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2016 FORD ESCAPE — Complaint #1819368

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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER:HOSES/PLUMBING filed June 15, 2022

NHTSA complaint #1819368 (ODI reference 11469365) concerns a 2016 FORD ESCAPE and was filed on June 15, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 2, 2022. The vehicle had 102,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger:hoses/plumbing, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD ESCAPE cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger:hoses/plumbing failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2016 FORD ESCAPE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2016 FORD ESCAPE
Component
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER:HOSES/PLUMBING
State
Pennsylvania
Mileage
102,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Escape. The contact stated upon retrieving the vehicle from the dealer after a taillight replacement, the check engine warning light illuminated while driving. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the turbo had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic who provided the same diagnostic result. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 102,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1819368
ODI Number 11469365
Date Filed June 15, 2022
Failure Date June 2, 2022
VIN 1FMCU9G98GU

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.