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Cadillac Escalade 2011

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.26 per 1,000

0.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 4 complaints filed in the first three years, of 65 ever. 95% lower bound 0.01.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.5012
20090.398
20100.183
20110.264
20120.294
20150.8818
20161.0724
20171.0324
20180.185
20190.176
20200.237
20210.9531
20220.3715
20233.44141

What owners describe

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

14% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 102,523 miles, from 21 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10397260 · 10397261 · 10430733 · 10473770

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.