Cadillac Deville
The Cadillac Deville appears on NHTSA's register for model years 1964 to 2005: 30 recall campaigns (49 model-year entries) and 2,693 consumer complaints.
The component named most often in complaints is engine and engine cooling (139.8 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by electrical system (133.6).
The 1997 model year has the most complaints (268). Recall campaigns peaked in 2000 with 4; complaints were received in the largest number in 2014 (277). Within Cadillac, this line ranks 1 of 36 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 0 | 1 | 1% | — |
| 1971 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | 0% | 388,877 |
| 1972 Cadillac Deville | 2 | 0 | 0% | 426,377 |
| 1973 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 0 | 1 | 1% | — |
| 1974 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 1 | 2 | 3% | 5,128 |
| 1976 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 0 | 3 | 4% | — |
| 1977 Cadillac Deville | 2 | 1 | 1% | 761,333 |
| 1978 Cadillac Deville | 4 | 4 | 5% | 770,983 |
| 1979 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 1 | 1 | 1% | 1,326,404 |
| 1981 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 0 | 1 | 1% | — |
| 1982 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 1 | 3 | 4% | 79,686 |
| 1983 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 0 | 5 | 6% | — |
| 1984 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 0 | 6 | 8% | — |
| 1985 Cadillac Deville NHTSA record | 1 | 19 | 24% | 91 |
| 1986 Cadillac Deville | 2 | 22 | 28% | 99,321 |
| 1987 Cadillac Deville | 1 | 40 | 51% | 6,004 |
| 1988 Cadillac Deville | 0 | 28 | 35% | — |
| 1989 Cadillac Deville | 0 | 48 | 61% | — |
| 1990 Cadillac Deville | 0 | 76 | 96% | — |
| 1991 Cadillac Deville | 1 | 87 | 110% | 403,273 |
| 1992 Cadillac Deville | 1 | 135 | 170% | 403,273 |
| 1993 Cadillac Deville | 1 | 92 | 116% | 403,273 |
| 1994 Cadillac Deville | 0 | 127 | 160% | — |
| 1995 Cadillac Deville | 2 | 126 | 159% | 586,104 |
| 1996 Cadillac Deville | 2 | 218 | 275% | 496,260 |
| 1997 Cadillac Deville | 2 | 268 | 338% | 640,387 |
| 1998 Cadillac Deville | 3 | 237 | 299% | 238,327 |
| 1999 Cadillac Deville | 1 | 184 | 232% | 215,293 |
| 2000 Cadillac Deville | 5 | 225 | 284% | 3,535,775 |
| 2001 Cadillac Deville | 4 | 171 | 216% | 3,575,142 |
| 2002 Cadillac Deville | 5 | 171 | 216% | 3,646,582 |
| 2003 Cadillac Deville | 4 | 136 | 172% | 3,377,294 |
| 2004 Cadillac Deville | 1 | 160 | 202% | 3,141,731 |
| 2005 Cadillac Deville | 1 | 95 | 120% | 3,141,731 |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Cadillac Deville complaints (3,599 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Cadillac model lines
- Deville 49 recalls · 2,693 complaints
- CTS 61 recalls · 1,779 complaints
- SRX 43 recalls · 1,672 complaints
- Escalade 86 recalls · 827 complaints
- Seville 39 recalls · 792 complaints
- Eldorado 35 recalls · 488 complaints
- Catera 0 recalls · 468 complaints
- DTS 17 recalls · 454 complaints
- STS 11 recalls · 399 complaints
- Allante 2 recalls · 197 complaints
- Fleetwood 37 recalls · 173 complaints
- ATS 21 recalls · 163 complaints
- Escalade ESV 72 recalls · 148 complaints
- XTS 15 recalls · 100 complaints
- Escalade EXT 34 recalls · 87 complaints
- Cadillac 13 recalls · 84 complaints
- XLR 6 recalls · 59 complaints
- XT5 19 recalls · 55 complaints
- Brougham 46 recalls · 49 complaints
- Cimarron 9 recalls · 14 complaints
- ELR 2 recalls · 9 complaints
- CT6 Plug-IN Hybrid 3 recalls · 6 complaints
- Limousine 13 recalls · 5 complaints
- CT6 10 recalls · 2 complaints
- XT4 12 recalls · 1 complaints
- Lyriq 15 recalls · 0 complaints
- XT6 14 recalls · 0 complaints
- CT5 12 recalls · 0 complaints
- CT4 11 recalls · 0 complaints
- Optiq 7 recalls · 0 complaints
- Hearse 5 recalls · 0 complaints
- Calais 4 recalls · 0 complaints
- Escalade NA 4 recalls · 0 complaints
- Vistiq 4 recalls · 0 complaints
- Escalade IQ 2 recalls · 0 complaints
- Escalade IQL 2 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Cadillac Deville model years have the most recalls?
2000 (5), 2002 (5), 1978 (4). Across model years 1964–2005 there are 30 distinct campaigns.
Which Cadillac Deville model year has the most complaints?
1997, with 268 of the line's 2,693 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.
What do owners of the Cadillac Deville complain about?
engine and engine cooling (139.8 per 1,000 mentions), electrical system (133.6 per 1,000 mentions), service brakes, hydraulic (101.1 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.