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2011 Ford Escape Other or unknown Problems

Complaints
58about this part
Share
4%of 1,318 total for the year
Median mileage
70,142miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 58 complaints about the other or unknown of the 2011 Ford Escape, 4% of the 1,318 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 70,142 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“The link between the gas petal and engine sometimes stops working! Upon pulling onto a four lane highway, there was no gas feed and so I drifted onto the shoulder, turned the ignition off, started it back up and it was ok again. Until the next time it happened again! This I s very dangerous and I should not have to pay for this fix! The car has only 31,000 miles on it.”

NHTSA complaint #11011249, filed 2017-07, 31,000 miles

“When closing the rear door on the vehicle, the back window just exploded. Small particles of glass flew in all directions. The weather was sunny and dry and there is no reason for this window to have exploded. I was not injured, but picked glass particles out of my clothing. The vehicle was parked in a department store parking lot and not yet occupied when this happened.”

NHTSA complaint #11041903, filed 2017-11, 117,000 miles

“While driving to work, I noticed that the Ford emblem on my steering wheel was off center, therefore making my car out of alignment but I had no idea how this had happened. I made an appointment to bring my car into town fair tire to get it realigned but was told that they couldn't do it because my engine cradle was extremely rusted so I would need to have that addressed at a mechanic. …”

NHTSA complaint #11103079, filed 2018-06, 81,000 miles

“I was driving down the road and the car just died and did not start again and I cant figure out whats wrong with the car but even in the off engion switch still was trying to start its self so I had to remove the battery cables so it would stop trying to start and we cant figure out whats wrong with it still and we just spent 3500.00 to get the transmission replaced and at this time we have no clue how to fix it .”

NHTSA complaint #11181496, filed 2019-02, 130,000 miles

“I noticed some extreme fogging and a strange smell in my car. The car had just turned over 75,000, and was out of warranty. I took it to my mechanic who said the heater coil had gone out. So, he diconnected the heater coil. After that, the engine fans were running loudly. About 2-3 months later, the fan assemby broke-a piece of the assemby came off. All this occured while driving.”

NHTSA complaint #11057460, filed 2017-12, 75,000 miles

Related service bulletins

Other or unknown: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2025519%
20241621%
202399%
20222511%
20215917%
202031319%
2019427%
20181096%
20171586%
201615813%
201514913%
201427513%
201330311%
2012468%
2011584%
2010945%
2009583%
2008603%
2007187%
2006133%
2005765%
2004153%
2003244%
2002364%
2001313%

Other parts of the 2011 Ford Escape

Steering
411 complaints
Fuel system
284 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
268 complaints
Engine
248 complaints
Vehicle speed control
245 complaints
Electrical system
117 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
45 complaints
Body and structure
43 complaints
Suspension
32 complaints
Air bags
26 complaints
Brakes
26 complaints
Engine cooling
17 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2011 Ford Escape

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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