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Cadillac XT5 years to avoid
Years to avoid: 2017 and 2018. Best years: 2022.
The 2017 and 2018 Cadillac XT5 draw the most owner complaints for their age: 2017 has 124 complaints (12 for each year on the road) and 2018 has 66 complaints (7 for each year on the road), against a median of 4 a year across the 8 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2017 is brake wear (15 reports).
- 124complaints
- 1recall campaigns
- 1model years with a page
Newest report Sep 24, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Pick your model year
Owner complaints on file for each year.
Years to avoid
2017
Most reported: brake wear (15 reports, median 15,000 miles) and stalling (13 reports, median 33,000 miles).
2018
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Best years
2022
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2017 has the most complaints of any Cadillac XT5 year here: 124 of 124 (100%).
- Problem across the years
- Brake wear is the top problem in every model year with a page, 15 reports in all. Pooled across the years, half of the 11 owners who gave a mileage for brake wear were under about 15,000 miles.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 5% of Cadillac XT5 complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
- Recalls on the top problem
- Every model year where owners report brake wear also has a recall on the same system. A recall on the same system doesn't always cover the failure owners describe, so compare its summary with the complaints.
- When owners filed
- Filings peaked in 2017 at 21 (full calendar years only). In 2025 there were 12. So far in 2026, 11 more have come in.
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Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2018 (66), 2019 (32), 2020 (23), 2021 (16), 2022 (10), 2023 (15), 2024 (10).
Year by year
2017 Cadillac XT5 avoid
124 owner complaints, 12 for each year on the road (3.5 times the model median). Most reported: brake wear (15 reports, median 15,000 miles), stalling (13 reports, median 33,000 miles) and power steering loss (12 reports). 6 reports involved a crash and 2 people were hurt. 1 recall: 16V-802 on the brakes.
Questions
What Cadillac XT5 years should you avoid?
The 2017 and 2018 Cadillac XT5 draw the most owner complaints for their age: 2017 has 124 complaints (12 for each year on the road) and 2018 has 66 complaints (7 for each year on the road), against a median of 4 a year across the 8 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2017 is brake wear (15 reports).
What are the best years for the Cadillac XT5?
The 2022 draws the fewest complaints for its age: 10, or 2 for each year on the road.
What is the most common problem on the Cadillac XT5?
Brake wear, with 15 reports across the 1 model years that have a page here. It's the single most reported problem on the 2017.
How many recalls does the Cadillac XT5 have?
1 recall campaign cover the Cadillac XT5 model years 2017 on this site.
How many Cadillac XT5 complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
5% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
Is there a recall for brake wear on the Cadillac XT5?
Yes, on every model year where owners report it.