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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1G6KD57YX7U••••••2007 Cadillac DTS
That is about average for the 2007 Cadillac DTS — 4 complaints per build across 21 builds.
6on this build
87on the model
21builds in total
1involved a crash
1injuries
Most reportedElectrical System 3Seats 1Visibility 1Engine And Engine Cooling 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashOct 2014
The contact owns a 2007 cadillac dts. The contact indicated that while waiting at a traffic light, another vehicle crashed into the contact's vehicle, which caused the contact to hit the vehicle in front of her and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact indicated that the…
SteeringOct 2018
The contact owns a 2007 cadillac dts. While driving approximately 45 mph, the power steering malfunctioned and the steering wheel became very difficult to turn in either direction. The vehicle was driven to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the power steering fluid…
Engine And Engine CoolingSep 2014
The contact owns a 2007 cadillac dts. The contact stated that while stopped, the temperature gauge increased. The temperature gauge returned to normal once the vehicle was shut off and restarted. In addition, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to the…
Electrical SystemAug 2014
You already show recall information on 2007 cadillac dts for ignition key safety problem but I would like to complain that gm tells me in their recall letters that the parts to fix this are not available. On calling them and posing the question whether gm is back-logged having…
Electrical SystemJun 2014
This car is a 2007 and we bought this car in 2007 and got a recall on windshield washer module, we take it and they replace a wire. Next we get a recall wanting to disable and remove heated windshield washer module. The recall reads like this, recall information recall…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1G6KD57YX7U121274 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.