NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Ford Escape Recalls
The 2019 Ford Escape has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 15, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 Ford Escape. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 596
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 Ford Escape, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2019 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 2013–2018 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 2013–2018 Escape, 4 other models
Tires
- Campaign
- 21V155000
- Reported
- March 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15,769
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2019 Ford Escape complaints by year
NHTSA has received 596 owner complaints about the 2019 Ford Escape, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 24 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 28 injuries.
In complaints about the 2019 Ford Escape, the component group named most often is the engine (53%), followed by the power train (21%) and the engine and engine cooling (16%).
1 of the 2019 Ford Escape's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2019 Ford Escape owners gave the mileage (230 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine316
- Power Train128
- Engine And Engine Cooling94
- Unknown Or Other42
- Electrical System37
- Fuel/Propulsion System17
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 29 | |
| 2021 | 23 | |
| 2022 | 43 | |
| 2023 | 54 | |
| 2024 | 135 | |
| 2025 | 180 | |
| 2026 | 113 |
Complaints about the 2019 Ford Escape peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 180. 19% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Ford Escape drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Ford Escape year in the same window: 19th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 596 complaints about the 2019 Ford Escape are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Escape by model year
Other 2019 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted