART IN ONE OF THE VEHICLES CONTROL COMPUTERS TO PREVENT THIS CONDITION FROM OCCURING.

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    Defect investigations

    2

    C89001 · Throttle NON-RETURN

    Opened Mar 6, 1989 · Closed Jan 16, 1990

    Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Vehicle Speed Control:linkages

    There is no summary currently available

    EA88036 · Rear Disc Brakes

    Opened Jul 22, 1988 · Closed Aug 30, 1991

    Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    SUMMARY: CORROSION IN THE REAR BRAKE CALIPER PREVENTS AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT FOR PAD WEAR. THIS MAY EVENTUALLY CAUSE LOSS OF REAR SERVICE BRAKE AND PARKING BRAKE. GM HAS ADDED CORROSION PROTECTION AND CHANGED SPRING RATE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. SAME BASIC DESIGN USED ON ALL MODELS IDENTIFIED.

    An investigation is not a finding of a defect, and closure does not prove a vehicle is problem-free.