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Cadillac electrical problems

Owners have filed 2,554 complaints with NHTSA about the electrical system on Cadillac vehicles — 12% of everything reported about the brand, across 41 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Cadillac Deville, worst in 2000.

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.

2,554

Complaints

12%

Share of all Cadillac complaints

90

Crashes

166

Fires

Which Cadillac models have the most electrical problems

Deville 491 19.2%

Worst in 2000

CTS 387 15.2%

Worst in 2003

SRX 378 14.8%

Worst in 2010

Escalade 273 10.7%

Worst in 2007

DTS 180 7.0%

Worst in 2006

Seville 107 4.2%

Worst in 1996

Catera 100 3.9%

Worst in 1997

STS 86 3.4%

Worst in 2005

XTS 80 3.1%

Worst in 2013

Escalade ESV 78 3.1%

Worst in 2021

ATS 76 3.0%

Worst in 2013

XT5 47 1.8%

Worst in 2017

Lyriq 39 1.5%

Worst in 2024

Eldorado 28 1.1%

Worst in 1996

Worst Cadillac model years for electrical problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
2006 Cadillac DTS 81 23% 74,000 D
2010 Cadillac SRX 70 11% 53,575 C
2000 Cadillac Deville 61 20% 84,675 D
2003 Cadillac CTS 57 13% 91,100 D
2003 Cadillac Deville 54 26% 56,500 C
2013 Cadillac SRX 54 11% 55,000 C
2004 Cadillac Deville 51 24% 68,500 D
2001 Cadillac Deville 46 19% 92,250 F
2006 Cadillac CTS 46 12% 91,303 C
2002 Cadillac Deville 45 19% 75,500 D
2015 Cadillac SRX 44 8% 51,000 B
2007 Cadillac CTS 41 13% 97,111 F
2013 Cadillac XTS 41 28% 68,000 D
2011 Cadillac SRX 40 7% 62,764 A
2005 Cadillac CTS 39 10% 69,008 D
2008 Cadillac DTS 39 32% 88,500 F
2008 Cadillac CTS 39 15% 74,000 C
2014 Cadillac SRX 39 9% 60,000 B
2004 Cadillac SRX 36 11% 67,644 B
2005 Cadillac Deville 36 27% 101,000 F

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