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2020 Ford Escape forward collision avoidance problems

Owners reported forward collision avoidance problems in 96 complaints for the 2020 Ford Escape, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
96 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
43,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When forward collision avoidance problems show up

Forward collision avoidance complaints by mileage, 2020 Ford Escape Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 43,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 43,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 82% 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 miles0
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 11 forward collision avoidance complaints that report mileage, the median is about 43,000 miles, and 82% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2020 ford escape. The contact stated that while stopped and pressing the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration and crashed into a concrete pillar. During the crash front end was severely damaged but the airbag did not deploy. Also the collision assistance safety feature did not activate to avoid the crash. During the incident the driver sustained an injured chest which did not require medical treatment. No police report was taken. The vehicle was not towed.

Reported at 2,000 miles, July 2020 CrashInjury

The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH with the driver assist cruise control activated, the vehicle was slowing down for traffic ahead. The contact stated that the driver assists automatically engaged the brakes but as the vehicle neared the rear end of the vehicle ahead the vehicle independently accelerated. The contact manually depressed the brake pedal which disengaged the driver assist cruise control function.

Reported at 46,358 miles, June 2021

Other problems reported for the 2020 Ford Escape

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Forward collision avoidance problems across all Ford models