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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.
1FMYU01131K••••••2001 Ford ESCAPE
That is about average for the 2001 Ford ESCAPE — 6 complaints per build across 128 builds.
9on this build
795on the model
128builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedEngine And Engine Cooling 2Vehicle Speed Control 2Suspension 1Power Train 1
What owners of this build wrote
TirescrashJul 2004
I was driving my car on I-75 near gainesville, florida last week. I was in the passing lane when I heard and felt the left rear tire tread beating on my car. It had separated from the tire without warning. It all happened so fast, I immediately attempted to get onto the shoulder…
Unknown Or OtherDec 2005
Iac kept going bad. Car would stop in the middle of driving, I almost had 2 wrecks. I had to get this fixed due to the danger of driving. Old part is not available
Vehicle Speed ControlNov 2005
Cruise control does not work at all, there are so many problems in this vehicle
Latches/locks/linkagesDec 2004
Liftgate gets stuck and will not open. Once in a while it will open out of the blue, then I know as soon as I lock my car, it will be stuck again. Nothing has been done to correct the failure, because it is obviously a defect, a defect that has been recognized for other 2001…
Engine And Engine CoolingAug 2002
Engine coolant light came on and has not gone off. A service technician said the sensor has gone bad, and that a lot of escapes have this problem
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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 1FMYU01131KA89899 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.