Cadillac Seville
Owners filed 749 complaints across 15 model years of the Cadillac Seville. The 1996 drew the most (122); the 2004 the fewest (9).
Model years15
Complaints749
Recalls23
Fires38
Deaths4
Every Cadillac Seville model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | 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 | |
| 1996 | 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 |
Which Cadillac Seville years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1996 is the weakest year on record, with 122 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. It carries 2 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.