2023 FORD ESCAPE Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2023 Ford Escape has 12 recalls, the most serious involving multiple fire risks: cracked fuel injectors on 1.5L-equipped vehicles can leak fuel near hot engine components, and a cylinder head plug failure on 1.5L engines can leak oil onto hot surfaces, both raising the risk of an underhood fire. Several of these fuel and oil leak issues affect vehicles where earlier repair attempts did not fully resolve the problem, so prior service may not have addressed the defect. For plug-in hybrid models, a defect in one or more high-voltage battery cells can cause an internal short circuit, leading to loss of drive power or a battery fire. On hybrid and plug-in hybrid models with 2.5L engines, an engine compartment fire risk also exists on vehicles that were previously serviced under an earlier recall that did not fully fix the problem. On vehicles equipped with a factory block heater, the heater can overheat and melt wiring, creating a fire risk whether or not the engine is running. Two recalls cover the adaptive cruise control radar module, which was misaligned during production on certain two-wheel-drive models and can cause the vehicle to brake hard for objects that are not in its path, while also degrading automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning. The liftgate hinge covers on some vehicles can detach and become a road hazard.