Safety Score
96
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
20
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2018 Cadillac Escalade.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Had to get cam shaft replaced last year. Now the lifters are going bad |
| 2025-07-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I stopped to get gas and put the car in park. Turned the car off and when I started it back up the car thought it was i… |
| 2025-07-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | On Juy7, 2025 while operating my 2018 Cadillac Escalade, which at the time of the incident had an odometer reading of a… |
| 2025-05-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Had to replace the camshafts about 10,000 ago. Vehicle is now having what sounds like lifter clattering. Engine is op… |
| 2025-05-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2018 Cadillac Escalade. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power,… |
| 2025-04-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I had purchased the car [XXX] from dealer "Kars R Us" in Dearborn Heights, Mi. On [XXX], I was driving on a highway at… |
| 2025-04-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 2018 Escalade with 84 k miles. First issue was the front struts went out at around 80k miles 3200 repair. Second issu… |
| 2025-03-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | It been twice that I have experienced lifters issues and damage caused to engine because of these. First time I fixed i… |
| 2025-01-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Pulled out of gas station and in 1/2 mile down the road pulled into oil change facility that I had scheduled to do. He… |
| 2025-01-21 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I paid 8600 on my engine for lifters exc...in 2022 the now in 2025 I was told I need a new engine [XXX] The whole eng… |
| 2025-01-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Escalade would experience loss of acceleration 15-20mph under light/moderate throttle, appear to go in to neutral when … |
| 2024-07-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | On July 28th 2024 my wife backed the vehicle out of the garage and the vehicle locked out the steering wheel. The clust… |
| 2023-11-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I noticed my brakes started squeaking when I would push the braking pedal. One day, I was pulling up to a bank, drive-t… |
| 2023-08-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I was pulling forward in a parking garage and it nearly pinned a pedestrian into a parked car. The brakes didn't respo… |
| 2022-09-29 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | The low beam headlights are too bright. I get flashed constantly, and then some drivers leave their bright lights on, … |
| 2021-07-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Cam shaft lifters are failing. Cam shaft needs to be rebuilt. Rough idle and tick sound from engine. Can cause catalyti… |
| 2019-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | LUCKILY NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME, AND I WASN'T GOING FAST OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BAD ESPECIALLY HAVING MY SON… |
| 2019-05-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MOON ROOF DRAIN LINE OBSTRUCTED POSSIBLE PINCHED DURING MANUFACTURE. DRIPPING BROUGHT TO DEALERS ATTENTION . SERVICE … |
| 2019-03-07 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | AN 8 INCH CRACK MYSTERIOUSLY APPEARED FROM THE BOTTOM MIDDLE OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THERE ARE NO EXTERNAL MARKS ON TH… |
| 2018-12-27 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE 2018 ESCALADE ESV RWD ON INTERSTATE 87 NORTH YESTERDAY, DRIVING ABOUT 33MPH, THE ESCALADE SUDDENLY SW… |