NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Cadillac CTS Recalls
The 2012 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 2012 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
- 65
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 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 2003–2011, 2013–2014 CTS, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum
- Campaign
- 11V536000
- Reported
- November 2, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 674
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2012 Cadillac CTS
2012 Cadillac CTS complaints by year
NHTSA has received 65 owner complaints about the 2012 Cadillac CTS, the newest on January 14, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (9%); owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Cadillac CTS, the component group named most often is the electrical system (15%), followed by the exterior lighting (15%) and the service brakes (11%).
1 of the 2012 Cadillac CTS's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2012 Cadillac CTS owners gave the mileage (49 complaints), the median was 43,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System10
- Exterior Lighting10
- Service Brakes7
- Suspension7
- Air Bags6
- Engine6
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Cadillac CTS peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 13. 40% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Cadillac CTS drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Cadillac CTS year in the same window: 11th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Cadillac CTS years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 65 complaints about the 2012 Cadillac CTS are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac CTS by model year
Other 2012 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: January 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted