Vehicle report
1988 CADILLAC DEVILLE
This model year
What the record shows
The 1988 Cadillac Deville is a large car, and the 25th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1964 to 2005.
The EPA rated one configuration: a single 4.5-litre eight-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic 4-spd and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy is 17 mpg.
The federal record holds 28 owner complaints and 1 investigation for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.