Model-year matrix

Cadillac Brougham
which year?

Compare every Cadillac Brougham model year the EPA recorded, 1987 to 1992. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Cadillac Brougham year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Cadillac Brougham?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Cadillac Brougham years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect1990

10 indexed complaint reports; seat belts is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1990 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect1992

6 indexed complaint reports; vehicle speed control is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1992 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect1991

6 indexed complaint reports; structure is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1991 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Cadillac Brougham model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

1991 Cadillac Brougham

NHTSA complaint allegations: 6
Combined EPA economy: 16–17 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,600–3,850
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsstructure 2latches/locks/linkages 1power train 1

Open the 1991 evidence dossier →

Second model year

1992 Cadillac Brougham

NHTSA complaint allegations: 6
Combined EPA economy: 18 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,400
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsvehicle speed control 4electrical system 1seat belts 1

Open the 1992 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

The two years have the same number of indexed NHTSA complaint allegations.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Cadillac Brougham by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Cadillac Brougham model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
1992	6	vehicle speed control 4electrical system 1seat belts 1	18	2	$3,400	Dossier →
1991	6	structure 2latches/locks/linkages 1power train 1	16–17	2	$3,600–3,850	Dossier →
1990	10	seat belts 3seats 2service brakes, hydraulic 2	15–18	2	$3,400–4,100	Dossier →
1989	2	interior lighting 1wheels 1	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →
1988	2	seat belts 1structure 1	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →
1987	6	electrical system 2engine and engine cooling 1parking brake 1	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.