NHTSA Complaint #10185278 — 2005 CADILLAC ESCALADE

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY GET 8 MPG IN THE CITY AND 10 MPG ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS WAS WITHOUT RUNNING THE AIR, OR HEAT, AND NOT PLAYING MUSIC OR USING ANY OF THE ELECTRICAL IMPLEMENTS. THE DEALER STATED THAT AFTER REACHING AN ODOMETER READING OF 2, 000 MILES THE VEHICLE SHOULD GET THE MILEAGE THAT WAS ADVERTISED. THE CONTACT DID MOSTLY CITY DRIVING AND TOOK CARE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER 2005, IT HAS NEVER REACHED THE MPG THAT IT SHOULD. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,050.*AK THE CONSUMER HAS INCLUDED THE MILEAGE PAGE AT TIME OF PURCHASE AND LEGAL DOCUMENT FROM LAWYER. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER SAID SOMETIMES THEY GET VEHICLES IN LIKE THAT AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. UPDATE 4/25/07*TR UPDATED *JB