What Owners Report NHTSA ODI · 2,175,102 complaints · MY1998–2026

2024 Ford Escape

Typical pattern

11.5% of complaints about the 2024 Ford Escape came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2024 vehicle — around the middle of the 178 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 1.9 yr in service. The most-reported system is electrical system (27 complaints), typically at 2.1 yr or about 14,000 miles.

Complaints
139
Median age at failure
1.9 yr
Median mileage
14,000 n=14
Crash / fire / tow
6.5% of reports
Safety recalls
8

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System
0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y
Electrical system
27 reports · 14,000 mi
2.1 yr
3.7%
Collision avoidance
25 reports · 300 mi
1.6 yr
0%
Lane departure
18 reports
2.1 yr
0%
Other
16 reports
1.9 yr
6.2%

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

25V372000 2025-06-03
Engine

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Escape, and 2025 Bronco Sport vehicles. The cylinder head may have been improperly manufactured, which can cause the ball plugs to fail, resulting in an oil leak.

An oil leak can result in loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, an oil leak in the presence of an ignition source such as hot engine or exhaust components, can increase the risk of a fire.

25V343000 2025-05-23
Electrical system

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Lincoln Nautilus, 2023-2025 Escape, 2023 Lincoln Corsair, 2025 Lincoln Corsair, Maverick, and Bronco Sport vehicles equipped with a 1.5L or 2.0L MPC engine and an engine block heater. The engine block heater may overheat when the vehicle is parked with the block heater plugged in.

An overheated engine block heater can increase the risk of a fire.

25V315000 2025-05-09
Back over prevention:software

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Bronco, F-150, 2021-2024 Edge, 2022-2025 Escape, F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550, F-600, 2022-2024 Expedition, 2022-2025 Transit, 2021-2023 Mach-E, 2024 Ranger, Mustang, 2021-2023 Lincoln Nautilus, 2022-2024 Navigator, and 2023-2024 Corsair vehicles. A software error may cause the rearview camera image to delay, freeze, or not display when the vehicle is in reverse.

A frozen or missing rearview camera image can reduce the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

24V954000 2024-12-20
Electrical system:propulsion system:traction battery:management system/energy control module (bms/becm)

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020-2024 Ford Escape, and 2021-2024 Lincoln Corsair vehicles. A manufacturing defect in one or more of the high voltage battery cells may result in an internal short circuit and battery failure.

Battery failure can cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash. Battery failure can also increase the risk of a fire.

24V852000 2024-11-08
Equipment:other:labels

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020-2025 Explorer, Lincoln Aviator, 2020-2024 Escape, Lincoln Corsair, 2018-2024 F-150, Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The air bag warning label may be missing from the dashboard. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirement Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

Without a label that shows the proper restraint usage guidelines, the occupants may have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.

24V850000 2024-11-08
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Escape vehicles. The passenger side instrument panel cover may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

During air bag deployment, the air bag cover may break and project fragments into the vehicle, or the air bag may deploy improperly, increasing the risk of occupant injury.

24V634000 2024-08-23
Fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:injectors

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2023 Lincoln Corsair, 2023-2024 Escape, 2024 Mustang, and 2025 Explorer vehicles. The fuel injectors may have been assembled without O-ring support discs, which can result in a fuel leak.

A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.

24V440000 2024-06-14
Forward collision avoidance: adaptive cruise control

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Escape two-wheel drive vehicles equipped with adaptive cruise control. The cruise control radar module was misaligned during production.

Misalignment of the radar module can result in the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) misclassifying an overhead object as an object in the vehicle's path, causing the vehicle to unexpectedly slow and/or stop. Other safety systems that depend on the radar model (Pre-Collision Assist, Forward Collision Warning, and Auto Emergency Braking) could have diminished or lost function. These conditions increa

In owners’ own words

Electrical system mileage not reported 9 mo in service
Blind spot fault, Pre-collision assist fault, Cross-traffic system fault warning icons appeared on dashboard in June 2024. Been to the Ford service dept. four times with no resolution.
Electrical system 4,000 mi 1.7 yr in service
The contact owns a 2024 Ford Escape. The contact while attempting to start the vehicle, several safety features in the vehicle became inoperable. A dealer was contacted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the computer processing unit had failed, and the contact was informed to wait for the manufacturer to provide a remedy to the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that a solution was being created. The approximate failure mileage was 4,000.
Electrical system mileage not reported 2.1 yr in service
For the second time now (first time was also reported to NHTSA) the backup camera froze on display touch screen and stayed there while driving forward down the road. No functions requiring the touch pad can be accessed while backup camera frozen. Car was shut off for couple hours and when restarted was still frozen on screen It did reset next day and has worked fine since. Checked with Ford and no known recall yet for this car though Ford has recalls for several other models with same problem. My 2023 Maverick had the same problem, was recalled. Waiting for recall on this car but nothing yet.
Other mileage not reported 1.1 yr in service
The voice assistance button and map are not working on my car. The problem started on [XXX]. This is used to control my phone because Ohio is hands-free and I cannot use my phone while driving. The map is not working. Also. The dealer could not fix the problem and for customer care could not fix the problem. They said it would not be fixed until the end of the year. It is now 2025 and they still have not fixed the problem. They do not consider this a recall and I don't understand why. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Other Escape model years

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