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2016 Ford Escape fuel system problems

Owners reported fuel system problems in 71 complaints for the 2016 Ford Escape, 5% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
71 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
69,000 miles 44 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2016 Ford Escape Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 69,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 12 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 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: 69,000 miles
Based on 44 complaints that include mileage. 39% 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 miles5
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles12
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 44 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 69,000 miles, and 39% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford escape. The contact noticed that there was a burning odor coming from outside of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the turbocharger was leaking and they needed to replaced the turbocharger, fuel line and fuel gasket. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 89,805.

Reported at 89,805 miles, July 2020 Fire

On thursday, may 19, 2016 my wife was returning home with a carload of kids. They were on the highway and the cruise control was set when the car slowwed rapidly and the engine died. She was able to restart the car and get to the curb after traffic passed. Several minutes later the case was restarted and was driven to the dealer a mile away by missed badly ask the way there. The dealer mechanic was also stranded in the vehicle the next day and it was decided that the throttle body had gone bad.

Reported at 18,620 miles, May 2016

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