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2005 Ford Escape Hybrid steering problems

The 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid has 22 steering complaints filed with NHTSA — 9% of the year's total, and the first year with meaningful reports in this category.

22

Steering complaints

9%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Steering complaints by year

Escape Hybrid steering complaints by model year111 complaints2005: 22 complaints2006: 24 complaints2007: 12 complaints2008: 111 complaints2009: 69 complaints2010: 18 complaints2011: 13 complaints2012: 2 complaints2020: 4 complaints2022: 1 complaints
Escape Hybrid steering complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

2005 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID : ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. POWER STEERING FAILED, WHILE IN A TURN TWICE. AND CAME WITHIN INCHES OF HITTING A WALL, BECAUSE IT REVERTED TO MANUAL STEERING. IF NOT FOR QUICK THINKING AND REFLEX'S. I WAS A PASSENGER AND GRABBED THE WHEEL AND WRESTLED IT IN THE TURN TO AVOID THE…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Steering · May 30, 2006

Common questions

How many steering complaints does the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid have?

NHTSA has 22 complaints about the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid steering — 9% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.