Federal complaint record · Ford Escape · model year 2022

2022 Ford Escape

Owners submitted 222 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 59th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2020 to 2024 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is fuel system. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Fuel system · 26% · group n = 78Engine · 12% · group n = 35Brakes · 11% · group n = 33Powertrain · 9% · group n = 28Other · 8% · group n = 24
222
Complaint records on file
35,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 63 complaints reported mileage
26%
Of classified component reports name fuel system · group n = 78
59th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 40 model years

Fuel system · 3 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Fuel system26%

Fuel system reports

Ford Escape · model year 2022

Reports in this group78
Share of classified reports26%
Component groups on file6
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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
Brake performance · 40 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32022 Ford Escape
Warning indicators · 23 reports

Reports describe warning lights before service

Cluster 2 of 32022 Ford Escape
Fire or smoke · 16 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 3 of 32022 Ford Escape

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

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