Cadillac Escalade ESV vs Chevrolet Aveo

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	Chevrolet Aveo
Complaints on file	789	1,930
Model years covered	2003–2026	2004–2012
Worst model year	2007	2007
Best model year	2026	2011
Crashes reported	47	183
Fires reported	13	122
Injuries reported	47	123
Deaths reported	3	12
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	13.9%	22.8%

Cadillac Escalade ESV by year

13 28 19 5 83 19 10 6 18 5 3 13 20 52 23 50 33 102 84 133 34 22 14

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 280 35.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 93 11.8%

Electrical System 80 10.1%

Airbags 53 6.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 45 5.7%

Brakes 40 5.1%

Other & Unspecified 34 4.3%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 23 2.9%

Chevrolet Aveo by year

271 323 280 307 251 278 105 112 3

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 370 19.2%

Electrical System 352 18.2%

Airbags 284 14.7%

Lights 185 9.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 117 6.1%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 91 4.7%

Brakes 76 3.9%

Suspension 74 3.8%