FaultScore

Cadillac SLS problems

Owners have filed 30 complaints about the Cadillac SLS with NHTSA across model years 1999 to 2004. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Every Cadillac SLS year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2004 1 0 0 Steering
2002 11 0 0 87,000 Engine & Cooling
2000 11 0 0 70,700 Engine & Cooling
1999 7 0 1 80,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Cadillac SLS

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 11 36.7%

Worst in 2000

Electrical System 6 20.0%

Worst in 2000

Body & Structure 3 10.0%

Worst in 2002

Brakes 2 6.7%

Worst in 2002

Stability & Traction Control 2 6.7%

Worst in 2002

Steering 1 3.3%

Worst in 2004

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 3.3%

Worst in 2000

Lights 1 3.3%

Worst in 2000

Fuel & Propulsion 1 3.3%

Worst in 1999

Tires 1 3.3%

Worst in 2000

Other & Unspecified 1 3.3%

Worst in 2002

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Cadillac SLS, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2001 peak 3 Oct 2014

Compare the Cadillac SLS

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.