2004 Cadillac Deville problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Steering (31) · Electrical System (25) · Visibility:power Window Devices And Controls (19)
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🛣️ Complaints by mileage
136 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (1)
Electrical System:ignition 2014-06-23 · campaign 14V355000 · 3,141,731 vehicles
Defect: This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Until this recall is performed, customers should remove all items from their key rings, leaving only the ignition key. The key fob (if applicable), should also be removed from the key ring. General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2005-2009 Buick LaCrosse, 2006-2011 Buick Lucerne, 2000-2005 Cadillac DeVille, 2006-2011 Cadillac DTS, 2006-2014 Chevrolet Impala, and 2006-2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo vehicles. In the af
Risk: If the key is not in the run position, the air bags may not deploy if the vehicle is involved in a crash, increasing the risk of injury. Additionally, a key knocked out of the run position will cause loss of engine power, power steering, and power braking, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Fix: GM will notify owners, and dealers will install two key rings and an insert in the key slot or a cover over the key head on all ignition keys, free of charge. The recall began on September 23, 2014. Owners may contact General Motors customer service at 1-800-521-7300 (Buick), 1-800-458-8006 (Cadillac), and 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet). GM's number for this recall is 14299.
Service bulletins (470)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2025-07-18 · PIP5601C · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this pi communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from tac.
Unknown Or Other 2025-02-20 · PIP5358D · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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 record a sound clip or take a video of the noise for assessment by engineering. technician will need to
Electrical System 2024-10-25 · PIP4723J · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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 scope, gr8 starting/charging tester and vehicle data recorder tools, giving website address and ste
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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 assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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 assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-06 · PIT3271P · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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 that have been sized, tested and designed for the vehicle in question and its applications. technician s
Showing the 6 most recent of 470 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2026-05-15 · Power Train · 209,817 mi“the contact owns a 2004 cadillac deville. the contact stated while driving at 35 mph, the vehicle jerked. no warning lights were illuminated. the contact stated that the failure occurred during the warm weather season. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. in addition, the contact stated that the vehicle w…”
2021-07-21 · Steering · 102,331 mi“the contact owns a 2004 cadillac deville. the contact stated that while driving on a mountain at a slow speed, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. there was no warning light illuminated. the vehicle was taken to the local dealer but was not diagnosed nor repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 10…”
2021-05-10 · Visibility:sun/Moon Roof Assembly · 70,000 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2004 cadillac deville. the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the sun roof glass separated from the metal frame and detached from the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to roth cadillac (5711 peach st, erie, pa 16509) and the sun roof was replaced twice with plexiglass. the contact was informed that the re…”
2020-04-24 · Service Brakes · 17,000 mi“car will not start when i turn the key checked the fuses all good check the battery good. then it started next day drove home from work and power turned off in the middle of the street power steering started to lock as i managed to pull off in to a parking lot. started once again, made it home. next day was able to stard vehicle drove to work, onc…”
2019-12-10 · Visibility:rearview Mirrors/Devices“2004 cadillac deville. consumer writes in regards to various defects on vehicle. *ld the consumer stated the mirror adjusters did not work properly, the front console fell out and was hangning by wires, the rear window on the passenger and the driver's side fell, and the rear door panel on the driver's side was loose. the rear interior door hand…”
2019-11-06 · Unknown Or Other · 75,000 mi“the regulators on all four power windows broke, all while driving on higher speed roads (main thoroughfares or highways), three out of four on occasions with inclement precipitous weather and/or extreme cold. this was not only expensive to repair each time, but created an unsafe driving environment exposing the driver and passengers to the element…”
2019-05-19 · Electronic Stability Control (Esc) · 164,000 mi“i was driving the car it was doing just fine once i parked the car came back to start the car the engine would turn over but it would not start once i had tried about 12 times it decided to start and there was something blowing sounding like it just might be the air on sometime i would come to the start the car battery would be dead…”
2019-03-26 · Air Bags · 110,552 mi“"takata recall" my 2004 cadillac deville vin# [xxx]. i was getting into my stationary vehicle at around 11:30pm. i was located in lynnfield, ma when the event occurred. the second i turned the engine over and hit the brake the driver side air bag deployed without any outside catalysts being a factor. i was abruptly hit by the driver side air ba…”
2018-03-29 · Service Brakes · 145,000 mi“takata recall. one day was driving all was well it had just sprinkled before ia left home. roads were whet i slowed down to cross rr tracks when increased gas tires slipped or spun a lil,from bumps on tracks and acceleration made numerous sensors i think got faulty. suspension traction, service engine soon,, abs, and air bag. i reset information co…”
2018-01-25 · Service Brakes · 65,000 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2004 cadillac deville. the contact stated that the brakes had been applied and the pedal traveled to the floorboard. an independent mechanic diagnosed that the brake lines prematurely rusted and there was a presence of brake fluid leakage. the contact's vehicle was not included in a manufacturer recall for the brake system. t…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.