NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Ford Escape Recalls
The 2018 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 2018 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
- 1,821
- Crashes reported
- 26
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 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 2018 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 2013–2017, 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 2013–2017, 2019 Escape, 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 18V104000
- Reported
- February 12, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 88
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 17V803000
- Reported
- December 18, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,113
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Ford Escape
2018 Ford Escape complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,821 owner complaints about the 2018 Ford Escape, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 26 describe a crash (1%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 30 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Ford Escape, the component group named most often is the engine (64%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (19%) and the power train (15%).
1 of the 2018 Ford Escape's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2018 Ford Escape owners gave the mileage (671 complaints), the median was 80,851 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine1,168
- Engine And Engine Cooling345
- Power Train275
- Unknown Or Other107
- Electrical System57
- Fuel/Propulsion System45
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 25 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 42 | |
| 2020 | 43 | |
| 2021 | 55 | |
| 2022 | 150 | |
| 2023 | 256 | |
| 2024 | 466 | |
| 2025 | 490 | |
| 2026 | 294 |
Complaints about the 2018 Ford Escape peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 490. 9% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Ford Escape drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Ford Escape year in the same window: 16th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,821 complaints about the 2018 Ford Escape are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Escape by model year
Other 2018 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted