MODELYEARINDEX

Ford Ecosport

755 complaints across 4 scored model years and 6 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Ford Ecosport Full report
D
Grade 2018–2021
2020 vs model median 1.8×
Model median3× median
Engine 208
Drivetrain 29
Fuel System 11
Avoid

2020

Best

2018 · 2019

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2018
0.58× 91 B
2019
0.48× 71 B
2020
1.75× 308 D
2021
1.42× 273 C
2022 P
0.08× 12 A

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG25
City / Highway23 / 29
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,450

Recalls

6 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V442000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2020, 2021 200,237
23V905000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:PUMP 2018–2022 139,730
25V126000 POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT 2021, 2022 18,648
18V312000 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS 2018 273
19V023000 SEATS 2019 63
20V791000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2020 12

Others in Subcompact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
2018
C
Audi E-Tron
none flagged
C
Audi Q3
20202021
C
BMW X1
2014
C
Buick Encore
2015
C
Buick Encore GX
none flagged
B
Cadillac XT4
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Captiva
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2020 Ecosport
Complaints in window
308
Severity-weighted
457
Model median (weighted)
261
vs model median
1.75×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
3
Open investigations
0
Score 48.7 D