2014 FORD ESCAPE — Complaint #1858775
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM filed December 12, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1858775 (ODI reference 11496993) concerns a 2014 FORD ESCAPE and was filed on December 12, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 1, 2022. The vehicle had 42,987 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kentucky based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:cooling system, 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:cooling system 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 2014 FORD ESCAPE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the service engine soon warning light was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed with needing the engine to be replaced due to piston #3 being fractured. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 42,987. The consumer stated the vehicle was taken to Mike Castrucci Ford-Lincoln, but no repairs were made to the vehicle.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1858775 |
| ODI Number | 11496993 |
| Date Filed | December 12, 2022 |
| Failure Date | September 1, 2022 |
| VIN | 1FMCU9GX3EU |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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