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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Ford Ecosport Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 6 recall campaigns for the Ford Ecosport, across 5 model years from 2018 to 2022. The 2021 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2022 (2).

Model years
5

2018–2022, with a recall

Recall campaigns
6
Most recalls
2021

3 recalls

Owner complaints
1,861

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 1,861 complaints with NHTSA about the Ford Ecosport across 5 model years; the most, 727, concern the 2018.

Owners marked a crash on 41 of the Ford Ecosport complaints (2%) and a fire on 13.

Across all Ford Ecosport model years, owners name the engine and engine cooling most often (at least 839 complaints), then the engine (809).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Ford Ecosport in 2024: 789, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Ford Ecosport is engine and engine cooling: engine: oil/lubrication: pump, in 5 model-year listings.

The newest Ford Ecosport recall, 25V442000, was reported on June 27, 2025 and concerns the back over prevention: software.

Ford Ecosport years to avoid

Too few Ford Ecosport model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 4 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Ford Ecosport, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
20222127not ranked
20213261124not ranked
2020340086not ranked
2019246125not ranked
2018272734not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Ford Ecosport years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Ford Ecosport

  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:PUMP5
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE2
  • POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1
  • SEATS1

Ford Ecosport model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Ford Ecosport recall campaign (6)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Ford Ecosport, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
25V442000June 27, 2025back over prevention: software2020–2021crash200,237
25V126000February 28, 2025power train: axle assembly: axle shaft2021–2022crash and injury18,648
23V905000December 22, 2023engine and engine cooling: engine: oil/lubrication: pump2018–2022crash139,730
20V791000December 17, 2020air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2020crash and injury12
19V023000January 2, 2019seats2019crash and injury63
18V312000May 14, 2018equipment: other: labels2018crash273

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Ford Ecosport. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted