NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Cadillac Escalade Recalls
The 2015 Cadillac Escalade has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 21, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Cadillac Escalade. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 98
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2015 Cadillac Escalade, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2015 Cadillac Escalade
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 26V329000
- Reported
- May 21, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,014
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Power train: transfer case (4-wheel drive)
- Campaign
- 26V289000
- Reported
- May 7, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 66
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum
- Campaign
- 19V645000
- Reported
- September 6, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,456,719
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2017 Escalade, 4 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 18V586000
- Reported
- September 7, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,015,918
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 17V437000
- Reported
- July 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 40,683
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Escalade, 15 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V651000
- Reported
- September 8, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,640,162
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2017 Escalade, 15 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V624000
- Reported
- October 6, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,046
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V259000
- Reported
- May 16, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,838
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system
- Campaign
- 14V007000
- Reported
- January 13, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 325,213
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2015 Cadillac Escalade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 98 owner complaints about the 2015 Cadillac Escalade, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Cadillac Escalade, the component group named most often is the power train (29%), followed by the engine (28%) and the electrical system (15%).
1 of the 2015 Cadillac Escalade's 9 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2015 Cadillac Escalade owners gave the mileage (60 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train28
- Engine27
- Unknown Or Other17
- Electrical System15
- Steering10
- Suspension9
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 14 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2015 Cadillac Escalade peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 17. 27% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Cadillac Escalade drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Cadillac Escalade year in the same window: 7th highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 98 complaints about the 2015 Cadillac Escalade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade by model year
Other 2015 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted