Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1998 Cadillac Seville

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
65
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
94
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

65 filed
3
Crashes
3
Fires
5
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    7
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    6
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    5
  • STEERING:RACK AND Pinion
    4
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    4
  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    3
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    3
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    2

Recalls

2 campaigns
99V070000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR1999-04-12

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAN DEVELOP IN THE GENERATOR, EVEN WHEN THE ENGINE IS OFF.

RiskTHE ELECTRICAL SHORT COULD CAUSE AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE THAT COULD SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE VEHICLE AND ANYTHING NEAR IT.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE GENERATOR.

98V144000·VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER1998-06-26

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR 'LOW' SPEED FUNCTION CAN BECOME INOPERATIVE WHEN THE MOTOR IS SWITCHED FROM 'HIGH' TO 'LOW' SPEED.

RiskIF THIS WERE TO OCCUR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY COULD BE AFFECTED.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR COVER WHICH CONTAINS THE MICROPROCESSOR.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
RQ03001·STEERING2003-01-02 → 2003-09-15

POWER RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILURE

RQ03001·STEERING:RACK AND PINION2003-01-02 → 2003-09-15

POWER RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILURE

RQ99013·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1999-06-10 → 2002-02-22

CADILLAC COOLANT COOLED ALTERNATOR FIRES

Led to recall99V070000

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