Cadillac Escalade Esv
Owners filed 540 complaints across 24 model years of the Cadillac Escalade Esv. The 2023 drew the most (92).
Which Cadillac Escalade Esv years should you avoid?
No Cadillac Escalade Esv year stands out. Across the 6 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 49), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Cadillac Escalade Esv model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 11 | 3 | — | — | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2025Too new | 14 | 1 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2024 | 22 | 2 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2023 | 92 | 4 | — | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2022 | 58 | 4 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2021 | 74 | 10 | — | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2020 | 22 | 2 | — | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2019 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018 | 15 | 1 | 2 | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2017 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2016 | 15 | 3 | — | 2 | Suspension | Do not drive | |
| 2015 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Do not drive | |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2011 | 13 | 5 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2005 | 14 | 1 | 1 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2004 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2003 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.