Ford Escape

OBD pids for the Ford Escape

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Explore the comprehensive list of OBD-II parameters supported for the Ford Escape. This includes real-time data for engine performance, fuel efficiency, and diagnostic trouble codes. Sidecar provides access to these PIDs to help you monitor your vehicle's health.

96,155 miles driven

65 drivers

Year

Overall

Fuel

Speed

Range

Odom

Tires

2000-2007

2008-2012

2013-2019

2020-2025

Legend

Vehicle is fully onboarded.

Feature is supported via OBD. Requires a connected OBD-II scanner.

Feature is supported via Connected Accounts (Beta).

General support

Sidecar supports the SAEJ1979 OBD-II standard for vehicles produced in the USA since 1996 and vehicles worldwide in the 2000’s. For vehicles that support OBD-II — typically combustion and hybrid vehicles — this enables out-of-the-box support for odometer, speed, fuel tank levels, and 100s of other parameters.

Which OBD scanners work with the Ford?

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Parameter support by model year

Battery

Parameter 2000-2016 2017 2018-2019 2020-2024 2025
Battery age (scalar) ESCAPE_BATT_AGE
Battery charge (percent) ESCAPE_BATT_SOC
Battery temperature (celsius) ESCAPE_BATT_TEMP

Climate

Parameter 2000-2011 2012 2013-2014 2015-2016 2017 2018-2019 2020-2024 2025
A/C compressor pressure (psi) ESCAPE_AC_P
A/C compressor pressure sensor voltage (volts) ESCAPE_AC_P_SENS_V
A/C compressor, state (offon) ESCAPE_AC_STATE
A/C refrigerant pressure (kilopascal) ESCAPE_PCM_A_C_REFRIG_P
Ambient temperature sensor voltage (volts) ESCAPE_AAT_V
Ambient temperature, alternate (celsius) ESCAPE_AAT_ALT

Control

Parameter 2000-2011 2012 2013-2014 2015-2016 2017 2018-2022 2023-2024 2025
Brake hydraulic pressure (kilopascal) ESCAPE_BRK_FL_P
Parking brake (offon) ESCAPE_PARK_BRK
Steering wheel angle (degrees) ESCAPE_STEER_ANGLE

Cruise control

Parameter 2000-2025
Target speed (kilometersPerHour) ESCAPE_CC_TGT_VSS

Engine

Parameter 2000-2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-2016 2017 2018-2019 2020-2021 2022 2023-2024 2025
Accelerator position (percent) ESCAPE_ACC_POS
Actual engine percent torque (percent) ESCAPE_PCM_ACT_ENG_PCT_TRQ
Barometric pressure (psi) ESCAPE_BARO
Barometric pressure sensor voltage (volts) ESCAPE_BARO_V
Bypass valve (scalar) ESCAPE_BPV_OPEN
Camshaft position error, exhaust (degrees) ESCAPE_VCT_EXH_ERR
Camshaft position error, intake (degrees) ESCAPE_VCT_INT_ERR
Camshaft position, exhaust actual (degrees) ESCAPE_VCT_EXH_ACT
Camshaft position, exhaust desired (degrees) ESCAPE_VCT_EXH_DES
Camshaft position, intake actual (degrees) ESCAPE_VCT_INT_ACT
Camshaft position, intake desired (degrees) ESCAPE_VCT_INT_DES
Camshaft solenoid duty cycle, exhaust (percent) ESCAPE_VCT_EXH_DUTY
Camshaft solenoid duty cycle, intake (percent) ESCAPE_VCT_INT_DUTY
Catalyst temperature (celsius) ESCAPE_CAT_TEMP
Charge air temperature (celsius) ESCAPE_CAT
Charge air temperature sensor voltage (volts) ESCAPE_CAT_SENS_V
Coolant temperature (celsius) ESCAPE_ECT
Cylinder head temperature (celsius) ESCAPE_PCM_CYL_HEAD_T_CORR
Cylinder head temperature, sensor 2 (celsius) ESCAPE_PCM_CYL_HEAD_T_SENS_2_RAW
Distance since DTC clear (kilometers) ESCAPE_DIST_DTC_CLR
Distance with MIL (kilometers) ESCAPE_MIL_DIST
Engine load (percent) ESCAPE_ENG_LOAD_PCT
Engine load, actual (percent) ESCAPE_ENG_LOAD_ACT
Engine reference torque (newtonMeters) ESCAPE_PCM_ENG_REFERENCE_TRQ
Engine run time (seconds) ESCAPE_ERT
Engine speed (rpm) ESCAPE_RPM
Evaporative pressure sensor voltage (volts) ESCAPE_EVAP_V
Evaporative purge (percent) ESCAPE_EVAP_PURGE_CMD
Fuel pressure sensor voltage, low (volts) ESCAPE_LPFP_SENS_V
Fuel pressure, high desired (psi) ESCAPE_HPFP_DES
Fuel pressure, low actual (psi) ESCAPE_LPFP_ACT
Fuel pressure, low desired (psi) ESCAPE_LPFP_DES
Fuel pump duty cycle, low pressure (percent) ESCAPE_LPFP_DUTY
Fuel rail sensor voltage, high pressure (volts) ESCAPE_HPFP_V
Fuel trim, long term (percent) ESCAPE_LTFT
Fuel trim, short term (percent) ESCAPE_STFT
Grill shutter duty cycle (percent) ESCAPE_GRILL_SHUT_DC
Ignition correction, cylinder 1 (degrees) ESCAPE_IGN_CORR_CYL1
Ignition timing, cylinder 1 (degrees) ESCAPE_IGN_TIM_CYL1
Injection mode (scalar) ESCAPE_INJ_MODE
Intake temperature fault (scalar) ESCAPE_IAT_FAULT
Intake temperature sensor voltage (volts) ESCAPE_IAT_SENS_V
Intake temperature, alternate (celsius) ESCAPE_IAT_ALT2
Knock counter, cylinder 1 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_CYL_1_KNK_COMB_PERF_CNT
Knock counter, cylinder 2 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_CYL_2_KNK_COMB_PERF_CNT
Knock counter, cylinder 3 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_CYL_3_KNK_COMB_PERF_CNT
Knock counter, cylinder 4 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_CYL_4_KNK_COMB_PERF_CNT
Knock counter, cylinder 5 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_CYL_5_KNK_COMB_PERF_CNT
Knock counter, cylinder 6 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_CYL_6_KNK_COMB_PERF_CNT
Knock sensor, 1 (scalar) ESCAPE_KS1_RAW
Knock sensor, 2 (scalar) ESCAPE_KS2_RAW
Lambda correction (scalar) ESCAPE_CL_LC
Lambda, commanded (scalar) ESCAPE_CL
Manifold pressure (psi) ESCAPE_MAP
Manifold pressure sensor voltage (volts) ESCAPE_MAP_V
Manifold temperature (celsius) ESCAPE_MCT
Misfire acceleration, cylinder 1 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_MISF_ACCEL_CYL1_NORM
Misfire acceleration, cylinder 2 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_MISF_ACCEL_CYL2_NORM
Misfire acceleration, cylinder 3 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_MISF_ACCEL_CYL3_NORM
Misfire acceleration, cylinder 4 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_MISF_ACCEL_CYL4_NORM
Misfire acceleration, cylinder 5 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_MISF_ACCEL_CYL5_NORM
Misfire acceleration, cylinder 6 (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_MISF_ACCEL_CYL6_NORM
Misfire events, latest cycle (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_MISF_EVENTS_LATEST_CYC
O2 sensor voltage, rear (volts) ESCAPE_RO2_V
Octane adjustment (scalar) ESCAPE_OAR
Oil life remaining (percent) ESCAPE_PCM_ENG_OIL_LIFE_REM
Oil pressure (kilopascal) ESCAPE_PCM_ENG_EOP_RAW
Throttle angle, actual (degrees) ESCAPE_ETC_ANG_ACT
Throttle angle, desired (degrees) ESCAPE_ETC_ANG_DES
Throttle control trim angle, learned (degrees) ESCAPE_ETC_TRIM_LRN
Throttle inlet pressure (psi) ESCAPE_TIP_ABS
Throttle inlet pressure sensor voltage (volts) ESCAPE_TIP_V
Throttle inlet pressure, desired (psi) ESCAPE_TIP_DES_ABS
Torque request (percent) ESCAPE_TRQ_CTRL_REQ
Warm-ups since DTC clear (scalar) ESCAPE_WARMUP_CLR
Wastegate duty cycle (percent) ESCAPE_WGDC

