Vehicle report
2006 CADILLAC STS
This model year
What the record shows
The 2006 Cadillac Sts is a midsize car, and the 9th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1998 to 2012.
The EPA rated two configurations: engines from 3.6-litre six-cylinder to 4.6-litre eight-cylinder, rear-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (S5) and running on premium gasoline and regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 18 to 19 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 138 owner complaints, 1 safety recall and 667 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.