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Cadillac CT5 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 5 recall campaigns for the Cadillac CT5, across 4 model years from 2020 to 2023. The 2021 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2023 (1).

Model years
4

2020–2023, with a recall

Recall campaigns
5
Most recalls
2021

4 recalls

Owner complaints
111

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 111 complaints with NHTSA about the Cadillac CT5 across 7 model years; the most, 39, concern the 2020.

Owners marked a crash on 13 of the Cadillac CT5 complaints (12%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Cadillac CT5 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 26 complaints), then the power train (25).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Cadillac CT5 in 2026: 49, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Cadillac CT5 is exterior lighting: lighting control module: software, in 4 model-year listings.

The newest Cadillac CT5 recall, 25V148000, was reported on March 6, 2025 and concerns the power train: automatic transmission.

Cadillac CT5 years to avoid

Too few Cadillac CT5 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Cadillac CT5, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202606—not ranked
2025010—not ranked
202402—not ranked
2023113—not ranked
20222116not ranked
20214305not ranked
20204399not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Cadillac CT5 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Cadillac CT5

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE4
  • AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN3
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION2
  • AIR BAGS:SRS MALFUNCTION WARNING LAMP/LIGHT1
  • SERVICE BRAKES1

Cadillac CT5 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Cadillac CT5 recall campaign (5)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Cadillac CT5, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
25V148000March 6, 2025power train: automatic transmission2020–2021crash90,081
22V903000December 8, 2022exterior lighting: lighting control module: software2020–2023crash740,108
21V611000August 5, 2021air bags: side/window: curtain2020–2022crash and injury34,157
21V421000June 10, 2021air bags: srs malfunction warning lamp/light2021injury285,622
20V588000September 24, 2020service brakes2020crash3,677

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Cadillac CT5. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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