NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Ford Escape Recalls
The 2017 Ford Escape has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 9, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 2,701
- Crashes reported
- 39
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
15 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Ford Escape
Visibility: power window devices and controls
- Campaign
- 26V374000
- Reported
- June 9, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,124
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 118, power windows and roof panels
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 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 2013–2016, 2018–2019 Escape, 2 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 2013–2016, 2018–2019 Escape, 4 other models
Visibility: power window devices and controls
- Campaign
- 16V617000
- Reported
- August 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 17,985
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 118, power windows and roof panels
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Ford Escape
2017 Ford Escape complaints by year
NHTSA has received 2,701 owner complaints about the 2017 Ford Escape, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 39 describe a crash (1%) and 15 a fire; owners reported 56 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Ford Escape, the component group named most often is the engine (59%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (19%) and the power train (14%).
1 of the 2017 Ford Escape's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2017 Ford Escape owners gave the mileage (1,158 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine1,582
- Engine And Engine Cooling509
- Power Train391
- Electrical System156
- Unknown Or Other153
- Wheels76
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 50 | |
| 2018 | 57 | |
| 2019 | 112 | |
| 2020 | 124 | |
| 2021 | 116 | |
| 2022 | 237 | |
| 2023 | 381 | |
| 2024 | 713 | |
| 2025 | 645 | |
| 2026 | 264 |
Complaints about the 2017 Ford Escape peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 713. 13% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Ford Escape drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Ford Escape year in the same window: 9th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 2,701 complaints about the 2017 Ford Escape are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Escape by model year
Other 2017 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted