# 2021 CADILLAC ESCALADE NA — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `1888748` · 2023-04-19 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CADILLAC
- **Model:** ESCALADE NA
- **Year:** 2021
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Speed:** 2 mph
## Narrative
On 2/21/23, at 1245, I hit the rear bumper of my 2021 Cadillac Escalade when I backed up after I had scraped the driver side of my door panel as I drive thru a gated parking area.  I started driving forward, turned left onto the back row of parking area.  Suddenly the car accelerated very fast like from 0-60 mph.  I quickly tried to step on the brake but the car kept accelerating. I tried to steer the steering wheel away from a parked car that it was headed directly for.  The steering wheel locked & wouldn’t turn. The car proceeded to hit a Hyundai.  It knocked the Hyundai out of its way & continued to surge forward where it hit another parked dodge ram double cab truck.  That’s when the Cadillac stopped.  The air bag partially deployed just slightly past the steering wheel.  I had absolutely no control of the car.
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*