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Ford Escape

For the Ford Escape, model years 2001–2026 on this site have 202 matched recalls and 27,511 matched complaints (recall file dated Oct 23, 2026; complaint file dated Oct 23, 2026). Matched complaint counts run from 3 in 2026 to 2,753 in 2013. These are raw counts, not rates. EPA rates non-electric configurations 17–41 mpg combined (file dated Sep 29, 2026).

ABOUT THIS DATA

Ford Escape by model year puts the same counts in one sortable table.

Model years

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.
Year	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Fire	Investigations	Stars	Comb mpg
2001	13	996	76	58	11	Pre-2011	18–23
2002	8	1,027	66	104	10	Pre-2011	18–22
2003	7	558	43	27	8	Pre-2011	18–22
2004	6	499	29	14	6	Pre-2011	18–22
2005	4	1,394	40	20	2	Pre-2011	17–29
2006	3	464	16	9	1	Pre-2011	19–29
2007	2	254	15	2	2	Pre-2011	19–30
2008	3	1,974	59	6	3	Pre-2011	19–32
2009	1	1,693	34	2	3	Pre-2011	20–32
2010	3	2,070	29	3	4	Pre-2011	20–32
2011	2	1,318	38	7	4	3	20–32
2012	1	604	38	3	2	3	20–32
2013	18	2,753	49	91	3	4	24–26
2014	16	2,089	47	104	2	4	24–26
2015	9	1,130	30	20	2	4	23–26
2016	4	1,166	39	10	0	4	23–26
2017	4	2,701	39	15	0	5	23–26
2018	4	1,821	26	6	0	5	23–26
2019	3	596	24	3	0	5	23–26
2020	23	1,612	20	4	2	5	26–41
2021	19	350	9	9	2	5	26–41
2022	19	236	7	4	2	5	26–41
2023	11	101	2	3	0	5	26–40
2024	8	76	5	0	0	5	26–39
2025	9	26	0	0	0	5	26–40
2026	2	3	0	0	0	5	26–40

Fuel economy by model year

Combined mpg below is EPA's figure for non-electric configurations in the file dated 2026-09-29. Electric configurations are shown as MPGe when that is the only figure. Annual fuel cost is EPA's published fuelCost08 range for the configurations of that year.

EPA combined fuel economy and annual fuel cost by model year
Year	Comb mpg	MPGe	kWh/100 mi	Range	Annual fuel cost
2001	18–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,700
2002	18–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,700
2003	18–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,700
2004	18–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,700
2005	17–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$3,950
2006	19–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$3,550
2007	19–30	—	—	—	$2,250–$3,550
2008	19–32	—	—	—	$2,100–$3,550
2009	20–32	—	—	—	$2,100–$3,350
2010	20–32	—	—	—	$2,100–$3,350
2011	20–32	—	—	—	$2,100–$3,350
2012	20–32	—	—	—	$2,100–$3,350
2013	24–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$2,800
2014	24–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$2,800
2015	23–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$2,900
2016	23–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$2,900
2017	23–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$2,900
2018	23–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$2,900
2019	23–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$2,900
2020	26–41	—	33	530	$1,650–$2,600
2021	26–41	—	32	520	$1,650–$2,600
2022	26–41	—	32	520	$1,650–$2,600
2023	26–40	—	33	520	$1,700–$2,600
2024	26–39	—	—	—	$1,700–$2,600
2025	26–40	—	33	560	$1,700–$2,600
2026	26–40	—	33	520	$1,700–$2,600

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