Cadillac Eldorado
Owners filed 427 complaints across 13 model years of the Cadillac Eldorado. The 1996 drew the most (60).
Which Cadillac Eldorado years should you avoid?
No Cadillac Eldorado year stands out. Across the 9 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 35), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Cadillac Eldorado model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10 | 0 | — | 2 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 2001 | 24 | 0 | — | — | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2000 | 30 | 1 | — | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 1998 | 38 | 1 | — | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1997 | 59 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1996 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 1995 | 54 | 2 | 9 | 2 | Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System › Fuel Rail | Routine | |
| 1994 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1993 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1992 | 25 | 1 | — | 2 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components | Routine | |
| 1991 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1990 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.