NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Cadillac Deville Recalls
The 2002 Cadillac Deville has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Cadillac Deville. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 176
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★☆☆☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Cadillac Deville, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2002 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 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Deville, 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 03V238000
- Reported
- July 1, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 102,212
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Deville, 2 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 2000–2001 Deville
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Deville, 9 other models
Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion)
- Campaign
- 02V067000
- Reported
- March 6, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 249
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2002 Cadillac Deville complaints by year
NHTSA has received 176 owner complaints about the 2002 Cadillac Deville, the newest on April 7, 2025. Of these, 20 describe a crash (11%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Cadillac Deville, the component group named most often is the electrical system (26%), followed by the air bags (15%) and the engine and engine cooling (14%).
1 of the 2002 Cadillac Deville's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2002 Cadillac Deville owners gave the mileage (114 complaints), the median was 58,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System45
- Air Bags26
- Engine And Engine Cooling24
- Steering18
- Engine17
- Power Train15
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 16 | |
| 2003 | 17 | |
| 2004 | 15 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 41 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Cadillac Deville peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 41. 32% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Cadillac Deville drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Cadillac Deville year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 1/5
- Side: 4/5
The 176 complaints about the 2002 Cadillac Deville are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Deville by model year
Other 2002 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: April 7, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted