2018 Ford EcoSport Reviews

Performance and reliability are great, in fact I was impressed that when we were caught in a surprise snow storm on our way to Idyllwild, we were one of the few vehicles that didn't get stuck. The all wheel drive really saved us. The only issue I have with our ecosport is the size. We had an escape last time and it was much roomier. I didn't realize how small the interior is and how little we can fit until after we signed the lease. When 4 people are in the car, we can fit little else. Taking a family trip requires a roof rack. Even when there are 2 of us traveling, there's really no place to put phones, purses, etc. For this reason, I would not be interested in the same vehicle again.

The only issues I have experienced is the electronics and I could use a little more legroom in the back. This car is definitely not made for older kids or for adults to occupy the backseat. The radio will not save some of the selections and every time I start it I have to turn it back to my favorite stations. This specific model does not have a turbo, I would definitely recommend buying a model with a turbo. I have had no issues with reliability. Other than that the car is a great runner, good gas mileage and will handle any kind of terrain.

Ecosports are mainly for a smaller group/ family. There is not much room in the vehicle itself. The engine is a bit groggy, and it has a 11 gal fuel tank. What I do like about the car is that it has gone through a lot of issues, but is still going. It is a newer car, so I am glad it is still running. It does not like the rain/cold weather. Random alarms will start going off. Oh and it is a gas saver, so it has the button that starts and stops the car if you are at a stop.

I purchased the 2018 Ecosport as a vehicle for my wife and I to use on trips, and daily driving. It's difficult to buy a nice vehicle that my wife likes. She doesn't like leather interior, and she is happy with the cloth seats in the Ecosport. We don't mind the small storage area that most complain about when reviewing the vehicle. There is enough room for us and our belongings when we go on trips when we fold down the back seat. The Ecosport has enough power, and the AWD works great in the snow. Everyone likes the "hearse" door on the back of the vehicle and no more bumping my head on tailgate.

I've had my Ecosport S for a little over a year now, 16k miles on the clock. Nothing has really gone wrong with it at all. The seals in the doors are sagging a little, but thats probably because im a door slammer. This little car is good basic transportation. Im five foot eleven and its pretty comfortable to drive, but not so comfortable to try and recline in during your lunch break. The pedals are a bit close together, so be careful when driving with boots on. All the trim on the interior is pretty solid. Gauge cluster is really nice, functions are great (Oil life monitor is very nice, active tire pressure monitoring is as well). I've tested the Average MPG over several weeks and its accurate to within a gallon (So, good enough i guess?). Visibility to the sides and rear is actually really good. Mirrors are very large and easy to see through and adjust. Forward visibility is kind of hampered by the A-pillars, but is acceptable. You only really notice it when making shallow turns around the neighborhood, is negligible on the highway. Ride is on the firmer side. It wont leave you sore but its not exactly smooth. Being tall and narrow makes it blow about on the highway if its really windy. It handles pretty well, however. Road feel is a little on the vague side until you get used to it. Once you do its like a go kart. Its based on the fiesta, after all. The start stop can be a little wonky at times, but you can always turn it off. A lot factors into when it'll activate (including engine temperature and outdoor temperature, how you stop and the position of the brake pedal). I've been caught off guard by it before since it deactivates once you take any pressure off the brake pedal at all. Just be mindful of it. People complain about this car being slow but slow is very vague, so im gonna elaborate a little bit on that. Its not so slow that it cant get out of its own way. Around town, in the neighborhood, stoplight to stop light, basically any place where you're not on the highway its actually a nippy little car. All of its power (1.0 ecoboost) Is in the 1500-4000rpm range, so its really just push and go when you're off the highway. When you're on the highway it starts to fail some. If you bury the pedal it will downshift and rev to where theres no real power, all the way to the redline. If you feed in the throttle it actually accelerates pretty well. Make no mistake, its still on the slow side, but if you dont floor it and actually roll the throttle it you can overtake and zip through highway traffic without any issue. If you're in the fast lane and it doesnt want to shift back up into 6th, let off the gas a bit and it'll just cruise happily at 85-90mph. This is a car you have to actually try and drive if you want to get anything out of it on the highway, and its actually rewarding when you do. Getting good fuel economy in this car requires that you actually pay attention to how you drive. People complain about not getting anything near the EPA estimates, and after many weeks of doing my own 'testing' (driving in different ways, different speeds, etc), i can guarentee you that its 100% down to the way you drive. I drive approximately 23 miles to work , with about 8 of that off the highway, one way. I've managed to get 39-ish mpg out of it if i drive smoothly and coast when i can, between 65 and 70mph. If i just drive with the flow of traffic, going 75-80, having to hit the brakes here and there, it drops to 33-35. If i just drive aggressively without concern to fuel consumption (speeding, hard braking, hard acceleration) , it'll drop below 30. On the highway theres really no reason why you should average below something like 33mpg unless you drive like an idiot, even with traffic and the AC blowing, or if you have four overweight adults onboard. In short, the "Bad gas mileage" people spout about this car is nonsense. Try harder, actually drive your car. This is a perfectly adequate daily driver, comfortable enough to get you to and from work, and easy enough to drive around. Great visibility, good stereo, all in all good enough but not outstanding. If you want better gas mileage, either try harder or go buy something else. If you want something faster, go buy something else.

