Cadillac air bags problems
Across all Cadillac models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,574 complaints involve air bags. The CTS accounts for the largest share (25%). The single worst model year is the 2007 Escalade with 116 air bags complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,574 about air bags, all Cadillac models
- Most affected
- CTS 25% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 71,000 miles 822 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 477 and 9
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Cadillac models
Worst model years for air bags
- 2007 Cadillac Escalade116 complaints
- 2006 Cadillac CTS97 complaints
- 2005 Cadillac CTS75 complaints
- 2008 Cadillac Escalade74 complaints
- 2007 Cadillac CTS67 complaints
Air bags complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 6 |
| 1991 | 9 |
| 1992 | 14 |
| 1993 | 10 |
| 1994 | 22 |
| 1995 | 30 |
| 1996 | 26 |
| 1997 | 30 |
| 1998 | 57 |
| 1999 | 65 |
| 2000 | 45 |
| 2001 | 26 |
| 2002 | 37 |
| 2003 | 73 |
| 2004 | 73 |
| 2005 | 126 |
| 2006 | 178 |
| 2007 | 236 |
| 2008 | 133 |
| 2009 | 56 |
| 2010 | 60 |
| 2011 | 87 |
| 2012 | 25 |
| 2013 | 31 |
| 2014 | 24 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2016 | 29 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 |
Among the 822 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 71,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.