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 ESV
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 1 defect investigation, 20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2016 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV 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 campaigns3
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints20
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire0
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 3 of 3
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
- 6SUSPENSION
- 5POWER TRAIN
- 3ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1SERVICE BRAKES
- 1SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM
- 1WHEELS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESVs 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.