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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.
1FMCU9J98EU••••••2014 Ford ESCAPE
That is about average for the 2014 Ford ESCAPE — 15 complaints per build across 131 builds.
20on this build
1977on the model
131builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedPower Train 8Engine 4Fuel/propulsion System 2Back Over Prevention 2
What owners of this build wrote
Exterior LightingcrashJan 2016
The contact owns a 2014 ford escape. While driving 5 mph, the headlights are dim and the vehicle crashed into a large landscaping stone. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and repaired. The…
Seat BeltsSep 2025
The contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. The contact stated that her mother observed that the driver's seat belt failed to retract properly over time and failed to secure the driver as intended. The contact stated that the seat belt was very loose. The vehicle was not diagnosed or…
Back Over PreventionJan 2025
The Backup camera very rarely works on my 2013 Escape and the current recall is 2015 and above! What about earlier?
EngineJul 2024
Car overheated due to intrusion of coolant into head gasket. Repair shop identified issue and warned it's a safety risk for fire when overheating. Only symptom before overheating was white smoke from exhaust on startup. Shop said maintenance looked fine, wasn't low on oil and…
Power TrainSep 2023
At a traffic light when the car failed to engage. I could accelerate but transmission did not go in gear. After 3 cycles of the traffic light I was able to get it to the side of the road, it was then that a transmission warning light came on, it never had before. After towing to…
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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 1FMCU9J98EUA21094 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.