Fuel

Parameter 2000-2011 2012 2013-2014 2015-2016 2017 2018-2019 2020-2024 2025
Fuel level (percent) ESCAPE_FLI
Fuel tank level (percent) ESCAPE_FLI_ALT

Movement

Parameter 2000-2011 2012 2013-2016 2017 2018-2019 2020-2022 2023-2024 2025
Front left wheel speed (kilometersPerHour) ESCAPE_FL_VSS
Front right wheel speed (kilometersPerHour) ESCAPE_FR_VSS
Lateral acceleration (scalar) ESCAPE_LAT_G
Lateral angle (degrees) ESCAPE_LAT_ANG
Rear left wheel speed (kilometersPerHour) ESCAPE_RL_VSS
Rear right wheel speed (kilometersPerHour) ESCAPE_RR_VSS
Vehicle speed (kilometersPerHour) ESCAPE_VSS

Tires

Parameter 2000-2016 2017 2018-2019 2020-2024 2025
Front left tire pressure (psi) ESCAPE_TP_FL
Front right tire pressure (psi) ESCAPE_TP_FR
Rear left inner tire pressure (psi) ESCAPE_TP_RLI
Rear left outer tire pressure (psi) ESCAPE_TP_RLO
Rear right inner tire pressure (psi) ESCAPE_TP_RRI
Rear right outer tire pressure (psi) ESCAPE_TP_RRO
Tire pressure warning (offon) ESCAPE_TPMS_WARN

Transmission

Parameter 2000-2011 2012 2013 2014-2016 2017 2018-2019 2020-2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Axle gear ratio, measured (scalar) ESCAPE_AXLE_GEAR_RATIO_MEAS
Current gear ESCAPE_GEAR
Gear ratio, commanded (scalar) ESCAPE_PCM_CMD_TRANS_GEAR_RATIO
Gear, engaged (scalar) ESCAPE_GEAR_ENG
Shift gear ESCAPE_GEAR_SHFT
Transmission oil temperature (celsius) ESCAPE_TOT
Transmission pressure, commanded (kilopascal) ESCAPE_PCM_CMD_TRANS_MAIN_LINE_P

Trips

Parameter 2000-2012 2013-2014 2015-2016 2017 2018-2019 2020-2024 2025
Distance to empty, calculated (kilometers) ESCAPE_DTE
Distance to empty, displayed (kilometers) ESCAPE_DTE_DISP
Odometer (kilometers) ESCAPE_ODO
Odometer, instrument panel (kilometers) ESCAPE_ODO_726
Vehicle odometer (kilometers) ESCAPE_PCM_VEH_ODO

Apple CarPlay support

Model years

CarPlay support

2017-2024

✓ Supported

* From Apple's CarPlay support site: CarPlay support is either standard or available as an option on many new 2016 cars and later, with some manufacturers offering software updates for earlier models. Some models may support CarPlay or car keys only in certain configurations, and not all models are available in all areas. CarPlay support is subject to change. See your dealer for details.

About the Ford Escape

The Ford Escape is a compact SUV that blends versatility, efficiency, and advanced technology features. First introduced in 2000, the Escape has become one of Ford’s most popular SUV models, offering practical everyday transportation with modern connectivity features.

Frequently asked questions

Does the Ford Escape support Apple CarPlay and Android Auto?

Yes, the Ford Escape supports both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, with availability varying by model year.

2024-2025 Models:

  • Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto via SYNC 4 system

  • 8-inch touchscreen standard across all configurations

  • Optional 13.2-inch touchscreen available on most configurations

  • Enhanced voice recognition and faster system response times

2023 Models:

  • Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto via SYNC 4 system

  • First model year to introduce wireless connectivity

  • 8-inch touchscreen standard, with optional 13.2-inch touchscreen on higher configurations

2017-2022 Models:

  • Wired Apple CarPlay and Android Auto via SYNC 3 system

  • USB cable connection required

  • The 2017 Escape was the first 2017 Ford vehicle to feature Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

  • 8-inch touchscreen standard on most configurations

2016 and Earlier:

  • No Apple CarPlay or Android Auto support

  • Aftermarket solutions may be available

For models with only wired connectivity, aftermarket wireless adapters are available that plug into the existing USB port and enable wireless functionality without modification to the vehicle.

The Escape’s infotainment system provides seamless smartphone integration, making it easy to access navigation, music, messages, and apps while on the road.

View Ford Escape technology features