1992 Cadillac Allante Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 1992 Cadillac Allante. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 25 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
13
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
4
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
2
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
2
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
1
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
1
SERVICE BRAKES
1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1
Total complaints25

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“These vehicles have bosche braking system that is activated by a relay. That and several other things, about this system, can cause these brakes to malfunction or to fail completely any time the car is in motion. This generally known to anyone who owns one of these cars, and to general motors.…”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2018-07-10

“These vehicles have bosche braking system that is activated by a relay. That and several other things, about this system, can cause these brakes to malfunction or to fail completely any time the car is in motion. This generally known to anyone who owns one of these cars, and to general motors.…”

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) · reported 2018-07-10

“No summary listed for abov evehicle. *ak”

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP · reported 2002-06-29

“Top latch mechanism failed to hold, as investigated by nhtsa in pe97-050. Car had been inspected 9/99 at dealer, per cadillac special policy 98045. At that time, car had 35,000 miles. Car had 46,000 miles when latch disengaged from the windshield frame. Car now has 51,000 miles. At time of…”

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH · reported 2002-06-25

“No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak”

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP · reported 2001-06-20

“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…”

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP · reported 2001-05-11

“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. *ak”

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER · reported 1999-11-27

“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. *ak”

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP · reported 1999-11-27

Defect investigations

Investigation DP97005 Opened 1997-11-14 · closed 1997-12-23

CONVERTIBLE TOP FLY-UP

ALLEGED THAT WILE DRIVING THE CONVERTIBLE TOP UNLATCHED AND FLEW UP. THIS FAILURE COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.IN ADDITION, A SEPARATED TOP IS HAZARDOUS TO NEARBY MOTORIST

Investigation DP99001 Opened 1999-01-06 · closed 1999-02-08

BRAKING SYSTEM

THE PETITIONER ALLEGE TOTAL LOSS OF ALL BRAKING ABILITY WITHOUT WARNING

Investigation EA99017 Opened 1999-06-30 · closed 2001-12-28

BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE

Investigation PE97050 Opened 1997-12-19 · closed 1998-05-29

CONVERTIBLE TOP OPENING WHILE DRIVING

ELECTRICALLY POWERED CONVERTIBLE TOP LATCHES MOUNTED IN THE WINDSHIELD FRAME WORK ARE ALLEGED TO RELEASE WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE CONVERTIBLE TOP TO VIOLENTL OPEN WHILE DRIVING.

Investigation PE99012 Opened 1999-02-05 · closed 1999-06-30

BRAKING SYSTEM

CONSUMERS ALLEGE A PARTIAL OR TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1992 Cadillac Allante as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.