NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Ford Escape Recalls
The 2012 Ford Escape has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Ford Escape. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 604
- Crashes reported
- 38
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Ford Escape, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2012 Ford Escape
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 16V777000
- Reported
- October 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 329,265
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 Escape, 1 other model
Suspension: front: wheel bearing
- Campaign
- 15E045000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2011 Escape, 2 other models
2012 Ford Escape complaints by year
NHTSA has received 604 owner complaints about the 2012 Ford Escape, the newest on October 18, 2026. Of these, 38 describe a crash (6%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Ford Escape, the component group named most often is the steering (23%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (23%) and the engine (12%).
None of the 2012 Ford Escape's 2 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2012 Ford Escape owners gave the mileage (414 complaints), the median was 57,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering140
- Fuel/Propulsion System137
- Engine73
- Vehicle Speed Control70
- Structure68
- Power Train66
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 22 | |
| 2013 | 51 | |
| 2014 | 45 | |
| 2015 | 43 | |
| 2016 | 47 | |
| 2017 | 71 | |
| 2018 | 119 | |
| 2019 | 51 | |
| 2020 | 19 | |
| 2021 | 37 | |
| 2022 | 20 | |
| 2023 | 26 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 21 | |
| 2026 | 11 |
Complaints about the 2012 Ford Escape peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 119. 27% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Ford Escape drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Ford Escape year in the same window: 13th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★☆☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 3/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 604 complaints about the 2012 Ford Escape are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Escape by model year
Other 2012 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted