Ford Escape / 2019
2019 Ford Escape problems
Owners have filed 731 complaints about the 2019 Ford Escape with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 41% of them — the clear leader, ahead of power train at 16.6%.
Complaints731
Crashes37
Fires4
Injuries41
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 41.0% · 300
Power train 16.6% · 121
Engine and engine cooling 12.3% · 90
Unknown or other 5.3% · 39
Electrical system 5.1% · 37
Steering 2.2% · 16
Fuel/propulsion system 2.1% · 15
Tires 1.8% · 13
Severity
Of those complaints, 37 describe a crash, 4 describe a fire and 41 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 24 model years of the Ford Escape in this data, 2019 sits 17th by complaint volume. 2013 draws the most.
Filings are rising — 507 in the last three years against 151 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 60,000 miles.
In owners' own words
2.0 liter engine misfires cyl 1 &3 coolant loss. Ford tsb 22-2229 States engine needs to be replaced for $10000. 66,000 miles and 6 years. engine number [XXX] [XXX]. Ford says if engine was made 37 days later it would not be defective. ( known defective engine put in my car which I purchased new.) [XXX] original owner INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) Engine
The engine fault service soon message came on so we took it to Griffifth Ford in San Marcos, Texas where they diagnosed the problem and said it was cooler intrusion in to cylinder #2..they said it needs a new longblock. Car has 100384 miles and we had the same issue back in August of 2020 where Ford replaced the motor at 20k miles. Ford wouldn't help this time and said I have to pay around $10k to fix it. Engine
In some of the affected vehicles the 1.5L EcoBoost engine may exhibit a low coolant level, white exhaust smoke and/or may run in a rough condition with or without an illuminated malfunction indicator light (MIL) with only diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P0300, P0301-P0304, P0316, P0217, P1285 and/or P1299 stored in powertrain control module (PCM). This may be due to coolant intrusion into a cylinder bore. Engine
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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