NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Cadillac Escalade Recalls
The 2009 Cadillac Escalade has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Cadillac Escalade. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 58
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Cadillac Escalade, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2009 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 2007–2008, 2010–2011 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 2007–2008 Escalade, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V053000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 692,526
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2013 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 2007–2008 Escalade, 16 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 09V154000
- Reported
- May 6, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,188
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
2009 Cadillac Escalade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 58 owner complaints about the 2009 Cadillac Escalade, the newest on October 28, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries and 10 deaths.
In complaints about the 2009 Cadillac Escalade, the component group named most often is the air bags (41%), followed by the electrical system (24%) and the engine (16%).
3 of the 2009 Cadillac Escalade's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Cadillac Escalade owners gave the mileage (34 complaints), the median was 100,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags24
- Electrical System14
- Engine9
- Exterior Lighting4
- Power Train4
- Steering4
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2009 Cadillac Escalade peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 11. 9% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 58 complaints about the 2009 Cadillac Escalade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade by model year
Other 2009 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: October 28, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted