Defect Investigation Detail

CADILLAC / FLEETWOOD / 1984

Components - Details
NHTSA Action Number: PE87054 Vehicale/Equipment Name: CADILLAC
Vehicale/Equipment Model: FLEETWOOD Vehicale/Equipment Year: 1984
Component Name: STRUCTURE Manufacturer's Name: General Motors, LLC
Date Opened: Sep, 04 1987 Date Closed: Feb, 08 1988
Subject: TRUNK FIRES 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===