Cadillac CTS vs RAM 2500

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	RAM 2500
Complaints on file	3,106	7,498
Model years covered	2003–2019	2009–2026
Worst model year	2005	2017
Best model year	2019	2009
Crashes reported	301	199
Fires reported	60	92
Injuries reported	194	68
Deaths reported	13	3
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	18.3%	4.8%

Cadillac CTS by year

450 294 396 371 314 252 222 101 148 81 106 198 67 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 10.8%

Brakes 323 10.4%

Steering 163 5.2%

Other & Unspecified 119 3.8%

Suspension 118 3.8%

RAM 2500 by year

12 273 484 289 374 1,027 3,811 272 232 162 275 65 80 103 39

09 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

Brakes 3,039 40.5%

Electrical System 956 12.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 511 6.8%

Engine & Cooling 463 6.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 457 6.1%

Steering 383 5.1%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 383 5.1%

Other & Unspecified 329 4.4%