YearsTell

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Cadillac CTS 2014

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.76 per 1,000

1.2 times this nameplate’s own median · from 24 complaints filed in the first three years, of 144 ever. 95% lower bound 0.45.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.6538
20090.7436
20100.2611
20110.4020
20120.3518
20130.8333
20140.7624
20150.246
20160.407
20170.618

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 84 complaints

differential6375%
rear differential4756%
coming rear1215%
diagnosed rear1012%

When it breaks

27% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 58,000 miles, from 82 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

No NHTSA investigation covers this model year.

That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10556793 · 10585613 · 10593974 · 10596325 · 10599128 · 10640016

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.