By model year

Ford Escape by model year: recalls, complaints, ratings

For the Ford Escape, matched NHTSA complaint counts in this table run from 3 (2026) to 2,753 (2013). The complaint file is dated Oct 23, 2026. These are raw counts, not rates. A higher count can mean more vehicles were sold, and newer model years have had less time for complaints to be reported.

ABOUT THIS DATA

The table lists raw counts from NHTSA's files. A larger complaint count can mean more vehicles were sold, and newer model years have had less time for complaints to be reported. The counts are not divided by sales. This page does not rank one model year above another.

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.

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

Star columns say "Pre-2011" for older model years because those ratings use a different NHTSA method. Overall stars for 2011 and newer are the matched Safety Ratings variants. A dash means no overall star was matched.