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Repair costs · ABS module replacement

Ford Escape ABS module replacement cost.

What 45 Ford Escape owners reported paying.

What owners paid

$4,100 middle bill · most between $2,100 and $5,200

Compared with every car

Higher than the $2,000 middle bill owners of all 88 models reported.

When it happened

Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 92,000 miles (39 reports).

Ford Escape owners reported paying a median of $4,100 for a ABS module replacement, with the middle half of bills between $2,100 and $5,200. That's from 45 owner reports (45 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.

What owners paid

  • Under $5002%
  • $500–$1,0009%
  • $1,000–$2,50016%
  • $2,500–$5,00036%
  • $5,000 and up38%

Share of the 45 owner reports in each price band.

By model year

Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.

How often owners report the failure

Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a brakes: abs module / pump. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.

Engines in these years

2.0 EcoBoost

Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.

Keep going

Other repairs Ford Escape owners reported

Engine replacement (248) · Throttle body replacement (138) · Transmission replacement (91) · Steering column repair (90) · Brake repair (39) · Steering rack replacement (26) · Brake master cylinder replacement (20) · ECM (engine computer) replacement (13) · Ignition coil replacement (12) · Wiring harness repair (11) · Torque converter replacement (9) · EVAP system repair (7) · Fuel pump replacement (7) · CV axle replacement (6) · Head gasket replacement (6) · Hybrid battery replacement (6) · Spark plug replacement (6) · Turbocharger replacement (6) · Water pump replacement (6) · AC condenser replacement (5) · Catalytic converter replacement (5) · Strut and shock replacement (5)

The details

How we count

Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.

The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.

Check the bills yourself

NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11724262, 11557365, 11432626, 11418223, 11351792, 11222981, 11193126, 11154249, 11140634, 11115704, 11063428, 11006493 and more.

Quick answers

How much does ABS module replacement cost on a Ford Escape?

Ford Escape owners reported a median of $4,100, and the middle half paid $2,100 to $5,200, from 45 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.

Is a Ford Escape ABS module replacement more expensive than on other cars?

The Ford Escape middle bill of $4,100 is higher than the $2,000 owners of all 88 models we have reports for paid.

Where do these Ford Escape repair costs come from?

From 45 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.

Which Ford Escape years report this failure most?

In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2002 (38), 2009 (37) Ford Escape named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.

Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.

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