NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Cadillac CTS Recalls
The 2008 Cadillac CTS has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 2, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Cadillac CTS. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 175
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Cadillac CTS, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2008 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 2003–2007, 2009–2014 CTS, 1 other model
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 10V240000
- Reported
- June 4, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,365,070
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009 CTS, 16 other models
2008 Cadillac CTS complaints by year
NHTSA has received 175 owner complaints about the 2008 Cadillac CTS, the newest on June 4, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (7%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Cadillac CTS, the component group named most often is the electrical system (22%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (13%) and the engine (13%).
2 of the 2008 Cadillac CTS's 2 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2008 Cadillac CTS owners gave the mileage (126 complaints), the median was 58,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System39
- Fuel/Propulsion System23
- Engine22
- Power Train21
- Unknown Or Other17
- Structure14
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 28 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Cadillac CTS peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 28. 24% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Cadillac CTS drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Cadillac CTS year in the same window: 7th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 175 complaints about the 2008 Cadillac CTS are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac CTS by model year
Other 2008 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: June 4, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted