FaultScore

Worst years for a Ford Ecosport

Owners have filed 2,449 complaints about the Ford Ecosport with NHTSA across model years 2018 to 2022. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2018 Ford Ecosport

965 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2022 Ford Ecosport

12 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Ford Ecosport year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2022 B 12 2 0 Engine & Cooling
2021 B 362 10 1 56,000 Engine & Cooling
2020 C 521 7 17 70,000 Engine & Cooling
2019 C 589 12 4 66,000 Engine & Cooling
2018 D 965 33 3 65,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Ford Ecosport

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 1,634 66.7%

Worst in 2018

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Brakes 73 3.0%

Worst in 2018

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Airbags 28 1.1%

Worst in 2018

Steering 16 0.7%

Worst in 2021

Body & Structure 14 0.6%

Worst in 2018

Wheels 14 0.6%

Worst in 2018

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 12 0.5%

Worst in 2019

Suspension 10 0.4%

Worst in 2020

Seat Belts 9 0.4%

Worst in 2020

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Ford Ecosport, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2018 peak 133 Aug 2026

Ford Ecosport problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Ford Ecosport

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.