NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext Recalls
The 2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 17, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 15
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext
Structure: body: tailgate: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 04V129000
- Reported
- March 17, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,662,211
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 Escalade Ext, 5 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 04V045000
- Reported
- February 4, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 68,875
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Escalade Ext, 11 other models
2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext complaints by year
NHTSA has received 15 owner complaints about the 2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext, the newest on December 8, 2014. Of these, 1 describe a crash (7%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext, the component group named most often is the electrical system (27%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (27%) and the service brakes (20%).
1 of the 2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext's 2 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext owners gave the mileage (12 complaints), the median was 70,122 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System4
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
- Service Brakes3
- Fuel System, Gasoline2
- Power Train2
- Steering2
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 3. 20% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 15 complaints about the 2003 Cadillac Escalade Ext are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade Ext by model year
Other 2003 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: December 8, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted