Cadillac Seville Years to Avoid, Problems & Recalls

Which Cadillac Seville years should you avoid?

Going by 749 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Cadillac Seville years to avoid are 1996.

1996122 complaints, 2.3× a typical Seville year, most often about the engine.

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 →

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2004	9	0	—	—	Steering	Routine
2003	16	1	—	—	Exterior Lighting	Routine
2002	45	2	1	3	Suspension	Routine
2001	53	1	—	5	Suspension	Routine
2000	38	2	—	2	Engine	Routine
1999	73	1	2	1	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline	Routine
1998	65	2	3	3	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline	Routine
1997	95	2	6	4	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Fatalities reported
1996Avoid	122	2	7	8	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline	Fatalities reported
1995	74	2	10	4	Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings	Routine
1994	50	2	5	4	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline	Routine
1993	42	2	3	1	Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings	Routine
1992	27	1	—	7	Vehicle Speed Control	Routine
1991	21	0	1	6	Air Bags › Frontal	Fatalities reported
1990	19	3	—	3	Vehicle Speed Control	Routine

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2004

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Steering

Routine