Cadillac Deville vs Pontiac G6

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	Pontiac G6
Complaints on file	3,660	8,448
Model years covered	1964–2005	2003–2014
Worst model year	2000	2006
Best model year	1995	2010
Crashes reported	312	381
Fires reported	127	111
Injuries reported	263	198
Deaths reported	15	10
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	19.6%	8.3%

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%

Pontiac G6 by year

1 3 932 2,602 1,825 1,608 1,044 432 1

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 14

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

What breaks

Steering 3,129 37.0%

Electrical System 1,000 11.8%

Lights 987 11.7%

Brakes 738 8.7%

Airbags 411 4.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 383 4.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 362 4.3%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 277 3.3%