Power assist brake failure. Brakes are operating at 10 per cent by pumping to a gradual stop. Down-shifting and panic pumping avoided a crash.
Cadillac Allante brake failure problems
26 of the 105 owner complaints about the Cadillac Allante describe brake failure, 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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What owners say
Total brake failure without warning, driving 45 MPH applied brakes to slow down no braking at all,I went into the road shoulder and some how manage to stop by driving the car through tall weeds. Failure due to brake line rupture.
While attempting to apply the brakes they failed completely, took vehicle to dealer, and mechanic stated master cylinder was leaking internally which caused total brake failure. *ak
While reversing at 10 MPH brakes failed , causing the consumer to hit the vehicle in the rear. The brake pedal was hard when depressed. *ak consumer read in the owner's manual that the vehicle had dual brakes. Meaning, if one part fails the other part would work to stop the vehicle. Brakes were checked by a private dealer and consumer learned he had brakes going forward but not backwards.
Brakes failed electronically without warning.
I recieved an antilock disabled message and within 1 mile the brakes totally failed. The car still had good brake pedal, but no brakes at all. The emergency brakes failed as well. Fortunately, it was 3:30 am and no traffic. I was able to swing into an empty parking lot and circle until the car came to a stop. Upon talking to several other allante owners, I found out that this is a frequent occurance with these cars. Does someone have to be killed before cadillac does something about this potientially fatal flaw?
Consumer was traveling about 25 MPH while going down a hill. Went to apply brakes, and brakes didn't hold at all. He hit vehicle in front of him. *ak this vehicle had numerous problems. The dealer could not find a solution for the current brake failures. The consumer says the vehicle was dangerous to drive.
Brakes failed in the process in coming to a stop. Then vehicle was free wheeling until they were pressed almost to the floor.
Complete brake failure. The pedal went completely to the floor. I made it into a parking lot and coasted to a stop (fortunate timing of incident). I have since heard this is not an unusual occurence with this bosch brake system. I was also told to refrence odi action number ea-99-017. This situation is really frightening. Can you forward to me any advice?
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?
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Cadillac Allante brake failure
Which Cadillac Allante years have brake failure problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1990 (11 complaints), 1991 (11 complaints) and 1992 (3 complaints).
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