NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Ford Escort Recalls
The 2001 Ford Escort has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Ford Escort. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 68
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Ford Escort, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2001 Ford Escort
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 04E048000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Escort, 1 other model
2001 Ford Escort complaints by year
NHTSA has received 68 owner complaints about the 2001 Ford Escort, the newest on March 4, 2014. Of these, 14 describe a crash (21%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Ford Escort, the component group named most often is the power train (19%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (18%) and the vehicle speed control (15%).
The 2001 Ford Escort's only recall does not concern the power train.
Where 2001 Ford Escort owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 40,600 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train13
- Engine And Engine Cooling12
- Vehicle Speed Control10
- Air Bags9
- Suspension9
- Electrical System5
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 | |
| 2002 | 13 | |
| 2003 | 15 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Ford Escort peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 15. 71% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 3/5
The 68 complaints about the 2001 Ford Escort are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Escort by model year
Other 2001 Ford models
Newest record on this page: March 4, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted