# Transport Canada recall 2018481

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2018481
- Manufacturer's number: 18286
- Reported: 2018\-09\-07
- Component: Electrical
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 2488

## What is wrong

On certain vehicles equipped with heated front seats, the seat heating element may become damaged, causing localized over\-heating. In a situation where the vehicle is started remotely and the heated seats are turned on, the seat could over\-heat and melt, creating an increased risk of a fire causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will reprogram the body control module to deactivate the heated seat function when the vehicle is started remotely.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 CADILLAC CTS](/makes/cadillac/cts/2014/recalls.md)
- [2015 CADILLAC CTS](/makes/cadillac/cts/2015/recalls.md)
- [2016 CADILLAC CTS](/makes/cadillac/cts/2016/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [25\-NA\-087](/bulletins/11017595.md), 2025-05-02, Service bulletin
- [23\-NA\-001](/bulletins/11017252.md), 2025-04-28, Service bulletin
- [13\-08\-116\-001K](/bulletins/11017244.md), 2025-04-25, Service bulletin
- [24\-NA\-098](/bulletins/11017207.md), 2025-04-24, Service bulletin
- [15\-06\-03\-001F](/bulletins/11017031.md), 2025-04-15, Service bulletin
- [21\-NA\-043](/bulletins/11014230.md), 2025-02-12, Service bulletin
- [09\-06\-04\-026Z](/bulletins/11013069.md), 2025-01-23, Service bulletin
- [20\-NA\-132](/bulletins/11012929.md), 2025-01-18, Service bulletin
- [PIT5962B](/bulletins/11011805.md), 2024-12-12, Service bulletin
- [20\-NA\-132](/bulletins/11010421.md), 2024-11-09, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2018481](/v1/recalls/tc/2018481)

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