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2025 Cadillac CT5 problems

Owners filed 10 complaints about the 2025 Cadillac CT5 with NHTSA between Sep 2024 and Oct 2026. The most-cited component is forward collision avoidance (3).

Complaints
10
Filed with NHTSA
Crashes
2
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
2
People reported injured
Deaths
0
Reported to NHTSA
01 —By component

Complaints by component

One complaint can cite several components
  1. Forward collision avoidance3
  2. Engine2
  3. Air bags1
  4. Service brakes1
  5. Visibility/wiper1
  6. Electrical system1
  7. Vehicle speed control1
  8. Other / unknown4

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.

Data from NHTSA Complaints API · synced Nov 9, 2026NHTSA vehicle page
02 —Trend

When complaints were filed

Does it get worse with age? Complaints per calendar year filed
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Model yearComplaints filed per calendar year
20243
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20264

Mileage at failure isn’t a structured field in NHTSA complaint data, so we don’t chart it. Some owners mention it in their reports below.

03 —Owner reports

Top problems in owners’ words

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first

Forward collision avoidance

3 reports1 crash
“My car was hit from behind very hard and my head hit the steering wheel. The whole back was crushed and the airbagss did not deploy.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Sep 25, 2026Air bags, Forward collision avoidanceCrash reportedODI 11766843

Engine

2 reports
“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.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Nov 3, 2025EngineODI 11697126

Air bags

1 report1 crash

Service brakes

1 report
“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 way I understand it in the owners manual the car should come to a complete emergency stop. This could endanger anyone or anything that the driver did not see while moving the car, i.e., a child on a tricycle for example.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jan 24, 2026Service brakes, Forward collision avoidanceODI 11713127

Visibility/wiper

1 report
“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 that the mirror had been fixed. Apparently there's a screw that was loose. Upon leaving the dealership, I discovered that the shaking/vibrating hadn't gone away--it was merely diminished. I took the car back. We discovered another identical model and year of the car on the lot, and it exhibited the exact same problems. Initially the same screw was loose, but after fixing it that mirror also gave the same shaking/vibrating. We determined that this looks like an overall problem with this model and year, at the least, and the dealership didn't know what to do. I declined the car. This is a serious issue with rear visibility. The rear view mirror is almost unusable, and it's almost illness-inducing to see in action.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Sep 30, 2025Visibility/wiperODI 11690654

Electrical system

1 report
“This new 2025 Cadillac CT5 displays incorrect posted speed limits on Rte. 114 Flanders Rd, Gulf Rd, Bear hill Rd , .Ryan Rd, in Henniker NH. speed of 55mph which is incorrect to legal posted speed limits being much slower. This vehicle also shows roads that have no posted speed limit sign of 55 mph, which should be for safety reason(--) Can we have these roads updated to display the correct posted speed limits from the third party supplier /google.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 21, 2024Electrical system, Vehicle speed control, Forward collision avoidanceODI 11621061
Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Nov 9, 2026

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.