Cadillac STS: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the Cadillac STS, model years 1998 to 2010. NHTSA has 144 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 13 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Cadillac STS NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 9% | |
| 2009 Cadillac STS NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 18% | |
| 2008 Cadillac STS NHTSA page | 1 | 13 | 117% | 4,586 |
| 2007 Cadillac STS | 2 | 15 | 135% | 285,941 |
| 2006 Cadillac STS | 4 | 30 | 271% | 304,730 |
| 2005 Cadillac STS | 3 | 39 | 352% | 316,475 |
| 2004 Cadillac STS NHTSA page | 0 | 5 | 45% | |
| 2003 Cadillac STS NHTSA page | 0 | 6 | 54% | |
| 2002 Cadillac STS NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 27% | |
| 2001 Cadillac STS NHTSA page | 0 | 9 | 81% | |
| 2000 Cadillac STS NHTSA page | 1 | 11 | 99% | 1,284 |
| 1999 Cadillac STS NHTSA page | 0 | 9 | 81% | |
| 1998 Cadillac STS NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 9% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
191 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 162.3 | 31 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 115.2 | 22 |
| Air Bags | 99.5 | 19 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 83.8 | 16 |
| Power Train | 83.8 | 16 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 62.8 | 12 |
| Exterior Lighting | 47.1 | 9 |
| Equipment | 47.1 | 9 |
| Steering | 41.9 | 8 |
| Suspension | 36.6 | 7 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Deville30 campaigns
- Seville31 campaigns
- CTS27 campaigns
- Catera0 campaigns
- Eldorado28 campaigns
- Escalade52 campaigns
- SRX24 campaigns
- Allante2 campaigns
- Fleetwood20 campaigns
- DTS6 campaigns
- Cadillac8 campaigns
- Brougham18 campaigns
- Escalade ESV42 campaigns
- Escalade EXT16 campaigns
- Cimarron8 campaigns
- XLR4 campaigns
- Limousine7 campaigns
- ATS11 campaigns
- XT515 campaigns
- Lyriq11 campaigns
- XTS10 campaigns
- XT612 campaigns
- CT56 campaigns
- XT48 campaigns
- CT45 campaigns
- CT68 campaigns
- Optiq3 campaigns
- Hearse3 campaigns
- Calais3 campaigns
- Escalade NA4 campaigns
- Vistiq4 campaigns
- CT6 Plug-In Hybrid2 campaigns
- ELR2 campaigns
- Escalade IQ2 campaigns
- Escalade IQL2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Cadillac STS: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/cadillac/sts/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Cadillac STS model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2006 with 4, 2005 with 3, 2007 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Cadillac STS model year has the most complaints?
- The 2005 model year, with 39 of the 144 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Cadillac STS name?
- Electrical System: 162.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 115.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 99.5 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Cadillac STS?
- 1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.