This car is a lot smaller than we initially thought. We have a large dog and a baby and there’s barely room for both of them in the back seat. The trunk is really narrow and does not fit a lot of items comfortably. The Bluetooth connectivity cuts out quite often and sometimes we are unable to change our radio settings at all because the screen freezes. This car would be better suited to a single person or a family with just one child and no pets.

The vehicle is reliable and fun to drive. It has all wheel drive and gets around good in winter. The color is a beautiful blue. It has heated front seats and a heated steering wheel which we love in winter. The hatch in back opens sideways instead of up so it is easy to load groceries and you do not have to reach in or bend to get them out. It is rather on the small size and you feel that you are sitting on top of each other. There is really no console, just a very small storage. It does not have enough cup holders and they are not really easy to access. It gets good gas mileage.

One of the best features of the ecosport is the way the back opens up. It is a swing door and opens from underneath one of the tail lights. It is a very reliable car and always gets me where I need to be. The only thing that I do not love about this car is the size. I knew it was small when I signed my lease, but I didn't realize just how small. Luckily, I am mostly in my car by myself, but when there are people in the back, they are crammed. But overall, great car for commuters!

Didn't even know that Ford had this vehicl. Until my wife saw the vehicle she wanted it so we bought it a few months back used. Ford Certified with about 50,000 miles on it 2018 now a few months later complete engine failure the fuel pump went out they found no oil in the oil filter the engine had to be tore down how many parts have to be replaced very disappointing I was concerned about a three-cylinder engine in the beginning I'm completely concerned about the whole car moving forward once this gets fixed still in the shop going on two weeks you can bet that Ford still wants a payment unbelievable has never happened to me ever and buying a car at the dealer had return to tear the engine down such low mileage

Got it for its small size and 4 wheel drive for winter. For its weight and engine size it gets very descent fuel economy, considering it’s AWD. The rain sensing wipers are a nice option but from time to time they seem to either forget it’s raining or that two rain drops is a down pour, still a good option to get I feel. What I’m not a fan of is the “trunk” door instead of a lift-gate as I found I need to leave my garage door open to unload groceries etc (not fun in -30 weather) but that’s MY fault not Ford’s because if a lift-gate was that important to me I would have upgraded to an Escape. Besides, the vehicle is too short for having both a sunroof and the structural strength for a lift-gate. I test drove it lots and looked at every inch of the vehicle so I just don’t get people that buy a vehicle then complain that it’s slow, does have not enough storage, etc, etc as I have to wonder if they even got in the car and actually drove it before they bought it. Oh, by the way, I HATE not being able to permanently disable the auto engine shut off/start up function they put on most vehicles now. If I don’t hit the disable button (for this run period) the vehicle starts itself a minimum of twenty times when I’m going to work. With that many shutdowns it starts canceling itself because it detects low battery voltage LOL.

