FaultScore

Cadillac airbag problems

Owners have filed 1,568 complaints with NHTSA about the airbag system on Cadillac vehicles — 8% of everything reported about the brand, across 31 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Cadillac CTS, worst in 2006.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

1,568

Complaints

8%

Share of all Cadillac complaints

474

Crashes

9

Fires

Which Cadillac models have the most airbag problems

CTS 393 25.1%

Worst in 2006

Escalade 328 20.9%

Worst in 2007

Deville 311 19.8%

Worst in 1999

SRX 107 6.8%

Worst in 2011

STS 106 6.8%

Worst in 2006

Seville 59 3.8%

Worst in 1995

Escalade ESV 53 3.4%

Worst in 2007

Catera 37 2.4%

Worst in 1997

DTS 33 2.1%

Worst in 2006

ATS 29 1.8%

Worst in 2013

Escalade EXT 26 1.7%

Worst in 2008

Worst Cadillac model years for airbag problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
2007 Cadillac Escalade 116 36% 105,000 F
2006 Cadillac CTS 97 26% 64,000 F
2005 Cadillac CTS 75 19% 87,000 F
2008 Cadillac Escalade 74 41% 92,500 F
2007 Cadillac CTS 67 21% 77,000 F
2006 Cadillac STS 59 30% 70,000 F
1999 Cadillac Deville 53 22% 76,000 F
1998 Cadillac Deville 39 13% 73,000 F
2003 Cadillac CTS 38 8% 94,500 F
2011 Cadillac Escalade 34 64% 109,049 F
2000 Cadillac Deville 26 8% 73,500 F
2002 Cadillac Deville 26 11% 82,000 F
2003 Cadillac Deville 26 13% 104,127 F
2004 Cadillac CTS 26 9% 41,000 F
2004 Cadillac Deville 25 12% 77,970 F
2009 Cadillac Escalade 24 27% 104,600 D
2011 Cadillac CTS 23 16% 72,741 F
2010 Cadillac Escalade 21 45% 167,534 F
2001 Cadillac Deville 19 8% 74,500 F
2005 Cadillac Deville 18 14% 74,000 F