Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Cadillac Escalade - part 1

Vehicle is burning oil with low engine oil light flashing months before the oil change is required. Vehicle does not always have full power and may slingshot forward at time of acceleration as opposed to a smooth acceleration.

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The contact owns a 2024 Cadillac Escalade. The contact accidentally spilled coffee on the center console and the cupholder. The service transmission and shift message were displayed. The lights illuminated on the gear shifter. The display was flashing on and off. The contact stated that while driving, the message to slow-down to shift gear was displayed. The contact tested the vehicle in reverse(r), drive(d), and park(p). The contact continued to drive the vehicle. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle suddenly slowed down to 10 mph and slammed into park(p). The vehicle failed to move. While the vehicle was idling, the vehicle started to roll. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who determined there was no coverage on the vehicle for the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and filed a claim. The failure mileage was approximately 8,000.

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I was driving with my children in tow. My "reduced acceleration light" came on as well as my check engine light. Within minutes of these turning on, my car went into limp mode (shifted in neutral) and would not accelerate and steering felt locked up. I quickly got off to the side of the road and turned off the vehicle. When I restarted, the vehicle would not go into reverse or any gear other than park. This was terrifying. Thankfully, the road I was on had a speed limit of 40; however, had I been on the GA 400 or I-285, my family could have been easily involved in an accident. I had the vehicle towed to the local Cadillac dealership. After a week, I am told it is a faulty control valve body and that there is no eta on when this part with be available. The tow truck driver stated I was the 3rd Escalade driver in the last two weeks that the same issue had occurred. I will be reaching out to a lemon law attorney as well. This vehicle is still under warranty.

Vehicle will make noise as if gears are slipping, when going up the slop or on load. Potentially can stall or burnout gear and cause major accident. Cadillac should replace the vehicle.

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I have a 6 month old Escalade with approximately 7,000 miles. On Wednesday, 01/08/2025, I was driving on a highway with my son, going approximately 65 mph when my car display suddenly alerted "going into neutral". I had moments to get to the shoulder before my car stopped. I then turned my car off and attempted to restart it. The engine would not turn on and I could not get the car out of park (not even into neutral). Following an over 4 hour wait to be towed to the nearest Cadillac dealership, when my husband described what had happened, the mechanic asked "how many miles are on it?" when my husband informed him "about 7,000", the mechanic then replied "yeah, that sounds about right. " to me, this infers that Cadillac is aware of this incredibly dangerous problem and has not recalled vehicles to address this. The car has been at the dealership for 4 days now and no diagnostics have been run at this time to see what the issue is. We have called Cadillac directly and there does not seem to be any concern about what happened to me. I honestly am traumatized at the thought of what could have happened to my son and myself had I not acted so quickly. I do not want this to happen to anyone else. I am so thankful that I was able to get to the shoulder before my car shut off completely but I easily could have been slammed into many times, as the highway I was driving on frequently has cars traveling 70 to 80 mph. Cadillac must be held accountable for the safety of their drivers, customers and families.

The contact owns a 2017 Cadillac Escalade. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormally loud clunking sound coming from the vehicle and the vehicle then decelerated to 30 mph. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was replaced, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the local dealer, who recommended replacing the valve body. The part was on backorder, and the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and opened a case. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000.

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Transmission brakes at speed, feels as if I got rear ended from the back. I know that there is lawsuits against gm for this same problem that I am having. Gm knew about these transmission problems and told everyone that this 8 speed transmission was supposed to shift this way. But, now I have it parked in my driveway. Is there anyway that I can get my truck fixed?.

I have had multiple issues with my forward collision system on my 2022 Escalade. The system randomly fails, alerts of vehicles in front of me without vehicles there, and has even slammed on the brakes while in cruise control on the highway. There was no one in front of me; however, there were people behind me when the brakes slammed. This could easily have caused an accident. I requested the vehicle be fixed and multiple sensors were replaced. The vehicle still alerted that the system was inoperative after getting it "fixed. " the dealer came to the house, drove the vehicle, and then turned off the automatic braking system to prevent an accident or further problems.

