2008 Cadillac Escalade
Complaints about this year name able confirm far more often than the other years of this generation — 8% of them, about 19× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 1 of the Cadillac Escalade, which began in 2007 and ran to 2014. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 167 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 43 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Involving a fire | 6 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 14 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- located — 8.4% of this year's complaints, against 2.7% across the other years of this generation (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: located, west.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- become available — 8% of complaints, 19× usual
- confirmed parts — 14% of complaints, 4× usual
- aware issue — 16% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V383000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. CROWN CADILLAC (1584 US-22, WATCHUNG, NJ 07069, (908) 747-43…
TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT CALLED AUTONATION CADILLAC WEST PALM BEACH AT [phone] (LOCATED AT 2101 45TH ST, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33407) A…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V050000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V052000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 08V441000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 10V240000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
How this was worked out
Every year of the Cadillac Escalade was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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