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2016 Cadillac Ats-V

Gas Compact car

201820172016
Specs & fuel economyRecallsComplaintsCrash ratings
A
Safety Signal
100 / 100
ASafety Signal · 100 / 100
0Recalls · NHTSA campaigns
3Complaints · owner reports
Crash rating · NHTSA overall
19 mpgFuel economy · best combined

The 2016 Cadillac Ats-V is sold in the U.S. as a gas compact car with 2 EPA-rated configurations. The most efficient version, the ATS-V, is EPA-rated at 19 mpg combined. NHTSA lists no recall campaigns for this model year so far (Safety Signal A). Owners have filed 3 complaints, most often about power train.

Specs & fuel economy (EPA)

ConfigurationPowertrainDriveEngine / motorCityHwyCombAnnual fuel*
ATS-VGasRWD3.6L 6-cyl turbo172319$4,100
ATS-VGasRWD3.6L 6-cyl turbo162419$4,100

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year and EPA reference fuel/electricity prices. Source: fueleconomy.gov vehicle records.

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Recalls (0)

No NHTSA recall campaigns are on file for the 2016 Cadillac Ats-V. New campaigns appear here within a week of NHTSA posting them.

Owner complaints

3 complaints filed

0 involved a crash, 1 a fire, 0 injuries, 0 deaths reported by owners.

Filed by year — 2018: 2 · 2019: 1

Most-cited components

  • Power Train — 1
  • Electrical System — 1
  • Seats — 1
  • Engine — 1
“WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO AVOID A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. GOT A FLASHING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND STABLITRACK LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY GOT P0300 CODE. HAD TO REPLACE THE PISTON AND RINGS. ONLY 70250 MILES AND GM WOULD NOT COMPLETELY COVER THE COST OF THE REPA…”May 2, 2019 · Engine · NHTSA owner report
“ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 22ND I WAS GOING TO A CAR MEET. ON MY WAY TO THE MEET I WAS HAVING SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH MY CAR. THE RADIO AND MY SEATS WERE ACTING WEIRD. THE RADIO WOULD TURN UP AND DOWN BY ITSELF AND THE HEATED SEATS WOULD TURN ON AND OFF. I GOT TO THE MEET AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ON MY WAY HOME I WAS DRI…”Dec 25, 2018 · Electrical System · NHTSA owner report
“WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SLOWLY OR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY ROUGH BETWEEN THE LOWER GEARS ON UPSHIFTS AND DOWNSHIFTS AND WILL HOLD A GEAR HANGING WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE OR ACCELERATE AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO RAPIDLY LUNGE FORWARD AND CAUSE A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT AS IT BECOMES HARD TO APPLY MORE PR…”Oct 24, 2018 · Power Train · NHTSA owner report

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Crash ratings

ConfigurationOverallFrontalSideRolloverRollover risk
4 DR RWDnot ratednot rated★★★★★★★★★★10%

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program.

Other Ats-V model years

A

2018 Ats-V

0 recalls · 0 complaints

A

2017 Ats-V

0 recalls · 1 complaints

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). Floor 35. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Complaint counts and NHTSA crash ratings are shown separately and are not blended into the grade.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records (ids 36316, 36362). Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed weekly.

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