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2005 Cadillac Deville air bags problems

18 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2005 Cadillac Deville, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
18 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
74,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
8 and 0
Injuries and deaths
12 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2005 Cadillac Deville Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 74,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 74,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 38% 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 miles5
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 8 crashes, 12 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 cadillac deville. While traveling approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a guardrail. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The driver sustained injuries to the breast plate and ribs. The driver and two passengers received medical attention. A third passenger sustained minor injuries, but refused medical attention. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired and was towed to the contact's residence.

June 2012 CrashInjury

I was hit head-on. The ignition turned off after being hit and the seat- belts did not deploy. I stopped and my hand was on the horn but the person did not slow down or stop.I was on a city street.I was hurt and had neck surgery. GM is telling me they will look back into it after denial that was it due to the recall. They sold the car as salvage when the insurance totaled it. The car was then sold with a salvage title. They replaced the ignition after telling me my accident injuries was not due to the recall.

Reported at 92,000 miles, May 2015 CrashInjury

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