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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
The decode above is what this vehicle is. For what it's been through — accidents, title brands, odometer, theft/total-loss and previous owners — pull a full history report.
NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1FMCU041X5K••••••2005 Ford ESCAPE
That is about average for the 2005 Ford ESCAPE — 5 complaints per build across 217 builds.
5on this build
1139on the model
217builds in total
Most reportedPower Train 1Tires 1Vehicle Speed Control 1Visibility 1
What owners of this build wrote
VisibilityDec 2021
My 2005 ford escape was sitting in my carport for 2 days. I went out to go to the store and the back window was shattered in a million pieces all over the driveway and back bumper. That was also glass inside the car. I called the police and they came out and looked at it and…
Unknown Or OtherJul 2015
While driving in livonia, michigan out of no where my sun visor burst, getting glass on me, but more important it burst on the seat where my toddler daughter usually sit . There was no one around and no truck where an object could have dropped something on my car, I had to take…
Vehicle Speed ControlJul 2012
Entering the interstate, I sped up to merge, but could not push accelerator pedal to even get out of overdrive. (making things worse, the merge was from the left.) pedal was full down. After dodging go home traffic, I limped to right hand lane and got off at next ford…
TiresJul 2009
I have a 2005 ford escape with two oem tires on the rear and two newer tires of from the same company (continental) on the front end. For months now, when traveling at various speeds on the highway, I have heard a loud and violent flapping sound. The noise sounded as if there…
Power TrainJun 2009
Recently took vehicle in for service. Mentioned transmission shudder at 55mph or when over drive took over. They flushed the transmission and updated the PCM and said it was fixed. A week later the ford escape is shifting hard and shuddering into over drive gear at 45mph. Now…
Owner complaints…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1FMCU041X5K073655 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.