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2000 Cadillac Escalade complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2000 record →

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Aug 31, 2001MA

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

Tires
Filed Aug 30, 2001CA

THE VEHICLE VIBRATED REPEATDLY WHEN THE SPEED APPROACHED 70 MPH CONSUMER BELIEVES THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER P265/70R16 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE THE CAUSE. *YH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Aug 29, 2001MA

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED BRAKES HAVE A LATE RESPONSE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES WHICH COULD RESULT REAR END ACCIDENTS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, PROBLEM STILL EXISS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Jun 12, 2001MO

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CONSUMER PUT FOOT ON BRAKE TO PUT IN GEAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE. VEHICLE ACELLERATED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE OTHER VEHICLE RAN INTO A TREE. HER FOOT WAS ON BRAKES DURING THIS THIS INCIDENT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

Suspension › Rear
Filed Jun 6, 2001WI

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE GROUND IN THE REAR DUE TO THE REAR AXLE BREAKING AND DISCONNECTING FROM VEHICLE, AXLE ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURRED, CONSUMER FELT THAT IF THIS DEFECT HAD HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING AT A HIGHER SPEED, SERIOUS INJURIES COULD HAVE RESULTED. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT GIVEN THE CONSUMER A REASON FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK DEALER NOT WILLING TO GIVE ANY SUPPORT IN THIS MATTER. *TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation ComponentsCrash
Filed Jun 6, 2001FL

CONSUMER WAS IN TRAFFIC , APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. WHEELS LOCKED UP AND RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Apr 24, 2001GA

ON TWO OCCASIONS , MY GAS TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED. I'M LUCKY THAT I DID NOT HAVE AN EXPLOSION IN MY GARAGE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR SINCE IT HAS HAPPENED TOWICE AND I CERTAINLY WON'T PARK IT IN MY GARAGE.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Feb 22, 2001TX

ABS BRAKES FAILED TWICE, FIRST TIME DEALER REPLACED POWER BOOSTER. SECOND TIME DEALER ADJUSTED REAR BRAKES. CURRENTLY, MASTER CYLINDER IS LEAKING, AND HEATCRACKS IN DRUMS. DEALER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING MORE. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Feb 20, 2001PA

CONSUMER STATES HOOD RAISES AND APPEARS THAT IT'S GOING TO COME UP WHILE DRIVING, DEALER HAS MADE ADJUSTMENTS, AIR GETS UNDER HOOD AND CREATES A VACUUM EFFECT, CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE DRIVING. *SLC

Steering
Filed Feb 16, 2001TX

INTERMITTENTLY STEERING WHEEL WILL GO ITS OWN DIRECTION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK THE DEALER STATES THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING WHEEL, BUT THE CONSUMER POINTS OUT THAT THE STEERING WHEEL VEERS LEFT AND RIGHT. *YH

Wheels
Filed Jan 10, 2001IN

WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH REAR END OF VEHICLE 'FISH-TAILED' 360 DEGREES. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHEEL HAD BROKEN COMPLETLETLY OFF. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Jan 1, 2001CA

I JUST WANT ALL AND ANY RECALL INFO ON MY AUTOMOBILE BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE A LEMON. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash
Filed Dec 21, 2000NY

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO STALLING AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. SINCE VEHICLE STALLED, DEALER HAS REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
Filed Oct 27, 2000CA

CONSUME R WAS INSIDE OF PARKING LOT AND WAS TRAVELING ABOUT FIVE MILES, HE WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND LEFT REAR TIRE WHEEL NUTS FELL OFF. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH HIS REAR END MAKING CLUNKING NOISES. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE.

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Sep 7, 2000KY

WHILE TRAVELING AT 72 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION TIRE TREAD BLEW OUT. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Jul 10, 2000OR

CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE IS A BAD SMELLING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. ALSO, HOOD DOESN'T COMPLETELY CLOSE HOOD HAS BEEN ADJUSTED. SMELLS SEEP IN FROM OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE, DEALER CANNOT REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *ML

Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior
Filed Jun 29, 2000PA

PASSENGER'S MIRROR WAS SMASHED ,AND SOME KIND OF GREEN FLUID WAS LEAKING DOWN THE SIDE OF VEHICLE. WHEN CLEANING OFF THE FLUID, IT REMOVED THE PAINT. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT CHEMICAL BEING USED IN THE MIRROR. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery
Filed Apr 26, 2000PA

BATTERY CONTINUOUSLY MALFUNCTIONS WITHOUT WARNING AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Apr 11, 2000WI

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED TRIED TO MOVE IN REVERSE, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER AND VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED, TECHNICIAN REPLACED TRANSMISSION. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Mar 27, 2000CA

THE VEHICLE SPONTANIOUSLY COMBUSTED WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE STORE FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES. CADILAC HAS DENIED RESPONSIBILITY AND REFUSED TO PROCEED WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION. PLEASE HELP US. *AK

Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly
Filed Jan 27, 2000NY

LEFT FRONT OUTER TIE ROD DISCONNECTED WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 10 MPH, AND ALMOST CAUSED A VEHICLE COLLISION. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

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