While driving on highway 360 in arlington, TX, the engine appeared to not change gears. It was between 3:30 to 4:00 pm, moderate traffic. I left hwy 360 and used the side lane. Later, the engine light came on. I checked the fluid levels and all were fine. This vehicle was last serviced in December 2022. The problem is unknown.

When driving it feels like I'm slowing down when I'm not. The lights inside, the headlights, & on dashboard flicker & sometimes go out while driving. My seatbelts on the driver, back seat behind driver not working. The driver seat does not adjust so I can position myself correctly. The truck rocks side to side while driving as if it will tip over on its side if I drive over 30. I just recently acquired the truck within the last few months and I need to be on the road driving my babies around. I love the truck andu problems with it sounds and drive like it's all a safety issue. Please let me know if these issues are covered to be fixed.

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•available for inspection. Unknown exact system failure •issue regularly occurs •dealership service. Transmission had to be replaced at around 10k miles and covered by warranty. •no lights indicating any problems. Forward collision alert activated. Vehicle has a lag between the time pressure is applied to the gas pedal and it causes a delay in acceleration resulting in the vehicle sort of lunging forward unexpectedly. About 15-20 seconds after the gas pedal is pressed it will have a sudden burst of quick acceleration. It only lasts a few seconds and there’s no time to correct the sudden acceleration by braking. I finally realized the seriousness of the issue after I very close to being in an accident today as a result of the delayed acceleration. I was stopped at a red light and pressed the gas once it turned green, another driver happened to change lanes as soon as we crossed the intersection, moving to the front of my vehicle, probably closer than they should have but more than able for me to react under normal circumstances if needed. However, it occurred at the same time my vehicle randomly had a burst of acceleration and I had to swerve into the next lane to avoid hitting the car, because I wasn’t expecting to speed forward and did not have time to correct by braking. It happens about 40% of the time when going over 15-20mph (estimate) after I come to a complete stop and then press the gas to begin moving again. For example it won’t do it if I’m letting off the break to movie forward at a stop sign or lines, etc. It only happens when I accelerate with the intention of being able to reach the posted speed limit before I’d need to make another stop. Stop lights are the primary issue, as well as when exiting somewhere to get back onto the road, for example the gas station.

 for approx. The past 6 months, the radio has been cutting out several times during my daily commute. On occasion, a message would appear saying stabilitrack is off. Saturday, it cut out and stayed off for more than 30 minutes and did it several more times. Everytime the radio cuts out, the door locks started locking and unlocking on their own, the air conditioning, cooled front seats, and defrost turns on and the seats the airbag off light came on, and a warning message saying service stability system came on, plus the engine was revving without power and I was worried I was going to lose all electrical and control, so I pulled off the we have ran several diagnostic but found no error code messages and nothing wrong with the vehicle. When I was talking to them, the system was acting normally. I have taken the car to the dealership and my local family mechanic shop. We have paid extensively to change the grounding wire, battery, cables, fuses and other grounding components to resolve this issue. It is very dangerous and has caused my family to jerk and sometimes be hit in the process. It has died on the highway and creates an extreme possibility for accident to others, if this continues to occur. I typically would not reach out in this manner and I would just replace the vehicle, but through further research, others have also had this problem, reported it on the Cadillac forum and we have not been added to the previous electrical recall or gotten resolutions. This is my last resort before this becomes a fatality for some owner.

