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2004 Cadillac Deville air bags problems

25 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2004 Cadillac Deville, which is 12% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
25 12% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
78,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
8 and 0
Injuries and deaths
11 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2004 Cadillac Deville Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 78,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 78,000 miles
Based on 24 complaints that include mileage. 29% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 24 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 78,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 8 crashes, 11 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 cadillac deville. The contact stated while driving approximately 4 MPH, the brake pedal sank into the floorboard and the vehicle failed to slow down after numerous attempts. The vehicle continued to accelerate into an intersection where another vehicle crashed in the driver's side. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact suffered from whiplash which required medical treatment. The driver in the other vehicle was transported to the hospital. A police report was filed of the incident.

Reported at 115,000 miles, September 2013 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 cadillac deville. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the driver side air bag deployed. The vehicle was taken the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 12,000.

Reported at 12,000 miles, October 2014

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