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Model years to avoid

Cadillac Escalade

What it says about you

Opinion

There is no reading of this that is subtle and you did not want one. The fuel bill is a line item you have made peace with. It is, in fairness, an extremely good motorway car.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

22 model years on record, 1,470 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2008 (able confirm), 2007 (oil). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • driving vehicle 2015, 2024 peak 26.2% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 3 recalls 17 complaints
  2. 2025 1 recall 15 complaints
  3. 2024 2 recalls 43 complaints
  4. 2023 4 recalls 125 complaints
  5. 2022 4 recalls 73 complaints
  6. 2021 9 recalls 77 complaints
  7. 2020 2 recalls 13 complaints
  8. 2019 0 recalls 25 complaints
  9. 2018 1 recall 21 complaints
  10. 2017 2 recalls 87 complaints
  11. 2016 4 recalls 103 complaints
  12. 2015 9 recalls 103 complaints
  13. 2014 2 recalls 20 complaints
  14. 2013 4 recalls 17 complaints
  15. 2012 3 recalls 26 complaints
  16. 2011 6 recalls 65 complaints
  17. 2010 3 recalls 43 complaints
  18. 2009 5 recalls 58 complaints
  19. 2008 able confirm 167 complaints
  20. 2007 oil 286 complaints
  21. 2006 2 recalls 24 complaints
  22. 2005 4 recalls 62 complaints

What does a Cadillac Escalade say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.