Cadillac XTS — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 12,709 evidence records for the Cadillac XTS (2013–2019), drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 620 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Electrical system158 (25.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2013–2014.
- Suspension80 (12.9%)
- Brakes40 (6.5%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2013–2019.
- Engine34 (5.5%)
- Tires & wheels32 (5.2%)
- Lights24 (3.9%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2013.
Other / uncategorized: 84 classifications (13.5%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (448 records, model years 2013–2019) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, suspension and brakes.
- Manufacturer communications (12,210 records, model years 2013–2019) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Mileage reported when the issue occurred
- 304reports included a mileage
- 52,158average of those mileages
This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2013 2,204 records for 2013
- 2014 1,856 records for 2014
- 2015 1,652 records for 2015
- 2016 1,295 records for 2016
- 2017 1,125 records for 2017
- 2018 923 records for 2018
- 2019 688 records for 2019
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 14mention a crash
- 12mention a fire
- 4mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 25
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 12,210
- Investigations NHTSA 2
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 24
- Owner complaints NHTSA 448
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Cadillac XTS coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.