NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Cadillac Escalade Recalls
The 2017 Cadillac Escalade has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 6, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Cadillac Escalade. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 51
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Cadillac Escalade, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2017 Cadillac Escalade
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 2015–2016 Escalade, 4 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 2015–2016 Escalade, 15 other models
2017 Cadillac Escalade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 51 owner complaints about the 2017 Cadillac Escalade, the newest on August 31, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2017 Cadillac Escalade, the component group named most often is the engine (43%), followed by the power train (24%) and the electrical system (18%).
None of the 2017 Cadillac Escalade's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2017 Cadillac Escalade owners gave the mileage (23 complaints), the median was 29,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine22
- Power Train12
- Electrical System9
- Service Brakes9
- Unknown Or Other6
- Vehicle Speed Control4
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2017 Cadillac Escalade peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 11. 35% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Cadillac Escalade drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Cadillac Escalade year in the same window: 9th highest of the 10 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured Cadillac Escalade years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 51 complaints about the 2017 Cadillac Escalade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade by model year
Other 2017 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: August 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted