Cadillac Preliminary Evaluation PE87054: TRUNK FIRES

1983 Cadillac DeVille

TRUNK FIRES

Structure

Summary
According to reports, the rear exhaust system resonators have a very shortservice life, usually rupturing on the end, very near the floor of thetrunk.hot exhaust gases from the blown resonator reportedly get thefloor of the trunk so hot that fires have resulted.proposed action:open a preliminary analysis===

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Date Opened
SEP 04, 1987
Date Closed
FEB 08, 1988
NHTSA Recall #
No recall issued
  • Status:
    CLOSED
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