Cadillac Deville vs Subaru Forester

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	Subaru Forester
Complaints on file	3,660	8,703
Model years covered	1964–2005	1998–2026
Worst model year	2000	2016
Best model year	1995	2026
Crashes reported	312	891
Fires reported	127	157
Injuries reported	263	376
Deaths reported	15	9
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
Share of complaints involving harm	19.6%	16.5%

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%

Subaru Forester by year

138 156 95 169 109 238 270 105 121 89 67 228 307 195 140 94 576 897 617 796 678 1,084 807 285 140 111 41 126 24

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 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,265 14.5%

Engine & Cooling 1,014 11.7%

Airbags 908 10.4%

Other & Unspecified 814 9.4%

Electrical System 793 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 564 6.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 531 6.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 511 5.9%