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Cadillac lighting problems

Across all Cadillac models in NHTSA's complaint database, 2,215 complaints involve lighting. The SRX accounts for the largest share (71%). The single worst model year is the 2015 SRX with 303 lighting complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
2,215 about lighting, all Cadillac models
Most affected
SRX 71% of these complaints
Typical mileage
64,000 miles 1,248 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
33 and 9

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Cadillac models

ModelComplaintsShare
SRX1,57071%
Deville1457%
CTS1135%
DTS1105%
Escalade542%
Seville462%
Catera372%
Lyriq241%
STS221%
ATS161%

Worst model years for lighting

  1. 2015 Cadillac SRX303 complaints
  2. 2014 Cadillac SRX267 complaints
  3. 2012 Cadillac SRX234 complaints
  4. 2010 Cadillac SRX226 complaints
  5. 2013 Cadillac SRX217 complaints

Lighting complaints by model year

Cadillac lighting complaints by model year 0 175 350 1990: 1 '90 1991: 5 1992: 8 1993: 5 '93 1994: 11 1995: 17 1996: 21 '96 1997: 65 1998: 60 1999: 15 '99 2000: 16 2001: 8 2002: 11 '02 2003: 43 2004: 30 2005: 27 '05 2006: 103 2007: 37 2008: 33 '08 2009: 8 2010: 237 2011: 210 '11 2012: 245 2013: 238 2014: 274 '14 2015: 311 2016: 101 2017: 10 '17 2018: 8 2019: 7 2020: 3 '20 2021: 6 2022: 1 2023: 14 '23 2024: 21 2025: 2 2026: 3 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19901
19915
19928
19935
199411
199517
199621
199765
199860
199915
200016
20018
200211
200343
200430
200527
2006103
200737
200833
20098
2010237
2011210
2012245
2013238
2014274
2015311
2016101
201710
20188
20197
20203
20216
20221
202314
202421
20252
20263

Among the 1,248 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 64,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.