NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Cadillac Escalade Recalls
The 2002 Cadillac Escalade has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 17, 2002.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Cadillac Escalade. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 115
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Cadillac Escalade, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2002 Cadillac Escalade
Seats: front assembly: head restraint
- Campaign
- 02V253000
- Reported
- September 17, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 558,904
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Escalade, 14 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005 Escalade, 14 other models
2002 Cadillac Escalade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 115 owner complaints about the 2002 Cadillac Escalade, the newest on October 6, 2025. Of these, 12 describe a crash (10%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Cadillac Escalade, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (24%), followed by the electrical system (14%) and the service brakes (10%).
None of the 2002 Cadillac Escalade's 3 recalls concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2002 Cadillac Escalade owners gave the mileage (71 complaints), the median was 78,780 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic28
- Electrical System16
- Service Brakes11
- Power Train10
- Suspension8
- Steering7
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9 | |
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Cadillac Escalade peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 16. 41% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Cadillac Escalade drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Cadillac Escalade year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 115 complaints about the 2002 Cadillac Escalade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade by model year
Other 2002 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted