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Ford Escape 2014

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.64 per 1,000

0.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 192 complaints filed in the first three years, of 2087 ever. 95% lower bound 0.55.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	1.44	226
2009	0.55	90
2010	0.92	167
2011	2.03	451
2012	0.48	123
2013	1.40	389
2014	0.64	192
2015	0.34	104
2016	0.46	141
2017	0.72	221
2018	0.38	110
2019	0.28	71
2020	0.93	196
2021	1.17	189
2022	1.43	202
2023	0.62	86

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine 727 complaints

coolant	377	52%
overheating	86	12%
engine cooling	65	9%
cracked	60	8%
overheated	59	8%
coolant leak	57	8%

Power Train 481 complaints

towed	146	30%
cable	46	9%
coolant	41	8%
bushing	35	7%
shifter cable	33	7%
fault	33	7%

Unknown Or Other 272 complaints

coolant	45	17%
fault	26	10%
suv	19	7%
fault service	18	7%
engine fault	17	6%
ability	16	6%

When it breaks

14% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 75,000 miles, from 1378 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 2 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 108 complaints about this component over roughly 40 months before an investigation opened.

Door Latch Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10546159 · 10548515 · 10549210 · 10553721 · 10556380 · 10558310

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.