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Service ride control and stability control system lights have been flashing the instrument panel cluster on my dash will cut off and not illuminate once it's time to turn the head lights on there is a ticking /clicking noise when first cranked up and as the gas is pushed and when accelerated and when driving over 65 mph the vehicle will start swaying to the point of being uncontrollably.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2013 Cadillac Escalade. The contact stated that while the driver was pulling wood from his vehicle, the accelerator got stock and the rpm when up. The contact was able to shift into neutral then into reversed to stop the acceleration. The vehicle jump in reversed and rollback ward hitting the woods which was on the trailer. In addition, the contact stated that the next day the vehicle ram went up to 120 mph, the accelerator pedal got stock, the contact shifted into neutral to slowdown and coasted to the side of the road. The contact then resume driving to his residence. No warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for a diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000. Aw.

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The car goes into limp mode, engine reduced power, stability control off, traction control off. Check engine light comes on. Car will not drive over 20mph happens when I hit bumps or potholes in the road. Check engine code p2137 I've replaced the maf sensor, throttle position sensor (gas pedal) and the whole throttle body. Still not fixed. I've done extensive research online and in forums. This is a common problem and I don't know what else to do. My car is at the service department at the dealership now.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Cadillac Escalade. The contact stated that when the vehicle was turned on, the navigation lights illuminated, flashing on and off. The contact stated that she paid little or no attention to that and drove away. However, when she returned home, parked the vehicle and attempted to get things, including the baby's safety seat, out of the vehicle, the vehicle rolled backwards, dragging part of the contact's clothing and the safety seat in the contact's hand. The contact was able to pull herself and the safety seat away from the rolling vehicle before the vehicle crashed into a tree in front of the neighbor's house. There was no warning. The air bags did not deploy. The contact sustained bruises on her left leg and left arm. The contact scheduled appointment to see the doctor in three days. The vehicle was damaged and was driven back into the contact's yard. The dealer was not called. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was waiting for an evaluation of the damages. By the insurance company. The failure mileage was approximately 119,000. Fe.

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This vehicle equipped a front camera (23171580) to provide lane departure warning, collision warning, auto brake function, but after a front window glass change, all these functions are not available, and after research, we found gm require a 30 minutes re-calibrate window, after that I have to replace a new camera. In gm service instruction document sb-10057012-2409. Pdf, it said: if after 30 minutes the original camera will not calibrate, replace the front view camera. Gm provide a free replacement to vehicles under the bumper-to-bumper coverage, they knew this problem clearly. These functions are important to the safety of this vehicle, and now it's a threaten for some functions are not available. I want gm recall these cameras of replace it for free to customer needed.

Driving normal on a city street for about one hour without any warning the vehicle started acting strange, the doors locked and unlocked, the ac& htg came on, htg&fan for the seats came on, clock blinked, navigation screen blinked on and off, the vehicle sounded as though it would accelerate and then hesitate, it did this at least 4 times, I noticed upon braking each time after the strange occurrences the vehicle appeared to run okay, but only while breaking. After this occurred for about one mile, the strange occurrences stopped and the vehicle drove as should, or at least it seemed okay. After reading some of the blog's of other 2012 Escalade owners having the same problem, gm should take notice, after all the vehicles are not cheap and gm should correct it.

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Service stabilitrak that proceed into reduced engine power. Normally while steering the problem will drop up. I have gone twice into gm/Cadillac dealers and they incapable of fixing it.

Hard shifting, shaking, jerking, hesitating shuddering.

After driving the truck from work one day, all the lights on the dash starts flickering, there was a loss of power, no acceleration and speed gauge drop completely. I had no idea of the speed that I was driving plus the doors started locking and unlocking. I have looked online and there are many people with the same issue with gm products.

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Takata recall airbag inflators, have not yet been replaced. I received my recall notice in 2016 and have taken my vehicle to ron carter dealership in friendswood, TX where the vehicle was purchased, however, I was informed that the replacement part was not in and it will be indefinitely. The truck has a hard time accelerating when trying to keep speed or trying to go to a higher speed, also a noise is coming from the vehicle after I turn on the ignition. I was informed by ron carter Cadillac that I needed to file a claim once I receive the recall notice to fie a claim on or about 10/2017. I have been trying to get my vehicle recall taken care of since 11/2017 not to long after I purchased the vehicle approximately July 2017.

