Cadillac CTS vs Chevrolet S10

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Cadillac CTS	Chevrolet S10
Complaints on file	3,104	7,335
Model years covered	2003–2019	1981–2018
Worst model year	2005	1995
Best model year	2019	2004
Crashes reported	301	923
Fires reported	60	135
Injuries reported	194	494
Deaths reported	13	16
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	18.3%	21.4%

Cadillac CTS by year

450 294 396 371 314 252 222 101 148 81 106 198 65 47 33 10 16

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 480 15.5%

Airbags 393 12.7%

Electrical System 387 12.5%

Engine & Cooling 337 10.9%

Brakes 323 10.4%

Steering 162 5.2%

Suspension 118 3.8%

Other & Unspecified 118 3.8%

Chevrolet S10 by year

1 2 7 9 15 32 44 43 55 34 253 221 276 1,225 1,151 875 574 742 298 559 405 246 230 30 1 1 1 5

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 06 16 17 18

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 2,126 29.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 973 13.3%

Engine & Cooling 541 7.4%

Body & Structure 465 6.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 448 6.1%

Airbags 385 5.2%

Electrical System 345 4.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 343 4.7%