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Cadillac body & structure problems

Across all Cadillac models in NHTSA's complaint database, 615 complaints involve body & structure. The SRX accounts for the largest share (20%). The single worst model year is the 2011 SRX with 26 body & structure complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
615 about body & structure, all Cadillac models
Most affected
SRX 20% of these complaints
Typical mileage
51,000 miles 344 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
49 and 11

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Cadillac models

ModelComplaintsShare
SRX12520%
CTS11519%
Deville8614%
Escalade6911%
Catera285%
XLR274%
Seville244%
Escalade ESV183%
CT5173%
DTS173%

Worst model years for body & structure

  1. 2011 Cadillac SRX26 complaints
  2. 2010 Cadillac SRX24 complaints
  3. 2003 Cadillac CTS22 complaints
  4. 2007 Cadillac Escalade19 complaints
  5. 2012 Cadillac SRX19 complaints

Body & structure complaints by model year

Cadillac body & structure complaints by model year 0 25 50 1990: 5 '90 1991: 4 1992: 14 1993: 12 '93 1994: 10 1995: 10 1996: 11 '96 1997: 16 1998: 14 1999: 15 '99 2000: 30 2001: 18 2002: 21 '02 2003: 35 2004: 46 2005: 32 '05 2006: 13 2007: 48 2008: 35 '08 2009: 17 2010: 34 2011: 43 '11 2012: 27 2013: 12 2014: 14 '14 2015: 13 2016: 10 2017: 11 '17 2018: 5 2019: 5 2020: 11 '20 2021: 11 2022: 4 2023: 2 '23 2024: 3 2025: 2 2026: 2 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19905
19914
199214
199312
199410
199510
199611
199716
199814
199915
200030
200118
200221
200335
200446
200532
200613
200748
200835
200917
201034
201143
201227
201312
201414
201513
201610
201711
20185
20195
202011
202111
20224
20232
20243
20252
20262

Among the 344 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 51,000 miles.

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