2009 Cadillac CTS-V
Complaints about this year name cadillac cts far more often than the model's other years — 47% of them, about 117× the usual rate of 0.4%.
| Complaints filed | 167 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 1 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Recalls | 0 |
Also unusual this year
- engine — 29% of complaints, 73× usual
- light — 24% of complaints, 60× usual
- timing chain — 24% of complaints, 60× usual
What owners wrote
I OWN A 2009 CADILLAC CTS, WITH APPROXIMATELY 90,000 MILES. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK IT TO MY CADILLAC DEALER. I WAS TOLD MY TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED, LOOSE OR NEEDS ADJUSTMENT. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST $1800. UPON RESEARCH I DISCOVERED THERE…
TAKARA RECALL FOR TIMING CHAIN ON 2009 CADILLAC CTS. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY WONT COVER IT. CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN THE LIGHT CAME ON.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Cadillac CTS-V 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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