Vehicle report
1984 CADILLAC ELDORADO
This model year
What the record shows
The 1984 Cadillac Eldorado is a midsize car, and the 12th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1973 to 2002.
The EPA rated three configurations: engines from 4.1-litre eight-cylinder to 5.7-litre eight-cylinder, a single transmission, Automatic 4-spd and running on diesel and regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 16 to 21 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 2 investigations for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.