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Cadillac XTS

Every Cadillac XTS model year on file, 2015 to 2020. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years727 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years62015 to 2020
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins5,925Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 24, 33% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

010203020152016201724201820192020
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Cadillac XTS complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
23
Powertrain
6
Suspension
5
Fuel system
4
Steering
4
Brakes
4
Airbags
3
Lighting
3
Structure
2
Seat belts
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Cadillac XTS model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Cadillac XTS by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2020Not decoded0NoneNone00312
2019Sedan520.03720682
2018Sedan728.65810917
2017Sedan248.3141011,103
2016Sedan224.5157001,277
2015Sedan147.188301,634
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Cadillac XTS

  • 26V-329 May 21, 2026
    Front-driver air bag inflator may rupture during deployment
    Airbags · 5,014 vehicles
  • 18V-899 Dec 19, 2018
    Front seat belt buckles may be missing a rivet that secures the buckle head to the cable mounting strap
    Seat belts · 175 vehicles
  • 18V-576 Aug 30, 2018
    Rear brake caliper pistons may have an insufficient coating causing gas pockets to form, potentially reducing rear brake performance
    Brakes · 211k vehicles
  • 15V-666 Oct 16, 2015
    Affected vehicles have front seat-mounted side impact air bags whose inflator may rupture upon its deployment
    Airbags · 395 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.