2001 Ford Escape body & structure problems

54 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2001 Ford Escape, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 54 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 133,000 miles 38 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 3 and 2
Injuries and deaths: 3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Based on 38 complaints that include mileage. 11% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	2
20k to 40k miles	0
40k to 60k miles	2
60k to 80k miles	2
80k to 100k miles	5
100k to 120k miles	4
120k to 140k miles	5
140k to 160k miles	5
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	4
200k+ miles	6

What the data shows

Of the 38 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 133,000 miles, and 11% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 2 fires, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

While traveling 15-20MPH on a neighborhood side street consumer ran into a parked car, causing vehicle to rollover 360 degrees. Dealer was contacted. Consumer suffered a fractured rib in the accident, consumer thinks that this vehicle should not have rolled over as easily as it did. *slc

August 2001 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford escape. While driving 25 MPH, the steering wheel pulled to the right when the accelerator pedal was applied. Additionally, the vehicle made a clunking and grinding noise. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer (seelye kia of kalamazoo, 4102 stadium drive, kalamazoo, mi 49080) where it was diagnosed that the subframe on the front passenger side was cracked, rusted, and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified.

Reported at 104,193 miles, January 2018

Body & structure problems in other years

Body & structure problems across all Ford models