Cadillac Seville vs Lincoln Continental

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	Lincoln Continental
Complaints on file	1,049	2,566
Model years covered	1977–2004	1975–2020
Worst model year	1996	1994
Best model year	2003	2001
Crashes reported	69	115
Fires reported	46	114
Injuries reported	62	71
Deaths reported	4	9
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	17.3%	12%

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%

Lincoln Continental by year

1 1 1 2 1 1 2 9 18 8 14 147 255 244 399 199 200 303 94 69 109 88 46 108 38 43 99 22 38 7

75 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 17 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 457 17.8%

Suspension 289 11.3%

Electrical System 260 10.1%

Brakes 219 8.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 178 6.9%

Body & Structure 155 6.0%

Steering 152 5.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 117 4.6%