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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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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.
1FMCU0E71BK••••••2011 Ford ESCAPE
This build is quieter than most: 4 complaints against 8 for the average 2011 Ford ESCAPE build.
4on this build
1183on the model
143builds in total
Most reportedPower Train 2Steering 2Fuel System 1Gasoline 1
What owners of this build wrote
SteeringNov 2023
My 2011 Ford Escape loses power steering while driving. There was recall out for this issues; however, my car did not receive a recall. The symptoms on the recall are the excact symptoms I am experiencing. It appears to be a fault with the Electric Power Steering sytem. Please…
Power TrainFeb 2016
Traveling at highway speed 70 mph vehicle loses all power. Brought vehicle to autonation ford katy texas was told there was a electronic throttle body recall. Asked dealership to fix and was told they could not unless vehicle replicated issue at the dealership. I feel the issue…
Fuel SystemMar 2015
The contact owns a 2011 ford escape. The contact stated that the check engine light and check fuel inlet illuminated on the instrument panel. Also, the contact stated the water pump failed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the…
SteeringAug 2019
I was driving my 2011 ford escape limited edition and on the highway when I was going at a great amount of speed the vehicle shuts down completely the dash went black and the steering wheel locked up and everything I was able to stop I restarted car it started back up
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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 1FMCU0E71BKA79558 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.