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2012 Cadillac Escalade Engine problems

Owners have filed 4 complaints about the 2012 Cadillac Escalade's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 15% of all its complaints, most recently on March 3, 2020. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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4
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0
Crashes
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Fires
0
Injuries
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Engine complaints

Electrical systemDriver assistanceEngine & cooling

The car loose power on the road the electronics in car go crazy these may lead to accidents or injuries code c0900 a lot of gm product have the same problem gm needs to do a recall this happen in the highway in rush hour please take action

Filed Incident Electrical system · Electronic stability control (ESC) · EngineNHTSA 11315838
Electrical systemDriver assistanceEngine & cooling

Issue started by having the engine cutoff or go into low power mode. Mechanic tried fining power issues, ended up replacing pcm board. Issue remained. Then oil pressure sensor check engine light came on, had a mechanic replace the oil pressure sensor and everything worked for a little while. Next low oil pressure message came up, stating to shut off engine. After reading around, the issue seems to be that the camshaft actuator is being starved of oil due to low oil pressure, that is caused by the camshaft and...

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bearings being bad. This faulty part causes the vehicle to turn off while running, extremely dangerous! How long until someone dies? Need gm to make this right. Vehicle is under 80k miles.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Electronic stability control (ESC) · EngineNHTSA 11269759
Electrical systemAcceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

Driving normal on a city street for about one hour without any warning the vehicle started acting strange, the doors locked and unlocked, the ac& htg came on, htg&fan for the seats came on, clock blinked, navigation screen blinked on and off, the vehicle sounded as though it would accelerate and then hesitate, it did this at least 4 times, I noticed upon braking each time after the strange occurrences the vehicle appeared to run okay, but only while breaking. After this occurred for about one mile, the strange...

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occurrences stopped and the vehicle drove as should, or at least it seemed okay. After reading some of the blog's of other 2012 escalade owners having the same problem, gm should take notice, after all the vehicles are not cheap and gm should correct it.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 11161986
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

While traveling on the highway the vehicle randomly lost electrical power, lights, door locks, everything and the engine upshifted into second or third gear completely on its own, then refused to accelerate. The electrics would come back on and then go off again. The electronic went completely berserk and presented a huge safety issue for my wife, children and i.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11024990

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