Ford E-250 vs Cadillac Seville

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	Ford E-250	Cadillac Seville
Complaints on file	421	1,049
Model years covered	1990–2022	1977–2004
Worst model year	1999	1996
Best model year	2013	2003
Crashes reported	47	69
Fires reported	24	46
Injuries reported	38	62
Deaths reported	2	4
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	26.4%	17.3%

Ford E-250 by year

1 11 30 7 14 19 24 31 30 56 21 18 18 22 14 12 14 7 10 2 12 9 13 13 7 2 3 1

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 16 17 22

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 63 15.0%

Brakes 61 14.5%

Tires 43 10.2%

Suspension 37 8.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 33 7.8%

Electrical System 32 7.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 24 5.7%

Steering 23 5.5%

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%