2002 Cadillac Escalade: fire, smoke or burning smell

5 of the 115 complaints about the 2002 Cadillac Escalade describe fire, smoke or burning smell.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 4%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 63 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year

2022
1
2021
1
2016
3
2015
4
2014
1
2013
1
2008
7
2007
8
2005
1
2004
6
2003
3
2002
5
2001
1
2000
1
1999
1

What owners say

Filed Jul 5, 2017 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · AL · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 cadillac escalade. While driving 55 MPH, smoke was seen coming from the front middle console. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and flames were seen coming from the console. The contact exited the vehicle and the fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. There were no injuries. Neither a police nor a fire report were filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot. An independent mechanic stated that a penny fell into the lighter and caused an electrical shortage. The vehicle was not destroyed. The contact was repairing the vehicle himself. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Oct 21, 2016 · Body, Electrical · MI · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 cadillac escalade. While driving, smoke appeared from the lighter area. The contact turned off the vehicle and found a penny in the lighter area. The vehicle caught fire. The contact stated that the vehicle's change holder was positioned in a manner where change could fall into the lighter compartment. The contact stated that the dashboard, seats, and electrical wiring were burned. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Jun 12, 2009 · Seats · 100,000 miles · NV · fire

Seat heater spontaneously burst into flame, catching entire seat on fire.

Filed Nov 5, 2007 · 48,000 miles · FL · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 cadillac escalade. On september 3, 2007, the contact plugged her television into the cigarette lighter and the vehicle began smoking. The vehicle then became engulfed in flames. Her husband doused the vehicle with water and drove it to the cadillac dealer. The carpet was burned, the tracking system failed, and the wiring harness had to be replaced. The purchase date and powertrain were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 48,000.

Filed Aug 5, 2003 · Seats · 31,000 miles · NY

I was driving with my children in my 2002 cadillac escalade and there was a real bad burning smell and smoke coming from my back seat. I looked in the back seat and there was smoke coming from the rear drivers side seat. The heated seats had gotten turned on by accident or turned on by themselves. We pulled over and got the two kids out of there carseats turned the heated seat switch off, waited for the seat to cool off. Thankfully we caught it in time as my children could have been injured. I put in a complaint to cadillac to file arbitration as my heated seats have been reapired 3 times prior to them melting. Cadillac denied arbitration and told me the dealer will repair it yet again.