NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Cadillac CTS Recalls
The 2016 Cadillac CTS has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 21, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Cadillac CTS. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 31
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Cadillac CTS, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2016 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 2015 CTS, 5 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 25V175000
- Reported
- March 20, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 934
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 CTS, 3 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 19V086000
- Reported
- February 7, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,772
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 CTS, 3 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 2014–2015 CTS
2016 Cadillac CTS complaints by year
NHTSA has received 31 owner complaints about the 2016 Cadillac CTS, the newest on December 8, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2016 Cadillac CTS, the component group named most often is the electrical system (32%), followed by the power train (29%) and the engine (13%).
None of the 2016 Cadillac CTS's 4 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Cadillac CTS owners gave the mileage (19 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System10
- Power Train9
- Engine4
- Steering4
- Suspension4
- Unknown Or Other4
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2016 Cadillac CTS peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 6. 29% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 31 complaints about the 2016 Cadillac CTS are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac CTS by model year
Other 2016 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: May 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted