Reliability & cost of ownership
Champion CTS-FE Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Champion CTS-FE? 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-FE problems by model year
31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 CTS-FE | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2014 CTS-FE | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2013 CTS-FE | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2012 CTS-FE | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2011 CTS-FE | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2010 CTS-FE | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2009 CTS-FE | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2008 CTS-FE | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2007 CTS-FE | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2006 CTS-FE | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2005 CTS-FE | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |