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1998 Cadillac Deville engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 26 complaints for the 1998 Cadillac Deville, 8% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
26 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
94,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 1998 Cadillac Deville Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 94,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 94,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 9% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 11 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 94,000 miles, and 9% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Customer was driving vehicle down road, all of a sudden coming up to a stoplight car suddenly died, at the same time white smoke came billowing out the back of the car, it caused a traffic hazard in which nobody could see her car, she was rearended, as well as the guy that rearended her. The occupant of the vehicle that rearended her ended up getting his nose broken when he hit his steering wheel.

Reported at 131,423 miles, February 2012 CrashInjury

Component: engine and engine cooling:engine details: the failure occurs in normal use. The consequence is possible engine damage. The dealer has refused to repair this obvious and common manufacturing flaw in the northstar engine. The situation, because this is the same engineer is the same that is described in NHTSA recall number 99086: date: 12/01/1999 component name: 061000 engine and engine cooling:engine NHTSA #: 99086 summary: some vehicles may exhibit a condition in which the cylinder head bolts may become…

Reported at 72,000 miles, April 2008

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