2018 Ford Escape Engine Problems

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 28 stored complaint records:

What owners report

Band	Records
1–30k mi	26
60–100k mi	1

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

July 23, 2018 · 2,000 miles
Engine
While traveling in a rotary our car was struck violently by a vehicle on the left trying to make an incorrect exit. The impact was hard enough to cause the engine to stop operating resulting in a total loss of steering land braking. Because of no power, the steering did not respond nor did the brakes. The damage to the car was primarily cosmetic and little mechanical damage. The airbags did not deploy and if the car…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11180975
June 6, 2018 · 5,444 miles
Engine
My 2018 ford escape engine light came on. I took it to the dealership to have it checked. They put a machine on it and said you need a new engine. I went to see my salesman and he was not in. I called the next day and told him about my escape. I told him i would not feel safe in it now. He said there was nothing they could do. I called ford motor company and they started a case file on it. Ford said that i need to…
ODI 11101854
May 23, 2018 · 6,500 miles
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Purchased nov 2017- on may 23rd, 2018 my check engine light came on. I contacted services at the ford dealer the following morning. I was at the dealer first thing tuesday morning due to the holiday weekend, where they ran diagnostics on my vehicle. I was informed that it needed a new engine. The engine coolant had mixed with oil and was in the 2nd compression cylindar and a bulletin that this was the steps to be…
ODI 11104604