NHTSA Safety Recalls
Ford Escape Hybrid Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the Ford Escape Hybrid, across 1 model year from 2021 to 2021.
Ford Escape Hybrid years to avoid by our method: 2020 (4.4× the median year) and 2021 (2.2× the median year).
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 1
- Most recalls
- 2021
- Owner complaints
- 1,744
2021–2021, with a recall
1 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 1,744 complaints with NHTSA about the Ford Escape Hybrid across 15 model years; the most, 443, concern the 2008.
Owners marked a crash on 48 of the Ford Escape Hybrid complaints (3%) and a fire on 11.
Across all Ford Escape Hybrid model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 345 complaints), then the service brakes (309).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Ford Escape Hybrid in 2024: 187, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Ford Escape Hybrid is engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Ford Escape Hybrid recall, 22V109000, was reported on February 24, 2022 and concerns the engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical.
Ford Escape Hybrid years to avoid
The 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid stands out most: 167 complaints between 2019 and 2023, 36% of them naming the structure.
The best-measured Ford Escape Hybrid years are 2005 (0.3×), 2007 (0.4×) and 2010 (0.5×).
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
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | — | not ranked |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | — | not ranked |
| 2023 | 0 | 24 | — | not ranked |
| 2022 | 0 | 69 | 62 | 1.1× |
| 2021avoid | 1 | 124 | 99 | 2.2× |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Ford Escape Hybrid years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Ford Escape Hybrid
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL1
Ford Escape Hybrid model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Ford Escape Hybrid recall campaign (1)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22V109000February 24, 2022 | engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical | 2021 | crash, fire and injury | 155 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Ford Escape Hybrid. 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