AutoUtility currently tracks 8 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2025 Cadillac CT5. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 2 complaints (25% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash, 1 reports one or more injuries.
- • Total NHTSA Complaints: 8 reports
- • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (2 reports • 25% of submitted complaints)
- • Secondary Problem Areas: Engine & Cooling (2), Brakes & Traction Control (1)
- • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
- • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 1 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Most Reported Problems for 2025 Cadillac CT5
Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech
Engine & Cooling
Brakes & Traction Control
Visibility, Wipers & Glass
Electrical System
Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2025 Cadillac CT5
Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
"The car was parked for 4 to 5 hours. The keys were with me and the car was unoccupied. It proceeded to unlock from being parked, the alarm went off, and the vehicle rolled down a hill, hit a person and another parked vehicle. The incident occurred on August 8th, 2026. Case No. 26054085 Clayton..."
"I put up a rubber stop to test the emergency stop feature the car is equipped with. With car moving either forward in drive or backwards in reverse the car would not automatically stop before hitting this two foot high aid. A warning vibration is felt just before the car struck the device but the..."
"Rough idle, reduced acceleration, engine failure requires engine/motor to be replaced. Only 4300 miles on car. Purchase date 6/21/2025. Failure10/25/2025."
"I went to test drive this car on Saturday 9/27, and noticed that the rear view mirror--the actual mirror, not the video screen inside it--was vibrating/shaking immensely as I drove it. I told them I'd buy the car, but they have to fix the mirror. Tuesday 9/30 I bought the car, with the assurance..."
"I just bought a new car 5 days ago, and after running 378 miles, it started to pull the cylinder. The after-sales service is still delaying the time. I don't know what to do, and Cadillac still doesn't give me a mobility scooter."
Complaint History for Cadillac CT5
Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2020–2026)
| Model Year | NHTSA Complaints | Crash Reports | Safety Recalls | Detailed Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Cadillac CT5 | 38 | 2 | 4 | View 2020 Problems → |
| 2021 Cadillac CT5 | 21 | 3 | 4 | View 2021 Problems → |
| 2022 Cadillac CT5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | View 2022 Problems → |
| 2023 Cadillac CT5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | View 2023 Problems → |
| 2024 Cadillac CT5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | View 2024 Problems → |
| 2025 Cadillac CT5 Current Page | 8 | 1 | 0 | Current |
| 2026 Cadillac CT5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | View 2026 Problems → |
Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2025 Cadillac CT5
Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 5 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications
| Vehicle Component / System | Total Complaints | Crash Reports | Fire Reports | Reported Injury Entries | Reported Fatality Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.
Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.