VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
A closing window that does not reverse direction as expected can pinch a driver or passenger before retracting, increasing the risk of injury.
4 safety recall campaigns, 3,248 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
A closing window that does not reverse direction as expected can pinch a driver or passenger before retracting, increasing the risk of injury.
An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
A damaged or missing bushing may prevent the vehicle from shifting into the intended gear, and cause the vehicle to move in an unexpected direction. Additionally, the vehicle may roll after the driver selects the 'Park' position. Either scenario increases the risk of a crash or injury.
If a window closes on a body part, it can increase the risk of injury.
Two 2017 FORD ESCAPEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.