2013 Cadillac XTS
Complaints about this year name later far more often than the model's other years — 12% of them, about 29× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 103 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 22 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 18.5 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- where — 17% of complaints, 8× usual
- only — 14% of complaints, 13× usual
- battery — 10% of complaints, 24× usual
What owners wrote
I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED IN 2/2017, GREAT CAR, UNTIL IT STARTS ACTING UP, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED OR DISTANCE YOU ARE GOING, ALL THE LIGHTS START FLASHING AND LOSES SPEED TILL IT COMPLETELY STOPS AND WILL NOT TURN BACK ON. YOU UNPLUG THE BATTERY AND TAKE…
BATTERY ISSUES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY STATED VEHICLE NEEDED NEW BATTERY SINCE I DONT DRIVE IT LONG DISTANCE. BATTERY REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. 6 MONTHS LATER SAME ISSUE. CAR WONT START BATTERY DEAD. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER WHO STATED THAT SINCE I ON…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V518000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V116000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 14V541000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 13V220000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 12V525000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Cadillac XTS was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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