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Ford Escape 2015

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

0.34 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 104 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1115 ever. 95% lower bound 0.27.

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.

Power Train 286 complaints

shifter	67	23%
cable	51	18%
bushing	38	13%
shifter cable	30	11%
cable bushing	27	10%
hotline	25	9%

Engine 239 complaints

coolant	100	42%
intrusion	21	9%
coolant intrusion	20	9%
white	19	8%
coolant leaking	18	8%
ecoboost	17	7%

Back Over Prevention 158 complaints

back	145	90%
back prevention	130	81%
prevention	130	81%
campaign back	124	77%
notification	116	72%
recall repair	113	70%

When it breaks

13% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 76,851 miles, from 642 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:

10667633 · 10680335 · 10689793 · 10690483 · 10691672 · 10692693

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.