2021 Ford Escape Hybrid defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2021 Ford Escape Hybrid. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Failed Door Check Arm Attachment Point
  Preliminary Evaluation PE23013 · opened Jul 7, 2023 · closed Jan 24, 2024

  On July 7, 2023, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE23-013 to investigate instances of check arm bracket failure in the front doors in model year (MY) 2020-2021 Ford Escape vehicles. At the time of opening, ODI received 118 Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQs) alleging this failure. To date, ODI has rece…

• Pedestrian alert sounds
  Defect Petition DP22005 · opened Jan 27, 2023 · closed Aug 7, 2023 · led to recall 22V063000

  NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pe…