Cadillac Escalade ESV vs Mitsubishi Outlander

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	Mitsubishi Outlander
Complaints on file	789	1,886
Model years covered	2003–2026	2003–2026
Worst model year	2007	2022
Best model year	2026	2006
Crashes reported	47	195
Fires reported	13	20
Injuries reported	47	106
Deaths reported	3	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	13.9%	17%

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%

Mitsubishi Outlander by year

149 73 26 25 175 80 61 76 88 34 34 58 79 208 81 81 46 46 317 77 45 20 7

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 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 182 9.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 181 9.6%

Suspension 173 9.2%

Electrical System 165 8.7%

Body & Structure 157 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 144 7.6%

Brakes 124 6.6%

Airbags 109 5.8%