NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Ford Escape Recalls
The 2006 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 2006 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
- 464
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 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 2006 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 2001–2005, 2007–2008 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 2005, 2007–2008 Escape, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 05V520000
- Reported
- November 9, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 199,942
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2010 Escape, 10 other models
Suspension: front: wheel bearing
- Campaign
- 15E045000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005, 2007–2012 Escape, 2 other models
2006 Ford Escape complaints by year
NHTSA has received 464 owner complaints about the 2006 Ford Escape, the newest on April 7, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (3%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 26 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2006 Ford Escape, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (21%), followed by the power train (17%) and the suspension (14%).
1 of the 2006 Ford Escape's 5 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2006 Ford Escape owners gave the mileage (405 complaints), the median was 83,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control99
- Power Train80
- Suspension65
- Structure63
- Engine47
- Service Brakes41
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 28 | |
| 2009 | 28 | |
| 2010 | 38 | |
| 2011 | 35 | |
| 2012 | 42 | |
| 2013 | 40 | |
| 2014 | 63 | |
| 2015 | 52 | |
| 2016 | 34 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Ford Escape peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 63. 17% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Ford Escape drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Ford Escape year in the same window: 20th highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Ford Escape years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 464 complaints about the 2006 Ford Escape are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
2006 Ford Escape crash tests and safety technology
For the 2006 Ford Escape, NHTSA lists no electronic stability control, forward collision warning or lane departure warning. Forward collision warning became standard on the Escape with the 2020 model year, 14 years after this one.
NHTSA puts the chance that the 2006 Ford Escape rolls over in a single-vehicle crash at 20.9% (3 stars). That is tied for the highest of the 20 Escape years NHTSA rated from 2004 on (16.9%–20.9%); the 2020 had the lowest, 16.9%. Of 29 other 2006 SUVs with NHTSA ratings on this site, 18 (62%) had a lower rollover risk; their median was 19.8%. In NHTSA's dynamic maneuvering test the 2006 Escape 4-door tipped up.
Photos: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA test vehicle 1718, shown from static.nhtsa.gov. Ratings, rollover risk and technology of the 2006 Ford Escape: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings API, retrieved October 28, 2026; NHTSA terms of use. How the tests work
Ford Escape by model year
Other 2006 Ford models
Newest record on this page: April 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted