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Cadillac Deville Body problems by year

106 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Cadillac Deville's body, doors & structure. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.

Body complaints by model year

YearBody complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
20052000
20043000
20036110
20027000
20015111
200014210
19997000
19982001
19974000
19965001
19957010
19947000
19938100
199210030
19913010
19904020
19893020
19881000
19873000
19862000
19851000
19821000
19761000

Body recalls

Structure: body

01V17200047,560 vehicles affected

Vehicle description: certain sedans, hearse, and limousine vehicles fail to comply with requirements of fmvss no. 201, "Occupant protection in interior impact." These vehicles have sunvisor center supports with certain radii less than the 3.2Mm required by...

Latest Deville body complaints

2003 Cadillac DevilleBody, doors & structureDriver assistanceBrakes

The abs & traction control indicators come up on the screen along with check as I'm driving. When this happens my brakes make a weird sound like a sprung spring and the brakes feel like they're gone but they're not. It's scary be sure I feel I may not be able to stop which to me is a safety hazard. No codes show even though the check light came on, but none of the indicator lights ever stay on very long, it's off and on , off and on, just pops up occasionally, all 3 together every time. It may go days before they...

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decide to pop up on the dash again. The first time this happen I was just heading out for work so the car has not been driven since the prior day it was stable on level ground as I started backing out of my driveway. When I reached the point to apply the brakes that's when the weird baked sound accompanied by the brake paddle feeling like my brakes weren't working and dash lights appeared. This happens during braking. I was told that the tire pressure sensor,/ monitor thing could be the cause. That's another thing. Why have tire pressure effect the workability 9f my brakes and traction control? They have nothing to do with tire pressure. Also the electric rear windows seem to be an issue since day one. Every owner of the 03 cadillac deville has complained of the windows just falling out of place both outside & inside the door for no reason other than a bad design defect. Why should the consumers continue to replace the windows at no fault of ours? Gm has known of this issue from the first year of manufacturing, yet it is us, the buyers, consumers that are paying and not just out of money but the risk of broken glass hurting a backseat passenger a child or adult that could potentially become a law suite for gm. This is why it definitely should be a recall.

Filed Incident Structure · Electronic stability control (ESC) · Service brakesNHTSA 11328721
2004 Cadillac DevilleVisibility & wipersBody, doors & structure

2004 Cadillac deville. Consumer writes in regards to various defects on vehicle. *Ld the consumer stated the mirror adjusters did not work properly, the front console fell out and was hangning by wires, the rear window on the passenger and the driver's side fell, and the rear door panel on the driver's side was loose. The rear interior door handle was inoperable. *Js

Filed Incident Visibility · StructureNHTSA 11287314
2001 Cadillac DevilleBody, doors & structure

When I entered the car one day the dashboard had fallen without me knowing what had happened. I asked around to see if it was a way to fix it or if they had known anyone with the same problem. I use my vehicle to get back and forth to work and it's the only car I have but the condition of the car is getting worse and the dashboard is coming apart more.

Filed Incident StructureNHTSA 11246725
2001 Cadillac DevilleAirbagsBody, doors & structureCrash1 injury

Was involved in a front end crash going 48mph and the drivers side air bag or any other air did not deploy. There was so much damage to the front end that the car was totaled a complete loss. I would like car to be inspected for faulty air bags and also front end for faulty equipment as did not hold up well with crash. This vehicle only had 78,000 miles and was in perfect condition prior to crash. I was told there was a recall on the airbags and with that much damage and speed they should of been deployed this is a...

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major safety violation. I was driving east bound at 48 mph car in front slammed on brakes I tried to avoid them and went to the right but there was a pole and another truck so I pulled back to left and it the car in the rear. At no time did the air bags deploy I would like an investigation started prior to car being totaled and removed by insurance company. *Tr

Filed Incident Air bags · StructureNHTSA 10917443
1994 Cadillac DevilleBody, doors & structure

The trunk does not open from the inside or out, with key or without, malfunction or defect in assembly of vehicle. I took the auto to the dealership (turlock - smith chevrolet cadillac, inc.) And was charged for them to look at the problem and they attempted to break into the trunk without success. According to the dealership I was told this model year has a problem with this defective issues. There is no way to get into trunk without dis assembly. Basically breaking in to the trunk and rebuilding the entire lock down assembly. I am extremely depressed, I can do nothing about problem other than re-assble the whole mess cadillac created by this malfunctioning issue.

Filed Incident StructureNHTSA 10723415
1991 Cadillac DevilleElectrical systemBody, doors & structure

Tl* the contact owns a 1991 cadillac deville. The contact stated that the vehicle's door locking mechanism was faulty, which allowed the doors to open independently while driving. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the locks needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 110,000.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Latches / locks / linkagesNHTSA 10683262
2003 Cadillac DevilleAirbagsBody, doors & structureCrash1 injury

Friend was driving my car at the normal speed limit and the car cut off. When the car cut off a car hit her from the side which caused the car to spin out of control and hit another car! The air bags never deployed and she was hurt badly. The key ignition recall for the 2003 cadillac said that it will cause the car key to shift and could cut off while driving. This is a serious matter that needs to be taken care of because her neck and shoulder and foot got injured very badly because the air bags didn't deploy!......Updated 01/12/15*bf *tr

Filed Incident Air bags · StructureNHTSA 10662722
2001 Cadillac DevilleBody, doors & structureVisibility & wipers

Window regulators are faulty. When they break the window glass falls to the bottom of the door panel. This has happened twice and is a safety hazard at highway speeds especially in inclement weather. An internet search reveals this is a common problem with cadillac. *Tr

Filed Incident Structure · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 10659412
2005 Cadillac DevilleBody, doors & structure

After purchasing the vehicle from the detroit location of don massey cadillac on june 9 2009. There was a very bad rain storm that weekend. I was driving and noticed the rain coming into the vehicle by the left side of the dash board dripping from the roof. After taking it back several times to don massey they indicated to me that it was some sort of plug in the sunroof that was getting clogged up. They fixed it but every time it has rained for the last 5 years rain has continued to come in the car and now...

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its coming next to my left foot. The detroit location of don massey closed later that year and I have not taken the vehicle in to another one (not sure where to really). Now I'm reduced to putting a plastic bag over the sunroof when I know rain is predicted (which is extremely tacky on a cadillac) ;-( not sure if other 2005 cadillac owners have this issue, but it is truly a pain in my "roof" . *Tr

Filed Incident StructureNHTSA 10630464
2004 Cadillac DevilleElectrical systemBody, doors & structure

I drove up to valle parking, stopped to insert valle parking key. Ignition frozen-could not insert key. Steering wheel locked. Could not contact onstar. Everything froze? Called onstar with my cell phone? They sent a wrecker to tow car to cadillac dealer(approximately 25 miles away). Cadillac advised "ignition lock cylinder jammed and will not rotate". Cadillac dealer "coded and installed new ignition lock cylinder", for which I paid $632.86. Should this be included in "ignition recall"? Shouldn't I be refunded the $632.86 I paid for these repairs? *Tr

Filed Incident Electrical system · StructureNHTSA 10628861
2003 Cadillac DevilleVisibility & wipersBody, doors & structure

2003 Cadillac deville. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle moon roof problems that caused water damaged to interior. *Simd the consumer stated the water damaged the seats and carpet. He paid $300 to have the roof sealed.

Filed Incident Visibility · StructureNHTSA 10557763
2002 Cadillac DevilleBody, doors & structureVisibility & wipers

Window regulators have broken. All (every) (all 4) window regulators have broken without warning and required premature replacement. This was a hazard since security in bad neighborhoods was compromised multiple times, also was unable to keep criminals and rain out of car on multiple occasions causing damage to interior. *Tr

Filed Incident Structure · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 10554738
2000 Cadillac DevilleBody, doors & structureBrakes

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 cadillac deville. The contact was driving 25 mph when she applied the brakes and the brake pedal was depressed into the floor board abnormally. In addition, there was an abnormal increase in stopping distance and time. Upon inspection of the vehicle, the contact discovered a brake fluid leak under the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis where it was determined that the brake line was rusted thoroughly. The contact also stated that the rear doors were not able to be opened from the interior of the vehicle. The failure and the current mileages were 85,000.

Filed Incident Structure · Service brakesNHTSA 10459241

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