2025 Cadillac Escalade: owner complaints and recalls

57% of everything owners report about the 2025 Cadillac Escalade points at a single system: engine. That is 8 of 14 complaints on file.

14
Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
0
Injuries
0.0
Severity index

Severity index 0.0 - Low. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 0.0p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2025 Cadillac Escalade sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

EngineEngine: 8 complaints (57.1%)8 57%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 5 complaints (35.7%)5 36%Power TrainPower Train: 2 complaints (14.3%)2 14%SuspensionSuspension: 1 complaints (7.1%)1 7%Exterior LightingExterior Lighting: 1 complaints (7.1%)1 7%Traction Control SystemTraction Control System: 1 complaints (7.1%)1 7%Engine And Engine Cooli…Engine And Engine Cooling: 1 complaints (7.1%)1 7%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 1 complaints (7.1%)1 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ENGINE857.1%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM535.7%
POWER TRAIN214.3%
SUSPENSION17.1%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING17.1%
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM17.1%
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING17.1%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE17.1%

Complaints filed per year

0492025: 52026: 9 (partial year)25269
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20255
2026 (year to date)9

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
26V30400014/05/2026WHEELS:HUBGeneral Motors, LLC is recalling certain 2025–2026 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban 1500, Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles with 24-inch wheels. Incorrect bolts may have been installed on the left and right front wheel hubs, which can result in the bolts
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.