P0011 engine code once the check engine light comes on the truck rides horrible. Gm has no solution to this problem. Its a design flaw lubricating the cam shaft. I change the oil once a month. Its not enough. . Gm knows this problem exist and covers it up. . I hope more Escalade owners come forward and complain about this problem. Forcing owners to go to the dealership to clear the code isn't fair. . . . .

In motion, stopped ,was on hill going up a lane to home. Code for throttle position control module appeared!.

The contact owns a 2014 Cadillac Escalade. While pulling into the driveway, the vehicle accelerated without warning crashed into the house. The air bags failed to deploy. As a result, the contact sustained neck, shoulder, left knee, right side, and right hip injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic lot. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 10,000.

The car accelerates as soon as you turn it on and it just keeps accelerating so we have to turn it of because it does not stop. The car was in motion when this happened.

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The contact owns a 2016 Cadillac Escalade. The contact stated that while driving at 35 mph, the vehicle began to vibrate as the speed increased. The vehicle was taken to be repaired but the dealer could not remedy the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 4,000.

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While driving, electrical system begins to shut off and on, causing transmission to fail, dash board fluctuation, radio and gps reset, power locks to open and close, ect. While occurring, vehicle is unable to accelerate and jerks based on transmission engaging and disengaging continuously.

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Acceleration for no reason. I was backing out of a parking spot and I put the car in reverse. I was nearing the edge of the curb on my right front wheel so I stepped on the brake, stopped the car, and shifted into drive so I could move the vehicle forward to avoid hitting the curb while backing out . Once I shifted into drive, the car went to full acceleration for no reason and hit a pole at full acceleration approximately 5 feet away.

Vehicle is no longer providing speed readout while vehicle is in motion or gauge is inoperative at random. My vehicle is 11 years old but has less than 20,000 original miles (most are highway). 19,800 to be exact. Dealer indicates gm will not authorize a fix at no cost under their special coverage adjustment #07187c. This vehicle has been well maintained and I fail to see how having simple time passage on a low mileage vehicle is cause for not backing the product. Looks like they know they have a problem and just don't want to pay to resolve the issue. They are using time passage as a way to side step correcting the issue on a part that they know to be defective. A part they know fails. A part that provides the operator with feedback so safe operation and control of the vehicle can be maintained. I do not know the speed of the vehicle when I first noticed the issue, however I was on a highway in snowy conditions. . .

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 caddilac Escalade. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 5 mph, the contacts vehicle suddenly picked up speed and crashed into two other vehicles. The contact stated after the vehicle bumped the other two vehicles, the vehicle went another one hundred feet and then the engine speed went back to normal. A police report was filed, the vehicle was taken to the dealer, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified, the approximate failure mileage was 36,000. Rw.

I will be driving and lose all power! it does it at different speeds. Its like someone turns the car off and back on. The weird thing is it will do it alot one day and then it doesnt do it for a couple of days. It always comes back on but in traffic it could be very dangerous. I have had it put on computers and it never has showed anything. And I was reading on recalls on the ignitions and thought it could be a part oif the recall.

While driving 45 mph, the vehicle decelerated and began to coast. The transmission active indicator light came on. Lost control of the vehicle.

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The contact owns a 2012 Cadillac Escalade. The contact stated that while driving in inclement weather at an unknown speed, the brakes were applied but the vehicle accelerated instead. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle and crashed into a tree. The contact did not sustain any injuries. The police were not contacted. The vehicle was later towed to a dealer where the brake sensors were replaced and the central computer was recalibrated. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure and current mileages were approximately 9,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The first two occasions of speed control failure occurred today. While traveling with the speed control set to about 65mph, the control failed to disengage when the brake was applied the first time. Upon braking a second time, it did disengage. Shortly afterwards, the control was set to about 55mph and would not disengage after repeated braking efforts. It was disengaged manually and not used since.

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