Cadillac service campaign N242490440
What it saysCertain vehicles may require software updates that improve the customer experience and optimize future over-the-air updates. NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Cadillac filed this with NHTSA as a service campaign dated Dec 20, 2024, about the electrical system. It names 1 model year (2025). A service campaign is not a safety recall — there is no NHTSA campaign number and no federal requirement — but it is usually work the manufacturer pays for on the vehicles it names; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationPicked out of NHTSA’s summary below, word for word. The document itself is the record, and the dealer checks the VIN.
Certain vehicles may require software updates that improve the customer experience and optimize future over-the-air updates. Dealers will perform a comprehensive software update.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N242490440 | Service campaign | Dec 20, 2024 | 11012031 | PDF, 474 KB |
What the document itself lists
The manufacturer titles it “N242490440 - Service Update”.
Labour operation and the time the manufacturer allows
| Operation | Description | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 9500011 | Vehicle Wide Programming ADD: Set up Use Vehicle Wide Programming receipt time | 0.2 hrs |
Read by machine from the document NHTSA serves (6 pages), read Sep 30, 2026. A part number is shown only where it matches Cadillac’s own catalogue shape, an operation only with its code and time, and a description only where the reader got it whole; anything it could not settle is left out, and the PDF is the record. Times are the manufacturer’s warranty allowances, not a quote.
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 40 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 33 of them name Engine, Electrical System — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.
On , at approximately 15,200 miles, my 2025 Cadillac Escalade V developed multiple warnings while I was driving at highway speed. These included reduced acceleration, speed limited to 62 mph, service power steering, service traction control, rear axle system off, and unavailable forward-collision and adaptive-cruise functions.
2025 Cadillac Escalade · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Sep 5, 2026 · ODI 11762393
My engine had a malfunction. My safety was put at risk due to not knowing if the vehicle would stop before I was able to safely get it to be checked. The dealer has been confirmed by the dealer as engine failure due to bearing failure. This was determined by metal pieces in the oil pan.
2025 Cadillac Escalade · Engine · filed with NHTSA Oct 20, 2026 · ODI 11772545
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
More bulletins about the electrical system
Source: same model, same component group149 other manufacturer communications filed against the Cadillac Escalade under the same component group (electrical system), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the Cadillac list.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| N262565450 | Service campaign | Oct 26, 2026 | Customer Satisfaction Program. Certain vehicles listed above may have a condition in which remanufactured high voltage battery packs were b… |
| N252529080 | Service campaign | Apr 1, 2026 | Service Update. Certain vehicles listed above may be missing a high voltage header plug on the RESS battery pack drive motor connector. Dea… |
| 18-NA-180 | Service bulletin | Sep 4, 2025 | This Warranty Administration service bulletin provides Lithium-Ion battery Exchange Process and Transaction Submission information. |
| 25-NA-021 | Service bulletin | Jun 7, 2025 | This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of Radio Software Update W23E-178.1.2-M174-SQBR6-93.3. |
| 25-NA-153 | Service bulletin | Jun 5, 2025 | This informational bulletin provides Information on Rear Upper Body Structure Auxiliary Lamp Will Not Turn ON. |
| 22-NA-083 | Service bulletin | May 17, 2025 | This service bulletin provides Requirements for Replacement of the Dual Mode Cord Set Under Warranty. |
| 25-NA-131 | Service bulletin | May 17, 2025 | This Service bulletin provides information on the heated seats warming up when the vehicle is started but soon cooling off and the heated se… |
| 23-NA-151 | Service bulletin | May 16, 2025 | This service bulletin and criteria within are to determine the internal state of the High Voltage Battery and core return shipping method. |
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Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for Cadillac, by the number printed on the letter.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Cadillac N242490440 a recall?
No. A service campaign is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the N242490440 repair free?
A service campaign is usually paid by the manufacturer on the vehicles it names, within the terms and time limit the document sets; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.
Which vehicles does N242490440 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2025 Cadillac Escalade. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.