2007 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT Complaints

FAILURE OF THE WHEEL HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY. CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, LOSS OF ABS, WHEEL DETACHMENT AND WHEEL FIRE. *TR

IN AUGUST OF 2009 I NOTICED WHEN I HAD A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER I WOULD GET AN INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATOR WARNING LIGHT OF "AIRBAG READINESS". ALSO, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG STATUS INDICATOR IN THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE WAS REGISTER AS BEING "OFF". THIS FAILURE WAS NEVER INTERMITTENTLY -- IT JUST FAILED. I WENT THROUGH THE PROCEDURES OF THE OWNER'S MANUAL FOR POSSIBLE CORRECTIONS: 1. HAVE FRONT PASSENGER ADJUST WEIGHT WHILE SEATED, MOVE OR POSITION SEAT IN A UPRIGHT POSITION, THEN TURN VEHICLE "ON AND OFF". 2. CHECK FOR ITEMS UNDER THE SEAT FOR ITEMS AND ADJUST SEAT BELTS. THE LAST WEEK OF NOVEMBER I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL OF NHTSA ID#10V2400000. AT THAT TIME I ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM OF THE FAILURE OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM TO THE CADILLAC REPRESENTATIVE. HE STATED " HE HAD CHECKED THE SYSTEM FOR A RECALL OF THIS NATURE AND THERE WAS NONE". THIS COULD BE TRUE BECAUSE, I JUST LUCKED UPON SEEING AN ARTICLE ON THE INTERNET CONCERNING THE RECALL OF GM VEHICLES. HOWEVER, THE RECALL OF NHTSA ID# 10V644000 IS FOR CADILLAC/CTS 2005-2007. MY VEHICLE IS A CADILLAC/EXT 2007 HOWEVER, THIS MODEL VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAFETY HAZARD AS THE CADILLAC/CTS 2007 MODEL. I DO NOT FEEL THIS IS A RANDOM COINCIDENCE RATHER, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE SERIOUSLY BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF CAR MANUFACTURER. *LN

ALL 4 FACTORY RIMS ARE DETERIORATING AND ARE CAUSING THE TRIES TO LOOSE AIR AND GO FLAT IN TRAFFIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE HT684 II TIRES (NA), TIRE SIZE 265/65/18. WHILE PARKED HE NOTICED THAT THE FOUR TIRES MOUNTED ON THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED CRACKS AND SEPARATION OF THE TREAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE AUTHORIZED TIRE REPAIR SHOPS ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR TIRE INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE FOUR TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,200. UPDATED 01/12/10. *LJ UPDATED 01/13/10.*JB

I WAS DRIVING MY 07 EXT ESCALADE ON JAN. 3RD 11;50 AT NIGHT WHEN I NOTICED THAT IT WAS UNUSUALLY HOT IN THE TRUCK AND A BLOCK LATER IT SMELT LIKE HOT PLASTIC OR BURNING HAIR AND THEN I SAW SOME SMOKE FROM INSIDE THE CAB SO I SLOWED DOWN AND THEN IT GOT WORSE SO I JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK WILL IT WAS STILL MOVING IT RAN INTO A SNOW BANK I GOT UP AND RAN OVER TO THE TRUCK AND SHUT THE DOOR HOPPING TO SMOTHER OUT THE FLAME OF ITS AIR BUT THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING AND THE HEATER WAS STILL ON CALLED THE POLICE NOT TO LONG AFTER I SAW THE DASH ONFIRE THEN A WINDOW BLEW OUT AND THE WHOLE THING WAS ON FIRE AFTER 15 MIN. THE FIRE DEPT. SHOWS UP AND BUY 1;00 AM THEY PUT THE FIRE OUT. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2007 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT 1500 ON A CLEAR DAY WITH GOOD ROAD CONDITIONS AT 70 MPH AND HIS AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. T HE CALLED JERRY'S CADILLAC IN WEATHERFORD, TEXAS TO TOW HIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GM INVESTIGATOR INFORMED HIM THAT THEY WOULD COME OUT AND REMOVE A BLACK BOX FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY DID INFORM HIM THAT THE BOX HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THEY FOUND NO INFORMATION ON THE BOX THAT INDICATED ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE AIRBAGS OR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED HIM THAT HE COULD PAY TO HAVE THE AIRBAGS REPAIRED, AND IF THEY FOUND ANY FAULT TO DUE TO THE MANUFACTURING OF THE AIRBAGS, THEN THEY WOULD REIMBURSE HIM FULLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT JERRY CADILLAC SINCE 12/12/06, AND HE HAS BEEN GIVEN NO ANSWERS ABOUT THE VEHICLE THAT HE ONLY DROVE FOR 1 MONTH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1999.*AK