NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV Recalls
The 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 8, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 38
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV
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 2015–2016 Escalade ESV, 15 other models
2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV complaints by year
NHTSA has received 38 owner complaints about the 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV, the newest on September 11, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (11%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV, the component group named most often is the service brakes (29%), followed by the engine (26%) and the power train (24%).
The 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV's only recall does not concern the service brakes.
Where 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV owners gave the mileage (17 complaints), the median was 31,278 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes11
- Engine10
- Power Train9
- Electrical System4
- Unknown Or Other4
- Structure2
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 8. 39% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 38 complaints about the 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade ESV by model year
Other 2017 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: September 11, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted