Tl*the contact owns a 2002 cadillac escalade. When the vehicle was started there was smoking coming from the instrument panel and underneath the hood of the vehicle. He opened the hood and there was smoke in the fuse box. The battery was disconnected. He called the dealer and was told to contact his insurance company or repair the damage himself. No one was injured and the fire department was not notified. The fire origin was unknown. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and current mileages were 80,000.
2002 Cadillac Escalade electrical complaints
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Tl*- the contact owns a 2002 cadillac escalade and stated that the high beam/ low beam harness on the steering column shorted out. The contact had not taken it to the dealership. The contact could provide pictures. The failure mileage was 99,800, and the current mileage was 10,000.
Abs brakes/brake system: bought a pre-owned cadillac escalade 2002, after it reached about 75000 miles, ABS system makes a loud grinding noise when u press the brakes, extremely loud,brought the truck to a cadillac dealership claimed they didn't find anything wrong.....something needs to be recalled with these trucks in regards to the ABS systems.....never made that sound before when I had owned it for about a year, after a year started to make a horrible unsafe loud noise when u press the brakes....feel very unsafe in the vehicle..... Also the truck accelerated once without my foot on the gas......truck was in park so the truck didn't move--just accelerated like it wanted to race. Noticed an electrical problem that started in the truck at around 80,000 miles---not all sensored areas are lit, 1/2 are, 1/2 are not, drivers heated seat stopped working also.
While driving the master cylinder failed which caused the driver to run a red light and hit a curb. *nm the vehicle was in motion, when all of a sudden there were no brakes and no power steering. On the first occasion, the vehicle had run into the pharmacy parking lot curb and grass to slow down. The consumer requested a new vehicle and or refund. The dash display kept going out, several functions of programming did not work and the cd player had to be replaced twice. *sc
There was intermittent stalling. The dealer was unable to resolve the problem when the consumer would have the vehicle towed to the dealer. The consumer felt that the vehicle was dangerous to drive. *ak the consumer smelled wires burning, the check engine was on, the seal for the rear hatch leaked water, there was a long crank with the engine when warm, there was a winding noise coming from the driver's left front tire area due to a failed bearing which destroyed the entire front differential, the A/C was not cold due to a leak, water leaked in the trunk, the mirrors would not tilt in reverse, a positive cable was loose and a bolt was stripped, the starter would not engage after waiting for a short period of time and an abnormal noise would be heard when restarted. *sc
The passenger door did not close properly, due to a faulty electrical system.
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