Ford Ecosport
Owners filed 1,850 complaints across 6 model years of the Ford Ecosport. The 2018 drew the most (726); the 2005 the fewest (1).
Model years6
Complaints1,850
Recalls12
Fires13
Deaths3
Every Ford Ecosport model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 2 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2021 | 258 | 3 | 1 | 6 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Fatalities reported | |
| 2020 | 396 | 3 | 8 | 5 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Above average | |
| 2019 | 459 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Fatalities reported | |
| 2018 | 726 | 2 | 2 | 18 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine |
Which Ford Ecosport years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2018 is the weakest year on record, with 726 complaints concentrated in the engine. It carries 2 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.