2008 Cadillac Escalade — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 180 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)74 (41.1%)Official recall records for this system: 32, covering model years 2007–2021.
• Electrical system23 (12.8%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 1999–2021.
• Engine15 (8.3%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2015–2024.
• Lights13 (7.2%)Official recall records for this system: 18, covering model years 1999–2024.
• Seats7 (3.9%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2002.
• Tires & wheels7 (3.9%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2002–2026.

Other / uncategorized: 6 classifications (3.3%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (3,342 records, model years 1999–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, air bags (restraint system) and electrical system.
• Safety recalls (156 records, model years 1999–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), seat belts and fuel system.
• Transport Canada recalls (158 records, model years 1999–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), lights and steering.
• Manufacturer communications (32,995 records, model years 1999–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 69reports included a mileage
• 95,525average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1999 153 records for 1999 153
2. 2000 413 records for 2000 413
3. 2002 724 records for 2002 724
4. 2003 832 records for 2003 832
5. 2004 827 records for 2004 827
6. 2005 791 records for 2005 791
7. 2006 833 records for 2006 833
8. 2007 1,441 records for 2007 1,441
9. 2008 1,367 records for 2008 1,367
10. 2009 1,381 records for 2009 1,381
11. 2010 1,529 records for 2010 1,529
12. 2011 1,628 records for 2011 1,628
13. 2012 1,608 records for 2012 1,608
14. 2013 1,687 records for 2013 1,687
15. 2014 1,475 records for 2014 1,475
16. 2015 2,519 records for 2015 2,519
17. 2016 1,820 records for 2016 1,820
18. 2017 1,497 records for 2017 1,497
19. 2018 1,149 records for 2018 1,149
20. 2019 852 records for 2019 852
21. 2020 770 records for 2020 770
22. 2021 898 records for 2021 898
23. 2022 1,081 records for 2022 1,081
24. 2023 989 records for 2023 989
25. 2024 680 records for 2024 680
26. 2025 449 records for 2025 449
27. 2026 231 records for 2026 231

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 5mention a crash
• 5mention a fire
• 2mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 4
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,218
• Investigations NHTSA 3
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 6
• Owner complaints NHTSA 136

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0521 in 11 records
• P0300 in 8 records
• P0442 in 6 records
• P0420 in 5 records
• P0430 in 5 records
• P2135 in 5 records
• P2723 in 4 records
• U0073 in 4 records
• U0100 in 4 records
• U0101 in 4 records
• U0102 in 4 records
• U0121 in 4 records

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.