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Worst years for a Ford Escape HEV

Owners have filed 80 complaints about the Ford Escape HEV with NHTSA across model years 2005 to 2007. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2006 Ford Escape HEV

48 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2005 Ford Escape HEV

13 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Ford Escape HEV 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
2007 B 19 0 0 60,500 Brakes
2006 D 48 2 0 69,292 Brakes
2005 A 13 0 0 105,000 Brakes

What breaks on a Ford Escape HEV

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

Brakes 34 42.5%

Worst in 2006

Engine & Cooling 11 13.8%

Worst in 2007

Electrical System 10 12.5%

Worst in 2006

Transmission & Drivetrain 5 6.3%

Worst in 2006

Steering 5 6.3%

Worst in 2006

Body & Structure 3 3.8%

Worst in 2006

Suspension 3 3.8%

Worst in 2006

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 2 2.5%

Worst in 2006

Tires 2 2.5%

Worst in 2006

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 1.3%

Worst in 2006

Lights 1 1.3%

Worst in 2007

Fuel & Propulsion 1 1.3%

Worst in 2005

Stability & Traction Control 1 1.3%

Worst in 2006

Other & Unspecified 1 1.3%

Worst in 2006

Complaints filed over time

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

Jul 2006 peak 4 May 2019

Compare the Ford Escape HEV

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

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