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Cadillac STS

Every Cadillac STS model year on file, 1998 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years43065 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years151998 to 2012
Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins7,968Summed across model years
By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 139, 32% of the model's total

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

05010015019982000200220042006139200820102012
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Cadillac STS complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
102
Electrical system
83
Engine and cooling
83
Powertrain
43
Fuel system
42
Brakes
33
Stability and traction control
31
Steering
25
Speed control
25
Lighting
22
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Cadillac STS 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 STS by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012Not decoded0NoneNone00695
2011Sedan714.335001,235
2010SUV40.011001,225
2009Sedan1526.754001,080
2008Sedan5014.0139101,036
2007Sedan5213.512521928
2006Sedan13916.529041754
2005Sedan10116.821031626
2004Sedan728.61800106
2003Sedan812.5240091
2002Sedan70.0270077
2001Sedan120.0550069
2000Sedan1216.7381030
1999Sedan137.7590011
1998Sedan30.013005
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Cadillac STS

  • 14V-542 Sep 9, 2014
    In the affected vehicles, the electrical terminals of the fuel pump module may overheat resulting in the melting of the flange material
    Fuel system · 10k vehicles
  • 08V-108 Mar 11, 2008
    Standard requires an indication to the driver for certain tpms malfunctions
    Lighting · 4,586 vehicles
  • 07V-589 Dec 20, 2007
    On certain passenger vehicles, the rear axle pinion seal does not meet all of the specifications and may experience a fluid leak
    Powertrain · 276k vehicles
  • 06V-125 Apr 20, 2006
    Certain vehicles have a left or right rear suspension toe link that could separate because of an incorrect weld
    Suspension · 23k vehicles
  • 06V-020 Jan 25, 2006
    Certain vehicles equipped with v6 engines may have a condition where fuel is no longer supplied to the engine
    Fuel system · 17k vehicles
  • 06V-007 Jan 13, 2006
    On certain passenger vehicles equipped with all wheel drive and a 3.6l v6 engine, the torque monitoring functions of the electronic throttle…
    Speed control · 1,327 vehicles
  • 99V-301 Oct 29, 1999
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Steering · 1,284 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.