1999 Cadillac Escalade

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/27/2010· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  THE FIRST TWO OCCASIONS OF SPEED CONTROL FAILURE OCCURRED TODAY. WHILE TRAVELING WITH THE SPEED CONTROL SET TO ABOUT 65MPH, THE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED THE FIRST TIME. UPON BRAKING A SECOND TIME, IT DID DISENGAGE. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE CONTROL WAS SET TO ABOUT 55MPH AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AFTER REPEATED BRAKING EFFORTS. IT WAS DISENGAGED MANUALLY AND NOT USED SINCE. *TR

• 12/05/2002· SEATS

  WHILE SITTING IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE SEAT HEATER ON, CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE SEAT, CONSUMER WAS ABLE T O PULL OVER AND TURN THE SEAT HEATER OFF.TS CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT CONTAINED A BURN HOLE.*JB

• 12/01/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  MANUFACTURER HAS HAD THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO REMEDY THESE PROBLKEMS AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO. I'VE REQUESTED THAT THIS VEHICLE BE REPLACED, BUT MANUFACTURER HAS REFUSED TO HONOR MY REQUEST. UNDER OHIO LAW, THIS VEHICLE IS CONSIDERED TO BE A "LEMON" AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AT MY REQUEST. ANY ADDITIONAL HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

• 11/21/2003· STEERING

  WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IT BECAME LOOSE THEN GRABBED. THE DEALER STATES THAT THE STEERING MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM 1999 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING. WHEN MAKING A TURN STEERING WHEEL SLIPS THEN GRABS. THIS PROBLEM COULD LEAD TO OVER-STEERING. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT REPAIRS WOULD COST $200.00.*MR

• 11/13/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 11/11/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  1990 VINTAGE GENERAL MOTORS 350 CI ENGINE HAS A PEWTER HEATER HOSE CONNECTOR ON THE ENGINE THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL AND PRONE TO FAILURE. THE CONNECTION HAS A SHORT LIFE FOR ENGINE COMPONENTS AND WILL EASILY BREAK AT THE ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING ENGINER TO OVERHEAT. THE FAILURE CAN OCCUR ON A HOT ENGINE WHILE A MECHANIC IS WORKING ON ENGINE AND RESULT IN SCALDING FLUID ON THE MECHANIC. I HAVE TWO VEHCILES WITH THE ENGINE/CONNECTOR AND BOTH HAVE FAILED. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM BY GMC. *AK

• 10/31/2008· STRUCTURE

  THE HOOD FLUTTERS TERRIBLY BEGINNING AROUND 40MPH AND GETS INCREASING WORSE AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES FURTHER. I NOTICED THIS SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW AND COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT IT WASN'T A PROBLEM BUT JUST THE NATURE OF THAT YEARS MODEL 1999 CADILLAC ESCALADE, WHICH I STILL HAVE AND IT STILL FLUTTERS AND WOBBLES AS THOUGH ITS GETTING READY TO FLY OFF ITS HINGES!!! *TR

• 10/25/1999· SUSPENSION

  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

• 10/19/2005· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

  DT: 1999 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATES THE ABS IS MAKING HORRIBLE NOISES AND PULSATSE WHEN DRIVING UNDER 15 MPH. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN WORKED ON 5 TIMES ALREADY SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE LAST TIME HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER THEY TOLD HIM IF HE COULD WAIT AWHILE THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL FOR THE ABS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT SHOUL B E APROBLEM DRIVING THE VEHICLE LIKE THIS. WHEN HE DROVE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS NOT MAKING ANY NOISE. THAT WAS A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, BUT THE NOISE CAME BACK. *AK

• 10/08/2002· WHEELS

  WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL CAME OFF. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT THE WHEEL WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED BY MECHANIC. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *MR

• 09/25/2014· SEATSCrash

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT TO FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,409.

