Vehicle profile
1990 Cadillac Seville
Base · Midsize Cars

Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 180 hp
- Cylinders
- 8-cyl
- Displacement
- 4.5L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Midsize Cars
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
3 federal recall campaigns.
How this compares
- Most-affected system
- AIR BAGS — 1 of 3 (33.3%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1990 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
90E043004
AIR BAGS:FRONTALTHREADED INFLATOR COMPONENTS MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING ASSEMBLY WHICH MAY ALLOW COMPONENTS TO SEPARATE WHEN INFLATOR RECEIVES A SIGNAL TO DEPLOY THE AIR BAG.
Consequence: INFLATOR COMPONENT SEPARATION ALLOWS HOT COMBUSTION GASESTO ESCAPE INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURIES TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.
Remedy: REPLACE AIR BAG MODULES CONTAINING POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE INFLATORS.
30/10/1990
90V028000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTORMISALIGNED REAR SEAT SAFETY BELT SHOULDER RETRACTOR ASSEMBLIES COULD CAUSE PENDULUM INTERFERENCE, CAUSING THE BELT TO REMAIN IN LOCKED POSITION OR TO TRAVEL FREELY WITHOUT LOCKING.
Consequence: IN THE EVENT OF A PANIC STOP OR ACCIDENT, IF THE BELT RETRACTOR INERTIA LOCK DOES NOT ENGAGE, THE REAR SEAT OCCUPANT WOULD HAVE AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF INJURY.
Remedy: REALIGN REAR SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY.
12/02/1990
90V164000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFTTRANSAXLE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE MAY DISENGAGE FROM THE FROM THE FLOOR SHIFT CONTROL WITH LOSS OF GEAR INDICATOR REFERENCE AND SHIFT SELECTOR OPERATION.
Consequence: DRIVER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE ACTUAL GEARPOSITION THE TRANSAXLE IS IN, WHICH COULD RESULT IN UNEXPECTED VEHICLE MOVEMENTAND AN ACCIDENT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
Remedy: INSTALL A TRANSAXLE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE RETAINING CLIP TO PREVENT CABLE DISENGAGEMENT.
06/09/1990
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{
"id": "9jjk4kyq7oyhekb",
"year": 1990,
"make": "Cadillac",
"model": "Seville",
"trim": "Seville",
"submodel": "Base",
"horsepower": 180,
"cylinders": 8,
"displacement_l": 4.5,
"transmission": "Automatic 4-spd",
"drive_type": "FWD",
"fuel_type": "Premium gasoline",
"body_class": "Midsize Cars",
"image_url": "https://f005.backblazeb2.com/file/vehicle/vehicle-images/1990-cadillac-seville-1754845044182-fc0f7916.jpeg",
"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 3
}Compare
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