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Ford Escape HEV

Every Ford Escape HEV model year on file, 2005 to 2007. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years641 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years32005 to 2007

Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins9Summed across model years

By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 37, 58% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Brakes leads the Ford Escape HEV complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes

Engine and cooling

Electrical system

Steering

Powertrain

Suspension

Structure

Tires

Visibility and wipers

Stability and traction control

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Ford Escape HEV model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Ford Escape HEV by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2007	SUV	15	0.0	22	0	3	3
2006	SUV	37	2.7	89	1	2	6
2005	SUV	12	0.0	18	0	2	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Ford Escape HEV

06V-382 Oct 5, 2006
On certain front wheel drive hybrid vehicles, the intermediate shaft may not have been properly heat treated and may fracture while the vehicle is…
Powertrain · 6,164 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.