Escape Escape 21Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 2 owner complaints and 4 safety recalls on record for the Escape Escape 21.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints2Top: Trailer hitches Safety recalls42018–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Escape Escape 21 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Escape 21 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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Caution
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Best
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2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2024Not rated–/1001 complaint · 1 recall 2022Not rated–/1001 complaint · 1 recall 2021Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2020Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2019Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2018Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Escape Escape 21 problems

All model years combined: 2 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

1Trailer hitches

1Visibility

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Trailer hitches	1	0
Visibility	1	0

4 recalls

Escape Escape 21 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Mechanical: spare tire mount/rack26V-132 · 2025 · Mar 5, 2026 · 324 vehiclesDo not drive Appliance: oven/stove/cooktop24V-624 · 2024 · Aug 21, 2024 · 248 vehicles Recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems22V-387 · 2021–2022 · May 30, 2022 · 123 vehicles Appliance: oven/stove/cooktop22V-388 · 2018–2021 · May 30, 2022 · 880 vehicles