Cadillac CTS-V: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

Photographs and every generation of the CTS-V, through the years →

What goes wrong on the Cadillac CTS-V

Across every CTS-V model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Power Train17 complaints across all CTS-V years · typical job: Transmission service or clutch-pack repair$1,290–$4,040
• Electrical System12 complaints across all CTS-V years · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement$540–$1,310
• Unknown Or Other6 complaints across all CTS-V years · typical job: Diagnosis and mixed repair$360–$940
• Steering6 complaints across all CTS-V years · typical job: Electric power-steering rack or column motor replacement$1,020–$2,500
• Suspension4 complaints across all CTS-V years · typical job: Struts, springs and control-arm bushings, one axle$780–$1,580
• Engine4 complaints across all CTS-V years · typical job: Cooling-system or timing-drive repair$1,040–$2,220

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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