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1978 Cadillac Seville Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 12, 2008
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 17, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1978 Cadillac Seville. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Fuel system
Filed May 12, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1978 CADILLAC SEVILLE. THE CONTACT SMELLS GASOLINE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND OCCASIONAL NOTICES GASOLINE ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. SHE CALLED THE DEALER, BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 79V197000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL) WAS REFERENCED; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT WERE WAS NO SAFETY RECALL. IN 2006, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A GAS LEAK IN THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,785 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,488.

NHTSA ID
10227465
Incident
Jun 1, 2006
Mileage
50,488 mi
Interior & seatsExterior lighting
Filed Dec 17, 1996

PLUGS TO DIMMER SWITCH ON FLOOR ARE CORRODED AND MELTING.

NHTSA ID
512981
Incident
Nov 1, 1996

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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