The Lemon Index$2,100 middle bill · most between $2,000 and $2,500
About the same as the $2,000 middle bill owners of all 112 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 72,000 miles (19 reports).
Ford Escape owners reported paying a median of $2,100 for a steering rack replacement, with the middle half of bills between $2,000 and $2,500. That's from 26 owner reports (26 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,50069%
- $2,500–$5,00031%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 26 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2006 Ford Escape1too few for a middle
- 2008 Ford Escape1too few for a middle
- 2009 Ford Escape1too few for a middle
- 2013 Ford Escape11$2,000 middle bill
- 2014 Ford Escape5$2,000 middle bill
- 2015 Ford Escape3$3,200 middle bill
- 2017 Ford Escape2too few for a middle
- 2018 Ford Escape1too few for a middle
- 2019 Ford Escape1too few for a middle
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
- 2008 Ford Escape489 complaints name it20% of that year's complaints
- 2009 Ford Escape391 complaints name it21% of that year's complaints
- 2010 Ford Escape227 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2011 Ford Escape179 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2013 Ford Escape132 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2012 Ford Escape40 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a steering rack / power steering. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
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
- Ford Escape reliability by year
- Steering rack replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Ford Escape owners reported
Engine replacement (248) · Throttle body replacement (138) · Transmission replacement (91) · Steering column repair (90) · ABS module replacement (45) · Brake repair (39) · 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): 11645224, 11633739, 11605178, 11601327, 11540018, 11473029, 11424120, 11374131, 11362060, 11351345, 11330653, 11309514 and more.
Quick answers
How much does steering rack replacement cost on a Ford Escape?
Ford Escape owners reported a median of $2,100, and the middle half paid $2,000 to $2,500, from 26 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Ford Escape steering rack replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Ford Escape middle bill of $2,100 is about the same as the $2,000 owners of all 112 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Ford Escape repair costs come from?
From 26 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 2008 (489), 2009 (391), 2010 (227) 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.