Ford ZX2 (escort)

Owners filed 66 complaints across 6 model years of the Ford ZX2 (escort). The 2001 drew the most (18).

Model years6
Complaints66
Recalls0
Fires0
Deaths1

Which Ford ZX2 (escort) years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Ford ZX2 (escort) model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Ford ZX2 (escort) model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20036
0—1Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineRoutine
200212
0—1Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
200118
0—1Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineRoutine
20007
0——Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineRoutine
199915
0—3Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineRoutine
19988
0—1Structure › Body › DoorFatalities reported

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.