• 09/15/1999· POWER TRAIN

  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

• 09/02/1999· SUSPENSION

  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

• 09/01/2000· TIRES

  PE-00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, CADILLAC ESCALADE, TIRE SIZE 16 INCH, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE. TWO SETS OF FIRESTONE TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION OCCURRING ON ALL FOUR TIRES. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING THERE WAS VIBRATION WITHIN THE FRONT END AND VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. FIRST SET OF TIRES HAD 16 THOUSANDS MILES ON THEM, SECOND SET HAD 12 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. *AK ALL 4 TIRES WERE REPLACED IN MARCH. FAILED AGAIN BY JULY AND REPLACED AGAIN. *YH

• 08/17/2004· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  WHILE DRIVING TAIL LIGHTS WEREINOPERTIVE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 08/13/2010· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  I HAVE 1999 CADILLAC ESCALADE WITH ABS ACTIVATION AT LOW SPEEDS, THIS IS DUE TO CORROSION BUILD-UP BETWEEN THE ABS SENSOR AND WHEEL HUB HOUSING. GM REPLACED MANY OF THESE AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMERS IN CANADA. WELL I LIVE IN MINNESOTA, WITH SALTED ROADS. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WENT TO THE DEALER TODAY AND ASKED THEM TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIX THE PROBLEM AT NO COST, AND THEIR ANSWER WAS NO. NOW I HAVE HIT MY GARAGE DOOR TWICE, AND THE BACK OF MY GARAGE WALL ONCE. MY FATHER HAS A 2000 YUKON DENALI WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY IS THERE NO REAL, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM... *TR

• 06/26/2000· INTERIOR LIGHTING

  THE DESIGN OF THE COURTESY LIGHTS CONTAINS A SENSOR TO DETECT DARKNESS, HOWEVER THE SENSOR IS NOT EFFECIENT AND ALLOWS FOR CONSUMER TO OPEN DOOR AND REMAIN IN DARKNESS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. *MJS

• 06/24/2003· TIRES

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 30 MPH THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

• 05/20/2003· TIRES

  THE TREAD SEPARATED ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. FIRESTONE FIREHAWK LS P265/70R16. *JB

• 05/17/2005· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DT CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE BRAKES ARE PRESSED THE ABS GOES OFF AT ABOUT 5 MPH. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE DEALER DID NOT INFORM THE CONSUMER WHY THE ABS WAS DOING THIS. *JB CONTACT STATES WHEN GOING AROUND A CURVE THE STEERING COLLAPSED, AFTER THE WHEELS ARE STRAIGHTENED THE STEERING IS NORMAL. THE SERVICE DEALER STATES THEY CAN'T FIND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE STEERING.

• 05/16/2001· SUSPENSION,TIRES

  WE PURCHASED A 99 ESCALADE CADILLAC UNDER A MISLEADING ASSUMPTION OF CONDITION OF VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY HAD SEVERE VIBRATION IN STEERING AND SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 60 - 85 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE GM DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPAIRS. 12+ SETS OF TIRES WERE REPLACED IN JUST ONE DAY. THERE FINAL STATEMENT WAS THAT ALL THE GOODYEAR TIRES DESIGNED FOR THIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT ALIGN UP. A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED AND REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE BODY ELECTRICAL WAS REPAIRED. THE ENGINE ELECTRICAL WAS REPAIRED. DOOR PANELS (LEFT & RIGHT) WERE REPLACED. THE FORWARD SEATS, CONSOLE & DASH WAS REPLACED. BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES AND ARE CURRENTLY BAD. MAJOR VIBRATION AND SHAKING FROM DAY ONE MAY, 1, 2001. THE VEHICLE VIBRATES DURING HIGH RATE OF SPEEDS. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IS UNSAFE. GMC HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY OUR ATTOURNEYS. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MS [XXX], GM ATTOURNEY. THE CBBB HAS FILED 2 CASES AGAINST GM RESULTING WITH STILL NO ANSWERS OR FAIR SETTLEMENTS. THE BRAKES, TIRES, SUSPENSION AND UNKNOWN PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERS AGAIN BEING REPAIRED FOR BRAKES, ROTORS, VIBRATION, TIRES AND ALIGNMENT AND SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. WHAT DO WE DO??? WE HAVE NO HELP BUT ARE STILL DRIVING A VERY DANGEROUS TOP OF THE LINE VEHICLE. WE HAVE PURCHASED SEVERAL VEHICLES FROM GM OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS. GM WILL NOT AND CANNOT REPAIR THIS VEHICLE. BREACH OF WARRANTY. WE ARE CURRENTLY FILING SUIT AGAINST FENDER CADILLAC AND GENERAL MOTORS. PLEASE RESPOND. PLEASE HELP. ANY INFO WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED FROM MY 8 MONTH PREGNANT WIFE, MY DAUGHTER, MY SON AND MYSELF. THANK YOU. SINCERELY AT [XXX]. [XXX]. *AK( DOT NUMBER: ) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

