NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Cadillac CTS Recalls
The 2015 Cadillac CTS has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 21, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 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
- 49
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 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 2015 Cadillac CTS
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 26V329000
- Reported
- May 21, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,014
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2016 CTS, 5 other models
Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler
- Campaign
- 18V595000
- Reported
- September 7, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 52,867
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016 CTS
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 15V358000
- Reported
- June 9, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,163
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2015 Cadillac CTS complaints by year
NHTSA has received 49 owner complaints about the 2015 Cadillac CTS, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire.
In complaints about the 2015 Cadillac CTS, the component group named most often is the power train (41%), followed by the service brakes (16%) and the suspension (10%).
None of the 2015 Cadillac CTS's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2015 Cadillac CTS owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 62,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train20
- Service Brakes8
- Unknown Or Other8
- Suspension5
- Electrical System4
- Engine4
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2015 Cadillac CTS peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 11. 20% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Cadillac CTS drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Cadillac CTS year in the same window: 13th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the three best-measured Cadillac CTS years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 49 complaints about the 2015 Cadillac CTS are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac CTS by model year
Other 2015 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted