NHTSA Safety Recalls
2023 Ford Escape Recalls
The 2023 Ford Escape has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 3, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2023 Ford Escape. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 101
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2023 Ford Escape, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2023 Ford Escape
Engine
- Campaign
- 25V372000
- Reported
- June 3, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 404
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Escape
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 25V343000
- Reported
- May 23, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,781
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Escape, 2 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 25V345000
- Reported
- May 23, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,809
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2022 Escape, 2 other models
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 25V315000
- Reported
- May 9, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,076,138
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Escape, 10 other models
Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery: management system/energy control module (bms/becm)
- Campaign
- 24V954000
- Reported
- December 20, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,484
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2022, 2024 Escape, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 24V852000
- Reported
- November 8, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,678
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2022, 2024 Escape, 6 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: injectors
- Campaign
- 24V634000
- Reported
- August 23, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 24
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Escape, 3 other models
Forward collision avoidance: adaptive cruise control
- Campaign
- 24V440000
- Reported
- June 14, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 209
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Escape
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 23V506000
- Reported
- July 21, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38,695
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 23V380000
- Reported
- May 26, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 125,322
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2022 Escape, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system
- Campaign
- 22V859000
- Reported
- November 18, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 521,746
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2022 Escape, 1 other model
2023 Ford Escape complaints by year
NHTSA has received 101 owner complaints about the 2023 Ford Escape, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2023 Ford Escape, the component group named most often is the electrical system (41%), followed by the engine (28%) and the power train (24%).
3 of the 2023 Ford Escape's 11 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2023 Ford Escape owners gave the mileage (26 complaints), the median was 19,280 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System41
- Engine28
- Power Train24
- Forward Collision Avoidance11
- Unknown Or Other9
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
Complaints received, by year
| 2023 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24 | |
| 2025 | 28 | |
| 2026 | 41 |
Complaints about the 2023 Ford Escape peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 41.
The 2023 is too new to rank against other Ford Escape years: its window closes at the end of 2026.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 101 complaints about the 2023 Ford Escape are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Escape by model year
Other 2023 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted