Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2020 Ford Escape has 192 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 3 powertrain-related recalls.
192
Complaints
3
Recalls
3
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
20V550000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Edge, Transit Connect and Lincoln MKX and 2020 Escape and Lincoln Corsair vehicles. The star...
21V011000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Edge, 2020 Lincoln Nautilus and Ford Escape and 2021 Lincoln Corsair and Ford Bronco Sport ve...
24V330000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2022-2024 Maverick, 2020-2022 Escape, and 2021-2022 Lincoln Corsair vehicles. The Hybrid Powertrain Co...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Powertrain malfunction/ reduced power hill start assist warning Pre- collision assist not available |
| Feb 16, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | System failures with lights and warnings include: hill start assist, All wheel drive fault, precolli... |
| Feb 10, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | There has been a safety recall for this vehicle for the same issue for far too long. Fords temporary... |
| Feb 1, 2026 | POWER TRAIN | Shuddering transmission, vehicle struggles to change gears smoothly resulting in loss of acceleratio... |
| Jan 30, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Turbo failed due to oil lines clogged. Failed again after repair two weeks later on highway almost c... |
| Jan 27, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | The vehicle is subject to an open federal safety recall involving a fuel injector that may crack and... |
| Jan 16, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | The transmission shifting got increasingly rough over time, and then suddenly refused to shift into ... |
| Jan 13, 2026 | POWER TRAIN | Thumb was deeply cut using gear shift selector knob due to peeling chrome on the knob. |
| Dec 26, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | I completed my 70,000 maintenance on my vehicle on Monday. Friday when I got in my car after shoppin... |
| Dec 5, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | The AWD module failed with less than 60,000 miles on the vehicle. I live in the Northeast and we ge... |
| Nov 26, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | At about 95,000 miles, I began experiencing transmission issues. On several occasions, the transmiss... |
| Nov 13, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Summary of Problem: Following the mandatory software update for NHTSA Recall 22V859 (Ford 22S73) on ... |
| Oct 22, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | By dong my own research, I found out it was the AWD Module. It's not grounded correctly. There are m... |
| Sep 29, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | UnknownOn my dash my AWD fault warning has showed up followed by hill assist not available and tract... |
| Sep 27, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | When the interior of the car gets hot, the gear select dial will not rotate out of park. This has oc... |
| Sep 24, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | On my dash my AWD fault warning has showed up followed by hill assist not available and traction con... |
| Sep 15, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | On 9/15/2025, my 2020 Ford Escape SE began experiencing serious electrical and shift system issues: ... |
| Sep 13, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Powertrain control module failure causing vehicle to lose power and engine to run at 5 to 6 RPMs. an... |
| Sep 9, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES | Summary: Failure of AWD/transfer case control module causing loss of multiple safety and driveline f... |
| Sep 1, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | the transmission experienced total failure. Ford repair claimed that the failure was due to the torq... |