What's Wrong with the 1st Generation CTS-V?

Front 3/4 view of a Cadillac CTS-V

The 1st generation CTS-V runs from the 2004 to 2007 model years and ranks 7th out of 35 eligible generations in reliability with a cumulative PainRank™ of 0.34.

PainRank™ is a relative complaint analysis of the 2 complaints made by owners over at CarComplaints.com A majority of the complaints are about drivetrain problems.

You can compare it with other CTS-V generations.

What Owners Complain About

Sometimes it helps just to tally up the complaints and see where the biggest stacks are. Use this information to learn about troublespots or to run for the hills.

Worst Issues

Worst Topics

Worst Years

By the Numbers

  1. 1 model years

    Grouping all models by their year can reveal some baddies.

  2. 2 complaints

    Running tally of owner grievances filed to CarComplaints.com.

  3. 7th in reliability

    Overall reliability rank out of 35 eligible generations.