2017 Cadillac XTS — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 1,125 evidence records for the 2017 Cadillac XTS, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 33 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Electrical system10 (30.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2013–2014.
  • Suspension3 (9.1%)
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)2 (6.1%)
  • Steering2 (6.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2014.
  • Driver-assistance systems1 (3.0%)
  • Brakes1 (3.0%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2013–2019.

Other / uncategorized: 8 classifications (24.2%) 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

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 2013 2,204 records for 2013
  2. 2014 1,856 records for 2014
  3. 2015 1,652 records for 2015
  4. 2016 1,295 records for 2016
  5. 2017 1,125 records for 2017
  6. 2018 923 records for 2018
  7. 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

  • 1mention a crash
  • 1mention a fire

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

  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,100
  • Investigations NHTSA 1
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 24

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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.

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

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