Owner complaint 11766105: FORD ESCAPE 2021

Owner complaint, unverified, from NHTSA Owner Complaints

Published by NHTSA: Sep 22, 2026
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
NHTSA ID: 11766105
Applies to, as stated by NHTSA: FORD ESCAPE 2021
Component, as stated by NHTSA: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

Text of the owner complaint

When I would turn on the vehicle, it would emit a strong smell of gasoline. The vehicle continued to have the same issues after prior service and complaint to the dealership about the continued smell of gasoline emitting from my 21-ford escape. A technician then verified the concern and found an exhaust leak present on the catalytic converter, when the car had very low mileage. The smell of ...

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Date of incident: 2024-11-26

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For the 2022 Ford F-150

Lariat SuperCrew

Ignored

Relevance of 2% is under one half, so the notice is ignored whatever the other figures say.

Vehicle relevance: 2%
Attention: 27%
Interrupt probability: 33%

Importance to this owner: 0.4 of 4, none
Vehicle area the notice is about: Engine

This owner complaint does not appear to warrant attention for this vehicle. Owner complaints are unverified reports.

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2%	27%	33%	Ignored
2%	25%	27%	Ignored
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1%	26%	24%	Ignored
1%	19%	20%	Ignored
1%	21%	27%	Ignored
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1%	15%	18%	Ignored
1%	27%	27%	Ignored
1%	17%	21%	Ignored
1%	14%	20%	Ignored
1%	21%	20%	Ignored
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1%	22%	23%	Ignored
1%	19%	26%	Ignored
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