Federal complaint record · Ford Escape · model year 2010

2010 Ford Escape

Owners submitted 2,068 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 99th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2008 to 2012 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is speed control. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Speed control · 18% · group n = 558Engine · 17% · group n = 528Fuel system · 16% · group n = 511Powertrain · 16% · group n = 508Steering · 13% · group n = 423
2,068
Complaint records on file
59,908
Median mileage at the reported problem · 1,761 complaints reported mileage
18%
Of classified component reports name speed control · group n = 558
99th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 40 model years

Speed control · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Speed control18%

Speed control reports

Ford Escape · model year 2010

Reports in this group558
Share of classified reports18%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2009
0.7complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,691 matched incidents
This car
2010
0.8complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
2,068 matched incidents
2011
0.4complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,312 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Stalling or shutdown · 438 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 1 of 32010 Ford Escape
Steering effort · 335 reports

Reports describe steering effort or control concerns

Cluster 2 of 32010 Ford Escape
Loss of propulsion · 257 reports

Reports describe reduced power or hesitation while driving

Cluster 3 of 32010 Ford Escape

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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