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Cadillac steering problems

Across all Cadillac models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,043 complaints involve steering. The Deville accounts for the largest share (25%). The single worst model year is the 1996 Deville with 45 steering complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
1,043 about steering, all Cadillac models
Most affected
Deville 25% of these complaints
Typical mileage
63,000 miles 565 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
91 and 14

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Cadillac models

ModelComplaintsShare
Deville26225%
CTS16316%
SRX13113%
Seville858%
Escalade666%
ATS626%
DTS596%
XT5475%
Catera414%
STS252%

Worst model years for steering

  1. 1996 Cadillac Deville45 complaints
  2. 2004 Cadillac Deville37 complaints
  3. 2006 Cadillac DTS35 complaints
  4. 2005 Cadillac Deville29 complaints
  5. 2003 Cadillac CTS28 complaints

Steering complaints by model year

Cadillac steering complaints by model year 0 48 95 1990: 5 '90 1991: 6 1992: 5 1993: 7 '93 1994: 10 1995: 10 1996: 71 '96 1997: 58 1998: 38 1999: 35 '99 2000: 43 2001: 32 2002: 35 '02 2003: 52 2004: 95 2005: 71 '05 2006: 54 2007: 33 2008: 27 '08 2009: 25 2010: 23 2011: 27 '11 2012: 25 2013: 48 2014: 35 '14 2015: 28 2016: 19 2017: 42 '17 2018: 20 2019: 12 2020: 11 '20 2021: 12 2022: 8 2023: 8 '23 2024: 6 2025: 6 2026: 1 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19905
19916
19925
19937
199410
199510
199671
199758
199838
199935
200043
200132
200235
200352
200495
200571
200654
200733
200827
200925
201023
201127
201225
201348
201435
201528
201619
201742
201820
201912
202011
202112
20228
20238
20246
20256
20261

Among the 565 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles.

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