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	752	1,874
Model years covered	2003–2026	2003–2026
Worst model year	2007	2022
Best model year	2026	2006
Crashes reported	47	192
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	14.6%	17%

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%

Mitsubishi Outlander by year

149 73 26 25 175 80 61 76 88 34 34 58 79 205 81 80 46 46 315 71 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 180 9.6%

Suspension 172 9.2%

Electrical System 165 8.8%

Body & Structure 156 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 144 7.7%

Brakes 123 6.6%

Airbags 109 5.8%