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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2007 Cadillac Escalade Recalls

The 2007 Cadillac Escalade has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Cadillac Escalade. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
4

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
230

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
13

7 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2007 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 2007 Cadillac Escalade

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
21V050000
Reported
February 5, 2021
Vehicles affected
up to 2,641,272
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2008–2011 Escalade, 13 other models

21V050000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
21V052000
Reported
February 5, 2021
Vehicles affected
up to 557,023
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2008–2009 Escalade, 13 other models

21V052000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system

Campaign
10V240000
Reported
June 4, 2010
Vehicles affected
up to 1,365,070
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 2008–2009 Escalade, 16 other models

10V240000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system

Campaign
08V441000
Reported
August 28, 2008
Vehicles affected
up to 857,735
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 2008 Escalade, 14 other models

08V441000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2007 Cadillac Escalade complaints by year

NHTSA has received 230 owner complaints about the 2007 Cadillac Escalade, the newest on July 30, 2026. Of these, 13 describe a crash (6%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 30 injuries.

In complaints about the 2007 Cadillac Escalade, the component group named most often is the air bags (50%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the engine (14%).

2 of the 2007 Cadillac Escalade's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.

Where 2007 Cadillac Escalade owners gave the mileage (111 complaints), the median was 89,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags116
  • Electrical System34
  • Engine33
  • Structure19
  • Electronic Stability Control (Esc)15
  • Power Train14

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2007 Cadillac Escalade received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20063
20078
20084
20099
20107
20113
20124
20138
201413
201514
201619
201736
201820
201934
202019
202110
20224
20237
20242
20255
20261

Complaints about the 2007 Cadillac Escalade peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 36. 13% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Cadillac Escalade drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Cadillac Escalade year in the same window: 5th highest of the 10 ranked years.

Cadillac Escalade years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 3/5

The 230 complaints about the 2007 Cadillac Escalade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Cadillac Escalade by model year

Other 2007 Cadillac models

Newest record on this page: July 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted