Vehicle profile
1996 Cadillac Fleetwood
Sedan · Large Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 260 hp
- Cylinders
- 8-cyl
- Displacement
- 5.7L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- RWD
- Body class
- Large Cars
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
2 federal recall campaigns.
How this compares
- Most-affected system
- SUSPENSION — 1 of 2 (50%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1996 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
96V018000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINTDEFECTIVE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT ATTACHMENT NUTS WERE NOT PROPERLY TORQUED AND CAN LOOSEN.
Consequence: THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT CAN LOOSEN, FATIGUE, AND SEPARATE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION KNUCKLE RESULTING IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT BOTH FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT ATTACHMENT NUTS FOR PROPER TORQUE. IF THE BALL JOINT HAS LOOSENED, BOTH THE BALL JOINT AND THE KNUCKLE WILL BE REPLACED.
30/01/1996
96V245000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDSTHE WHEEL LUG NUTS WERE NOT TIGHTENED TO THE PROPER SPECIFICATION DURING ASSEMBLY.
Consequence: THIS CONDITION COULD RESULT IN A FRACTURE OF THE WHEEL STUDS CAUSING THE WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL TIGHTEN THE VEHICLE'S WHEEL LUG NUTS TO THE PROPER SPECIFICATION.
10/12/1996
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"year": 1996,
"make": "Cadillac",
"model": "Fleetwood",
"trim": "Fleetwood",
"submodel": "Sedan",
"horsepower": 260,
"cylinders": 8,
"displacement_l": 5.7,
"transmission": "Automatic 4-spd",
"drive_type": "RWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Large Cars",
"image_url": "https://vehicle.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/vehicles/1996/Cadillac/Fleetwood/1996_Cadillac_Fleetwood_21ed3479_00001_.png",
"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 2
}
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