Pontiac Trans Sport vs Cadillac CTS

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	Pontiac Trans Sport	Cadillac CTS
Complaints on file	1,262	3,104
Model years covered	1984–2003	2003–2019
Worst model year	1998	2005
Best model year	1996	2019
Crashes reported	75	301
Fires reported	45	60
Injuries reported	46	194
Deaths reported	2	13
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	13.3%	18.3%

Pontiac Trans Sport by year

1 1 64 46 96 77 128 151 76 307 287 18 2 4 4

84 86 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 03

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 164 13.0%

Body & Structure 136 10.8%

Seat Belts 119 9.4%

Steering 107 8.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 104 8.2%

Brakes 100 7.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 84 6.7%

Lights 80 6.3%

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%