NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Cadillac CT5 Recalls
The 2021 Cadillac CT5 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 6, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Cadillac CT5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 30
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Cadillac CT5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2021 Cadillac CT5
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 25V148000
- Reported
- March 6, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90,081
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 CT5, 3 other models
Exterior lighting: lighting control module: software
- Campaign
- 22V903000
- Reported
- December 8, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 740,108
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2020, 2022–2023 CT5, 10 other models
Air bags: side/window: curtain
- Campaign
- 21V611000
- Reported
- August 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 34,157
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020, 2022 CT5, 1 other model
Air bags: srs malfunction warning lamp/light
- Campaign
- 21V421000
- Reported
- June 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 285,622
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
2021 Cadillac CT5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 30 owner complaints about the 2021 Cadillac CT5, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (10%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Cadillac CT5, the component group named most often is the electrical system (43%), followed by the structure (23%) and the power train (13%).
1 of the 2021 Cadillac CT5's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System13
- Structure7
- Power Train4
- Unknown Or Other4
- Air Bags2
- Forward Collision Avoidance2
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 17 |
Complaints about the 2021 Cadillac CT5 peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 17. 17% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 30 complaints about the 2021 Cadillac CT5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac CT5 by model year
Other 2021 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted