"How reliable is the 2023 Ford Escape?"

"Based on 130 NHTSA complaints, the 2023 Ford Escape has a median complaint mileage of 13000 miles. The most common issue is ELECTRICAL SYSTEM."

"What are common problems with the 2023 Ford Escape?"

"The most frequently reported component in NHTSA complaints for the 2023 Ford Escape is ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, accounting for a significant portion of the 130 total complaints filed."

2023 Ford Escape: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 130 complaints

130

Total Complaints

13,000mi

Median Mileage

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Top Issue

Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

6,200 25th Percentile

13,000 Median Mileage

32,669 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

ENGINE

POWER TRAIN

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

Severity Assessment

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"At approximately 1,000 miles on 2 separate occasions while traveling on the interstate, roughly 10 minutes apart, an audible chime and visual alert within the speedometer cluster appeared âengine coolant over temperatureâ for approximately 10 seconds. The temperature gauge within the cluster ind..."

"After the vehicle sits idle for about two contiguous days and you open the driver's door, there are not lights on inside or outside. Normally when you open the driver's door, the center dash and console light up as well as the ambient lighting in various areas of the interior. There is no mention o..."

"engine light came on took it into dealership. they said it was evap system then fixed it. picked car up in a wednesday by the friday, light came on again. took back into dealership, they didnât detect any leaks.. said they were going to put in a canister purge solenoid. found out about 23S27.. app..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28