NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Cadillac Escalade Recalls
The 2021 Cadillac Escalade has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 18, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 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
- 78
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 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 2021 Cadillac Escalade
Fuel system, diesel: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 25V619000
- Reported
- September 18, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical
- Campaign
- 25V274000
- Reported
- April 24, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 597,571
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022–2024 Escalade, 7 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module: software
- Campaign
- 24V797000
- Reported
- October 24, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 463,295
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 11 other models
Exterior lighting: lighting control module: software
- Campaign
- 22V827000
- Reported
- November 3, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 338,735
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Seat belts: critical fasteners
- Campaign
- 22V617000
- Reported
- August 11, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 484,155
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Escalade, 5 other models
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 22V036000
- Reported
- January 27, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,789
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump: control/drive module
- Campaign
- 21V739000
- Reported
- September 23, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 14,939
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Air bags: srs malfunction warning lamp/light
- Campaign
- 21V421000
- Reported
- June 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 285,622
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 21V190000
- Reported
- March 18, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 94,641
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2021 Cadillac Escalade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 78 owner complaints about the 2021 Cadillac Escalade, the newest on October 17, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Cadillac Escalade, the component group named most often is the engine (59%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (13%) and the power train (13%).
1 of the 2021 Cadillac Escalade's 9 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2021 Cadillac Escalade owners gave the mileage (12 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine46
- Engine And Engine Cooling10
- Power Train10
- Electrical System9
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
- Unknown Or Other6
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 36 | |
| 2026 | 38 |
Complaints about the 2021 Cadillac Escalade peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 38. 5% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 78 complaints about the 2021 Cadillac Escalade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Cadillac Escalade by model year
Other 2021 Cadillac models
Newest record on this page: October 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted