Ford Five Hundred vs Cadillac Deville

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 Five Hundred	Cadillac Deville
Complaints on file	1,527	3,660
Model years covered	2004–2007	1964–2005
Worst model year	2005	2000
Best model year	2007	1995
Crashes reported	87	312
Fires reported	22	127
Injuries reported	26	263
Deaths reported	0	15
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.8%	19.6%

Ford Five Hundred by year

1 716 523 287

04 05 06 07

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 305 20.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 292 19.1%

Engine & Cooling 208 13.6%

Electrical System 168 11.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 118 7.7%

Brakes 99 6.5%

Body & Structure 59 3.9%

Other & Unspecified 44 2.9%

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%