Cadillac Sls
Owners filed 27 complaints across 4 model years of the Cadillac Sls. The 2000 drew the most (11); the 2004 the fewest (1).
Model years4
Complaints27
Recalls1
Fires1
Deaths0
Which Cadillac Sls years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2000 is the weakest year on record, with 11 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine. It carries 1 recall.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.