NHTSA Safety Recalls
Cadillac ELR Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Cadillac ELR, across 1 model year from 2014 to 2014.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2014
- Owner complaints
- 21
2014–2014, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 21 complaints with NHTSA about the Cadillac ELR across 2 model years; the most, 17, concern the 2014.
Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Cadillac ELR complaints (5%) and a fire on 0.
Across all Cadillac ELR model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 6 complaints), then the air bags (5).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Cadillac ELR in 2020: 4, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Cadillac ELR is electronic stability control (esc), in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Cadillac ELR recall, 14V446000, was reported on July 23, 2014 and concerns the seats.
Cadillac ELR years to avoid
Too few Cadillac ELR 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
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2014 | 2 | 17 | 7 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Cadillac ELR years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Cadillac ELR
- ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)1
- SEATS1
Cadillac ELR model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Cadillac ELR recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Cadillac ELR. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: June 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted