Owner complaints · every model year, every system

Ford EcoSport problems, by model year and system

1,854 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Ford EcoSport 2018–2022, and the 2 systems the record is deep on — engine (1,647), transmission and drivetrain (221). Each system has a page across the years; 8 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.

The systems the record is deep on

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

1,647complaints, engine

Engine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

221complaints, transmission and drivetrain

Transmission and drivetrain problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

Ford EcoSport complaints, year by system

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Model year	engine	transmission and drivetrain
2022 11 in all	2	—
2021 259 in all	220	50
2020 398 in all	348	53
2019 460 in all	408	50
2018 726 in all	669	68

Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).

From here

Every 2027 model on file, by price Compare two vehicles, trim vs trim See what a VIN was priced at See what owners reported

Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Which Ford EcoSport system draws the most complaints?

Engine: 1,647 complaints across 5 model years, 89% of everything owners filed about the Ford EcoSport. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.

Which Ford EcoSport year has the most complaints?

2018 (726), 2019 (460), 2020 (398). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.