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Cadillac Cimarron

Every Cadillac Cimarron model year on file, 1978 to 1988. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years133 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years91978 to 1988
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins4Summed across model years
By model year

The 1985 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 31% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

012341978198119821983198419854198619871988
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Cadillac Cimarron complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
5
Steering
3
Seats
2
Structure
2
Equipment
2
Powertrain
2
Seat belts
2
Suspension
1
Engine and cooling
1
Lighting
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Cadillac Cimarron model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Cadillac Cimarron by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1988Not decoded250.0200141
1987Sedan20.029131
1986Sedan40.057311
1985Sedan425.080251
1984Not decoded1100.0100260
1983Not decoded0NoneNone550
1982Not decoded0NoneNone140
1981Not decoded0NoneNone010
1978Not decoded0NoneNone000
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Cadillac Cimarron

  • 06E-043 May 19, 2006
    Certain replacement fuel filters, fram brand name p/n g3727, with date codes x52911 through x60801 sequentially or x600141 and a mexico country or…
    Fuel system · 88k vehicles
  • 87V-165 Oct 26, 1987
    Internal corrosion of pulsair check valve assembly could permit exhaust gas to melt the plastic shut off valve and draw valve pieces into the air…
    Engine and cooling · 126k vehicles
  • 87V-079 May 7, 1987
    Metal floor pan anchor bar could fatigue and break around the left front outer seat adjuster stud of the drivers seat, allowing the stud to…
    Seats · 1.14M vehicles
  • 86V-131 Sep 19, 1986
    Push pull headlight switch may have electrical contacts which allow an intermittent headlight circuit causing headlight to flicker or suddenly go out
    Lighting · 106k vehicles
  • 86V-073 May 28, 1986
    Engine air cleaner plastic trim cover could fall off the air cleaner assembly and land on the exhaust manifold creating a fire hazard
    Engine and cooling · 87k vehicles
  • 86V-056 Apr 28, 1986
    Push-pull headlight switch may have electrical contacts which allow an intermittent headlight circuit causing headlight to flicker or suddenly go out
    Lighting · 93k vehicles
  • 83V-105 Oct 13, 1983
    Brake proportioner valves may break and separate from the master cylinder
    Brakes · 352k vehicles
  • 82V-096 Oct 7, 1982
    Possible fuel leakage could occur at the throttle body injection fuel feed pipe connection on the involved vehicles
    Fuel system · 13k vehicles
  • 82V-021 Mar 8, 1982
    Under certaain conditions, the hose clamps on the fuel tank filler pipe and fuel tank filler vent pipe could fracture
    Fuel system · 519k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.