I JUST LIKE INFORM TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I AM OWNER OF CADILAC ESCALADE ESV THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2006 , I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS WAS BY FAR MY WORST EXPERIENCE WITH ANY CAR THAT I HAVE EVER BOUGHT IN MY LIFE IN ONE YEAR TIME THE CAR SAT AT THE DEALER MORE THAN 3 MONTHS FOR MANY ISSUES AND DEFECTS AND WHEN I MEAN MANY I MEAN OVER 80 ISSUES WITH THE CAR AND MOST IMPORTANT THESE CARS HAVE MAJOR DEFECT ON THEIR BAKES I HAD ALMOST A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WHEN THE TWO FRONT CALIPERS BRAKES FAILED AND THE WAS ONLY 6 MONTHS IN MY HAND SINCE THEN IT HAS HAD OTHER BRAKE FAILURES AND MANY OTHER DEFECTS INCLUDING WIRE HARNESS TO CATCH ON FIRE THIS CAR IS TICKING TIME BOMB WAITING FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO GO WRONG I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH GM THE MANUFACTURER OF CADILLAC UNTIL TODAY FROM DAY ONE IT HAS HAD DEAD BATTERY IF YOU LET IT SIT FOR MORE THEN 3 DAYS FROM DAY ONE INCLUDING ENGINE LIGHT ALSO FROM DAY ONE THAT THEY NEVER WERE ABLE TO FIX I AM SORRY TO SAY THIS BUT THESE CARS OR VERY UNSAFE SO BODY SHOULD TALK TO THE MANUFACTURER TO FIX THESE SERIOUS ISSUES SOME BODY CAN GET HURT FROM THESE PROBLEMS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR
2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV. WHILE THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, A SMALL TRUCK MOVED INTO HIS LANE. HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE INTO THE LEFT LANE AND TAPPED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO FIRST OR SECOND GEAR ON ITS OWN AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SEVERELY SWERVE ACROSS THE FREEWAY AT 180 DEGREES. THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND WAS FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT; THEREFORE, OTHER VEHICLES WERE ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT A CRASH OCCURRING. HER HUSBAND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND EXITED THE HIGHWAY. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGE INDICATED HOT TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE FLUID SMELLED BURNT. HER HUSBAND CONTINUED DRIVING, BUT AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE WAS HEARD. THE FOLLOWING DAY, AFTER CALLING THE MANUFACTURER, A TECHNICIAN CAME OUT AND STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS POSSIBLY THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 36,500. THE DEALER STATED IT APPEARED AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. UPDATED 10/01/08. *JB