Cadillac DTS
Owners filed 527 complaints across 8 model years of the Cadillac DTS. The 2006 drew the most (255).
Model years8
Complaints527
Recalls17
Fires21
Deaths0
Which Cadillac DTS years should you avoid?
Going by 527 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Cadillac DTS years to avoid are 2006.
- 2006255 complaints, 2.8× a typical DTS year, most often about the headlights.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Cadillac DTS model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 2 | — | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2010 | 22 | 3 | — | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2009 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2008 | 86 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2007 | 97 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2006Avoid | 255 | 4 | 10 | 14 | Electrical System | Above average | |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.