Cadillac Eldorado
Registered from 1996 to 2002.
About this model
The Cadillac Eldorado is a luxury car manufactured and marketed by the Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors from 1952 until 2002, over twelve generations.
From the Wikipedia article Cadillac Eldorado, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | Optional |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 1760 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2001 | 1760 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2000 | 1745 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1999 | 1730 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1998 | 1743 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1997 | 1708 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1996 | 1708 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Fuel rail leaks
Engineering analysis, opened February 2004, closed April 2004.
Fuel rail leakage
Preliminary evaluation, opened October 2003, closed February 2004.
Inadvertent air bag deployment
Engineering analysis, opened February 1998, closed June 1998.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Cadillac filed 340 bulletins about the 2002 Eldorado.
- Equipment: 124
- Engine and engine cooling: 63
- Electrical system: 51
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 17
- Engine: 14
- Power train: 12
- Fuel system, gasoline: 9
- Visibility: 8
- Structure: 7
- Wheels: 7
- Other: 28
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get… · February 2025
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester, multi media tester, PICO… · October 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning blows warm air. Before calling General Motors Technical… · September 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning blows warm air. Before calling General Motors Technical… · September 2024
- Vehicle Wide Programming (VWP) is a new process to update software on GM Vehicles. It provides the ability via a single selection within Techline Connect to first identify which modules need updating… · August 2024
- GM is receiving damaged (cracked or broken) transmission cores returned to the reman facilities. The damage is being caused either in the removal process by the technician, or inadequate packaging or… · August 2024
- This service bulletin advises of a new fuel injection cleaner kit used for decarbonizing the intake valves to correct conditions of rough idle, Crank no start, extended crank or misfire, MIL with… · July 2024
332 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.