NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Cadillac Escalade Ext Recalls
The 2004 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 2004 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
- 11
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 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 2002–2003 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 2003 Escalade Ext, 11 other models
2004 Cadillac Escalade Ext complaints by year
NHTSA has received 11 owner complaints about the 2004 Cadillac Escalade Ext, the newest on August 10, 2015. Of these, 1 describe a crash (9%).
In complaints about the 2004 Cadillac Escalade Ext, the component group named most often is the electrical system (45%), followed by the service brakes (27%) and the air bags (9%).
None of the 2004 Cadillac Escalade Ext's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System5
- Service Brakes3
- Air Bags1
- Engine1
- Equipment1
- Fuel/Propulsion System1
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Cadillac Escalade Ext peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 3. 27% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
The 11 complaints about the 2004 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 2004 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: August 10, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted