Reliability & cost of ownership
Champion CTS Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Champion CTS? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Champion CTS problems by model year
23 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 11 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 CTS | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2010 CTS | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2009 CTS | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2008 CTS | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2007 CTS | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2006 CTS | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2004 CTS | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2003 CTS | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2002 CTS | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2001 CTS | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2000 CTS | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |