Cadillac Escalade ESV: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 42 recall campaigns for the Cadillac Escalade ESV, model years 2003 to 2026. NHTSA has 148 complaints on file for this model line. 16 of the 24 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 20031
- 20041
- 20051
- 20061
- 20074
- 20084
- 20095
- 20103
- 20115
- 20123
- 20134
- 20142
- 20156
- 20163
- 20171
- 20181
- 20191
- 20202
- 202110
- 20224
- 20234
- 20242
- 20251
- 20263
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 3 | 0 | 0% | 8,384 |
| 2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2,457 |
| 2024 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 2 | 0 | 0% | 1,047,242 |
| 2023 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 4 | 0 | 0% | 1,787,539 |
| 2022 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 4 | 0 | 0% | 1,865,577 |
| 2021 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 10 | 0 | 0% | 2,308,064 |
| 2020 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 2 | 0 | 0% | 34,340 |
| 2019 Cadillac Escalade ESV NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 16% | 15,800 |
| 2018 Cadillac Escalade ESV NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 15,800 |
| 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV NHTSA page | 1 | 4 | 65% | 3,640,162 |
| 2016 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 3 | 9 | 146% | 3,684,583 |
| 2015 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 6 | 6 | 97% | 3,689,809 |
| 2014 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 2 | 0 | 0% | 1,884,435 |
| 2013 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 4 | 1 | 16% | 2,631,647 |
| 2012 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 3 | 2 | 32% | 2,146,965 |
| 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 5 | 11 | 178% | 4,534,897 |
| 2010 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 3 | 4 | 65% | 5,111,926 |
| 2009 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 5 | 4 | 65% | 5,283,079 |
| 2008 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 4 | 17 | 276% | 5,421,100 |
| 2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV | 4 | 38 | 616% | 5,421,100 |
| 2006 Cadillac Escalade ESV NHTSA page | 1 | 5 | 81% | 32,068 |
| 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV NHTSA page | 1 | 13 | 211% | 7,194 |
| 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV NHTSA page | 1 | 21 | 341% | 68,875 |
| 2003 Cadillac Escalade ESV NHTSA page | 1 | 12 | 195% | 68,875 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
224 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 196.4 | 44 |
| Electrical System | 133.9 | 30 |
| Power Train | 89.3 | 20 |
| Engine | 71.4 | 16 |
| Electronic Stability Control (ESC) | 49.1 | 11 |
| Service Brakes | 44.6 | 10 |
| Structure | 44.6 | 10 |
| Suspension | 35.7 | 8 |
| Unknown or Other | 35.7 | 8 |
| Seats | 31.3 | 7 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Deville30 campaigns
- CTS27 campaigns
- SRX24 campaigns
- Escalade52 campaigns
- Seville31 campaigns
- Eldorado28 campaigns
- Catera0 campaigns
- DTS6 campaigns
- STS7 campaigns
- Allante2 campaigns
- Fleetwood20 campaigns
- ATS11 campaigns
- XTS10 campaigns
- Escalade EXT16 campaigns
- Cadillac8 campaigns
- XLR4 campaigns
- XT515 campaigns
- Brougham18 campaigns
- Cimarron8 campaigns
- ELR2 campaigns
- CT6 Plug-In Hybrid2 campaigns
- Limousine7 campaigns
- CT68 campaigns
- XT48 campaigns
- Lyriq11 campaigns
- XT612 campaigns
- CT56 campaigns
- CT45 campaigns
- Optiq3 campaigns
- Hearse3 campaigns
- Calais3 campaigns
- Escalade NA4 campaigns
- Vistiq4 campaigns
- Escalade IQ2 campaigns
- Escalade IQL2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Cadillac Escalade ESV: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/cadillac/escalade-esv/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Cadillac Escalade ESV model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2021 with 10, 2015 with 6, 2011 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Cadillac Escalade ESV model year has the most complaints?
- The 2007 model year, with 38 of the 148 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Cadillac Escalade ESV name?
- Air Bags: 196.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 133.9 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 89.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Cadillac Escalade ESV?
- 9 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.