NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Cadillac Deville Recalls
The 2001 Cadillac Deville has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Cadillac Deville. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 175
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Cadillac Deville, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2001 Cadillac Deville
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V355000
- Reported
- June 23, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,141,731
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Deville, 5 other models
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 02V227000
- Reported
- September 5, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 269,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Deville
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 01V172000
- Reported
- May 23, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,560
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 201, occupant protection in interior impact
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Cadillac Deville
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 00V347000
- Reported
- October 30, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 116,682
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Deville
2001 Cadillac Deville complaints by year
NHTSA has received 175 owner complaints about the 2001 Cadillac Deville, the newest on September 9, 2025. Of these, 23 describe a crash (13%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 23 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Cadillac Deville, the component group named most often is the electrical system (26%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (22%) and the air bags (11%).
1 of the 2001 Cadillac Deville's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2001 Cadillac Deville owners gave the mileage (106 complaints), the median was 73,977 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System45
- Engine And Engine Cooling38
- Air Bags19
- Steering18
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic16
- Engine14
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 20 | |
| 2003 | 19 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 35 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Cadillac Deville peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 35. 39% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Cadillac Deville drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Cadillac Deville year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 4/5
The 175 complaints about the 2001 Cadillac Deville are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Deville by model year
Other 2001 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: September 9, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted