2002 Cadillac Cadillac Truck Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2002 Cadillac Cadillac Truck, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Engine150.0%
- Interior & seats150.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Engine
Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components.
From owner reports, verbatim
2002 ESCALADE, 6.0L, 120,000 MILES. 2 BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS CREATING AN EXHAUST LEAK, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND WILL NOT PASS SMOG IN CALIFORNIA. BIG EMISSIONS PROBLEM. HAVE NOT CORRECTED FAILURE YET. WANTING TO SEE IF GM WILL RECALL. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Interior & seats
Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings.
From owner reports, verbatim
I HAVE A 2002 CADILLAC EXT PICKUP TRUCK. SIMILAR TO THE CHEVY AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING ON A HIWHYWAY I HIT A SMALL POTHOLE. MY TAILGATE POPPED OPEN AND BOTH CABLES THAT PREVENT THE TAILGATE FORM LOWERING TO FAR ,BROKE AND THE TAIGATE FELL OFF THE TRUCK WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH. I WAS UMAWARE THAT I LOST THE TAILGATE UNTIL ABOUT TWO MILES AFTER THE POTHOLE, BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER. ONCE I PULLED OVER, I REALIZED MY TAIGATE WAS MISSING. I CALLED 911 TO REPORT THE INCIDENT SINCE THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAVING THE TAILGATE LAYING SOMWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT. I ALSO BELIEVE THE LATCH FOR THE TAIGATE IS FAULTY SINCE THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE TALGATE HAS OPENED. I REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN APRIL 2002. THEY ADJUSTED THE LATCH BUT THE PROBELM PERSISTED. I NEVER BROUGHT IT BACK FOR THE PROBLEM THINKING THAT THIS WAS JUST GOING TO BE A MINOR INCONVENIENCE OF OWNEING THE VEHICLE.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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