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2004 Cadillac Deville wipers, windshield & visibility problems

32 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2004 Cadillac Deville, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
32 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
53,000 miles 28 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2004 Cadillac Deville Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 53,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 12 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 53,000 miles
Based on 28 complaints that include mileage. 61% 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 miles4
40k to 60k miles12
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 28 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 52,000 miles, and 61% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 cadillac deville. The contact stated the sun roof glass shattered and caved in on her and an occupant while driving 50 MPH. The vehicle was driven onto the emergency lane because it was uncontrollable. The driver and the occupant were injured and had to be treated at the emergency room. The vehicle was driven to the dealer who repaired the sun roof under warranty. The failure mileage was 66,000.

Reported at 66,000 miles, May 2011 Injury

Right front window dropped/broke down causing a $500 repair. Three months latter the left rear window also broke causing another $500 repair. Now, in 2014 the right rear window has broken, while driving on the freeway, startling my wife and grandchild with another very loud bang! This is a continuing problem on a car that only has 48,500 miles on it, and is always parked inside a garage. There are way too many reports of this happening for the feds or GM not to do something about this failure!

Reported at 45,041 miles, January 2011

Other problems reported for the 2004 Cadillac Deville

Wipers, windshield & visibility problems in other years

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Wipers, windshield & visibility problems across all Cadillac models