FaultScore

Worst years for a Cadillac Deville

Owners have filed 3,660 complaints about the Cadillac Deville with NHTSA across model years 1964 to 2005. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Cadillac Deville

312 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

1995 Cadillac Deville

197 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Cadillac Deville year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2005 C 132 17 1 80,000 Electrical System
2004 C 211 17 5 69,406 Electrical System
2003 C 208 21 0 70,000 Electrical System
2002 D 237 30 2 63,500 Electrical System
2001 D 239 30 5 78,000 Engine & Cooling
2000 D 312 54 4 65,135 Engine & Cooling
1999 D 239 19 5 65,000 Engine & Cooling
1998 D 310 19 3 73,000 Lights
1997 C 339 5 10 82,000 Brakes
1996 C 281 14 10 89,000 Engine & Cooling
1995 C 197 7 9 103,000 Fuel & Propulsion
1994 C 185 12 10 88,690 Engine & Cooling
1993 C 123 13 18 126,554 Brakes
1992 183 17 15 108,000 Engine & Cooling
1991 105 9 10 105,000 Brakes
1990 111 14 4 100,000 Brakes
1989 66 6 1 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1988 41 4 3 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1987 52 1 9 108,100 Engine & Cooling
1986 27 1 0 Engine & Cooling
1985 22 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1984 6 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1983 6 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1982 12 0 1 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1981 2 0 0 Steering
1979 1 1 0 Brakes
1978 4 0 0 Tires
1977 1 0 0 Brakes
1976 4 0 1 Body & Structure
1974 2 1 1 Lights
1973 1 0 0 Wheels
1964 1 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Cadillac Deville

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 598 16.3%

Worst in 2000

Electrical System 491 13.4%

Worst in 2000

Brakes 429 11.7%

Worst in 1997

Airbags 311 8.5%

Worst in 1999

Steering 287 7.8%

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1989

Worst in 1993

Worst in 2004

Lights 147 4.0%

Worst in 1998

Suspension 106 2.9%

Worst in 1997

Worst in 2000

Tires 77 2.1%

Worst in 2002

Seat Belts 64 1.7%

Worst in 2000

Exactly what failed on a Cadillac Deville

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Engine 160 17.7%
Gasoline 156 17.2%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 135 14.9%
Frontal 89 9.8%
Automatic Transmission 77 8.5%
Power Window Devices AND Controls 72 8.0%
Foundation Components 61 6.7%
Headlights 53 5.9%
Side/Window 51 5.6%
Tank Assembly 51 5.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Cadillac Deville, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 89 May 2026

Cadillac Deville problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Cadillac Deville

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.