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2021 Ford Ecosport

For every car sold, owners filed about as many complaints about the 2021 Ecosport as about the typical Ecosport year. Among the 2 Ecosport years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2018 (0.46 per 1,000 sold) and the most about this one, the 2021 (0.53).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.53 per 1,000

1.2 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 27 complaints filed in the first three years, of 263 ever. 95% lower bound 0.33.

Every Ecosport model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years
This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.46

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20180.4625
20190.2213
20200.1912
20210.5327

Issues owners of the 2021 Ecosport report

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine And Engine Cooling 135 complaints

engine engine12895%
cooling12895%
engine cooling12794%
campaign12794%
exceeded reasonable10477%
reasonable amount10477%

Engine 87 complaints

oil pump2124%
oil pressure1922%
belt1315%
rental1113%

Power Train 51 complaints

engine cooling1835%
engine engine1835%
notifications1733%
notifications campaign1631%
campaign numbers1631%
recall repairs1631%

When it breaks

20% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 56,000 miles, from 80 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Oil Pump Failure

Questions buyers ask about the 2021 Ford Ecosport

Is 2021 a good year or a bad year for the Ecosport?

For every car sold, owners filed about as many complaints about the 2021 Ecosport as about the typical Ecosport year. Among the 2 Ecosport years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2018 (0.46 per 1,000 sold) and the most about this one, the 2021 (0.53). The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2021 Ecosport have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Engine And Engine Cooling (135), Engine (87), Power Train (51). The phrases they used are listed above.

Is the 2021 Ecosport reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Ecosport years: for every car sold, owners filed about as many complaints about the 2021 Ecosport as about the typical Ecosport year.

Which Ecosport year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2018, at 0.46 per 1,000 sold. Every Ecosport year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Ecosport.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is taken year by year from published US sales figures, each one quoted from a named source.