2007 Cadillac Escalade
Complaints about this year name oil far more often than the other years of this generation — 8% of them, about 20× the usual rate of 0.4%.
First year of a new generation. The Cadillac Escalade was redesigned for 2007. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 286 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 43 |
| Involving a crash | 14 |
| Involving a fire | 11 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 14 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- low — 6% of complaints, 16× usual
- pressure — 6% of complaints, 16× usual
- causing — 7% of complaints, 4× usual
What owners wrote
LOW OIL PRESSURE SHUT ENGINE OFF LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING AND DINGING. STOPS SOMETIMES AND STARTS BACK WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET.
FAULTY BEARINGS ON CAMSHAFT FAILING CAUSING INADEQUATE OIL PRESSURE RESULTING IN "LIMP MODE", SUBSEQUENTLY LEADING TO ENGINE FAILURE AND ILLUMINATION OF STABILITRAK, ABS AND PARKING ASSIST ICONS. "LIMP MODE" CUTS ENGINE OFF AND DRIVER LOSES ABILITY TO CONTROL…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V052000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V050000 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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