Model overview · 23 published model years
Ford Escape complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Ford Escape model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
26,847
Matched complaint incidents
2017
Highest signal in this published set
9.9
Signal for that model year
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2023Escape2021 to 2025 compact suv2.4interval 1.9 to 3.694matched incidents2022Escape2020 to 2024 compact suv5.9interval 5.1 to 7.0222matched incidents2021Escape2019 to 2023 compact suv7.1interval 6.1 to 7.4325matched incidents2020Escape2018 to 2022 compact suv9.6interval 9.6 to 9.91,554matched incidents2019Escape2017 to 2021 compact suv6.9interval 6.6 to 7.1563matched incidents2018Escape2016 to 2020 compact suv9.1interval 9.1 to 9.11,739matched incidents2017Escape2015 to 2019 compact suv9.9interval 9.9 to 9.92,632matched incidents2016Escape2014 to 2018 compact suv8.1interval 7.9 to 8.11,040matched incidents2015Escape2013 to 2017 compact suv8.1interval 8.1 to 8.41,037matched incidents2014Escape2012 to 2016 compact suv9.6interval 9.6 to 9.62,068matched incidents2013Escape2011 to 2015 compact suv9.9interval 9.9 to 9.92,740matched incidents2012Escape2010 to 2014 compact suv7.1interval 7.1 to 7.6598matched incidents2011Escape2009 to 2013 compact suv9.1interval 9.1 to 9.11,312matched incidents2010Escape2008 to 2012 compact suv9.9interval 9.9 to 9.92,068matched incidents2009Escape2007 to 2011 compact suv9.4interval 9.4 to 9.41,691matched incidents2008Escape2006 to 2010 compact suv9.6interval 9.6 to 9.61,972matched incidents2007Escape2005 to 2009 compact suv4.7interval 4.7 to 4.7254matched incidents2006Escape2004 to 2008 compact suv5.9interval 5.6 to 6.8464matched incidents2005Escape2003 to 2007 compact suv9.8interval 9.8 to 9.81,394matched incidents2004Escape2002 to 2006 compact suv6.5interval 5.4 to 7.6499matched incidents2003Escape2001 to 2005 compact suv8.2interval 7.0 to 8.2558matched incidents2002Escape2000 to 2004 compact suv9.8interval 9.3 to 9.81,027matched incidents2001Escape1999 to 2003 compact suv9.3interval 9.3 to 9.8996matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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