2021 Ford Ecosport
This year drew an ordinary 256 complaints for a Ford Ecosport — the model's median is 454. What they were about is the unusual part: 9% of them mention train, against 1% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 256 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 454 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 26.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- train — 9% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the model's other years (8.8×). Owners wrote it as: train, power train, notifications, numbers.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
while driving at unknown speeds, the transmission was slipping. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 23V905000 (Engine and Engine Cooling ) and 25V126000 (Power Train); however, the parts to do…
while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was able to restart. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 25V126000 (Power Train) and 23V905000 (Engine and Engine Cooling); however, the pa…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V905000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 25V126000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 25V442000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Ecosport was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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