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2008 Ford Escape fuel system problems

Owners reported fuel system problems in 60 complaints for the 2008 Ford Escape, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
60 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
77,000 miles 53 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2008 Ford Escape Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 77,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 8 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 10 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 10 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 77,000 miles
Based on 53 complaints that include mileage. 32% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles8
60k to 80k miles10
80k to 100k miles10
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 53 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 77,000 miles, and 32% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

We bought our car used in 2008/2009. We took our car into a dealership when it was under warranty because of exhaust fumes. We often are smelling exhaust but since the dealership dismissed our problem we have been dealing with it all these years as 'normal'. I recently was hearing of police officers with ford vehicles passing out or having damage because of the fumes in their ford SUV.

Reported at 60 miles, May 2018 Injury

Purchased my car in august 2008, notice in oct, 2008 gas pedal kept sticking. Little hard to accelerate, unless you press down hard. My car was still under manufacturer warranty, so I took it back to the dealership to have replaced/ fixed. Then in oct 2013 my gas pedal broke, went straight to the floor (without acceleration) took it to the dealership again. Now in feb 2015, my gas pedal is sticking again, took it back to the dealership to have fix. They told me that my issues with the gas pedal was not related.

Reported at 1,200 miles, September 2008

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