Ford backover prevention problems
Across all Ford models in NHTSA's complaint database, 3,102 complaints involve backover prevention. The Escape accounts for the largest share (18%). The single worst model year is the 2016 Escape with 253 backover prevention complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 3,102 about backover prevention, all Ford models
- Most affected
- Escape 18% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 1,546 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 104 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Ford models
Worst model years for backover prevention
- 2016 Ford Escape253 complaints
- 2015 Ford Escape170 complaints
- 2019 Ford Flex152 complaints
- 2015 Ford Explorer146 complaints
- 2016 Ford Fusion134 complaints
Backover prevention complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 26 |
| 2012 | 29 |
| 2013 | 131 |
| 2014 | 189 |
| 2015 | 600 |
| 2016 | 640 |
| 2017 | 212 |
| 2018 | 172 |
| 2019 | 343 |
| 2020 | 230 |
| 2021 | 187 |
| 2022 | 159 |
| 2023 | 79 |
| 2024 | 62 |
| 2025 | 11 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Among the 1,546 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.