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2020 Ford Escape Hybrid engine problems

The 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid has 65 engine complaints filed with NHTSA — 18% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

65

Engine complaints

18%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Engine complaints by year

Escape Hybrid engine complaints by model year113 complaints2005: 29 complaints2006: 55 complaints2007: 34 complaints2008: 113 complaints2009: 26 complaints2010: 13 complaints2011: 4 complaints2012: 2 complaints2013: 4 complaints2020: 65 complaints2021: 34 complaints2022: 31 complaints2023: 3 complaints2024: 1 complaints
Escape Hybrid engine complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

On June7th I was driving home in my 2020 hybrid escape when the motor quit and the car came to a stop, then smoke started coming out from under the hood, I opened the hood and flames shot out at the back side of the motor on the passenger side, oil was leaking on to the road and on fire, I called…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Engine · June 7, 2022 · fire

Common questions

How many engine complaints does the 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid have?

NHTSA has 65 complaints about the 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid engine — 18% 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.