Cadillac CTS Reliability Comparisons

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This is the most up-to-date car reliability information available anywhere for the Cadillac CTS. TrueDelta's Car Reliability Survey results are promptly updated every three months. Others can be over a year behind. What you'll also find only here: actual repair rates (the average number of trips to the repair shop each year), and not just dots, for a clearer idea of how much competing cars truly differ in reliability.

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Cadillac CTS Reliability
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Car Reliability Survey (CRS) Results: year ending June 30, 2009
Successful Repair Trips per Year (per 100 vehicles) Column definitions
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Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2009	Cadillac	CTS*	join to view			11 6.8 8000
2008	Cadillac	CTS	66 Fewest         Most Has improved from much worse than average last year to average recently.		--	58 9.4 12800
2005	Cadillac	CTS	81 Fewest         Most		--	25 7.1 34400
2004	Cadillac	CTS*	join to view			14 7.9 57400
2003	Cadillac	CTS*	join to view			17 8.8 63700
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Competing Car Model Reliability

Car Reliability Survey (CRS) Results: year ending June 30, 2009
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Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2008	Acura	TL*	join to view			22 7.5 13900
2007	Acura	TL	37 Fewest         Most			29 6.8 20900
2006	Acura	TL	63 Fewest         Most Sample size near the minimum. Judging from results for other model years, the actual repair rate is lower.			28 6.9 33500
2005	Acura	TL	26 Fewest         Most		-55	31 8.9 41500
2004	Acura	TL	45 Fewest         Most			29 9.2 57600
2003	Acura	TL / CL*	join to view			16 6.5 103400
2002	Acura	TL / CL*	join to view			15 4.3 111700
2008	BMW	328	53 Fewest         Most		-13	26 7.9 10900
2008	BMW	335	67 Fewest         Most		+1	35 8.2 9100
2007	BMW	335	55 Fewest         Most			49 8.9 17400
2007	BMW	328	48 Fewest         Most			39 9.5 21300
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2006	BMW	3-Series 4dr	68 Fewest         Most			65 7.0 37200
2005	BMW	3-Series / M3	119 Fewest         Most Possibly a blip at the end of the standard warranty, to get things fixed before the warranty runs out.		+38	30 8.4 42800
2004	BMW	3-Series / M3	78 Fewest         Most Much lower repair frequency than the 2003 or 2005. Either this result or that for the 2005 is probably inaccurate.			35 7.5 46500
2003	BMW	3-Series / M3	131 Fewest         Most			34 7.8 68300
2002	BMW	3-Series / M3	121 Fewest         Most			29 7.2 74400
2001	BMW	3-Series / M3	130 Fewest         Most			39 8.1 83800
2000	BMW	3-Series*	join to view			16 7.8 118300
1999	BMW	3-Series - E46*	join to view			11 6.9 138900
2008	BMW	5-Series	59 Fewest         Most		-7	36 9.6 16000
2007	BMW	5-Series*	join to view			17 4.6 26700
2006	BMW	5-Series*	join to view			19 4.3 35200
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2004	BMW	5-Series*	join to view			15 5.8 65300
2003	BMW	5-Series*	join to view			15 5.0 65300
2002	BMW	5-Series*	join to view			12 5.3 66000
2009	Infiniti	G35 / G37*	join to view			16 3.6 2600
2008	Infiniti	G35 / G37	44 Fewest         Most		-22	91 9.0 11200
2007	Infiniti	G35 sedan	74 Fewest         Most First year of the revised design for the sedan, previous design for the coupe.			52 7.8 20800
2007	Infiniti	G35 coupe*	join to view			10 8.1 16000
2006	Infiniti	G35	27 Fewest         Most			34 7.8 31600
2005	Infiniti	G35	80 Fewest         Most Good sample size, but results for other years suggest that the actual repair rate is probably lower. Possibly a bump as the warranty ends.		-1	43 6.6 44300
2004	Infiniti	G35	34 Fewest         Most			56 6.9 50600
2003	Infiniti	G35	46 Fewest         Most			42 8.1 70800
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2009	Lincoln	MKS*	join to view			17 3.9 6000
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Definitions

• Trips / Year per 100 (CRS Score) -- average number of successful repair trips per year per 100 cars; routine maintenance such as oil and filter changes does not count as a repair
• Graph -- pointer shows how the model compares to others from the same model year
• Traffic Signal (TS) -- same as the graph, but with three simple, easier-to-read alternatives; green = better than average, yellow = about average, red = worse than average
• Delta (Δ) -- how much the CRS Score differs from the same year Cadillac CTS; negative = fewer repairs = better; +100 = one extra repair trip per year, on average
• Cars -- number of cars for which owners provided data
• Months / Car -- average number of months of data per car
• Odometer -- average odometer reading, in miles; under 9,000 per year in green, over 15,000 per year in red

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General Notes

How do we select "competing car models"? Users of TrueDelta's car price comparison tool most often compare these cars to the Cadillac CTS.

Models and statistics marked with an asterisk* have very low sample sizes. These results, visible only to logged-in members, provide only a rough estimate of car reliability.

Ultra-low repair rates: Any result under 20 repair trips per 100 cars is likely a result of the small sample size, and should be expected to increase to 20 or so in future updates.

New models often start out with high repair rates, and then improve during the model year as the manufacturer identifies and addresses common problems.

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Methodology

Description of the research process.

Only successfully completed repairs are currently included in the analysis. Routine maintenance, most wear items, recalls, and problems fixed with just a reflash or warning light reset are not included.

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