NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Cadillac Deville Recalls
The 2003 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 2003 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
- 145
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★☆☆☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 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 2003 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, 2004–2005 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 2002 Deville, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 03V051000
- Reported
- February 14, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 130
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Deville, 9 other models
2003 Cadillac Deville complaints by year
NHTSA has received 145 owner complaints about the 2003 Cadillac Deville, the newest on August 25, 2026. Of these, 15 describe a crash (10%); owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Cadillac Deville, the component group named most often is the electrical system (36%), followed by the air bags (17%) and the engine (11%).
1 of the 2003 Cadillac Deville's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2003 Cadillac Deville owners gave the mileage (105 complaints), the median was 69,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System52
- Air Bags25
- Engine16
- Power Train14
- Steering12
- Engine And Engine Cooling10
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 | |
| 2004 | 11 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 45 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Cadillac Deville peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 45. 19% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Cadillac Deville drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Cadillac Deville year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Cadillac Deville years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 1/5
- Side: 4/5
The 145 complaints about the 2003 Cadillac Deville are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Deville by model year
Other 2003 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: August 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted