NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Cadillac CTS Recalls
The 2010 Cadillac CTS has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 2, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Cadillac CTS. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 67
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Cadillac CTS, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2010 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 2003–2009, 2011–2014 CTS, 1 other model
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 11V089000
- Reported
- February 11, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,147
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 CTS
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10V414000
- Reported
- September 13, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,224
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2009 CTS
2010 Cadillac CTS complaints by year
NHTSA has received 67 owner complaints about the 2010 Cadillac CTS, the newest on March 20, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Cadillac CTS, the component group named most often is the air bags (24%), followed by the electrical system (24%) and the engine (15%).
1 of the 2010 Cadillac CTS's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2010 Cadillac CTS owners gave the mileage (41 complaints), the median was 56,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags16
- Electrical System16
- Engine10
- Power Train9
- Structure8
- Exterior Lighting7
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 18 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Cadillac CTS peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 18. 16% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Cadillac CTS drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Cadillac CTS year in the same window: 12th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2010 one of the three best-measured Cadillac CTS years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 67 complaints about the 2010 Cadillac CTS are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac CTS by model year
Other 2010 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: March 20, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted