NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Ford Escape Recalls
The 2015 Ford Escape has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 15, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Ford Escape. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 1,130
- Crashes reported
- 30
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
20 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Ford Escape, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2015 Ford Escape
Equipment: electrical: engine block heater
- Campaign
- 26V011000
- Reported
- January 15, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 116,672
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2019 Escape, 2 other models
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V695000
- Reported
- October 13, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,448,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Escape, 9 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
- Campaign
- 22V413000
- Reported
- June 10, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,925,968
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2019 Escape, 4 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
- Campaign
- 22V254000
- Reported
- April 14, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 96,015
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2015 Ford Escape
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 20V331000
- Reported
- June 8, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,147,323
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Escape, 8 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 17V472000
- Reported
- July 25, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 94,605
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Escape, 2 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 16V643000
- Reported
- September 6, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,046,297
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Escape, 5 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 15V436000
- Reported
- July 8, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 374,781
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 15V406000
- Reported
- June 24, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 184,519
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Escape, 1 other model
2015 Ford Escape complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,130 owner complaints about the 2015 Ford Escape, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 30 describe a crash (3%) and 20 a fire; owners reported 35 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Ford Escape, the component group named most often is the power train (25%), followed by the engine (21%) and the back over prevention (15%).
2 of the 2015 Ford Escape's 9 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2015 Ford Escape owners gave the mileage (648 complaints), the median was 76,851 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train287
- Engine239
- Back Over Prevention168
- Unknown Or Other148
- Electrical System135
- Steering81
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 28 | |
| 2016 | 32 | |
| 2017 | 43 | |
| 2018 | 69 | |
| 2019 | 83 | |
| 2020 | 111 | |
| 2021 | 67 | |
| 2022 | 136 | |
| 2023 | 110 | |
| 2024 | 100 | |
| 2025 | 142 | |
| 2026 | 208 |
Complaints about the 2015 Ford Escape peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 208. 15% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Ford Escape drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Ford Escape year in the same window: 14th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,130 complaints about the 2015 Ford Escape are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Escape by model year
Other 2015 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted