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Vehicle complaints, recalls & safety data — sourced from NHTSA

Ford Escape: Problems & Recalls by Model Year

Owners have filed 17,595 NHTSA complaints across the 11 Escape model years we track. The 2013 model year has the most on file.

Data: NHTSA · Retrieved September 7, 2026

Complaints on file by model year
Click a year for the full breakdown
2010
2,127
2011
1,316
2012
598
2013
2,749
2014
2,078
2015
1,081
2016
1,102
2017
2,667
2018
1,778
2019
580
2020
1,519
Older model years have had more time to accumulate complaints — compare adjacent years, not endpoints.

Model year pages

2010 Escape2,127 complaints · 5 recalls · 5 investigations 2011 Escape1,316 complaints · 3 recalls · 4 investigations 2012 Escape598 complaints · 2 recalls · 2 investigations 2013 Escape2,749 complaints · 18 recalls · 4 investigations 2014 Escape2,078 complaints · 16 recalls · 2 investigations 2015 Escape1,081 complaints · 9 recalls · 2 investigations 2016 Escape1,102 complaints · 4 recalls 2017 Escape2,667 complaints · 4 recalls 2018 Escape1,778 complaints · 4 recalls 2019 Escape580 complaints · 3 recalls 2020 Escape1,519 complaints · 23 recalls · 2 investigations