26V289000
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
Front or rear wheel lockup increases the risk of a crash.
2026 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 7 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2026 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
Investigations0
Owner complaints7
Complaints citing a crash0
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
26V304000
WHEELS:HUB
A bolt that loosens or breaks during vehicle operation can result in loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
26V114000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
Without an owner's manual to consult, owners may not know how to safely use and operate the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
What owners report most
- 4ENGINE
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2026 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.