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Vehicle complaints, recalls & safety data — sourced from NHTSA

Ford Escape: Problems & Recalls by Model Year

Owners have filed 17,846 NHTSA complaints across the 11 Escape model years we track. The 2013 model year has the most on file.

Data: NHTSA · Retrieved October 26, 2026

Complaints on file by model year
Click a year for the full breakdown
2010
2,129
2011
1,318
2012
604
2013
2,757
2014
2,089
2015
1,129
2016
1,165
2017
2,698
2018
1,817
2019
596
2020
1,544
Older model years have had more time to accumulate complaints — compare adjacent years, not endpoints.

Model year pages

2010 Escape2,129 complaints · 5 recalls · 5 investigations 2011 Escape1,318 complaints · 3 recalls · 4 investigations 2012 Escape604 complaints · 2 recalls · 2 investigations 2013 Escape2,757 complaints · 18 recalls · 4 investigations 2014 Escape2,089 complaints · 16 recalls · 2 investigations 2015 Escape1,129 complaints · 9 recalls · 2 investigations 2016 Escape1,165 complaints · 4 recalls 2017 Escape2,698 complaints · 4 recalls 2018 Escape1,817 complaints · 4 recalls 2019 Escape596 complaints · 3 recalls 2020 Escape1,544 complaints · 23 recalls · 2 investigations