Ford Escape statistics span a 25-year North American sales history, 2025 U.S. specifications, controlled IIHS crash measurements and U.S. recall populations. The figures below distinguish manufacturer statements, EPA estimates, laboratory tests and potentially involved vehicles.
Key Ford Escape Statistics
The most broadly useful Ford Escape figures are:
- More than 4.5 million Ford Escape SUVs had been sold in North America through Ford’s 2025 25-year retrospective.
- The Escape nameplate reached 25 years of history in Ford’s 2025 retrospective.
- Escape sales increased by nearly 30% in the second quarter cited by Ford’s 2025 retrospective, with the comparison year not stated in the accessible excerpt.
- The 2025 U.S.-spec gasoline Escape seats 5 occupants.
- The 2025 gasoline Escape has 104.0 cubic feet of passenger volume in U.S. specifications.
- The 2025 gasoline Escape offers 65.4 cubic feet of cargo volume behind the first row in U.S. specifications.
- The 2025 gasoline Escape offers 37.5 cubic feet of cargo volume behind the second row in U.S. specifications.
- The 2025 gasoline Escape’s base curb weight ranges from approximately 3,273 to 3,505 pounds depending on trim and equipment.
- The 2025 1.5L EcoBoost FWD Escape is rated at 30 combined mpg by the EPA.
- The 2025 2.5L hybrid Escape is rated at 39 combined mpg in both FWD and AWD U.S. specifications.
- The 2025 Escape plug-in hybrid is rated at 101 combined MPGe by the EPA.
- The 2025 Escape plug-in hybrid has an EPA-estimated all-electric range of 37 miles.
- The 2020 Escape driver-side small-overlap test recorded HIC-15 of 80 in IIHS test CEN1910.
- The 2020 Escape passenger-side small-overlap test recorded 8 cm of right toepan intrusion in IIHS test VTP1931.
- The 2023–2026 Escape front crash-prevention test avoided collisions at 31 mph for centered and off-center passenger-car targets.
- Recall 22V-859 included 333,342 Ford Escape vehicles from the 2020–2023 model years in the United States.
- The 2023 fire-risk recall affected 86,656 Escape vehicles in the United States.
Contents
- Ford Escape sales statistics and market scale
- Ford Escape dimensions, capacity and weight data
- Ford Escape fuel-economy and powertrain statistics
- Ford Escape crash-test measurements and safety ratings
- Ford Escape recall statistics and defect exposure
Ford Escape Sales Statistics and Market Scale
Ford’s own 25-year retrospective provides the clearest cumulative scale figure. It says more than 4.5 million Escape SUVs had been sold in North America through the 2025 article, while also identifying the nameplate’s 25-year milestone.
Ford, “25 años de Escape: Cómo una Pequeña SUV transformó el Mercado” reports a second-quarter sales increase of nearly 30%. The accessible excerpt does not state the comparison year, so this is a reported company figure rather than a fully specified year-over-year series.
| Sales measure | Reported figure | Scope and period |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulative Escape sales | More than 4.5 million | North America, through Ford’s 2025 retrospective |
| Nameplate history | 25 years | Ford retrospective published in 2025 |
| Second-quarter sales change | Nearly 30% increase | Quarter cited in the 2025 article; comparison basis not visible |
These measures are not a global registration total or a complete annual sales dataset. The cumulative statement is North American and company-reported, while the quarterly change has an incompletely visible comparison basis.
Ford Escape Dimensions, Capacity and Weight Data
Ford’s 2025 U.S. technical specifications separate gasoline models from hybrid and plug-in-hybrid models. All listed versions seat five occupants, but the hybrid/PHEV configurations have lower reported passenger and cargo volumes.
| 2025 U.S. model group | Seats | Passenger volume | Cargo behind 1st row | Cargo behind 2nd row |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gasoline Escape | 5 | 104.0 cu. ft. | 65.4 cu. ft. | 37.5 cu. ft. |
| Hybrid/PHEV Escape | 5 | 102.2 cu. ft. | 60.8 cu. ft. | 34.4 cu. ft. |
The manufacturer lists gasoline Escape base curb weight at approximately 3,273–3,505 pounds. Hybrid and plug-in-hybrid base curb weight spans approximately 3,529–3,880 pounds, with both ranges varying by trim, equipment and hybrid configuration.
Source: 2025 Ford Escape Technical Specifications. These are U.S.-market 2025 manufacturer specifications, and actual usable capacity can vary by configuration.
Ford Escape Fuel-Economy and Powertrain Statistics
The 2025 technical specification table reports EPA-estimated fuel economy for gasoline and hybrid powertrains. The figures are estimates rather than guarantees, and real-world results vary with conditions and driving.
| 2025 U.S. powertrain | City | Highway | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5L EcoBoost FWD | 27 mpg | 34 mpg | 30 mpg |
| 1.5L EcoBoost AWD | 26 mpg | 32 mpg | 28 mpg |
| 2.0L EcoBoost AWD | 23 mpg | 31 mpg | 26 mpg |
| 2.5L hybrid FWD | 42 mpg | 36 mpg | 39 mpg |
| 2.5L hybrid AWD | 42 mpg | 36 mpg | 39 mpg |
Ford’s table lists the plug-in hybrid separately at 101 combined MPGe and an EPA-estimated 37-mile all-electric range. It also lists a 40-mile gas-only range; that label is not a total combined driving range.
