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.
Cadillac Allante abs comes on
26 of the 105 owner complaints about the Cadillac Allante describe aBS light or ABS activating, most of them for the 1990 model year.
- owner complaints
- 26
- worst model year
- 1990
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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The ABS system ws replaced approx. Rwo thousand miles and two years ago. It has now failed for the second time and the cart has only 31,000 miles and at least 1/4th of the original brake pads left. Manufacture charged $200 towards first failure and now wants me to pay half of part cost and all of labor to replace a part with only two thousand miles on it.
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.
Complete ABS system was actually replaced twice ( again on 09/22/1999 at 62,434 miles ) as the unit installed on 09/17/1999, reported herein, was also defective. Please add this complaint to your files relating to the currently open investigation of the alleged braking system failures on 1987-1992 cadillac allante odi action number: ea99-017.
Abs indication light would flash on/off. Dealer stated that ABS does not work. Please provide further informaton.
This is the second time the ABS and master cylindar have been replaced. The original owner once and myself once at 3,000 dollars each. When the problem happended I had no brakes and if I had been on the interstate I would have been killed or someone elses family could have been killed.
This is the third time in less than a year and approximately 2500 miles that we have brake failure. The first time the vehicle only lost the ABS -- the master cylinder was replaced with a cadillac re-manufactured unit. The 2nd failure was total loss of braking -- a different cadillac dealer (jack wolf, belvidere, il) replaced master cylinder again with a re-manufactured. The last braking system was again a total failure !!/6/1999. Vehicle was towed to jack wolf , belvidere,il 11/08/1999. Have not heard status as of this a.m.
While driving ABS warning light came on, and the traction warning light also came on. Brakes went completely out. Driver had to downshift in order to stop. Dealer has replaced the ABS and problem has reoccurred.
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Questions about the Cadillac Allante abs
Why does the abs come on in the Cadillac Allante?
Owners who report it most often also describe brake failure and soft or spongy brake pedal.
Which Cadillac Allante years have aBS light or ABS activating problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1990 (11 complaints), 1991 (8 complaints) and 1992 (7 complaints).
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