2019 FORD ESCAPE — Complaint #1991182
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:COIL filed May 13, 2024
NHTSA complaint #1991182 (ODI reference 11588488) concerns a 2019 FORD ESCAPE and was filed on May 13, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 15, 2024. The vehicle had 78,000 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 electrical system:ignition:coil, 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 electrical system:ignition:coil 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 2019 FORD ESCAPE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2019 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the vehicle idled rough when started; however, when the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle would drive smoothly. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with a coil pack failure. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred, and the contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the same independent mechanic, but the cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 78,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1991182 |
| ODI Number | 11588488 |
| Date Filed | May 13, 2024 |
| Failure Date | April 15, 2024 |
| VIN | 1FMCU9HD7KU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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