1990 Cadillac Deville Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 1990 Cadillac Deville. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 111 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the vehicle speed control. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
16
3crashes1injuries
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
10
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
6
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
4
1fires
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
4
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS
4
AIR BAGS
3
1fires
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
3
2crashes
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
3
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
3
2crashes2injuries
Total complaints111

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“The car while turning intermittently dies and looses any acceleration stalls and most of the time starts back up when lifting foot of the gas and sometimes dies. Also the car accelerates on its own sometimes very quickly. The car stalling while making a left turn got me t-boned by someone while…”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2015-12-15

“The car while turning intermittently dies and looses any acceleration stalls and most of the time starts back up when lifting foot of the gas and sometimes dies. Also the car accelerates on its own sometimes very quickly. The car stalling while making a left turn got me t-boned by someone while…”

ENGINE · reported 2015-12-15

“The car while turning intermittently dies and looses any acceleration stalls and most of the time starts back up when lifting foot of the gas and sometimes dies. Also the car accelerates on its own sometimes very quickly. The car stalling while making a left turn got me t-boned by someone while…”

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL · reported 2015-12-15

“This problem is intermittent. On warm days, when driving with airconditioning.turned on, the car stalls and then quickly starts up again. No notice from computer problem light. Note other owners of this car have had similar problems even after dealer check.........one dealer informed me that it is…”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · reported 2010-06-06

“Tl*the contact owns a 1990 cadillac deville. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle's steering wheel began to smoke for thirty seconds. The air bag light has remained illuminated for two months. The mechanic stated that the water pump caused the air bag light to fail. The contact also noticed a rubbing…”

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING · reported 2007-05-09

“Tl*the contact owns a 1990 cadillac deville. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle's steering wheel began to smoke for thirty seconds. The air bag light has remained illuminated for two months. The mechanic stated that the water pump caused the air bag light to fail. The contact also noticed a rubbing…”

STEERING · reported 2007-05-09

“Tl*the contact owns a 1990 cadillac deville. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle's steering wheel began to smoke for thirty seconds. The air bag light has remained illuminated for two months. The mechanic stated that the water pump caused the air bag light to fail. The contact also noticed a rubbing…”

AIR BAGS · reported 2007-05-09

“Tl* the contact owns a 1990 cadillac deville. While driving at 45 mph the vehicle accelerated to 65 mph. The contact applied the brake pedal and the vehicle would not stop. The vehicle continued to accelerate for about 30-45 seconds and then the acceleration stopped on its own. The vehicle was…”

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL · reported 2007-03-01

Defect investigations

Investigation EA91019 Opened 1991-03-22 · closed 1992-03-25

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

There is no summary currently available

Investigation PE91016 Opened 1990-11-26 · closed 1991-03-22

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

There is no summary currently available

Investigation PE91029 Opened 1991-01-07 · closed 1991-04-16

THROTTLE LINKAGE INTERFER

There is no summary currently available

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1990 Cadillac Deville as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.