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2006 Ford Escape body & structure problems

63 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2006 Ford Escape, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
63 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
128,000 miles 49 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2006 Ford Escape Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 128,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 12 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 6 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 5 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 4 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 128,000 miles
Based on 49 complaints that include mileage. 14% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles12
140k to 160k miles6
160k to 180k miles5
180k to 200k miles4
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 49 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 128,000 miles, and 14% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

8/11/2006 I was knocked out and pinned by the rear hatch door of our 2006 ford escape. I opened the rear hatch and leaned in to remove some items from rear of the ford escape and the hatch came slamming down hitting me in the back of the head and rendering me unconscious (I am not sure as too how long) I came to face first inside the ford escape with the door pinning me down and my feet hanging out the rear. It was almost impossible to get free of the rear hatch and become free.

Reported at 7,132 miles, August 2006 Injury

On march 12,2014 I was driving to the post office when my car made a loud "thunk" and began to shake severely. Feeling unsafe and being a short distance from my home I immediately returned there. Upon inspection I discovered that the right rear wheel well had rotted out and the shock had penetrated through the interior of the car behind the rear right passenger seat. The date of manufacture on the drivers door is 5/2005.

Reported at 115,000 miles, March 2014

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