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Vehicle complaints, recalls & safety data — sourced from NHTSA

Ford Escape: Problems & Recalls by Model Year

Owners have filed 16,132 NHTSA complaints across the 9 Escape model years we track. The 2013 model year has the most on file.

Data: NHTSA · Retrieved July 14, 2026

Complaints on file by model year
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2010
2,126
2011
1,312
2013
2,743
2014
2,067
2015
1,028
2016
1,031
2017
2,624
2018
1,725
2020
1,476
Older model years have had more time to accumulate complaints — compare adjacent years, not endpoints.

Model year pages

2010 Escape2,126 complaints · 5 recalls · 5 investigations 2011 Escape1,312 complaints · 3 recalls · 4 investigations 2013 Escape2,743 complaints · 18 recalls · 4 investigations 2014 Escape2,067 complaints · 16 recalls · 2 investigations 2015 Escape1,028 complaints · 9 recalls · 2 investigations 2016 Escape1,031 complaints · 4 recalls 2017 Escape2,624 complaints · 4 recalls 2018 Escape1,725 complaints · 4 recalls 2020 Escape1,476 complaints · 23 recalls · 2 investigations