Factory build sheet
2014 Ford Escape Titanium
Build 1FMCU9J9-E · 2L 4cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1FMCU9J9 and position 10 reads E. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Escape whose VIN starts 1FMCU9J9 and carries E in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 16,151 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 16,151 known VINs
- 204 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Ford with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 2 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Configuration
- In-Line
- Engine manufacturer
- Ford
- Horsepower
- 240 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Four-wheel drive
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1C
- GVWR
- 4,001–5,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$8,600 median asking price · 262 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Low 2% of listings $3,900 Top 2% of listings $15,283
The same build, other model years
Ford used the VIN pattern 1FMCU9J9 for 8 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2013 Titanium 2L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 8,033 vehicles code D $7,899
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2014 You are here code E $8,600
- 2015 Titanium 2L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 9,424 vehicles code F $9,250
- 2016 Titanium 2L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 9,251 vehicles code G $10,349
- 2018 Titanium 2L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 11,696 vehicles code J $13,971
- 2020 Titanium 2L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 12,660 vehicles code L $17,897
- 2021 Titanium 2L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 4,604 vehicles code M $20,985
- 2022 Titanium 2L Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 8,587 vehicles code N $23,595
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1FM | FORD MOTOR COMPANY · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | CU9J9 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | E | Model year — 2014 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2014 Ford Escape as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
16 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2014 Escape. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
16,151 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1FMCU9J9-E shares the specification above.
- 16,151 Known VINs
- 204 Listed for sale now
- 262 Priced listings
- $8,600 Median asking
- 0 971
- 1 1,007
- 2 1,006
- 3 1,074
- 4 961
- 5 1,018
- 6 995
- 7 1,008
- 8 1,075
- 9 1,013
- A 1,003
- B 1,026
- C 970
- D 1,017
- E 1,029
- F 978
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Escape, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2014 Titanium 1.6L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 4,591 vehicles · $7,999 median
- 2015 S 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 7,060 vehicles · $7,499 median
- 2015 SE 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 6,166 vehicles · $7,950 median
- 2015 Titanium 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 5,328 vehicles · $9,199 median
- 2015 Titanium 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 9,424 vehicles · $9,250 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Prices are asking prices from 262 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 16,151 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.