2020 Ford Ecosport: owner complaints and recalls

46% of everything owners report about the 2020 Ford Ecosport points at a single system: engine and engine cooling. That is 178 of 390 complaints on file.

390
Complaints
3
Recalls
5
Crash reports
8
Fire reports
6
Injuries
29.7
Severity index

Severity index 29.7 - Low. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 29.7p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2020 Ford Ecosport sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 103 2020 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2020 Ford Ecosport ranks 80 of 103 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 22% of its model-year peers. See the full 2020 ranking.

What actually fails

Engine And Engine Cooli…Engine And Engine Cooling: 178 complaints (45.6%)178 46%EngineEngine: 163 complaints (41.8%)163 42%Power TrainPower Train: 51 complaints (13.1%)51 13%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 37 complaints (9.5%)37 9%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 23 complaints (5.9%)23 6%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 13 complaints (3.3%)13 3%Vehicle Speed ControlVehicle Speed Control: 12 complaints (3.1%)12 3%Service BrakesService Brakes: 11 complaints (2.8%)11 3%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING17845.6%
ENGINE16341.8%
POWER TRAIN5113.1%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER379.5%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM235.9%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM133.3%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL123.1%
SERVICE BRAKES112.8%

Complaints filed per year

0901802020: 12021: 52022: 62023: 742024: 1782025: 902026: 36 (partial year)20212223241782526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20201
20215
20226
202374
2024178
202590
2026 (year to date)36
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 28.5x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
20V79100017/12/2020AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULEFord Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020 EcoSport and 2019-2020 Transit Connect vehicles. Depending on the model, either the driver side or passenger side frontal air bag modules are missing the first-stage booster propellant and sleeve. As such, these vehicles fail
23V90500022/12/2023ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:PUMPFord Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Ford Focus and 2018-2022 Ford EcoSport vehicles. The oil pump drive belt or drive belt tensioner may fail, resulting in a loss of engine oil pressure.
25V44200027/06/2025BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWAREFord Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018-2022 Transit Connect, 2019-2020 MKZ, MKX, Edge, Continental, F-150, Nautilus, Fusion, 2019-2023 Ranger, Mustang, 2020-2021 EcoSport, Expedition, Navigator, 2020-2022 Escape, F-250 SD, Corsair, 2020-2023 Aviator, Transit, 2020-2
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.