NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Cadillac Escalade Recalls
The 2012 Cadillac Escalade has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Cadillac Escalade. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 20
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Cadillac Escalade, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2012 Cadillac Escalade
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V051000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 284,645
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V054000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,778,128
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Escalade, 11 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V827000
- Reported
- December 30, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 84,192
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Escalade, 5 other models
2012 Cadillac Escalade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 20 owner complaints about the 2012 Cadillac Escalade, the newest on July 9, 2021. Of these, 3 describe a crash (15%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2012 Cadillac Escalade, the component group named most often is the electrical system (45%), followed by the engine (15%) and the service brakes (15%).
1 of the 2012 Cadillac Escalade's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2012 Cadillac Escalade owners gave the mileage (17 complaints), the median was 66,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System9
- Engine3
- Service Brakes3
- Unknown Or Other3
- Air Bags2
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)2
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Cadillac Escalade peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 5. 30% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 20 complaints about the 2012 Cadillac Escalade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade by model year
Other 2012 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: July 9, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted