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2014 Cadillac XTS electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 16 complaints for the 2014 Cadillac XTS, 22% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
16 22% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
40,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2014 Cadillac XTS Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 40,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 40,000 miles
Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 73% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 15 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles, and 73% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

At 5:15am, 5/29/14, my xts while parked in my residence driveway spontaneously caught fire. The fire emanated from the engine compartment and destroyed the entire front 1/2 of the vehicle. North farmingdale fd responded and extinguished the fire. No injuries were caused. The nassau county pd and nassau fire marshalls office also responded and after a visual and photo examination determined that the fire started in the area of the brake booster pump.

Reported at 700 miles, May 2014 Fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 cadillac xts. The contact stated that the cue touch screen was unresponsive. Due to the failure, the contact was unable to perform basic electrical functions while driving the vehicle. The contact spoke to flow cadillac (1400 s stratford rd suite b, winston-salem, nc 27103) where an estimate for the repair was provided. The manufacturer was not contacted or notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.

Reported at 40,000 miles, May 2020

Electrical system problems in other years

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Electrical system problems across all Cadillac models