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Cadillac Cts · 2003

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V394000·2014-07-02

    GM Recalls Cadillac CTS and SRX for Ignition Switch Defect

    General Motors is recalling 554,328 Cadillac CTS and SRX vehicles because the ignition switch may move out of the run position, potentially preventing airbags from deploying.

    Product
    CADILLAC — CADILLAC CTS, SRX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·10V105000·2010-03-17

    Cadillac CTS Recall: Front Brake Hose Fitting Corrosion Risk

    General Motors is recalling 2003-2007 Cadillac CTS vehicles in 22 states and D.C. because front brake hose fittings may corrode, potentially causing a leak and increased stopping distance.

    Product
    CADILLAC — CADILLAC CTS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • EQ11001 Equipment Query · air bags:frontal:sensor/control module-inactive
  • EA07017 Engineering Analysis · power train:driveline:differential unit

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2014 · powertrain 76 complaints, median 78,000 mi
  • 2005 · powertrain 71 complaints, median 31,000 mi
  • 2009 · engine 41 complaints, median 83,797 mi
  • 2006 · powertrain 41 complaints, median 60,000 mi
  • 2007 · powertrain 29 complaints, median 82,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

1,418 manufacturer service bulletins across 15 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2019: 4.4/5 · 10 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2018: 4.3/5 · 8 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2017: 4.0/5 · 27 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2016: 3.6/5 · 31 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2015: 3.6/5 · 48 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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