Abs/master cyl inder failure. Car has a hard brake pedal and will not stop as it should. Replacement part from cadillac has a list price of $3,066.00 plus about $500.00 in labor. Gm knows this is a problem with 87-93 allantes and should be made to recall them and repair them at no charge. They should also reinburst all comsumers who have already paid for this repair. This is typical gm not addressing the problem.
1990 Cadillac Allante: ABS light or ABS activating
11 of the 40 complaints about the 1990 Cadillac Allante describe ABS light or ABS activating.
- owner complaints
- 11
- of this car's complaints
- 28%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
ABS light or ABS activating by model year
What owners say
Abs brakes did not operate properly. Could not stop vehicle. Put transmission in neutral and pumped the parking brake.this was a life threatening episode. *ak .
Odi action number: ea99-017 I got a message on my message center that my allante's ABS system was disabled so I took it into my dealer. On the way the brakes went totally out, almost causing at least one accident. Now I am finding out from other owners of cadillac allantes that this is how the found out about a model wide problem. Your brakes go out is how you find you have a problem with your brakes. I had driven fewer than ten miles after receiving the warning. And the warning was not brake failure, but just ABS which I have never really used. Cadillac made very few of these models, but the problem is rampant in all of them up to 1993. Are you doing anything about this?
I cannot apply brakes without losing the antilock system. I retain some braking, but it is the manual braking and not the ABS. This failure started around 60000 miles in 1998 and I've been extremely cautious in driving this vehicle knowing that I won't have ABS. I'm a meber of the allante appreciation group and have read approx (40) failures of same from other allante owners. Please feel free to contact our website and you'll always find some member complaining of a failure of the ABS.
Failure started with: ABS/traction control fail lights and read-out on the dic & HVAC panel along with brake peddle 'thump' (normal). Thin final loss of all brakeing due to accumulator and hi-press pump loss.code 63 was noticed but was unable to isolate.
Abs brake system have been replaced at approximately 74,000.
Abs failure. No brakes.
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.
Abs failure common to cadillac allantes with bosch ABS systems
Abs brake failure due to a design defect.
Driving between 30mph when the brake totally failed because of the ABS accumulator and pump. Please describe details.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1990 Cadillac Allante abs
Is ABS light or ABS activating a common problem on the 1990 Cadillac Allante?
11 of 40 owner complaints about the 1990 Cadillac Allante (28%) mention ABS light or ABS activating. The model year with the most reports is 1990.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1990 Cadillac Allante?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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