1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2025 Cadillac Escalade. Owners have filed 38 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Cadillac dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2025 Cadillac Escalade. Check your Escalade by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 38 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Cadillac Escalade. Cadillac has issued at least 443 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Cadillac Escalade owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in 2 investigations. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 38 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Cadillac Escalade. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“On October 1, 2026, the vehicle experienced a sudden and complete loss of steering control while I was driving. The steering wheel became mechanically disengaged from steering control and rotated freely. I was able to stop the vehicle narrowly avoiding a collision.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11768280
“On [XXX], at approximately 15,200 miles, my 2025 Cadillac Escalade V developed multiple warnings while I was driving at highway speed.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11762393
“Car was driving fine, randomly at 10k miles, the car started turning off. Thank god I had reached my house before it died out on me. I called the Cadillac dealer and brought it in. Apparently a plug was fusing, which caused a shortage to the engine.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11758844
“I had a 2023 Escalade that I was experiencing issues with. I decided to pay lot of money to get out of the 2023 and purchase a 2025 - which is what I was told would get me around the engine problems I was experiencing. Well that was quite the opposite. In 2025 Cadillac Escalade: 1.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11762225
“On April 7, 2026 I was driving my daughter to school when my 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ Frunk (Front Trunk) opening while driving. This renders the EV completely inoperable and disables the vehicle.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11755817
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2025 Cadillac Escalade is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Cadillac dealer.