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2014 Ford Escape cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 42 complaints for the 2014 Ford Escape, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
42 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
54,000 miles 28 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2014 Ford Escape Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 54,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 10 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 54,000 miles
Based on 28 complaints that include mileage. 50% 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 miles10
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 28 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 54,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Driving along at 60 mph suddenly my car stops going in heavy traffic and won't move,, then it accelerated to high RPMS and was stuck, then it hard shifted into gear and it lundged forward fast and went about 5 feet then it wouldn't move. Almost got killed on a busy hwy. because of it accelerating on its on out into traffic while it was in park, then just came to a dead stop.

March 2025 CrashInjury

I was driving along with cruise control on at 73 MPH, when I could no longer accelerate, my escape just died with no warning lights, stall out or anything. Just as if someone turned it off. I had to coast to the side of the road. I waited a few minutes and tried to start it again with no luck. When I turned the key over, it seemed like it wanted to start but was not getting the gas to. I tried 3 more time and finally called ford roadside assistance and had it towed to the nearest ford dealership.

Reported at 9,500 miles, October 2014

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