Cadillac CTS vs Nissan Murano

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	Nissan Murano
Complaints on file	3,104	7,478
Model years covered	2003–2019	2003–2026
Worst model year	2005	2004
Best model year	2019	2021
Crashes reported	301	208
Fires reported	60	57
Injuries reported	194	153
Deaths reported	13	3
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Seats
Share of complaints involving harm	18.3%	5.6%

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%

Nissan Murano by year

1,050 850 1,169 916 899 7 805 223 190 169 90 173 267 141 155 172 58 60 22 6 10 5 39 2

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Seats 1,326 17.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 903 12.1%

Electrical System 760 10.2%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 718 9.6%

Brakes 565 7.6%

Engine & Cooling 524 7.0%

Other & Unspecified 445 6.0%

Airbags 339 4.5%