Recall Register

1999 Cadillac Deville: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1999 Cadillac Deville. The campaign is 00V217000. NHTSA received the report on 11 Aug 2000. The NHTSA record gives the component Air Bags / Side/Window. NHTSA has 162 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

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Remedy of campaign 00V217000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace the driver and passenger side impact sensing modules. If the vehicle has had the side air bags temporarily disconected, the temporary disconnect will be removed before replacing the side impact sensing modules.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 215,293 units in total.

  1. 00V217000Received . 215,293 units.

    Air Bags / Side/Window

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Some of the side impact sensor modules have quality problems that can cause an inadvertent deployment of the driver or passenger side impact air bags. These side air bags deploy with less force than a frontal air bag and are designed to minimize the risk of serious injury.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    However, an occupant can receive some injury from a deployment.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the driver and passenger side impact sensing modules. If the vehicle has had the side air bags temporarily disconected, the temporary disconnect will be removed before replacing the side impact sensing modules.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Manufacturer campaign number 00066. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

162 complaints, 211 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 1999 Cadillac Deville
  • All 1999 vehicles
1999 Cadillac Deville: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component1999 DevilleAll 1999 vehiclesDeville, all yearsMentions
Air Bags246.451.173.952
Engine and Engine Cooling218130.7169.146
Electrical System85.379.290.318
Service Brakes, Hydraulic71.1142.312515
Steering56.950.569.312
Vehicle Speed Control52.142.759.911
Suspension47.489.934.710
Tires42.75224.59
Fuel System, Gasoline37.928.373.98
Visibility33.247.345.97

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 19.

Complaints that report a crash
17
Complaints that report a fire
4
Injuries in the complaints
23
Deaths in the complaints
3
Date of the newest complaint
27 Oct 2010

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1999 Cadillac Deville, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 42 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1999 Cadillac Deville
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA00004Engineering analysisINADVERTENT OF SIDE IMPACT AIR BAGAir Bags / Side/Window15 Feb 200028 Sep 200000V217000
PE99061Preliminary evaluationINADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF SIDE AIR BAGAir Bags / Side/Window27 Sep 199915 Feb 2000

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19640
  2. 19711
  3. 19722
  4. 19730
  5. 19741
  6. 19760
  7. 19772
  8. 19784
  9. 19791
  10. 19810
  11. 19821
  12. 19830
  13. 19840
  14. 19851
  15. 19862
  16. 19871
  17. 19880
  18. 19890
  19. 19900
  20. 19911
  21. 19921
  22. 19931
  23. 19940
  24. 19952
  25. 19962
  26. 19972
  27. 19983
  28. 19991
  29. 20005
  30. 20014
  31. 20025
  32. 20034
  33. 20041
  34. 20051

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 1999 Cadillac Deville: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/cadillac/deville/1999/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1999 Cadillac Deville?
215,293 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Cadillac Deville have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 30 recall campaigns for the Cadillac Deville, model years 1964 to 2005. 1 of them names the 1999 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1999 Cadillac Deville name most often?
Air Bags: 52 of 211 component mentions, or 246.4 per 1,000. For all 1999 vehicles the figure is 51.1 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1999 Cadillac Deville open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.