Cadillac Escalade ESV vs Buick Park Avenue

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Cadillac Escalade ESV	Buick Park Avenue
Complaints on file	752	1,880
Model years covered	2003–2026	1984–2005
Worst model year	2007	1998
Best model year	2026	2005
Crashes reported	47	95
Fires reported	13	174
Injuries reported	47	64
Deaths reported	3	4
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	14.6%	17.9%

Cadillac Escalade ESV by year

13 28 19 5 83 19 10 6 18 5 3 13 20 50 22 50 33 95 80 122 29 18 11

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 261 34.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 88 11.7%

Electrical System 78 10.4%

Airbags 53 7.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 42 5.6%

Brakes 40 5.3%

Other & Unspecified 32 4.3%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 21 2.8%

Buick Park Avenue by year

2 15 16 14 21 28 12 134 104 102 63 164 68 355 327 174 104 71 41 38 17 10

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 356 18.9%

Brakes 281 14.9%

Electrical System 198 10.5%

Seat Belts 142 7.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 117 6.2%

Steering 114 6.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 102 5.4%

Body & Structure 97 5.2%