2018 FORD ECOSPORT — Complaint #1826068
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:SEALS/GASKETS filed July 15, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1826068 (ODI reference 11474170) concerns a 2018 FORD ECOSPORT and was filed on July 15, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 27, 2022. The vehicle had 84,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to North Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine:oil/lubrication:seals/gaskets, 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 ECOSPORT cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:engine:oil/lubrication:seals/gaskets 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 2018 FORD ECOSPORT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2018 Ford Ecosport. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle was hesitating. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle the next day, the check engine warning light was illuminated. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the dealer for a diagnostic test. The vehicle was then towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that three spark plugs and coolant needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure reoccurred while driving. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the head gasket had blown and the engine needed to be replaced. The failure mileage was approximately 84,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1826068 |
| ODI Number | 11474170 |
| Date Filed | July 15, 2022 |
| Failure Date | June 27, 2022 |
| VIN | MAJ3P1VE1JC |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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