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Every model year 2018–2022: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

5 Model years 2018–2022
12 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years
1,861 Complaints owner reports, all years
B Newest grade 2022 Safety Signal
2018 Best on record cleanest filed year
Ford EcoSport — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Ford EcoSport (2003 generation) · Photo: Vauxford · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Ford EcoSport model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year
YearPowertrainsSafetyRecallsComplaintsCrashBest efficiency
2022GasB212★★★★☆25 mpg
2021GasB3261★★★★☆28 mpg
2020GasB3400★★★★☆28 mpg
2019GasB2461★★★★☆28 mpg
2018GasB2727★★★★☆28 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road
Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2018

On the filed record so far, the 2018 is the cleanest EcoSport year we hold, and the 2021 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

YearSafety SignalRecalls /yrComplaints /yr
2018B0.291
2019B0.366
2022B0.53
2020B0.567
2021B0.652

What owners filed about the Ford EcoSport, by system

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEvery system, every year →

The systems the federal record is deep on for this nameplate: the complaints per model year, the mileage owners reported them at, and every recall, investigation and manufacturer bulletin filed under the heading — each one linked, none a failure rate.

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What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record
  • 2022: best combined mpg 28 → 25; 2 → 1 EPA configurations

Common questions about the Ford EcoSport

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Ford EcoSport year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2018 EcoSport comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade B (89/100), 2 recalls and 727 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Ford EcoSport years should I avoid?

No EcoSport model year carries a D or F Safety Signal or a standing advisory. The ranking page orders every year on recalls and complaints per year on the road, and says why.

How many recalls does the Ford EcoSport have?

Across model years 2018–2022, NHTSA has posted 12 recall campaigns for the Ford EcoSport. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.