The 2018 Ford EcoSport has 718 owner-filed NHTSA complaints and 2 recalls on record. The most-reported areas are engine and engine and engine cooling. Owners most often flag catastrophic 1.0l ecoboost engine failure due to oil pump drive belt tensioner failure: leads to complete loss of oil pressure and engine destruction, subject to a major recall. very frequent.
Source: NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for 2018 Ford EcoSport vehicles (US, public record).
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Campaign 18V312000Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018 Ford Ecosport vehicles sold in the United States Federal Territiories. These vehicles were shipped with the European brake reservoir pictogram cap label and the Europea…
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Campaign 23V905000Ford 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.
Overwhelmingly negative sentiment with a strong consensus on poor reliability, particularly for models equipped with the 1.0L 3-cylinder EcoBoost engine.
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