NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Cadillac CTS Recalls
The 2011 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 2011 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
- 101
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2011 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 2011 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 2003–2010, 2012–2014 CTS, 1 other model
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V341000
- Reported
- June 19, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,932
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2011 Cadillac CTS
2011 Cadillac CTS complaints by year
NHTSA has received 101 owner complaints about the 2011 Cadillac CTS, the newest on May 28, 2025. Of these, 11 describe a crash (11%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Cadillac CTS, the component group named most often is the air bags (23%), followed by the power train (22%) and the electrical system (20%).
1 of the 2011 Cadillac CTS's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2011 Cadillac CTS owners gave the mileage (81 complaints), the median was 40,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags23
- Power Train22
- Electrical System20
- Engine13
- Steering11
- Structure9
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2011 Cadillac CTS peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 20. 41% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Cadillac CTS drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Cadillac CTS year in the same window: 6th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 101 complaints about the 2011 Cadillac CTS are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac CTS by model year
Other 2011 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: May 28, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted