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Cadillac DTS Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 6 recall campaigns for the Cadillac DTS, across 6 model years from 2006 to 2011. The 2006 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2011 (2).

Model years
6

2006–2011, with a recall

Recall campaigns
6
Most recalls
2006

4 recalls

Owner complaints
527

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 527 complaints with NHTSA about the Cadillac DTS across 8 model years; the most, 255, concern the 2006.

Owners marked a crash on 37 of the Cadillac DTS complaints (7%) and a fire on 21.

Across all Cadillac DTS model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 177 complaints), then the exterior lighting (102).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Cadillac DTS in 2014: 126, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Cadillac DTS is electrical system, in 7 model-year listings.

The newest Cadillac DTS recall, 14V355000, was reported on June 23, 2014 and concerns the electrical system: ignition.

Cadillac DTS years to avoid

Too few Cadillac DTS model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 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 DTS, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
20112168not ranked
20103226not ranked
20092358not ranked
200838616not ranked
200739720not ranked
2006425542not ranked

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

What gets recalled most on the Cadillac DTS

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM7
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION6
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES2
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1
  • STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS1

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

Every Cadillac DTS recall campaign (6)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Cadillac DTS, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
14V355000June 23, 2014electrical system: ignition2006–2011crash and injury3,141,731
10V553000November 5, 2010electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables2010–2011crash and fire13,780
10V240000June 4, 2010electrical system2006–2009fire1,365,070
09V480000December 17, 2009equipment: other: labels2010crash126
08V441000August 28, 2008electrical system2006–2008fire857,735
06V105000April 5, 2006steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections2006fire12,862

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

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Newest record on this page: September 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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