Ford Escape: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 95 recall campaigns for the Ford Escape, model years 2000 to 2026. NHTSA has 27,594 complaints on file for this model line. 26 of the 27 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Ford Escape is number 6 of 202 model lines of Ford on the register. Recall campaigns for the Ford Escape: 7 in 2024 and 16 in 2025. For all Ford vehicles, the count rose by 123.3%, from 60 in 2024 to 134 in 2025.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 5 Nov 2026. Recall file through 3 Nov 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Ford Escape: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2026 Ford Escape	2	3	0%	988
2025 Ford Escape	9	26	3%	169,567
2024 Ford Escape	8	78	8%	1,131,733
2023 Ford Escape	11	102	10%	1,819,290
2022 Ford Escape	19	238	23%	3,900,354
2021 Ford Escape	19	355	35%	3,871,269
2020 Ford Escape	23	1,621	159%	5,016,688
2019 Ford Escape	3	602	59%	3,058,409
2018 Ford Escape	4	1,829	179%	3,053,841
2017 Ford Escape	4	2,708	265%	3,078,749
2016 Ford Escape	4	1,188	116%	4,491,298
2015 Ford Escape	9	1,143	112%	9,434,835
2014 Ford Escape	16	2,090	205%	10,384,836
2013 Ford Escape	18	2,753	269%	10,108,284
2012 Ford Escape	1	604	59%	329,265
2011 Ford Escape	2	1,319	129%	1,070,143
2010 Ford Escape	3	2,071	203%	1,070,162
2009 Ford Escape	1	1,693	166%	740,878
2008 Ford Escape	3	1,974	193%	811,144
2007 Ford Escape	2	254	25%	70,266
2006 Ford Escape	3	464	45%	270,208
2005 Ford Escape	4	1,394	136%	466,744
2004 Ford Escape	6	499	49%	2,057,544
2003 Ford Escape	7	558	55%	2,379,447
2002 Ford Escape	8	1,027	100%	2,623,977
2001 Ford Escape	13	996	97%	2,346,736
2000 Ford Escape NHTSA page	0	5	0%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

36,792 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Ford Escape: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Engine	196.8	7,239
Power Train	128.1	4,712
Steering	107.8	3,968
Electrical System	69.6	2,560
Engine and Engine Cooling	64.2	2,362
Structure	63.2	2,326
Vehicle Speed Control	62.8	2,312
Unknown or Other	57.7	2,124
Fuel/Propulsion System	49.9	1,837
Suspension	31.2	1,148

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Ford Escape, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2025, with 16 campaigns.

Complaints about the Ford Escape, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2024, with 2,562 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

F-150172 campaigns
Explorer142 campaigns
Fusion46 campaigns
Focus36 campaigns
Taurus69 campaigns
Windstar33 campaigns
Edge43 campaigns
Expedition77 campaigns
Mustang105 campaigns
Ranger102 campaigns
F-250 SD70 campaigns
F-25054 campaigns
Escort35 campaigns
Freestyle2 campaigns
F-350 SD80 campaigns
Fiesta15 campaigns
Contour22 campaigns
Crown Victoria47 campaigns
F-35050 campaigns
Freestar5 campaigns
Thunderbird50 campaigns
Aerostar23 campaigns
Flex14 campaigns
Ecosport6 campaigns
Escape Hybrid2 campaigns
Bronco83 campaigns
Bronco Sport32 campaigns
Fusion Hybrid2 campaigns
Tempo11 campaigns
Probe8 campaigns
Excursion11 campaigns
E-350101 campaigns
Five Hundred3 campaigns
E-15048 campaigns
Econoline58 campaigns
Maverick Hybrid1 campaign
F15046 campaigns
Transit65 campaigns
Explorer Sport5 campaigns
Explorer Sport Trac7 campaigns
Mustang GT1 campaign
Mustang Mach E22 campaigns
F-150 Hybrid2 campaigns
Transit Connect32 campaigns
F-550 SD72 campaigns
F-450 SD89 campaigns
E-45050 campaigns
F Super Duty12 campaigns
F25073 campaigns
C-Max12 campaigns
Maverick55 campaigns
Fusion Energi2 campaigns
Ford23 campaigns
F Series10 campaigns
E-25073 campaigns
Ford Truck8 campaigns
F-150 Lightning BEV15 campaigns
Bronco II10 campaigns
Aspire2 campaigns
5001 campaign

Ford: all 202 model lines

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Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 3 Nov 2026
Complaint file through: 5 Nov 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: Ford Motor Company

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Questions

Which Ford Escape model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2020 with 23, 2022 with 19, 2021 with 19. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Ford Escape model year has the most complaints?: The 2013 model year, with 2,753 of the 27,594 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Ford Escape name?: Engine: 196.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 128.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Steering: 107.8 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Ford Escape?: 24 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.