Ford Escape
NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data
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Transmission Fault in red letters came on. Turned car off and then turned back on after 20 minutes and the message disappeared. Three days later same...
Received transmission fault error while driving the car (car was in motion). Car could not accelerate despite appkying pressure to the accelerator. Ca...
I had three incidents in January of 2026 where the coolant was leaking and then the check engine light would come on. I took it to the Ford dealership...
Engine Failure - available for inspection Safety was at risk when the vehicle died multiple times on the highway and I was told that there was no iss...
Check engine light came on, took it to the ford dealership in Denison Tx. I was notified that there was coolant in 3 & 4 cylinders. Possible blown hea...
my Ford issue had the short block coolant intrusion which has resulted in a blown engine with only 55,000 miles on my car. It is my understanding in 2...
Engine coolant intrusion- I don't feel safe driving this vehicle due to engine problems known to FORD even at/before time of sale. Possible fire hazar...
Vehicle has overheated twice and left me in stranded in heavy traffic took to dealership to see what’s going on and was told coolant is leaking in cyl...
Coolant intrusion into cylinder
I was on my way to work on 2/4/2026 and all of a sudden the RPMs went up really high and wouldn’t accelerate and then down shifted really hard so I pu...
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Summary
The 2018 Ford Escape has 1567 complaints and 2 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Engine. 25 crash-related incidents have been reported.