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2006 Ford Escape Hybrid engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 52 complaints for the 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid, 17% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
52 17% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
120,000 miles 49 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 120,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 13 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 10 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 120,000 miles
Based on 49 complaints that include mileage. 6% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles13
140k to 160k miles10
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 49 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 120,000 miles, and 6% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

While driving on highway at high speed (55MPH), entire powertrain (gas engine and hybrid motor) completely shutdown with no warning leading to an abrupt loss of power and control of the vehicle, and was unable to completely pull off the road safely. The dashboard information center just displayed "stop safely now." there was no warning of this at all. Vehicle would not restart.

Reported at 155,000 miles, August 2012 Crash

We were driving east on I-26 in south carolina at 65 MPH in 3 lanes of traffic when the triangle hazard warning light on the dash sounded and lit up saying "pull over safely now". At the same time , with the gas peddle floored, the speed of the car was slowing by the second! The gas peddle did not work. We were able to pull over and turn the car off without getting hit by oncoming traffic. Per the manual, we waited awhile and restarted the car, and were able to get it home.

Reported at 129,000 miles, June 2014

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