Ford Escape

Common Escape problems

Across 11 model years (2015–2025), the Ford Escape carries 113 recall campaigns on record. Owners have filed 9,206 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 8 investigations. Crash-test ratings cover 10 of 11 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Rating	Fuel	Report link
2025	9	0	—	—	Report
2024	8	75			Report
2023	11	94			Report
2022	19	223			Report
2021	19	326			Report
2020	23	1,483			Report
2019	3	563			Report
2018	4	1,734			Report
2017	4	2,628			Report
2016	4	1,044			Report
2015	9	1,036			Report

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