NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV Recalls
The 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on February 14, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 14
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV
Power train: manual transmission: shift pattern indicator
- Campaign
- 05V055000
- Reported
- February 14, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,194
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV complaints by year
NHTSA has received 14 owner complaints about the 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV, the newest on October 6, 2023. Of these, 1 describe a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV, the component group named most often is the electrical system (36%), followed by the service brakes (21%) and the power train (14%).
The 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV's only recall also concerns the power train.
Where 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV owners gave the mileage (13 complaints), the median was 95,987 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System5
- Service Brakes3
- Power Train2
- Air Bags1
- Engine1
- Exterior Lighting1
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 2. 7% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 14 complaints about the 2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade ESV by model year
Other 2005 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted