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2017 Ford Escape fuel system problems

The 2017 Ford Escape has 95 fuel system complaints filed with NHTSA — 3% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

95

Fuel System complaints

3%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Fuel System complaints by year

Escape fuel system complaints by model year511 complaints2001: 60 complaints2002: 37 complaints2003: 15 complaints2004: 17 complaints2005: 64 complaints2006: 38 complaints2007: 23 complaints2008: 62 complaints2009: 203 complaints2010: 511 complaints2011: 286 complaints2012: 163 complaints2013: 288 complaints2014: 136 complaints2015: 56 complaints2016: 70 complaints2017: 95 complaints2018: 50 complaints2019: 24 complaints2020: 180 complaints2021: 65 complaints2022: 78 complaints2023: 7 complaints2024: 5 complaints2025: 2 complaints2026: 1 complaints
Escape fuel system complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“-PURGE VALVE SOLENOID REPLACED TWICE FOR EVAP SYSTEN, CODE 1450 OCCURED 01/05/2021 & 05/14/2021 AND -LEAK IN RADIATOR, UNKNOWN IF BLOWN GASKET. RECEIVED MESSAGE “HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURE STOP SAFELY” WITH ZERO RADIATOR FLUED IN TANK OCCURED 11/2/202. THIS HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED BUT I HAVE BEEN…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Fuel System · January 5, 2021

Common questions

How many fuel system complaints does the 2017 Ford Escape have?

NHTSA has 95 complaints about the 2017 Ford Escape fuel system — 3% 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.