2000 Cadillac Escalade problems
The 2000 Cadillac Escalade has 96 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (18%) concerns brakes. After that come fuel system (15%) and electrical system (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 96 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 82,000 miles 30 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 30 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 82,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 26 model years of the Cadillac Escalade with enough data (45 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The trunk flooded during a heavy rain fall. The passenger door lock had malfunctioned and the seal around the back door had come apart. The consumer's daughter was in a rollover accident and the air bags did not deploy. Scc
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 cadillac escalade. While driving 55 MPH, the rear continental sportiva (size p265/70r16) tires blew out. The passenger side rear tire was completely shredded. The contact did not drive over anything that could have LED to such a failure. The vehicle was not damaged. The DOT number was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 81,000.
Smelled gas fumes coming from gas tank area. A mechanic told me that there is a leak in the gas tank area that needs to be replaced as soon as possible as this may ignite causing fire. We saw on line that there was indeed a recall of this car model for the same above cited reason.