The 2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV has 3 recalls, the most serious being a passenger-side front airbag inflator that can explode and send sharp metal fragments into the cabin, with the potential to cause serious injury or death.
The airbag inflator defect has been filed across multiple geographic regions, covering vehicles sold or registered in a wide range of U.S. states, but it describes the same underlying hazard: the inflator casing can rupture violently when the airbag deploys, turning its own components into projectiles that can strike the driver or passengers. This is part of the broader Takata airbag issue that affected many makes and models across the industry. A third recall addresses the same airbag concern under a Canadian safety improvement program that was subsequently replaced by an updated remedy campaign, meaning an earlier repair attempt may not have fully resolved the issue for some vehicles registered or sold in Canada.