2010 Cadillac Escalade
This year drew an ordinary 43 complaints for a Cadillac Escalade — the model's median is 58. What they were about is the unusual part: 7% of them mention become, against 2.3% across the other years of this generation.
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 | 43 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 58 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 15.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- become — 7% of this year's complaints, against 2.3% across the other years of this generation (3.1×).
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.
What owners wrote
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL TAPPING SOUND WHICH WOULD BECOME LOUDER AS THE SPEED WAS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PISTON WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILU…
TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V050000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V054000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V053000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
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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