2002 Cadillac Deville at 63,500 miles
You did not give a mileage, so this uses 63,500 — the median reported failure mileage for this model year, which is a rough stand-in for “a typical example of this car”. Put your real reading in the box below for an answer about your car.
At 63,500 miles on this car
At 63,500 miles on a 2002 Cadillac Deville, 19 of the failure modes other owners have reported already have their median report at or below your reading, and 0 more fall inside the window where they are usually reported. The heaviest of the ones already due is other electrical problem.
Already past the median 19
Half of all reports of these failures came in at or below where your car is now.
- Other electrical problem 48k
- Other engine problem 55k
- Other wheel or tire problem 27k
- Other visibility problem 62k
- Other body or interior problem 33k
- Loss of braking 32k
- Other speed control problem 36k
- Steering column or shaft failure 36k
- Other fuel system problem 50k
- No-start or intermittent start failure 30k
- Wheel bearing or hub failure 60k
- Cruise control failure 58k
7 more.
You are in the window 0
Your reading falls inside the middle half of reports for these.
Nothing here.
Typically later 17
Reported further down the road than where you are.
- Engine bay fire 71k
- Fuel gauge or level sensor failure 72k
- Other driver assistance problem 72k
- Brake line, hose or caliper failure 74k
- Other powertrain problem 74k
- Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure 81k
- Airbag inflator rupture 98k
- Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault 99k
- Head gasket failure 100k
- Other steering problem 106k
- Oil leak 120k
- Torque converter failure 120k
5 more.
Timing unknown 12
Reported, but too few owners gave an odometer reading to place them.
- Tire blowout or tread separation 2×
- Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure 1×
- Audio or connectivity failure 1×
- Instrument cluster or gauge failure 1×
- Airbag failed to deploy in a crash 1×
- Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure 1×
- Alignment fault and uneven tire wear 1×
- Wheel, stud or lug nut failure 1×
- Sunroof failure or glass breakage 1×
- Catalytic converter failure 1×
- Exhaust leak or fumes in the cabin 1×
- Tail light, brake light or signal failure 1×
Why the list is generic until you type a number
Every figure below is a comparison against your odometer, so with no reading given the page has to pick one: 63,500 miles, roughly what a 2002 car covers at 12,000 miles a year. A reading 30,000 miles either side of that moves failures between the columns, which is the difference between a useful list and a generic one.
Already inside the reported range
19 failure modes on the 2002 Cadillac Deville have a median reported mileage at or below 63,500: other electrical problem (median 50,000 miles, 27 reports), other engine problem (median 55,000 miles, 25 reports), other wheel or tire problem (median 25,000 miles, 11 reports), other visibility problem (median 60,000 miles, 9 reports), other body or interior problem (median 35,000 miles, 9 reports) and loss of braking (median 30,000 miles, 8 reports).
Half the owners who reported each of these had done so by that mileage, which means half had not. A failure being "due" here is a statement about other people's cars, and the useful response is an inspection rather than a pre-emptive repair.
Still ahead of you
17 further modes sit above your reading, the nearest being engine bay fire at a median of 70,000 miles. On a car you intend to keep, these are the ones that decide whether it is worth keeping.
What this list is not
It is a reading of what owners of other 2002 Cadillac Devilles reported, and at what odometer reading they reported it. It is not a maintenance schedule, not a diagnosis, and not a prediction about this car: two identical cars with different service histories are not the same car.
Complaints are filed voluntarily, mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers, and a failure mode with few reports has a wide window even when the median looks precise. Modes with fewer than 8 dated reports are shown without percentiles for that reason.
Where 63,500 miles falls on the curve
The three columns above sort the failure modes one by one. This is the same evidence in aggregate: every dated report on this model year, stacked up in the order the odometer readings arrived. The dashed line marked you is where your car sits. How much of the line is to the left of that mark is how much of this model year's reported trouble is, on the evidence, already behind you.
About 45% of the dated reports on this model year had already been filed by 63,500 miles. That is the share of the problems that show up in this record, not of the problems this car will have. A further 8 reports came in above the top of the scale, which is why the line stops short of the top.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
- Dashed the mileages called out above
A steep early climb means a car whose reports cluster young, which is the pattern of a defect rather than of wear. A line that only gets going past six figures is the opposite. Neither shape says anything about the specific car in your driveway, and a curve built from a few dozen readings can be moved by one owner with a talkative afternoon.
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Questions this page answers
What should I expect at 63,500 miles on a 2002 Cadillac Deville?
19 of the failure modes owners have reported on the 2002 Cadillac Deville have a median report at or below 63,500 miles, and 0 more fall inside the mileage window where they are usually reported. That is a watch list drawn from other owners, not a prediction about this car.
How to use the three columns. The left column is the list to hand a mechanic before you buy, and to check the service history for if you already own the car. The middle column is what to budget for this year. The right column is not a reprieve — it is a reminder that a used car has a bill schedule, and this is roughly where it falls. All of it is drawn from 237 owner complaints about this exact model year, not from a maintenance manual. How the percentiles are computed.
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed