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Cadillac CTS

Every Cadillac CTS model year on file, 2015 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1238 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52015 to 2019
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins6,673Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 47, 38% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

02040602015472016201720182019
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the Cadillac CTS complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
43
Electrical system
20
Steering
17
Engine and cooling
14
Suspension
11
Wheels
9
Brakes
9
Speed control
5
Airbags
5
Structure
4
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Cadillac CTS model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Cadillac CTS by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2019Sedan100.07400830
2018Sedan812.567201,088
2017Sedan273.7159201,397
2016Sedan316.5221401,577
2015Sedan478.5294301,781
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Cadillac CTS

  • 26V-329 May 21, 2026
    Front-driver air bag inflator may rupture during deployment
    Airbags · 5,014 vehicles
  • 25V-175 Mar 20, 2025
    Electric power steering (EPS) assist may fail
    Steering · 934 vehicles
  • 19V-086 Feb 7, 2019
    Electric power steering (EPS) assist system may fail
    Steering · 27k vehicles
  • 18V-595 Sep 7, 2018
    Flexible heating mats in the front seats may be damaged over time, resulting in the seat heaters producing excessive heat
    Seats · 53k vehicles
  • 15V-358 Jun 9, 2015
    Affected vehicles have a bracket between the brake pedal assembly and the rod that actuates the brakes that may fracture during normal brake pedal…
    Brakes · 2,163 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.