1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2025 Cadillac XT5. Owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Cadillac dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2025 Cadillac XT5. Check your XT5 by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 6 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Cadillac XT5, reporting 2 crashes, 1 fires, 6 injuries. Cadillac has issued at least 211 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
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Owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Cadillac XT5. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“We were traveling out of our development at 17-20mph while approaching our exit gate the car jolted forward and accelerated at a rapid speed. My husband immediately stepped on the brake but the brake pedal became hard, the brake did not work. The car would not stop while pressing down on the brake.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11765130
“purchased 2024 XT5 brand new less than 6,000 miles SES light on..dealer states part failure w/transmission snap ring-traded vehicle for 2025 XT5. At 5,464 miles SES light comes on-another internal transmission part failure this time control valve body needed to be replaced.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11666450
“The vehicle does not recognize when it is in park . To use the Cadillac maps app you have to approve to their terms . When I tried to read it ,I get two warnings that tell me I must be in park . I am sitting in my garage when this happens . I have a video and a pic of the warnings .”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11758841
“Failed transmission--April 16, 2026 I was backing out of my garage when I heard a very loud bang noise and it stopped my car instantly. I thought I had hit something but I did not. On may 22, 2026.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11740091
“Rearview camera has perfect image when I put in reverse inside my garage but as soom as I exit the garage into sunlight, the image on the screen goes so dark you don't have a rear view for 18 to 20 seconds and by that time I am in the street. The dealer and Cadillac say this is normal.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11688743
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2025 Cadillac XT5 is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Cadillac dealer.