NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Cadillac Escalade Recalls
The 2008 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 2008 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
- 136
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 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 2008 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 2007, 2009–2011 Escalade, 13 other models
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 2007, 2009 Escalade, 13 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 10V240000
- Reported
- June 4, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,365,070
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Escalade, 16 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 08V441000
- Reported
- August 28, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 857,735
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Escalade, 14 other models
2008 Cadillac Escalade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 136 owner complaints about the 2008 Cadillac Escalade, the newest on January 23, 2025. Of these, 5 describe a crash (4%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Cadillac Escalade, the component group named most often is the air bags (54%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the engine (10%).
2 of the 2008 Cadillac Escalade's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Cadillac Escalade owners gave the mileage (67 complaints), the median was 98,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags74
- Electrical System23
- Engine13
- Exterior Lighting12
- Seats7
- Power Train6
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 25 | |
| 2018 | 20 | |
| 2019 | 25 | |
| 2020 | 20 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Cadillac Escalade peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 25. 9% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Cadillac Escalade drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Cadillac Escalade year in the same window: 10th highest of the 10 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Cadillac Escalade years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 136 complaints about the 2008 Cadillac Escalade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade by model year
Other 2008 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: January 23, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted