Recall Register

1978 Cadillac Fleetwood: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood. The newest campaign is 78V189000. NHTSA received the report on 30 Aug 1978. The NHTSA record gives the component Unknown or Other. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 78V189000, in the NHTSA record

Owner will be sent a metal heat shield to be installed above the instrument panel, either by the owner or by the dealer.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 394,013 units in total.

  1. 78V189000Received . 388,867 units.

    Unknown or Other

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    If paper or other combustible materials are placed in the instrument panel ashtray receptacle, they could become ignited and flames from the fire may reach the interior of the instrument panel.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Owner will be sent a metal heat shield to be installed above the instrument panel, either by the owner or by the dealer.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 77V162000Received . 5,146 units.

    Visibility / Windshield Wiper/Washer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Some of the involved vehicles fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 104, "windshield wiping and washing systems". The windshield washer bottle on the involved vehicles may crack and allow washer fluid to drain out.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will inspect the washer bottle and, if necessary, replace it without charge to owner.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1978 Cadillac Fleetwood: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Structure1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
1
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
9 Mar 1995

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19711
  2. 19721
  3. 19771
  4. 19782
  5. 19791
  6. 19810
  7. 19831
  8. 19841
  9. 19852
  10. 19864
  11. 19873
  12. 19882
  13. 19891
  14. 19900
  15. 19912
  16. 19921
  17. 19932
  18. 19945
  19. 19955
  20. 19962
  21. 19980

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/cadillac/fleetwood/1978/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood?
394,013 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Cadillac Fleetwood have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 20 recall campaigns for the Cadillac Fleetwood, model years 1971 to 1998. 2 of them name the 1978 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood name most often?
Structure: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.