Cadillac Escalade ESV vs GMC Canyon

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	GMC Canyon
Complaints on file	789	1,957
Model years covered	2003–2026	2004–2026
Worst model year	2007	2015
Best model year	2026	2025
Crashes reported	47	62
Fires reported	13	35
Injuries reported	47	37
Deaths reported	3	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	13.9%	6.8%

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%

GMC Canyon by year

103 146 81 61 68 35 9 20 30 401 355 91 72 22 20 14 43 106 258 13 9

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 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

Steering 441 22.5%

Electrical System 268 13.7%

Lights 216 11.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 180 9.2%

Engine & Cooling 156 8.0%

Brakes 116 5.9%

Other & Unspecified 99 5.1%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 64 3.3%