2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE Complaints

2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TWO OTHER ESCALADE OWNERS OF THE SAME YEAR WHO ARE NEIGHBORS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. SPEEDOMETER SPENDS AROUND AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE YOUR SPEED. *TR

WE HAVE A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. A FEW WEEKS AGO THE RIGHT REAR SEAT WARMER CAUGHT ON FIRE. WE TOOK IT TO THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP AND THEY BAGGED IT WHILE IT WAS STILL SMOKING AND PUT OIT BACK IN CAR AND SPRAYED FREBREEZE IN THE CAR AND SENT US ON OUR WAY AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED AT ALL. THEY DID NOT EVEN GIVE US SOMETHING STATING WE WERE THERE. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS HAVING IT FIXED AND LETTING OTHERS KNOW SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.OUR DAUGHTER WAS ASLEEP ON TOP OF TWO PILLOWS LAYING ON THE SEAT.NOW EVERYTHING IS DRAGGING SUCH AS ALL THE WINDOWS. IT IS ACTING UP BAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

VEHICLE HAS DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER THAT STICKS AND WILL DEALER AND GM WILL NOT COVER UNDER RECALL LAWSUIT. TOO MANY MILES. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STICKS AND IS NOT ACCURATE. THERE IS A POLICY SET UP TO FIX ONLY THOSE VEHICLES UNDER 70000 MILES. WHY IS MY VEHICLE BEING EXCLUDED? I HAVE 88,000 MILES ON MY 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV. THE DEALER, KEY CADILLAC IN EDINA MINNESOTA WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR. A BROKEN SPEEDOMETER THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. A RECALL OF THIS PROBLEM IS JUSTIFIED. *TR

HAD MY ESCALADE ESV IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR SERVICE ON THE TRANSMISSION, AT 122,000 MY 3RD AND OVERDRIVE BAND BROKE LEAVING ME STRANDING IN GILROY CALIFORNIA, NOT A BAD PLACE REALLY NICE PEOPLE. WROTE A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF GM, RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM SOMEONE NAMED AMY, AND HERE IS THE DIALOGUE: I AM SORRY THIS HAPPEN WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING, NO WONDER GM IS LOSING MARKET SHARE. *TR

I STOPPED AT THE POST OFFICE WITH MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. I PUT THE ESCALADE IN PARK WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON IN A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WITH MY DAUGHTER IN IT. A LADY NEXT TO MY CAR SAID SHE HEARD THE VEHICLE MAKE A NOISE AND POPPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. THE ESCALADE WAS MAKING GRINDING NOISE FROM THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AS IT WAS BACKING UP. THE VEHICLE BACKED INTO A PARKED CAR. *TR

BAD LEASE ON 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE CAR WAS DAMAGED AT PURCHASE AND WAS NOT TOLD AND WANTS A REIMBURSEMENT**CC THE CONSUMER AND HIS WIFE COMPLAINED OF THE POORLY DESIGNED LEATHER SEATS. THE SEATS WERE FRAYED. THE CD P LAYER HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE DISCS. THE CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PAINT PEELING. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR MIRROR LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BULB. (LAWYER WROTE IN ON BEHALF OF COMPLAINTS). *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ 100 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF HE WERE AT A STOP THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ 120 MPH. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS. THE SPEEDOMETER EVENTUALLY STOPPED REGISTERING ANY SPEED. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS DIAGNOSED AS BEING FAULTY AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS NO LONGER IN POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE.*AK UPDATED 02/22/07. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WOULD GO INTO GEAR WITH THE IGNITION BEING IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS SON WAS IN THE VEHICLE THE KEY WAS ON ACCESSORY POSITION, AND THE CHILD PULLED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO REVERSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT, THE REASON THAT YOU CAN PULL THE GEAR SHIFT IS IN CASE YOU NEED TO TOW THE VEHICLE, SO YOU CAN SET IT IN NEUTRAL. CONTACT CAN PROVIDE PICTURES IF NEEDED. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING TURNS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A CLUNKING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT HAS EXCESSIVE WEAR AND FILLED IT WITH GREASE.