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Cadillac cooling system problems

Across all Cadillac models in NHTSA's complaint database, 118 complaints involve cooling system. The Deville accounts for the largest share (36%). The single worst model year is the 1997 Catera with 10 cooling system complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
118 about cooling system, all Cadillac models
Most affected
Deville 36% of these complaints
Typical mileage
78,000 miles 48 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 4

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Cadillac models

ModelComplaintsShare
Deville4236%
Catera2824%
CTS1815%
Seville1815%
Eldorado33%
Escalade22%
Escalade EXT11%
Fleetwood11%
SLS11%
STS11%

Worst model years for cooling system

  1. 1997 Cadillac Catera10 complaints
  2. 1998 Cadillac Catera9 complaints
  3. 2003 Cadillac CTS9 complaints
  4. 1998 Cadillac Deville8 complaints
  5. 1992 Cadillac Deville7 complaints

Cooling system complaints by model year

Cadillac cooling system complaints by model year 0 10 20 1990: 2 '90 1991: 2 1992: 7 '92 1993: 2 1994: 10 '94 1995: 2 1996: 9 '96 1997: 16 1998: 18 '98 1999: 6 2000: 10 '00 2001: 8 2002: 2 '02 2003: 12 2004: 5 '04 2005: 2 2006: 3 '06 2007: 1 2015: 1 '15
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19902
19912
19927
19932
199410
19952
19969
199716
199818
19996
200010
20018
20022
200312
20045
20052
20063
20071
20151

Among the 48 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 78,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.