Cadillac Seville vs KIA Telluride

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 Seville	KIA Telluride
Complaints on file	1,049	2,598
Model years covered	1977–2004	2020–2027
Worst model year	1996	2020
Best model year	2003	2027
Crashes reported	69	70
Fires reported	46	32
Injuries reported	62	54
Deaths reported	4	1
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Other & Unspecified
Share of complaints involving harm	17.3%	6%

Cadillac Seville by year

1 3 1 1 2 1 6 14 14 15 5 24 28 31 53 66 87 156 135 78 106 57 68 66 19 12

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

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 204 19.4%

Electrical System 107 10.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 100 9.5%

Steering 91 8.7%

Brakes 89 8.5%

Airbags 59 5.6%

Suspension 59 5.6%

Lights 52 5.0%

KIA Telluride by year

927 453 421 311 318 142 26

20 21 22 23 24 25 27

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

What breaks

Other & Unspecified 457 17.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 424 16.3%

Engine & Cooling 315 12.1%

Electrical System 290 11.2%

Lights 205 7.9%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 176 6.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 168 6.5%

Body & Structure 149 5.7%