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2010 Ford Escape Recalls

Recalls on record Updated July 2026

The 2010 Ford Escape has 3 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 1,070,162 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 3,182 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the vehicle speed control. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Recall campaigns

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 16V777000 2016-10-26 329,265 affected
Defect

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 Ford Escape vehicles manufactured February 26, 2009, to April 29, 2012, and 2010-2011 Mercury Mariner vehicles manufactured February 25, 2009, to December 12, 2010. On vehicles with a 3.0L engine, the Fuel Delivery Module (FDM) may crack, causing a…

Consequence

A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.

Remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the FDM flange with one that has a redesigned fuel supply port, free of charge. Remedy parts are currently unavailable. Interim notices were mailed to owners on December 13, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may…

STEERING 14V284000 2014-05-29 740,878 affected
Defect

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner vehicles manufactured August 18, 2006, through September 11, 2010. The affected vehicles have a steering torque sensor that may not be able to properly detect driver steering input. As a result, the system could…

Consequence

If power steering assist is lost, greater driver effort would be required to steer the vehicle at low speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the power steering control module (PSCM) and the instrument cluster module, free of charge. If a vehicle shows a history of a loss of the torque sensor signal or fault codes relating to the PSCM when the vehicle is brought in for the recall remedy,…

POWER TRAIN 10V222000 2010-05-24 19 affected
Defect

FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 FUSION, MILAN, AND ESCAPE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 27, THROUGH MARCH 26, 2010. THE PARK ROD GUIDE RETENTION PIN MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY INSTALLED WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 114, "THEFT PROTECTION AND…

Consequence

A VEHICLE PARKED WITHOUT AN ENGAGED PARK PAWL AND WITHOUT AN APPLIED PARKING BRAKE MAY HAVE UNINTENDED MOVEMENT WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH.

Remedy

FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 28, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AT 1-866-436-7332 AND FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED CALL 1-800-232-5952 (TDD). REPRESENTATIVES ARE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: …

Complaints by component

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
557
8crashes1fires4injuries
ENGINE
493
3crashes3injuries
POWER TRAIN
492
3crashes1fires
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
440
3crashes1fires3injuries
STEERING
417
8crashes3injuries
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
206
2crashes3injuries
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
92
1crashes2injuries
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
68
STRUCTURE:BODY
57
4crashes4injuries
SERVICE BRAKES
43
2crashes
Total complaints3,182

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“I went out to start my car and the power steering assist fault came on and wouldn't let me turn the wheel easily. When I looked up the problem the code came back to one of the recalls ford has on those escape. But now my car is not in the recall but it was made with in the years and the plant the…”

STEERING · reported 2026-05-24

“Front subframe on the right side prematurely rusts, causing the vehicle to loose steering and pull to the right.”

SUSPENSION · reported 2026-05-22

“Front subframe on the right side prematurely rusts, causing the vehicle to loose steering and pull to the right.”

STEERING · reported 2026-05-22

“Aftermarket seat cover an improperly deployed airbag could result in serious injury. I can't electricly move my seats when I try and air bag warning comes in my dash board”

AIR BAGS · reported 2026-03-31

“Aftermarket seat cover an improperly deployed airbag could result in serious injury. I can't electricly move my seats when I try and air bag warning comes in my dash board”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · reported 2026-03-31

“Aftermarket seat cover an improperly deployed airbag could result in serious injury. I can't electricly move my seats when I try and air bag warning comes in my dash board”

SEATS · reported 2026-03-31

“I took my car into the dealership they had my car for over a month now they sent that I got to pay for a recall of the steering wheel or wait”

STEERING · reported 2026-03-13

“I recently bought this vehicle, I think about three months ago, used obviously. I will be going down the road, and for no apparent reason the vehicle will lose power steering. Not often but about once a month. Also, the majority of the time I can smell fuel from outside the vehicle. It most…”

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM · reported 2026-03-05

Defect investigations

Investigation DP12006 Opened 2012-10-02 · closed 2013-02-21

Electronic Throttle Body Malfunction

In a letter dated August 30, 2012, The North Carolina Consumers Council (NCCC) petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a defect investigation of alleged electronic throttle body failures resulting in engine stall or surge while driving in model year (MY) 2005 through 2012…

Investigation DP15001 Opened 2015-04-01 · closed 2018-06-14

Loss of power steering while driving

On May 27, 2014, amended June 2, 2014, Ford Motor Company (Ford) submitted a Defect Information Report (DIR) to NHTSA describing a safety defect that may result in a sudden loss of power steering assist while driving in approximately 746,067 model year (MY) 2008 through 2011 Ford Escape vehicles equipped with…

Investigation PE11016 Opened 2011-04-27 · closed 2011-08-18

Rear Liftgate Window Glass Breakage

In its response to the agency, Ford acknowledged a higher than normal level of glass breakage incidents in the model year (MY) 2010 to early-build MY 2011 subject vehicles.The incidentsoccurred when the liftgate glass was being opened, or more typically while being closed, but in both cases while the vehicle was…

Investigation PE11016 Opened 2011-04-27 · closed 2011-08-18

Rear Liftgate Window Glass Breakage

In its response to the agency, Ford acknowledged a higher than normal level of glass breakage incidents in the model year (MY) 2010 to early-build MY 2011 subject vehicles.The incidentsoccurred when the liftgate glass was being opened, or more typically while being closed, but in both cases while the vehicle was…

Investigation PE11016 Opened 2011-04-27 · closed 2011-08-18

Rear Liftgate Window Glass Breakage

In its response to the agency, Ford acknowledged a higher than normal level of glass breakage incidents in the model year (MY) 2010 to early-build MY 2011 subject vehicles.The incidentsoccurred when the liftgate glass was being opened, or more typically while being closed, but in both cases while the vehicle was…

Investigation PE11016 Opened 2011-04-27 · closed 2011-08-18

Rear Liftgate Window Glass Breakage

In its response to the agency, Ford acknowledged a higher than normal level of glass breakage incidents in the model year (MY) 2010 to early-build MY 2011 subject vehicles.The incidentsoccurred when the liftgate glass was being opened, or more typically while being closed, but in both cases while the vehicle was…

Investigation PE11016 Opened 2011-04-27 · closed 2011-08-18

Rear Liftgate Window Glass Breakage

In its response to the agency, Ford acknowledged a higher than normal level of glass breakage incidents in the model year (MY) 2010 to early-build MY 2011 subject vehicles.The incidentsoccurred when the liftgate glass was being opened, or more typically while being closed, but in both cases while the vehicle was…

Investigation PE13003 Opened 2013-02-21 · closed 2014-02-28

Electronic Throttle Body Malfunction

On February 21, 2013, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE13-003 to investigate allegations of electronic throttle body (ETB) failures resulting in sudden reduction of engine power in model year (MY) 2009-2013 Ford Escape, Fusion, Mariner and Milan vehicles. During this…

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2010 Ford Escape as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.