NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Cadillac CTS Recalls
The 2003 Cadillac CTS has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 2, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Cadillac CTS. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 313
- Crashes reported
- 29
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
12 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Cadillac CTS, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2003 Cadillac CTS
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V394000
- Reported
- July 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 554,328
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2014 CTS, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 10V105000
- Reported
- March 17, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 139,131
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007 CTS
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 03V250000
- Reported
- July 15, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,707,825
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 03V115000
- Reported
- March 24, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,835
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2003 Cadillac CTS
2003 Cadillac CTS complaints by year
NHTSA has received 313 owner complaints about the 2003 Cadillac CTS, the newest on April 9, 2023. Of these, 29 describe a crash (9%) and 12 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Cadillac CTS, the component group named most often is the electrical system (18%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (12%) and the exterior lighting (12%).
1 of the 2003 Cadillac CTS's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2003 Cadillac CTS owners gave the mileage (219 complaints), the median was 72,300 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System56
- Engine And Engine Cooling38
- Exterior Lighting37
- Air Bags36
- Engine29
- Steering28
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 33 | |
| 2004 | 30 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 32 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 42 | |
| 2015 | 23 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Cadillac CTS peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 42. 32% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Cadillac CTS drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Cadillac CTS year in the same window: 1st highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the Cadillac CTS years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 313 complaints about the 2003 Cadillac CTS are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac CTS by model year
Other 2003 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: April 9, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted