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Ford Escape problems by year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA for each model year, with the number of safety recalls. Tap a year for the breakdown by component and mileage.
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- Complaints are unverified owner reports. NHTSA does not confirm each one.
- No denominator: popular cars get more complaints. Counts are not failure rates; a best-seller will show more reports than a rare model.
Complaints per model year
Bars: owner complaints (each complaint counted once). "rec." = safety recalls. Most complaints: 2013 (2,756).
20102,070 · 3 rec.2011
1,318 · 2 rec.2012
604 · 1 rec.2013
2,756 · 18 rec.2014
2,089 · 16 rec.2015
1,122 · 9 rec.2016
1,161 · 4 rec.2017
2,700 · 4 rec.2018
1,819 · 4 rec.2019
596 · 3 rec.2020
1,610 · 23 rec.2021
349 · 19 rec.2022
235 · 19 rec.
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