Ownership Cost for 2003 Cadillac Escalade Base
Estimated: $46528 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2316 | $1112 | $973 | $880 | $787 | $6068 |
| Insurance | $1539 | $1593 | $1649 | $1707 | $1767 | $8255 |
| Fuel | $2786 | $2869 | $2970 | $3088 | $3227 | $14940 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $2298 | $1217 | $1191 | $2291 | $9760 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $707 | $707 | $707 | $707 | $707 | $1047 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $11088 | $9091 | $8209 | $8349 | $9791 | $46528 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2009 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | ON GENERAL MOTORS CARS THAT LIGHT THE BACKUP LIGHTS WHILE PARKED AND REMOTE LOCK AND UNLOCK ARE ACTIVATED. PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS STOP AS IF THE VEHICLE MAY BACK UP WHICH SHOULD BE A PROPER REACTION. I HAVE EVEN TAUGHT MY CHILDREN THIS, PEOPLE NOW HAVE A TENDENCY TO IGNORE THE BACKUP LAMPS ON VEHICLES IN PARKING LOTS AS WELL AS CREATING INCONVENIENT SITUATIONS AS CARS AND PEDESTRIANS STOP FOR UNOCCUPIED VEHICLES. I HAVE FOUND MYSELF DRIVING PAST THESE VEHICLES WHEN THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO BACKUP CREATING A CLOSE CALL. I KNOW THIS SEEMS TRIVIAL BUT I SEE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND IT SEEMS TO ME A SIMPLE COMPUTER REFLASH COULD SOLVE THIS DISTURBING TREND. IN THE VEHICLE DESCRIPTION I CHOSE CADILLAC ESCALADE THOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE MOST GM PRODUCTS. *TR |
| 2003 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | I PURCHASED A 2003 CADILLAC ESCALADE ON 02/11/06. AT THE TIME IT HAD AROUND 64000 MILES ON IT. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED JUMPING AROUND BUT IT WOULD GO BACK TO NORMAL. AFTER A WHILE IT WOULD STAY STUCK FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THEN GO BACK TO NORMAL. IN JULY 2007 IT WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AT ALL WHEN WE WENT ON VACATION IN FLORIDA BUT WHILE WE WERE THERE IT STARTED WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN. IT WORKED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THAT AND THEN IT STARTED STICKING AGAIN AND STAYED ON 120 MPH WHETHER IT WAS MOVING OR NOT. WE WERE TOLD THAT BECAUSE WE HAD OVER 70,000 MILES IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. WE RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT GM WOULD REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER UNDER 80,000 MILES BUT SINCE NOW WE HAVE 95,000 MILES AND THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. WE WILL HAVE TO PAY THE EXPENSE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED WHICH WILL BE BETWEEN $500 OR $600. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS WIDESPREAD AND AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MILEAGE. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE FOR OWNERS NO MATTER HOW MANY MILES ARE ON THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM ON ANOTHER AUTOMOBILE. IT IS CLEARLY A DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY GM AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR |
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