NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Cadillac Escalade Recalls
The 2004 Cadillac Escalade has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 22, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Cadillac Escalade. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 69
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Cadillac Escalade, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2004 Cadillac Escalade
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 05V163000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,359,824
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 Escalade, 6 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, 11 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Escalade, 14 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003, 2005 Escalade, 14 other models
2004 Cadillac Escalade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 69 owner complaints about the 2004 Cadillac Escalade, the newest on July 20, 2025. Of these, 10 describe a crash (14%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Cadillac Escalade, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the service brakes (25%) and the air bags (10%).
None of the 2004 Cadillac Escalade's 4 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2004 Cadillac Escalade owners gave the mileage (51 complaints), the median was 84,489 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System20
- Service Brakes17
- Air Bags7
- Seats6
- Exterior Lighting5
- Unknown Or Other5
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2004 Cadillac Escalade peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 8. 26% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Cadillac Escalade drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Cadillac Escalade year in the same window: 8th highest of the 10 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Cadillac Escalade years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
The 69 complaints about the 2004 Cadillac Escalade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade by model year
Other 2004 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: July 20, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted