Cadillac Escalade Complaints

1,865 consumer complaints on file.

• #718027January 29, 2000
  SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

  THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT UPON BRAKING. I'M IN MY 2ND ESCALADE AND THE 1ST ONE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WITH BOTH VEHICLES THERE HAS BEEN NINE ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

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• #855666January 27, 2000
  STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY

  LEFT FRONT OUTER TIE ROD DISCONNECTED WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 10 MPH, AND ALMOST CAUSED A VEHICLE COLLISION. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

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• #713825October 25, 1999
  SUSPENSION:FRONT

  SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE WE TRAVELED TO FLORIDA, WE COULD NOT CONTROL OUR VEHICLE AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. FLORDIA DEALER..DEMITT CADDLIAC OF CLEARWATER FLORIDA STATED THE FRONT END WAS NOT ALIGNED AND ADJUSTED SAME . IT WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY AND WE CUT OUR VACATION SHORT TO RETURN OUR VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP OF PURCHASE. THEY REALIGNED SAME AS IT WASN'T DONE RIGHT IN FLORIDA. CADALLIC ALSO RE IMBURSED ALL OUR TRAVEL EXPENSE OF $380.00. TWO MONTHS LATER AFTER ANOTHER EXTENDED SUSTAINED HIGH SPEED ROAD TRIP WE NOTICED THE FRONT END WAS NOT RIGHT AGAIN. AGAIN BACK TO THE DEALER..ANOTHER FRONT END ADJUSTMENT AND TIRE REPLACEMENT DUE TO MISALIGNMENT. ANOTHER ROAD TRIP AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS A COUPLE MONTHS LATER THE FRONT END PROBLEM RE OCCURED. THEY ALIGHNED SAME AGAIN AND WHEN ASKED WHY IT DOES NOT SAY IN ALIGHENMENT THEY SAID "WE DON'T KNOW". WE ARE IN OUR 50'S..DO NOT DRIVE OFF ROAD..NO POTHOLES..NO CURBS. DEFECT SHOWS ON LONG TRIPS AT SUSTAINED HIGH SPEEDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. ALL THIS IS RECORDED AT THE FLORIDA DEALERSHIP AND THE WOODBURY DEALERSHIP. *AK

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• #847829September 15, 1999
  POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

  WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40MPH THE FRONT DRIVESHAFT TORE THOUGH THE OIL PAN/TRANSMISSION & ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. HAD NO POWER OR CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DISABLED. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAD 600 MILES - SEVEN DAYS OLD; GM REPLACED VEHICLE AT NO COST. *AK

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• #846523September 2, 1999
  SUSPENSION:FRONT

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT PULLED TO LEFT UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, DEALER SAID IT WAS THE CHARATERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

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