Cadillac Deville vs Nissan Maxima

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Cadillac Deville	Nissan Maxima
Complaints on file	3,660	8,853
Model years covered	1964–2005	1982–2023
Worst model year	2000	2000
Best model year	1995	2013
Crashes reported	312	466
Fires reported	127	398
Injuries reported	263	330
Deaths reported	15	16
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	19.6%	13.7%

Cadillac Deville by year

1 1 2 4 1 4 1 2 12 6 6 22 27 52 41 66 111 105 183 123 185 197 281 339 310 239 312 239 237 208 211 132

64 73 74 76 77 78 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 598 16.3%

Electrical System 491 13.4%

Brakes 429 11.7%

Airbags 311 8.5%

Steering 287 7.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 265 7.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 189 5.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 167 4.6%

Nissan Maxima by year

4 8 40 64 74 194 73 78 138 99 140 102 128 195 117 123 133 215 467 225 278 249 1,725 1,152 733 169 99 460 399 138 137 71 126 2 224 155 46 28 33 4 6 2

82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,465 27.8%

Engine & Cooling 957 10.8%

Electrical System 915 10.3%

Steering 528 6.0%

Airbags 517 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 503 5.7%

Brakes 441 5.0%

Body & Structure 355 4.0%