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2020 CADILLAC CT5 — Complaint #2157805

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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD filed December 16, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2157805 (ODI reference 11705360) concerns a 2020 CADILLAC CT5 and was filed on December 16, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 1, 2025. The vehicle had 75,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Tennessee based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:interior panels:dashboard, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CADILLAC CT5 cohort independently describe similar structure:interior panels:dashboard failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2020 CADILLAC CT5 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2020 CADILLAC CT5
Component
STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD
State
Tennessee
Mileage
75,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2020 Cadillac CT5. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact had noticed an oil leak and that the battery charge was abnormally low. The contact received an alert from OnStar pertaining to the critically low battery. Additionally, the contact noticed that there was an abnormal squishing sound coming from the dashboard, and the contact believed that the sound was coming from an animal that had intruded into the vehicle. The local dealer was contacted, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was taken to a tire center where all four TPMS sensors were replaced. The failure mileage was approximately 75,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2157805
ODI Number 11705360
Date Filed December 16, 2025
Failure Date October 1, 2025
VIN 1G6DP5RK4L0

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.