NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Cadillac Escalade Recalls
The 2013 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 2013 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
- 19
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 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 2013 Cadillac Escalade
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 2009–2010 Escalade, 13 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 2010–2012, 2014 Escalade, 11 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 14V614000
- Reported
- October 1, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 106,307
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Escalade, 8 other models
Steering: column locking: anti-theft device
- Campaign
- 13V001000
- Reported
- January 2, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 54,686
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2013 Cadillac Escalade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 19 owner complaints about the 2013 Cadillac Escalade, the newest on September 21, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2013 Cadillac Escalade, the component group named most often is the power train (26%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the air bags (16%).
1 of the 2013 Cadillac Escalade's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2013 Cadillac Escalade owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 76,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train5
- Electrical System4
- Air Bags3
- Engine3
- Seat Belts2
- Steering2
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2013 Cadillac Escalade peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 4. 11% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 19 complaints about the 2013 Cadillac Escalade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade by model year
Other 2013 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: September 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted