2017 Cadillac XTS problems
The 2017 Cadillac XTS has 33 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (30%) concerns electrical system. Next are suspension (9%) and drivetrain & axles (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 33 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 34,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 17 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 34,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 80% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Cadillac XTS with enough data (25 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owned a 2017 cadillac xts. After the contact parked and exited the vehicle, the entire vehicle caught fire. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire. No one was injured. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was 19,563.
Pulled into parking space. Vehicle went to auto stop/start. Wife thought engine was off and pressed park on shift lever. Engine restarted and vehicle lunged into post.
Alamo rental car put my wife and son and me in a 2017 cadillac xts at denver international airport on thursday 2 february 2017. While driving to boulder on a 75-MPH highway I had to adjust the driver's seat. Adjusting the driver's seat meant also having to adjust the mirrors. I knew I could adjust the mirrors by feeling for buttons with my left hand. Unfortunately, one of the button options was designed to collapse the side mirrors; this I did not know.
While I'm driving even like 50 mile hit the break for a reason car completely stalled no power for break or steering or anything you cannot move the car anyplace I almost hit the person in front of me and I almost got hit in the back it has been the end of last year and it keeps happening. Recently I took it to the tailor five times he had no idea what is that.
The contact owns a 2017 Cadillac XTS. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal became stuck, and the vehicle accelerated excessively. The contact stated that the failure had occurred several times.