There are 1 stored owner reports matching the lighting leading-label group for the 2009 Ford Escape in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)LIGHT BULBS (BRAKE, TURN SIGNAL, 3RD BRAKE LIGHT) ARE BURNING OUT AFTER ONLY A SHORT TIME. APPEARS TO BE BURN MARKS NEAR BASE OF BULB, SEEMS THEY ARE BURNING TOO HOT/TOO MUCH CURRENT. THESE BULBS WERE ONLY 2 YEARS OLD, WITH 22000 MILES ON VEHICLE. BOTH REAR BRAKE/TURN SIGNAL PART OF THE 3157 BULBS BURNED OUT. ONE OF THE BULBS IN THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT BURNED OUT ALREADY. I REPLACED THE 2 BRAKE/TURN SIGNAL BULBS MYSELF AND TO PASS INSPECTION, HAD TO HAVE DEALER REPLACE 1 OF THE 3RD BRAKE BULBS THAT WAS BURNED OUT, WHICH WAS OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE. ($20). *TR
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
NHTSA source checks for this vehicle year
Checks are recorded separately for each dataset, not for the whole page. Dates use UTC. A missing check date does not mean no records exist.
Vehicle import recorded: Apr 29, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.