Cadillac Escalade ESV vs Mazda CX-9

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	Mazda CX-9
Complaints on file	752	1,827
Model years covered	2003–2026	2007–2023
Worst model year	2007	2012
Best model year	2026	2020
Crashes reported	47	92
Fires reported	13	15
Injuries reported	47	38
Deaths reported	3	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	14.6%	7.9%

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%

Mazda CX-9 by year

98 234 66 194 209 263 80 73 45 142 78 167 75 26 47 13 17

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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

What breaks

Brakes 436 23.9%

Engine & Cooling 369 20.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 162 8.9%

Suspension 148 8.1%

Airbags 135 7.4%

Other & Unspecified 120 6.6%

Electrical System 85 4.7%

Steering 60 3.3%