Cadillac Escalade ESV vs Saturn Outlook

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	Saturn Outlook
Complaints on file	789	1,939
Model years covered	2003–2026	2007–2010
Worst model year	2007	2008
Best model year	2026	2010
Crashes reported	47	25
Fires reported	13	51
Injuries reported	47	23
Deaths reported	3	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Lights
Share of complaints involving harm	13.9%	5.1%

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%

Saturn Outlook by year

728 926 262 23

07 08 09 10

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

What breaks

Lights 485 25.0%

Electrical System 330 17.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 275 14.2%

Airbags 193 10.0%

Steering 156 8.0%

Engine & Cooling 105 5.4%

Body & Structure 89 4.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 61 3.1%