Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-12-17 | 10V644000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE | 95,927 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | Steering wheel turns but no steering at wheels ,steering wheel just spins |
| 2023-10-23 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Cadillac CTS. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the brake warning light … |
| 2023-02-16 | ENGINE | Yes | 0 | Oil leaks from unknown location. Also make a grinding noise when accelerating. |
| 2022-05-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Cadillac CTS. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH, the SRS warning light illu… |
| 2022-05-06 | AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:STATUS INDICATOR LAMP/LIGHT | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Cadillac CTS. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warnin… |
| 2021-12-06 | STEERING | No | 0 | During normal driving, my service stibilatrak light comes on. While the message is on, the TCS kicks in and it grabs th… |
| 2021-09-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Transmission cooler line fittings have dissimilar metals causing the threads inside the radiator transcooler to strip a… |
| 2021-03-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE AN ABNORMA… |
| 2021-01-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Air bag light is on saying the passenger side buckle tensioner not working when there never a accident on this car, Fue… |
| 2020-06-15 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 3 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER DROVE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, SHE APPL… |
| 2020-04-23 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | FIRST ECM MODULE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED, WE REPLACED IT THEN AFTER THAT STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE, 12… |
| 2020-01-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WENT TO CADILLAC TO GET THE RECALL FIXED THEY SAID IT WAS CLOSED OUT AND COULDN'T FIX IT AND NOW I CAN'T SMOG MY CAR … |
| 2019-08-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR IN FEBRUARY 2019 AND IT WENT DOWN IN LATE APRIL OR EARLY MAY OF THIS YEAR. THE SERVICE ENGINE… |
| 2019-07-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION. THE CONT… |
| 2019-06-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Cadillac CTS. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning lig… |
| 2019-06-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A VERY WEAK REAR DIFFERENTIAL THAT WAS USED IN THE LESSER HORSEPOWER V6 AND WHEN TAKING OF… |
| 2019-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY 2005 CADILLAC CTS DOES HAVE RECALLS ON THOSE MODELS HOWEVER IN CONTACTING CADILLAC THEY ARE TELLING ME I NEED TO PAY… |
| 2019-02-25 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON, ONLY 52000 MILES ON VEHICLE. |
| 2018-09-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 0 | AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE I76, MY CAR LOST POWER AND CAUSED ME TO CRASH. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF MY CAR IS COM… |
| 2018-07-21 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TAKATA RECALL HAD WRECK AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT THE TIME IT SHOULD HAVE, RUSH IN AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL CAR WAS ON HI… |
| 2018-06-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY WIFE HAS BEEN COMPLAINTING ABOUT THE BRAKES DON'T STOP THE CAR SOMETIMES. I DROVE IT TODAY AND MADE A SHARP RIGHT T… |
| 2018-05-13 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON ANY IN CLINING ROAD OR ACCERATION OF THE GAS, STALLING AND POWER ACCELERATION DECREASES DRAMATICALLY.AND EXTREMELY S… |
| 2018-05-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | VEHICLE DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM OPEN RECALLS. I REPLACED FRONT BRAKE HOSES MYSELF AT MY OWN COST. THEY STATED VERY HI… |
| 2018-04-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERE'S A VERY HARD JERKING COMING FROM SOME WHERE IN THE REAR AREA WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS A LOST O… |
| 2018-03-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | PER REPORT TJE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND AORBAG RECALL. WHEN I PURCHASED VEHICLE, INFORMATION WAS WARRANT TO ME. I TOTAL … |
| 2018-02-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I AM THE OWNER OF A 2005 CADILLAC CTS WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AIRBAG RECALL, ACCORDING TO THE NHTSA AND GM WEBSIT… |
| 2018-02-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE… |
| 2018-01-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN MY CAR. THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR DOES NOT ACTIVATE WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN … |
| 2018-01-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ELECTRIAL PROBLEMS ALSO ENGINE PROBLEMS AND FRONT LIGHT GWENT OUT 3 TIMES BURNS OIL |
| 2017-12-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WE KEEP GETTING A MESSAGE ON THE CAR SCREEN THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IS OFF WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED WHETHER… |
| 2017-10-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN JUMPED TIME. MECHANICS WORKING ON IT STATE THEY HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS BUT STATE NO RECALL … |
| 2017-09-22 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE "SERVICE STABILITY SYSTEM" AND THE "STA… |
| 2017-08-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE: I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY STOP GOING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH … |
| 2017-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | NOT DRIVABLE |
| 2017-05-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL LEAKED AND THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPER… |
| 2017-03-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON, A "SERVICE AIR BA… |
| 2017-03-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR SHORTED OUT AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. BOTH CADILLAC DEALERSHIP AND GM INDICATING THAT MY… |
| 2017-01-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR KEPT ILLUMINATING AND R… |
| 2017-01-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED THROUGH AS I WAS DRIVING 50MPH. WE LOST ALL BRAKES AND NEARLY HIT A CAR/TREE. THE VEHICLE… |
| 2016-11-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH OVER A WASHBOARD SURFACE, ALL ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES WENT BLANK. THE CAR CONTINUED ON IN A DRI… |
| 2016-10-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT JUST CAME ON EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN A WRECK. ALTHOUGH, THIS WAS ISSUED A RECALL… |
| 2016-10-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG ON NO PASSENGER AIRBAG. LIGHTS INSIDE WORK SOMETIMES. CAR WAS MOVING. |
| 2016-10-11 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THE INSTALLED PART 19259297: N-MODULE KIT (14865-K) IS DEFECTIVE. WE HAD THIS PART REPLACE… |
| 2016-09-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STATIONARY, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINAT… |
| 2016-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I CANNOT UNLOCK THE IGNITION SYSTEM TO REMOVE THE KEY, I BELIEVE THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL TO REPLACE THE IGNITIO… |
| 2016-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS FAILED… |
| 2016-07-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CTS FOR A MONTH BUT WHEN BRAKING ON ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL PUSH BACK A… |
| 2016-07-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN OVER TO START THE VEHICLE. THE… |
| 2016-05-23 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY, WHILE MAINITANING A CONSTANT SPEED. SUDDENLY ALL POWER TO TH… |
| 2016-05-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC CTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WA… |