• 05/16/2000· SUSPENSION

  WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE DRIFTED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE TEN TIMES, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

• 05/08/2002· AIR BAGS

  THE CONSUMER REQUESTING A TRAY TO REDIRECT AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE. TRAY IS TO ILLMINATE NECK EXTENSION WHEN IT DEPLOYS. DEALER REFUSED TO ADD THE FEATURE, WHICH WAS MENTIONED THROUGH A (RECALL ID # 00-V-122-000 MANUFACTURER RECALL ID# 00044 FMVSS 208 NECK EXTENSION ) BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE THE VEHICLE LOOK UGLY. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

• 05/07/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY. WAS APPLYING BRAKES TO STOP, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. THIS CAUSED A GREATER STOPPING DISTANCE THAN USUAL. BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD PRESSURE. TOOL TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR MASTER CYLINDER. WAS ONLY REPAIRED TWICE.*AK

• 05/06/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  FUEL GAUGE WAS INADEQUATE TO THE AMOUNT IN THE FUEL TANK. VEHICLE HAS A 25 GALLON TANK, AND WOULD EMPTY IN 200 MILES TO A FULL TANK. THE SUM PUMP (PULLS THE GAS TO THE TANK) BROKE COMPLETELY AND WAS LYING AT THE OF THE TANK. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION.*AK

• 05/05/2003· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN BREAKING THE VEHICLE WILL SHIMMY HEAVILY AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL. DEALER NOTIFIED

• 05/03/2000· SEATS

  FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BACK COLLAPSES INTERMITTENTLY. NLM

• 04/26/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP. BUT PROBLEM WAS STILL OCCURRING. ALSO, DEALER SAID THAT CONSUMER NEEDED TO REPLACE ELECTRICAL PARTS, AS WELL. *AK

• 04/07/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING ALONG AT 75 MPH ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION SHUT DOWN WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ECM TWICE, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED . *AK.ET.

• 04/01/2004· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  MECHANIC WOULDN'T REPLACE THE WARPED ROTORS WITH NEW ONES, HE WANTED TO GRIND THEM DOWN. *PH *LA *JB

• 03/24/2010· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC

  I OWN A 1999 CADILLAC ESCALADE. IT HAS 110,000 APPROXIMATE MILES. FOR THE LAST FEW HUNDRED MILES, I'VE HAD TROUBLE WITH STOPPING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED. NEARLY RUNNING INTO MY GARAGE, AND OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTINGLY, THEN GOES OFF. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY FRIENDS/ RELATIVES THAT THERE WHERE PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS, AND PROBLEMS WITH THE GM BRAKING SYSTEM. I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE SEVICE MANAGER AT DAVID TAYLOR CADILLAC. ON 03/24/2010. HE SAID THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON OR FOR MY VEHICLE.

• 03/22/2002· SEAT BELTS

  UPON PURCHASING VEHICLE DEALER REFUSED TO INSTALL NECK EXTENTION SINCE DECEMBER 2001. THERE ARE RECALLS 99 V 141 000MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 9196, AND RECALL AND 00 V 122 000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 10497. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

