The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Cadillac XT6: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Cadillac reported 30 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Cadillac XT6, model years 2020–2025, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports| Model year | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Built | Per 100,000 built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 31,498 | 44 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21,199 | 9.4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15,172 | 26 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20,838 | 14 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23,539 | 25 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22,354 | 4.5 |
The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 12 | 1 |
| Service Brake System | 8 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 6 | 0 |
| Power Train | 3 | 0 |
| Fire | 3 | 4 |
| Forward Collision | 2 | 0 |
| Structure | 2 | 0 |
| Fuel System | 1 | 3 |
| Seat Belts | 1 | 0 |
| Service Brake System, Air | 1 | 0 |
| Seats | 1 | 0 |
| Visibility | 1 | 0 |
| Wheels | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Departure | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Cadillac XT6 puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Cadillac XT6, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | 2023 | IL | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-10-09 | 2025 | IL | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-08-29 | 2020 | PA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags · Seat Belts | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-05-31 | 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-03-31 | 2024 | — | 0 | 1 | Seats | 2025 Q1 |
| not reported | 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System, Air · Forward Collision | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-12-21 | 2020 | FL | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-12-15 | 2020 | MO | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Air Bags | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-09-14 | 2024 | — | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-09-14 | 2024 | WI | 0 | 2 | Service Brake System · Air Bags · Vehicle Speed Control | 2024 Q3 |
| not reported | 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-08-11 | 2024 | MI | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-07-01 | 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | Visibility | 2024 Q4 |
| 2024-06-29 | 2022 | CA | 3 | 1 | Fuel System · Fire | 2025 Q3 |
| 2024-06-21 | 2020 | MI | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-05-09 | 2020 | FL | 0 | 2 | Forward Collision | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-02-09 | 2020 | MA | 1 | 1 | Fire | 2024 Q1 |
| 2024-01-22 | 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2024 Q1 |
| 2023-11-30 | 2021 | — | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2023 Q4 |
| not reported | 2020 | MI | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-06-10 | 2020 | NY | 0 | 1 | Wheels | 2023 Q2 |
| 2022-10-13 | 2022 | MI | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2022 Q4 |
| 2022-08-16 | 2021 | NY | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2022 Q3 |
| 2022-06-24 | 2022 | FL | 0 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | 2022 Q2 |
| 2021-11-21 | 2020 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Power Train · Air Bags · Vehicle Speed Control · Fire | 2021 Q4 |
| 2021-08-07 | 2020 | PA | 0 | 2 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2021 Q3 |
| 2021-03-02 | 2020 | FL | 1 | 4 | Air Bags | 2021 Q2 |
| 2021-03-01 | 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | Lane Departure | 2021 Q2 |
| 2020-06-21 | 2020 | — | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2020 Q2 |
| 2019-11-05 | 2020 | MI | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2019 Q4 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Cadillac received alleging a death or injury in a Cadillac XT6 and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a XT6 that sold more will have more rows. All Cadillac models · What these reports are, and are not.