Cadillac Escalade

Common Escalade problems

Across 11 model years (2015–2025), the Cadillac Escalade carries 38 recall campaigns, 2 of them urgent do-not-drive or park-outside orders. Owners have filed 748 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 16 investigations. Crash-test ratings cover 11 of 11 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalized by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Fuel	Report link
2025	1	20	—	Report
2024	2	52	—	Report
2023	4	142	—	Report
2022	4	85	—	Report
2021	9	90	—	Report
2020	2	14	—	Report
2019	0	25	—	Report
2018	1	21	—	Report
2017	2	89	—	Report
2016	4	104	—	Report
2015	9	106	—	Report

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