Cadillac Escalade vs Ford F-350 SD

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	Ford F-350 SD
Complaints on file	2,305	5,142
Model years covered	1999–2026	1995–2026
Worst model year	2007	2019
Best model year	2026	2026
Crashes reported	134	166
Fires reported	78	113
Injuries reported	109	89
Deaths reported	3	2
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	14.1%	7.2%

Cadillac Escalade by year

46 96 3 164 111 99 64 26 320 180 89 47 53 32 23 30 144 123 77 29 29 15 91 106 190 63 25 30

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 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 513 22.3%

Airbags 328 14.2%

Electrical System 273 11.8%

Brakes 183 7.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 175 7.6%

Other & Unspecified 111 4.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 100 4.3%

Suspension 73 3.2%

Ford F-350 SD by year

5 3 4 169 188 188 145 164 159 269 192 35 146 25 79 63 50 12 12 315 317 854 311 740 243 128 165 58 66 24 13

95 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 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 1,100 21.4%

Suspension 874 17.0%

Engine & Cooling 603 11.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 393 7.6%

Electrical System 334 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 293 5.7%

Tires 251 4.9%

Other & Unspecified 242 4.7%