Cadillac Seville
Registered from 1996 to 2004.
About this model
The Cadillac Seville is a mid-size luxury car manufactured and marketed by General Motors under the Cadillac brand from the 1976 to 2004 model years as a smaller-sized, premium model. It was replaced by the STS in 2004 for the 2005 model year.
From the Wikipedia article Cadillac Seville, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 1827 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2003 | 1815 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2002 | 1815 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2001 | 1815 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2000 | 1815 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1999 | 1814 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1998 | 1815 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1997 | 1755 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1996 | 1755 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Fuel rail leaks
Engineering analysis, opened February 2004, closed April 2004.
Fuel rail leakage
Preliminary evaluation, opened October 2003, closed February 2004.
Power rack and pinion steering failure
Recall query, opened January 2003, closed September 2003.
Cadillac coolant cooled alternator fires
Recall query, opened June 1999, closed February 2002.
Inadvertent air bag deployment
Engineering analysis, opened February 1998, closed June 1998.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Cadillac filed 438 bulletins about the 2004 Seville.
- Equipment: 165
- Electrical system: 72
- Engine and engine cooling: 62
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 26
- Engine: 14
- Wheels: 14
- Structure: 12
- Power train: 10
- Fuel system, gasoline: 9
- Exterior lighting: 7
- Other: 47
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get… · February 2025
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester, multi media tester, PICO… · October 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning blows warm air. Before calling General Motors Technical… · September 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning blows warm air. Before calling General Motors Technical… · September 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about changing the tire and wheel size on vehicles. General Motors will only support a tire calibration for tires… · September 2024
- Vehicle Wide Programming (VWP) is a new process to update software on GM Vehicles. It provides the ability via a single selection within Techline Connect to first identify which modules need updating… · August 2024
- GM is receiving damaged (cracked or broken) transmission cores returned to the reman facilities. The damage is being caused either in the removal process by the technician, or inadequate packaging or… · August 2024
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Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.