Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Cadillac Escalade

Cadillac Escalade owners have reported 4 problems related to car accelerates on its own (under the vehicle speed control category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Cadillac Escalade based on all problems reported for the Escalade.

1 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem of the 2009 Cadillac Escalade

Failure Date: 06/06/2017

The contact owns a 2009 Cadillac Escalade. While driving 20 mph, the transmission seized and the vehicle jerked. In addition, while the vehicle was in the park position, the rpms accelerated rapidly without warning and the vehicle accelerated rapidly. The vehicle was taken to auto zone where it was diagnosed that the cooling system of the hybrid system and battery caused the failure. Furthermore, family trucks and vans of denver colorado was notified of the failure and further diagnosed that the oil pressure switch and brake pedal were faulty. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 158,389.

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2 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem of the 2014 Cadillac Escalade

Failure Date: 05/06/2016

The contact owns a 2014 Cadillac Escalade. The contact stated that the vehicle unintendedly accelerated while pulling into the car port. The vehicle proceeded to crash into the wall, a pole, a fence, and the house. The contact suffered injuries to the neck and ribs, but did not require medical attention. The front driver side air bag failed to deploy. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who concluded that the failure was not caused by a manufacturer defect. A police report was filed. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 10,281.

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3 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem of the 2008 Cadillac Escalade

Failure Date: 06/26/2010

The contact owns a 2008 Cadillac Escalade esv. The contact stated while driving at 70 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 80 mph independently. The contact was unable to stop the unintended acceleration and shut off the engine. The vehicle began to decrease in speed. The contact restarted the engine and moved from the roadway where he shut off and restarted the engine a second time. The vehicle resumed normal operation. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer where he was advised that the manufacturer was aware of the failure in older model vehicle but not the 2008 model. The dealer contributed the failure to the throttle body. The contact believed the vehicle was unsafe to drive. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 22,000 and the current was unknown.

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4 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem of the 2000 Cadillac Escalade

Vehicle was having a problem with sudden acceleration. While pulling out of a parking space, the vehicle suddenly took off in reverse and hit a pole. Driver put vehicle in drive and again it began to accelerate at a high rate of speed. Provide further any additional details.

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Other Common Vehicle Speed Control related problems of Cadillac Escalade

Problem Category Number of Problems
Vehicle Speed Control problems
30
Cruise Control problems
4
Car Accelerates On Its Own problems
4
Accelerator Pedal problems
1
Accelerator Stuck problems
1
Fail To Slow Down problems
1


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