• 03/21/2006· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  I OWN A 1999 CADILLAC ESCALADE, I HAVE HAD MANY NEAR CRASHES DUE TO THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM NOT WORKING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS. I WAS TOLD BY MY LOCAL DEALER THERE IS A SELECTIVE RECALL 05V329000 THIS RECALL IS FOR SALT STATES AND ONLY CERTAIN MODELS. HE TOLD ME MY CADILLAC WAS NOT ONE OF THE MODELS, AND DID NOT KNOW IF PENNA WAS ON THE LIST. I SEE THIS AS A DIRECT SAFETY ISSUE, AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MY CADILLAC ESCALADE SUV IS NOT LISTED WITH OTHER SUV'S AND I DEFINITELY LIVE IN A SALT STATE. *JB

• 03/17/2000· SEATS

  DEALER HAS WELDED THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO THE FRAME IN FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HAS HAS SEVERAL MAJOR PROBLEMS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL. *AK

• 03/06/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DUE TO DESIGN AND MOUNTING CONNECTION, BATTERY IS DISCONNECTING, THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED THE BATTERY TO EXPLODE, ON ONE OCCASION VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING, ON ANOTHER OCCASION THIS CAUSED BATTERY TO NOT HOLD CHARGES. CONSUMER STATES WHEN RETURNING FROM TRIPS, THE BATTERY IS DEAD THE NEXT DAY, IN EVERY INSTANCE THE BATTERY IS DEAD BECAUSE IT NO LONGER WAS ABLE TO HAVE CONTINUOUS CONNECTION TO THE CABLE. *SLC

• 03/04/2005· SEATSFire

  WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING THE SEAT HEATER OVERHEATED, BURNING A HOLE IN THE SEAT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 02/24/2000· SUSPENSION

  MOUNTING BRACKETS ON UPPER CONTROL ARM ARE OUT OF POSITION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DART TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 02/20/2001· POWER TRAIN

  THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND THEN CLUNKS INTO GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY INFORMED ME THAT CADILLAC WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AS IT SEEMS TO BE INHERENT, BUT AS OF YET THEY DO NOT HAVE A SOLUTION AND I SHOULD CALL THEM BACK IN ABOUT ONE MONTH FOR A PROGRESS UPDATE. I HOPE THIS IS TRUE. *AK

• 02/15/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL PUMP WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AND VEHICLE STOPPED, WITHOUT WARNING. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TIMES. *AK

• 01/29/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  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

• 01/11/2010· SEATS

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CADILLAC ESCALADE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WARMER MALFUNCTIONED AND BURNED THROUGH THE LEATHER. SHE ALSO WAS BURNED ON THE BACK OF HER LEGS. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND GET OUT THE VEHICLE. THE SEAT WARMER MELTED THE LEATHER SEATS. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 207,000. UPDATED 2/17/10 *CN UPDATED 02/22/10.*JB

• 01/11/2001· SEAT BELTSCrash

  THIS VEHICLE DESIGNED PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT CAUSED INJURIES TO PASSENGER WHEN STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

• 01/10/2016· STEERING

  I THINK THAT SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG WITH MY FRONT STEERING, I CAN'T KEEP IT GOING STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD. IT KEEPS DARTING TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT.I HAVE HAD IT ALIGNED TWO TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. I THINK THAT CADILLAC SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED.

• 01/10/2005· STRUCTURE

  I'VE HAD A WATER LEAK PROBLEM SINCE I BROUGHT MY 1999 CADILLAC CATER, ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO. I WOULD SAY EVERY 4 MONTHS, THE CAR LEKS GALLONS AND GALLONS OF WATER INTO THE BACK SEAT, I'VE COMPLIANTED TO LINDSAY CADILLAC SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT IT, THEY TOLD ME THE CAR LEAKED DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN, YET THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME 400$ A YEAR TO GET THE DRAIN UNCLOGGED, LIKE I BUILT THE CAR, AND I COMPLAINTED TO THE MAIN OFFICE IN MICHGAN, AND I SPOKE WITH A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER NAME JASON MORALES, AND HE SAID THAT CADILLAC WOULD COMPENSATE ME, BUT ONLY IF I TRADE MY CAR IN FOR A NEW/ NEWER CAR. I CHECKED OUT OTHER WEBSITES, AND IM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. CADILLAC HAS ALL THE FILES/COMPLAINTS I HAVE MADE ON FILE. *AK