Ford ZX2 (escort)
Owners filed 66 complaints across 6 model years of the Ford ZX2 (escort). The 2001 drew the most (18); the 2003 the fewest (6).
Model years6
Complaints66
Recalls0
Fires0
Deaths1
Every Ford ZX2 (escort) model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2001 | 18 | 0 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 | — | 3 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 | — | 1 | Structure › Body › Door | Fatalities reported |
Which Ford ZX2 (escort) years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2001 is the weakest year on record, with 18 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine.
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.