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Cadillac engine problems

Owners have filed 2,989 complaints with NHTSA about the engine on Cadillac vehicles — 100% of everything reported about the brand, across 35 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.

2,989

Complaints

100%

Share of all Cadillac complaints

51

Crashes

119

Fires

Which Cadillac models have the most engine problems

Deville 598 20.0%

Worst in 2000

Escalade 549 18.4%

Worst in 2023

CTS 337 11.3%

Worst in 2003

Escalade ESV 280 9.4%

Worst in 2023

SRX 240 8.0%

Worst in 2010

Catera 212 7.1%

Worst in 1997

Seville 204 6.8%

Worst in 1996

DTS 97 3.2%

Worst in 2006

STS 83 2.8%

Worst in 2006

ATS 74 2.5%

Worst in 2013

XT5 62 2.1%

Worst in 2017

Eldorado 53 1.8%

Worst in 2000

Fleetwood 30 1.0%

Worst in 1994

Cadillac 27 0.9%

Worst in 2000

XT4 26 0.9%

Worst in 2019

Worst Cadillac model years for engine problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
2023 Cadillac Escalade 115 58% 24,500 F
1997 Cadillac Catera 78 29% 65,074 D
2022 Cadillac Escalade 73 61% 37,600 F
2003 Cadillac CTS 71 16% 72,289 D
1998 Cadillac Catera 69 26% 60,000 D
2023 Cadillac Escalade ESV 68 51% 44,994 F
2000 Cadillac Deville 64 21% 60,250 D
2010 Cadillac SRX 60 9% 90,000 B
2021 Cadillac Escalade ESV 58 57% 69,608 F
1999 Cadillac Deville 54 23% 72,000 D
2001 Cadillac Deville 53 22% 60,000 D
1997 Cadillac Deville 52 15% 104,450 C
2021 Cadillac Escalade 51 50% 53,500 F
2009 Cadillac CTS 50 23% 85,648 C
2013 Cadillac ATS 49 19% 6,428 C
2006 Cadillac DTS 47 13% 82,000 C
1996 Cadillac Deville 45 16% 74,000 C
2022 Cadillac Escalade ESV 45 54% 44,000 F
1994 Cadillac Deville 42 23% 108 C
2002 Cadillac Deville 42 18% 63,000 C

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