NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Ford Escape Recalls
The 2007 Ford Escape has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 29, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Ford Escape. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 254
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 Ford Escape, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2007 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 2001–2006, 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 2005–2006, 2008 Escape, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008–2010 Escape, 10 other models
Suspension: front: wheel bearing
- Campaign
- 15E045000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2006, 2008–2012 Escape, 2 other models
2007 Ford Escape complaints by year
NHTSA has received 254 owner complaints about the 2007 Ford Escape, the newest on February 28, 2025. Of these, 15 describe a crash (6%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2007 Ford Escape, the component group named most often is the power train (17%), followed by the vehicle speed control (16%) and the electrical system (12%).
1 of the 2007 Ford Escape's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2007 Ford Escape owners gave the mileage (211 complaints), the median was 71,600 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train44
- Vehicle Speed Control40
- Electrical System30
- Service Brakes30
- Engine25
- Suspension19
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 28 | |
| 2011 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 23 | |
| 2014 | 30 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2007 Ford Escape peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 30. 25% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Ford Escape drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Ford Escape year in the same window: 22nd highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2007 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 254 complaints about the 2007 Ford Escape are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Escape by model year
Other 2007 Ford models
Newest record on this page: February 28, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted