16V256000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
Inadequate welds may allow the control arm to separate from the bushing, compromising steering and increasing the risk of a crash.
2016 CADILLAC ESCALADE
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 1 defect investigation, 122 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2016 CADILLAC ESCALADE carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints122
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire5
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
19V645000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
As the vacuum level drops, the brake assist decreases, increasing braking effort, extending the distance required to stop the vehicle, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
17V437000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.
16V651000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.
What owners report most
- 31ENGINE
- 16POWER TRAIN
- 15ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 14UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 8SUSPENSION
- 7STEERING
- 6AIR BAGS
- 4ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 CADILLAC ESCALADEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.