I have been a dedicated Ford owner for some time. I have a F150, Focus and this EcoSport. That being said I would not buy again. The car changes radio stations at random, the find car horn goes off at random and a rear door gate that opens on bumps, the biggest problem of all no spare tire. Who is the genius who came up with that idea? Maybe said genius should blow a sidewall in -30 C and find out this wonderful fact. Yes I should have looked closer but who would sell something like that? For the same price point I can get a Dodge, Toyota or just about anything else and I will. Ford may have saved a few hundred dollors but they lost a customer who has spent $100,000 on cars in the last 5 years.

Since I purchased my vehicle just shy of 2 years ago, it was been having alarm problems. When I lock the door and start walking away, the alarm goes off. While the key is flat, in my hand. When I try to turn off, I have to walk back about 10-15 feet before it will work. At first, nobody believed me. Multiple trips. Then my electrical started doing funny things. Lights would randomly shut off while driving in the dark, radio/navigation would glitch out, computer would constantly kick my phone off. Again, got nowhere. They finally replaced the remote start module, lasted a few days and alarms came back. I have lost track of how many phone calls and attempts to get this dealt with. They would say "we will get back to you" and nothing. Finally managed to get it escalated to an assistant manager. He took it for a week to check it. They replaced the remote start module again. Next day alarms were back. "We will get back to you" 3 weeks I reach out again, "we will get back to you". I'm so done with this company.

The ford ecosport is a small SUV and it has heated seats, which are wonderful if you have arthritis. It also has a backup camera which is great and if you get too close to something when you are backing up the beeping gets faster and faster the closer you get to hitting something. The back door is not one that goes straight up in the air, but a door that opens swinging from the right to left. The vehicle also has a sun/moonroof. If you need an oil change it lets you know, also if one of your tires needs air it tells you and lets you know what tire it is. The only thing that I do not like about it is the gas mileage. Other than that I love the vehicle.

My car is the perfect fit for me from driving back and forth from school and work. It fits my siblings and friends perfectly and is very spacious for being a tiny car. The only problem I currently have is my steering is kind of wobbly. But I don't expect much because my car was the first year of the model. But the gas life is fantastic and it only takes between $25-$30 to fill depending on the price of gas. But other than the one downside I have I absolutely love my car and would recommend it to everyone.

DO NOT BUY!!!!!!! The best magician or Houdini there ever was. When you first buy the car, everything seems great! It’s amazing on gas, takes off at a green light, does well in the snow. All the things you want in a Canadian vehicle. THEN suddenly the radio starts changing stations on its own, it switches back and forth from radio stations, apps, it’ll start calling people if your phones plugged in. TONS of technical problems like that! It doesn’t come with a spare tire? Who sells a car with a slot for a spare tire, but it’s empty??? For the price of the car, adding the tire in there wouldn’t have hurt their budget. THEN the best is yet to come!!! The engine blows at exactly 100100. Exactly 100km over the longest warranty available with this car and the engine explodes on the highway. Literally 4 km after it was serviced! The turbo cracked and stopped feeding oil to the motor and the motor blew. So I paid out of pocket (7000$) to fix the car. 6 months later and less than 20000k on this motor and it’s just blown again. Ford takes absolutely zero responsibility for it and will NOT help in anyway. They basically laughed when I said I expected them to take some responsibility here and either fix the car or exchange it for something else (the car advertises a super cheap price but after all the add ons they make you get, it’s a 30,000$ car) but they’ve so far refused. This was the first experience I’ve ever had with buying brand new, and I doubt I’ll ever do that again now and I will definitely never do any business with ford again. If someone tries to sell you this piece of junk, RUN AND DONT DO IT!!

Have had issues with it the first month I had it was in shop several times. Very sluggish when it shifts into gears and not what I expected at all only got it because dealership told me it was the only vehicle I was able to finance however found out that was all lies I originally wanted the escape or focus. Trust me there is alot of issues or atleast with the one I got and base model in Canada EcoSport S 2018 the charged me 25,800 plus tax and added maintenance plan I didn't ask for came to 39k way over priced yet they didn't allow me to atleast have titanium or model with sunroof and leather seats just my opinion and horrible on gas