Skip to main content
CarMonitor home

Transport Canada + NRCan

1998 Cadillac DeVille

Everything Canada’s open data holds on this vehicle: what has been recalled, what it costs to run, and how efficient it is compared with everything else on the road.

Recalls

3

3 current

Combined

13L/100 km

Fuel, a year

$3,274

16,249 km, Ontario prices

Recalls

Good news: Recall repairs are almost always free. Book with any manufacturer dealer and quote the recall number. Transport Canada’s own wording is that a manufacturer “will almost always make these repairs free of charge”, so being asked to pay for recall work is unusual and worth questioning. Since 2018 the Minister of Transport can order a company to pay for repairs so owners do not bear the cost.

Airbag

Transport Canada recall 2000174 · manufacturer campaign 00066

28 August 2000

Transport Canada lists: DeVille 1997–1999

What is wrong

On certain vehicles, the side impact airbags may deploy unexpectedly, without a crash, as the vehicle is started or during normal driving. A driver or right front passenger in the proper driving or seating positions and using safety belts could receive minor injuries, such as bruising, from contact with a deploying side impact airbag. However, a driver or right front passenger that is too close to an inflating airbag could receive more serious injuries.

What the dealer will do

Dealers will replace the driver and passenger side impact sensing modules.

5,168 vehicles affected in CanadaCarSafety Mfr

Structure

Transport Canada recall 1998011 · manufacturer campaign 97070

23 January 1998

Transport Canada lists: DeVille 1998

What is wrong

THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S. 219 - WINDSHIELD ZONE INTRUSION. THE HOOD HINGE PIVOT BOLTS MAY BREAK CAUSING EITHER CORNER OF THE HOOD NEAR THE WINDSHIELD TO RAISE, OR ONE SIDE OF THE HOOD TO BE UNSTABLE WHEN OPENED. IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH, A HOOD EXHIBITING THIS CONDITION COULD BE PUSHED BACK THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD GLASS, INCREASING THE RISK OF OCCUPANT INJURY.

What the dealer will do

DEALERS WILL REPLACE BOTH HOOD HINGE PIVOT BOLTS ON ALL INVOLVED VEHICLES.

289 vehicles affected in CanadaCarCompliance Mfr

Engine

Transport Canada recall 1997188 · manufacturer campaign 97056

29 October 1997

Transport Canada lists: DeVille 1998 · Eldorado 1998

What is wrong

THE CANISTER PURGE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS HARNESS ON THESE VEHICLES MAY BE MISROUTED. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THE HARNESS MAY INTERFERE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THROTTLE LINKAGE. THIS COULD PREVENT RETURN TO CLOSED THROTTLE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED, AND COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

What the dealer will do

VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED FOR THE CORRECT HARNESS ROUTING AND A PLASTIC TIE STRAP WILL BE INSTALLED TO POSITIVELY LOCATE THE HARNESS.

124 vehicles affected in CanadaCarSafety Mfr

Efficiency and running cost

Class
Full-size
In its class
More efficient than 32% of 22 1998 vehicles in this class
Tailpipe CO₂
299 g/km

Set your own distance and pump price · Full efficiency ranking

Watch this vehicle

Recall letters go to whoever owns the car on paper, which may not be you. Save your 1998 Cadillac DeVille and we will email you the day Transport Canada issues a new recall for it.

Only when a new recall lands. Unsubscribe in one click.

Common questions

Does the 1998 Cadillac DeVille have any recalls?
Transport Canada has 3 recalls on record for the 1998 Cadillac DeVille. Recall repairs are almost always free at a manufacturer dealer.
What fuel economy does the 1998 Cadillac DeVille get?
NRCan rates the 1998 Cadillac DeVille at 13 L/100 km combined, emitting 299 g of CO2 per kilometre.
What does it cost to run a 1998 Cadillac DeVille for a year?
At 16,249 km a year and Ontario average prices, about $3,274 in fuel, producing roughly 4,880 kg of CO2. Your own distance and prices will change this — the calculator lets you set both.

Source: Transport Canada — Vehicle Recalls Database; NRCan — Fuel consumption ratings. Data current as of 6 August 2026. Running cost uses Ontario average prices (155 ¢/L, 14.5 ¢/kWh), which are hand-maintained estimates. These are average residential rates. A car’s charging is added on top of what your home already uses, so on a tiered, time-of-use or subsidised tariff it is billed at your top rate rather than this average — which makes the real cost higher, especially in the territories. Enter your own rate for an accurate figure. 30,784 rated vehicles on file.