2025 Cadillac Escalade defect investigations
Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2025 Cadillac Escalade. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.
- Loss of motive power due to engine failure post recall remedyEngineering Analysis EA26005 · opened Aug 20, 2026 · still open
On January 16, 2026, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Recall Query RQ26001. This investigation was opened to assess the remedy effectiveness of Recall 25V-274. ODI has received complaints alleging engine failure in vehicles after the recall remedy had been completed, whether that remedy involved an oil …
- Loss of motive power due to engine failurePreliminary Evaluation PE25001 · opened Jan 16, 2025 · closed Oct 23, 2025 · led to recall 25V274
On January 16, 2025, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE25001 after receiving complaints and field reports concerning engine failures in MY2019-2024 GM’s full-size truck and SUV T1XX platform equipped with the L87 6.2L V8 engine. These complainants alleged engine bearing failures …