NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Ford Escape Recalls
The 2005 Ford Escape has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 29, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Ford Escape. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 1,394
- Crashes reported
- 40
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
20 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Ford Escape, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2005 Ford Escape
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: floor shift
- Campaign
- 15V606000
- Reported
- September 29, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 57
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004, 2006–2008 Escape, 1 other model
Hybrid propulsion system
- Campaign
- 14V526000
- Reported
- September 3, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 70,209
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2008 Escape, 1 other model
Seats: front assembly: head restraint
- Campaign
- 06V111000
- Reported
- April 7, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 134,365
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 201, occupant protection in interior impact
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 04V602000
- Reported
- December 20, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 262,113
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 206, door locks and door retention
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Escape
Suspension: front: wheel bearing
- Campaign
- 15E045000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004, 2006–2012 Escape, 2 other models
2005 Ford Escape complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,394 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford Escape, the newest on December 22, 2025. Of these, 40 describe a crash (3%) and 20 a fire; owners reported 28 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2005 Ford Escape, the component group named most often is the suspension (33%), followed by the structure (31%) and the electrical system (11%).
1 of the 2005 Ford Escape's 5 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2005 Ford Escape owners gave the mileage (1,208 complaints), the median was 105,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension459
- Structure434
- Electrical System153
- Vehicle Speed Control149
- Engine130
- Power Train117
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 53 | |
| 2006 | 29 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 30 | |
| 2009 | 49 | |
| 2010 | 54 | |
| 2011 | 78 | |
| 2012 | 114 | |
| 2013 | 146 | |
| 2014 | 312 | |
| 2015 | 199 | |
| 2016 | 97 | |
| 2017 | 58 | |
| 2018 | 66 | |
| 2019 | 37 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2005 Ford Escape peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 312. 10% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Ford Escape drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Ford Escape year in the same window: 15th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 1,394 complaints about the 2005 Ford Escape are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Escape by model year
Other 2005 Ford models
Newest record on this page: December 22, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted