"How reliable is the 1999 Cadillac Escalade?"

"Based on 46 NHTSA complaints, the 1999 Cadillac Escalade has a median complaint mileage of 110500 miles. The most common issue is SUSPENSION:FRONT."

"What are common problems with the 1999 Cadillac Escalade?"

"The most frequently reported component in NHTSA complaints for the 1999 Cadillac Escalade is SUSPENSION:FRONT, accounting for a significant portion of the 46 total complaints filed."

1999 Cadillac Escalade: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 46 complaints

Total Complaints

110,500mi

Median Mileage

SUSPENSION:FRONT

Top Issue

Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

103,250 25th Percentile

110,500 Median Mileage

140,550 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

SUSPENSION:FRONT

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

SEATS

TIRES:TREAD/BELT

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TIRES

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Severity Assessment

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT PULLED TO LEFT UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, DEALER SAID IT WAS THE CHARATERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK"

"WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40MPH THE FRONT DRIVESHAFT TORE THOUGH THE OIL PAN/TRANSMISSION & ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. HAD NO POWER OR CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DISABLED. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAD 600 MILES - SEVEN DAYS OLD; GM REPLACED VEHICLE AT NO COST. *AK"

"SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE WE TRAVELED TO FLORIDA, WE COULD NOT CONTROL OUR VEHICLE AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. FLORDIA DEALER..DEMITT CADDLIAC OF CLEARWATER FLORIDA STATED THE FRONT END WAS NOT ALIGNED AND ADJUSTED SAME . IT WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY AND WE CUT OUR VACATION SHORT TO RETURN OUR VEH..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

GA: 9 OH: 7 TX: 6 CA: 5 FL: 4 PA: 2 MD: 2 MA: 1 KY: 1 NJ: 1

Who Files Complaints?

43.5%

Original Owners

56.5%

Second+ Owners

Cadillac Escalade — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

Year	Complaints	Median Mileage	Top Issue	Crashes
2000	96	81,500	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP	13
2002	164	75,000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	16
2003	111	75,000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	5
2004	99	88,100	SERVICE BRAKES	14
2005	63	105,000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	5
2006	26	102,500	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	2
2007	317	95,000	AIR BAGS	17
2008	180	100,000	AIR BAGS	7
2009	89	100,000	AIR BAGS	1
2010	47	75,000	AIR BAGS	0
2011	53	93,761	AIR BAGS	0
2012	32	63,500	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	5
2013	22	76,000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	0
2014	29	40,000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	8
2015	140	54,525	ENGINE	7
2016	118	38,000	ENGINE	3
2017	74	16,233	ENGINE	3
2018	27	11,000	ENGINE	3
2019	25	-	ENGINE	1
2021	79	45,000	ENGINE	2
2022	86	36,000	ENGINE	8
2023	152	19,000	ENGINE	4
2024	52	9,000	ENGINE	0

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28