NHTSA Safety Recalls
Ford Escort Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Ford Escort, across 3 model years from 2000 to 2002. The 2000 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2002 (1).
- Model years
- 3
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2000
- Owner complaints
- 209
2000–2002, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 209 complaints with NHTSA about the Ford Escort across 4 model years; the most, 98, concern the 2000.
Owners marked a crash on 41 of the Ford Escort complaints (20%) and a fire on 6.
Across all Ford Escort model years, owners name the engine and engine cooling most often (at least 46 complaints), then the power train (37).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Ford Escort in 2002: 40, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Ford Escort is seat belts: front, in 3 model-year listings.
The newest Ford Escort recall, 00V228001, was reported on August 18, 2000 and concerns the seat belts.
Ford Escort years to avoid
Too few Ford Escort model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 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
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Ford Escort years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Ford Escort
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT3
- SEAT BELTS1
Ford Escort model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Ford Escort recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Ford Escort. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: March 19, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted