NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ford Escape Recalls
The 2016 Ford Escape has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 15, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 1,167
- Crashes reported
- 39
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 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 2013–2015, 2017–2019 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 2015 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 2013–2015, 2017–2019 Escape, 4 other models
Air bags: knee bolster
- Campaign
- 17V398000
- Reported
- June 26, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Ford Escape
2016 Ford Escape complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,167 owner complaints about the 2016 Ford Escape, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 39 describe a crash (3%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Ford Escape, the component group named most often is the power train (28%), followed by the back over prevention (21%) and the engine (17%).
1 of the 2016 Ford Escape's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2016 Ford Escape owners gave the mileage (639 complaints), the median was 78,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train321
- Back Over Prevention247
- Engine200
- Unknown Or Other157
- Electrical System95
- Steering73
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 47 | |
| 2017 | 36 | |
| 2018 | 57 | |
| 2019 | 85 | |
| 2020 | 73 | |
| 2021 | 53 | |
| 2022 | 157 | |
| 2023 | 113 | |
| 2024 | 122 | |
| 2025 | 145 | |
| 2026 | 278 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ford Escape peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 278. 19% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Ford Escape drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Ford Escape year in the same window: 10th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,167 complaints about the 2016 Ford Escape are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Escape by model year
Other 2016 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted