Audited US model-year file

1991 CADILLAC Brougham

Exact make, model and year evidence from official US sources. Recall campaigns, ODI investigations, complaint allegations and EPA estimates remain separate.

Model-year evidence is not a VIN check.

A campaign may cover only certain production dates, plants or equipment. A zero result here is not safety clearance. Use NHTSA’s official VIN tool for the individual vehicle.

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01 · Safety actions first

5 NHTSA recall campaigns

Exact model-level NHTSA results for 1991 CADILLAC Brougham. Campaign records are official safety actions; applicability to a particular car still requires its VIN.

01
NHTSA Recalls · US · received 1991-06-14

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS

Campaign 91V101000
Summary

Consequence

STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105 ARE NOT METWITH POWER BRAKING ASSIST UNIT INOPERATIVE.

Remedy

REPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

02
NHTSA Recalls · US · received 1991-06-14

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS

Campaign 91V100000
Summary

Consequence

STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105 ARE NOT METWITH POWER BRAKING ASSIST UNIT INOPERATIVE.

Remedy

REPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

03
NHTSA Recalls · US · received 1991-06-14

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS

Campaign 91V094000
Summary

REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS ARE TOO SMALL TO ALLOW FOR PROPER BRAKING.

Consequence

STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105 WERE NOT METWITH POWER BRAKING ASSIST UNIT INOPERATIVE.

Remedy

REPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

04
NHTSA Recalls · US · received 1991-06-10

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS

Campaign 91V092000
Summary

REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS TOO SMALL TO ALLOW FOR PROPER BRAKING.

Consequence

STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 571 ARE NOT METWITH POWER ASSIST BRAKING UNIT INOPERATIVE.

Remedy

REPLACE ORIGINAL 1" REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A 1 1/16" CYLINDER.

05
NHTSA Recalls · US · received 1991-01-11

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM

Campaign 91V011000
Summary

LIMOUSINE FAILED TO MEET STOPPING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 105.

Consequence

INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT;VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 105.

Remedy

REPLACE ORIGINAL REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER WITH A LARGER CYLINDER.

02 · Owner allegations

6 NHTSA complaints

Counts are not adjusted for sales, vehicle age, mileage, publicity or reporting behavior. They are allegations, not defect findings or a reliability score.

Crash mentions
1
Fire mentions
0
Injuries reported
0
Most-reported component labels
SERVICE BRAKES2
STRUCTURE2
AIR1
HYDRAULIC1
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES1
POWER TRAIN1
Complaints across nearby Cadillac Brougham model years

Totals for the same nameplate, scaled against its highest year here. They are not adjusted for how many were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received — an older or better-selling year will usually carry more reports. This shows where the reporting sits, not which year is better.

  1. 61987
  2. 21988
  3. 21989
  4. 101990
  5. 61991
  6. 61992

A dash means NHTSA holds no complaint record for that exact year, make and model. See all Brougham years with specs and fuel economy →

03 · Agency review

0 NHTSA ODI investigations

An investigation means ODI reviewed a possible safety issue for this exact model-year identity. Opening one is not a defect finding; closing one does not by itself clear a vehicle.

VERIFIED EMPTY IMPORT SNAPSHOT

No exact NHTSA ODI investigation row was matched.

The checked bulk snapshot returned zero investigation action numbers for 1991 CADILLAC Brougham. That is source coverage, not proof that no issue exists or will be investigated later.

04 · EPA configurations

Fuel economy & specifications

FuelEconomy.gov records are summarized as ranges where this model name has multiple engines, drivetrains or trims.

EPA configurations
2
Combined economy
16–17 mpg/MPGe
City / highway
14–15 / 20–23 mpg/MPGe
Engine displacement
5–5.7 L
Cylinders
8
Fuel type
Regular
Drive
Rear-Wheel Drive
Vehicle class
Large Cars
Annual fuel-cost estimate
$3800–4050

05 · Evidence strength

Exact identity. Explicit limits.

No opaque score. Evidence strength is expressed through source availability, exact match method, jurisdiction and honest empty states.

exact match

Recall campaigns

5 exact US model-year records in this bounded view.

exact match

Complaints

6 exact US model-year allegations; narratives and VIN fragments are omitted.

verified empty

ODI investigations

0 exact US model-year action numbers in the approved import snapshot.

canonical only

Model aliases

Only the exact NHTSA vPIC model name is published; unverified aliases are not merged.

not published

Manufacturer ownership

No rights-reviewed official ownership record is joined to this exact model-year.

PUBLIC EVIDENCE PASSPORT

Identity, freshness and provenance.

The canonical URL is this file’s permanent public identifier. Source IDs and timestamps show exactly what was matched and when; they do not turn the evidence into a verdict.

Permanent public ID
https://modelyearfacts.com/vehicle/1991/cadillac/brougham
NHTSA make ID
469
NHTSA model ID
14185
Match key
1991 · CADILLAC · Brougham · US
Live evidence requested
EPA publication catalogue
Complaint matrix snapshot
Imported safety snapshot
nhtsa-investigations · verified empty

NHTSA ODI investigations

Action number, component, subject and open/close dates from the approved bulk import; long summaries omitted.

Open official source ↗
US-market boundary

Only NHTSA vPIC, NHTSA ODI complaints and investigations, NHTSA recalls and FuelEconomy.gov contribute to this vehicle claim. CPSC equipment notices are searched separately and never joined to vehicle fitment. UK MOT, Canadian, New Zealand and European records are not merged into this US claim.

06 · Research paths

Diagnose first. Confirm fitment.

These are transparent searches, not diagnoses or endorsed parts. Recall remedies come before purchases; exact part fitment requires VIN, trim, powertrain, production date and OE number.

Offers status: held

Awin US and R2 affiliate inventory are not published until a US programme, merchant and exact-fitment projection are approved. No offer currently has both merchant approval and exact vehicle fitment, so commercial links never count as evidence.