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Cadillac Xts · 2013

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V541000·2014-09-09

    GM Recalls 2013-2015 Cadillac XTS and Chevrolet Impala for Brake Fire Risk

    General Motors is recalling 2013-2015 Cadillac XTS and 2014-2015 Chevrolet Impala vehicles because the electronic parking brake may not fully retract, potentially causing a fire.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, CADILLAC IMPALA, XTS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V518000·2014-08-28

    GM Recalls 2013-2014 Cadillac XTS and Chevrolet Impala for Air Bag Defect

    General Motors is recalling specific 2013-2014 Cadillac XTS and Chevrolet Impala vehicles because the air bag control module may be in manufacturing mode, preventing deployment in a crash.

    Product
    CADILLAC — CADILLAC, CHEVROLET XTS, IMPALA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V116000·2014-03-17

    GM Recalls 2013-2014 Cadillac XTS for Brake Booster Fire Risk

    General Motors is recalling 2013-2014 Cadillac XTS vehicles because a dislodged cavity plug may cause corrosion and a resistive short, increasing the risk of a fire.

    Product
    CADILLAC — CADILLAC XTS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V220000·2013-05-24

    GM Recalls 9,677 Vehicles for Intermittent Brake Light Flashing

    General Motors is recalling 9,677 Cadillac and Chevrolet vehicles because brake lamps may flash without braking, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    CADILLAC — CADILLAC, CHEVROLET XTS, SONIC, ATS, IMPALA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·12V525000·2012-10-31

    General Motors Recalls 2013 Cadillac XTS for Head Restraint Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2013 Cadillac XTS vehicles because rear head restraints may fail to lock upright, increasing neck injury risk in crashes.

    Product
    CADILLAC — CADILLAC XTS
    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.

  • 20135/5

    2 trims tested for 2013; overall ratings can differ by trim.

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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.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2013 · suspension 24 complaints, median 70,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

641 manufacturer service bulletins across 7 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2019: 4.4/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2018: 4.9/5
  • 2017: 4.2/5 · 24 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2016: 4.3/5 · 22 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2015: 3.7/5 · 14 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

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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