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Cadillac Escalade · 2013

4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V053000·2021-02-05

    GM Recalls 2009-2013 Trucks and SUVs for Airbag Inflator Defect

    General Motors is recalling specific 2009-2013 Chevrolet, GMC, and Cadillac vehicles because the front passenger airbag inflator may explode, sending metal fragments into the cabin.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, GMC, CADILLAC TAHOE, YUKON XL, SIERRA 1500, ESCALADE ESV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V054000·2021-02-05

    GM Recalls 2010-2014 Trucks and SUVs for Airbag Inflator Defect

    General Motors is recalling specific 2010-2014 Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC vehicles because the front passenger airbag inflators may explode due to propellant degradation.

    Product
    CADILLAC — CADILLAC, CHEVROLET, GMC ESCALADE EXT, SUBURBAN, TAHOE, SIERRA 2500
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V614000·2014-10-01

    GM Recalls 2013-2014 Vehicles for Chassis Electronic Module Electrical Short Risk

    General Motors is recalling 106,307 vehicles from 2013-2014 because a contaminated chassis electronic module may cause an electrical short, leading to stalling and increased crash risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, BUICK, GMC SUBURBAN, ENCLAVE, ACADIA, CTS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V001000·2013-01-02

    GM Recalls 2013 Trucks and SUVs for Transmission Shift Defect

    General Motors is recalling 54,686 model year 2013 vehicles due to a transmission defect that may allow the vehicle to roll away.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, GMC, CADILLAC SILVERADO, AVALANCHE 1500, SIERRA, EXPRESS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 20134/5

    2 trims tested for 2013; overall ratings can differ by trim.

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Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2016 · engine 23 complaints, median 71,000 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · body 22 complaints, median 77,000 mi
  • 2015 · powertrain 21 complaints, median 46,500 mi
  • 2007 · engine 21 complaints, median 95,000 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2017 · powertrain 20 complaints, median 26,500 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,994 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.7/5
  • 2025: 4.2/5 · 18 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2024: 3.9/5 · 45 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2023: 3.4/5 · 133 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2022: 3.6/5 · 80 complaints · most complained-of: engine

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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