2011 Cadillac Escalade Ext

The 2011 Cadillac Escalade EXT has 3 recalls, all concerning the front passenger airbag inflator, which can explode and send sharp metal fragments into the cabin, causing serious injury or death.

This is the well-known Takata airbag defect, and all three recalls address the same underlying problem filed across different vehicle populations and model years. The inflator uses a propellant that can degrade over time, particularly in high-humidity climates, and rupture with far more force than intended when the airbag deploys. These recalls specifically apply to vehicles originally sold or registered in high-humidity states and territories, including Florida, Texas, Hawaii, Louisiana, and several others, where heat and moisture accelerate the propellant's breakdown. Because all three filings target the same passenger-side inflator defect, the fix is the same: replacing the inflator module with a new unit that does not carry the same rupture risk.