Source: 2025 Ford Escape Technical Specifications. MPGe is an EPA energy-equivalent measure, not gasoline mpg, and electric range varies with conditions and driving.
Ford Escape Crash-Test Measurements and Safety Ratings
IIHS measurements apply to specific test vehicles and controlled crash configurations, not to a population injury rate. The 2020 Escape SE 4-door 4WD driver-side small-overlap test recorded 2 cm of lower-hinge-pillar intrusion, 2 cm at the footrest, 1 cm at the left toepan and 1 cm at the brake pedal.
In that test, the dummy measures included HIC-15 of 80, neck tension of 1.0 kN, extension bending moment of 15 Nm, maximum Nij of 0.23 and chest compression of 24 mm. Left and right femur forces were 0.1 kN and 0.0 kN, knee displacement was 1 mm and 2 mm, the tibia indices were 0.42 and 0.33, tibia axial forces were 1.1 kN and 0.1 kN, and foot acceleration was 43 g and 19 g; both knee-thigh-hip injury-risk estimates were 0%.
The passenger-side small-overlap test on the same 2020 configuration recorded 7 cm of lower-hinge-pillar intrusion, 4 cm at the footrest, 8 cm at the right toepan, and 6 cm, 9 cm and 9 cm at the center dash, upper hinge pillar and upper dash. Passenger-dummy HIC-15 was 78, neck tension 0.8 kN and chest compression 21 mm; right femur force was 4.8 kN, right knee displacement 4 mm, and right knee-thigh-hip estimated injury risk 3%, versus 0% on the left.
The passenger-side test also recorded foot acceleration of 75 g on the left and 52 g on the right. These are dummy measurements from one laboratory crash configuration, not observed human injuries.
The original moderate-overlap test recorded 3 cm of footrest intrusion, plus 6 cm left, 5 cm center, 4 cm right and 7 cm at the brake pedal. HIC-15 was 276, neck tension 0.8 kN, chest compression 25 mm, femur forces 0.4 kN and 0.5 kN, tibia indices 0.25 and 0.34, tibia axial forces 1.9 kN and 2.5 kN, and foot acceleration 57 g and 67 g.
The updated side test for a 2021 Escape S 4-door 4WD recorded driver HIC-15 of 391, peak head-contact acceleration of 93 g, torso maximum deflection of 45 mm, average deflection of 39 mm and pelvis combined force of 5.2 kN.
For the 2023–2026 model rating, IIHS’s vehicle-to-vehicle front crash-prevention test recorded collision avoidance at 31 mph for both centered and off-center passenger-car targets. At 37 mph, speed reduction was 33 mph for a centered target and 26 mph for an off-center target; at 43 mph, reductions were 25 mph and 22 mph.
Source: 2023 Ford Escape. The IIHS results cover controlled tests of specified model years and configurations; estimated injury-risk percentages must not be presented as population rates.
Ford Escape Recall Statistics and Defect Exposure
Recall counts describe potentially involved or affected vehicles, not confirmed failures, fires, injuries or owner experience. Applicability depends on vehicle configuration and should be checked by VIN.
NHTSA recall 22V-859, submitted November 18, 2022, identified 521,778 potentially involved vehicles across Ford Escape and Bronco Sport populations. The filing estimated that 1% of that total had the defect and covered 333,342 Ford Escape vehicles from the 2020–2023 model years, built from November 19, 2018, through October 17, 2022, with 1.5L engines.
The same filing covered 188,436 Bronco Sport vehicles from the 2021–2023 model years. That Bronco Sport figure is included for recall-population context and is not an Escape count.
| Recall measure | Figure | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Total 22V-859 potentially involved | 521,778 vehicles | Escape and Bronco Sport, United States |
| Estimated defect prevalence | 1% | Manufacturer estimate in the Part 573 filing |
| Ford Escape population | 333,342 vehicles | 2020–2023 model years, affected 1.5L-engine vehicles |
| Bronco Sport population | 188,436 vehicles | 2021–2023 model years, included for context |
| Reported leak pathway | 19 L/hour | Cracked injector engineering description |
The 22V-859 report describes a cracked injector that could leak fuel into the cylinder head at a stated rate of 19 liters per hour. That is an engineering description of the identified pathway, not an average real-world leakage rate.
A separate NHTSA consumer alert dated June 6, 2023 reported a fire-risk recall affecting 86,656 Escape vehicles from the 2020–2023 model years. The combined Escape, Maverick and Corsair population was 125,322 vehicles, and the recall involved 2.5-liter HEV/PHEV engines that could fail prematurely; neither figure is a count of confirmed fires or failures.
Sources: Part 573 Safety Recall Report – 22V-859 and Consumer Alert: Important Ford and Lincoln Fire Risk Recall.