Ford Escape
NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data
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Recent Complaints
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UNKNOWN December 25th, 2025, my vehicle started to shift poorly, breaking very harshly, giving a clonking sound when putting the vehicle into any gear...
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V467000 (Fuel System, Gasoline); and the vehicle wa...
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 25V467000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) and 25V829000 (St...
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V467000 (Fuel System, Gasoline); however, the part...
The welds on the Driver's and passenger door hinges broke and now the broken hinge prevents the windows from rolling down. The welds on the muffler ar...
Summary of Problem: Following the mandatory software update for NHTSA Recall 22V859 (Ford 22S73) on my 2020 Ford Escape 1.5L, the vehicle experienced...
Warning lamps messages says so many things not available dash board crazy with at least 10 messages not working
MFG RECALL #25S76 NHTSA RECALL #25V467 FORD IS NOT COMPLYING IN FIXING THIS RECALL ABOVE. IT HAS BEEN 5 MONTHS AND I HAVE ONLY RECEIVED ONE LETTER S...
Shuddering transmission, vehicle struggles to change gears smoothly resulting in loss of acceleration. Rough gear changes from 1-3 gears Transmissio...
When I attempted to open the panoramic sunroof shade, it became stuck and was drawn into the roller housing, where it is now fully lodged and cannot b...
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Summary
The 2020 Ford Escape has 1363 complaints and 6 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Structure. 18 crash-related incidents have been reported.