2014 Cadillac CTS-V
Complaints about this year name differential far more often than the model's other years — 49% of them, about 121× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 138 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 1 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- cadillac cts — 45% of complaints, 112× usual
- rear differential — 33% of complaints, 83× usual
- cts contact — 27% of complaints, 67× usual
What owners wrote
The Contact owns 2014 Cadillac CTS. The contact stated while driving approximately 40-50 mph, there was an abnormal sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the rear dif…
Rear differential has gone bad. Hundreds, if not thousands of these vehicles have had this issue. Nothing is being done! It’s a shame that us CTS owners are stuck with these problems.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V038000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
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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