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2000 CADILLAC SEVILLE — Complaint #260920

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NHTSA Complaint about CHILD SEAT:HARNESS BUCKLE:INFANT filed December 13, 2000

NHTSA complaint #260920 (ODI reference 737268) concerns a 2000 CADILLAC SEVILLE and was filed on December 13, 2000. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 15, 2000. The report was geocoded to Connecticut based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as child seat:harness buckle:infant, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CADILLAC SEVILLE cohort independently describe similar child seat:harness buckle:infant failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2000 CADILLAC SEVILLE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2000 CADILLAC SEVILLE
Component
CHILD SEAT:HARNESS BUCKLE:INFANT
State
Connecticut

Complaint Description

ABNORMAL ENGINE VIBRATIONS SINCE DAY OF PURCHASE, ACCORDING TO DEALER, THEY ARE WAITING FOR A "SOFTWARE FIX" FOR THE VEHICLE. MAJOR IMPREFECTIONS IN THE CARS FINISH BESIDES MECHANICAL. DASH BOARD NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED, GAPS BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DASH BOARD. SIDE BEAM COVER IS COMING OFF BEAM. CENTER CONSOLE LATCH WON'T SECURE COVER. DOOR INTERIOR SIDING NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED. DOOR'S INSIDE HANDLE WON'T WORK, CHILD SAFETY LEVER IS NOT ENGAGED. WATER INSIDE LICENSE PLATE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE LIST GOES ON ...

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 260920
ODI Number 737268
Date Filed December 13, 2000
Failure Date June 15, 2000
VIN 1G6KY5494YU

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.