 I used to get good MPG, 22 in city, 28 highway, ever since the so called recall for who knows what my MPG suck, 17-19 city, 22 highway and I am not a fast start, dime stop driver.What happened, who knows, took to dealer and their test says overall 22mpg, that SUCKS.I have 9000 miles on this car and why did it drop, well Ford claims it is not due to the recall, I disagree 100% as it happened after the update.NO LONGER OWN CAR, WAS TOTALED BY HIT AND RUN DRIVER GOING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  FOUND OUT IT RATES VERY LOW IN SAFETY, LIKE IN THE 40S OUT OF 53 VEHICLES.     Now own a Subaru Outback, true mileage as stated,  comfort equal or better but some things not as good.  Each vehicle has good and bad and trying to make the perfect one means taking from each and making one from scratch.Won't be buying another Ford, and this is my 2nd Escape, first one was a LEMON, had it 5 weeks and was in shop every week.Ford in my opinion is 100J% WRONG, I asked them to remove the update considering it can be done, it is a computer they do it to and they mouth off about some stupid government law saying they can't do it.So be careful if you expect to get good mileage, you will not.I cannot give high marks for anything because of poor miles per gallon after the recall.  The information below is good except for zip code, will not allow me to enter mine and the miles, I have 8,800 milesUPDATE: July 12, 2016 car was totaled by a hit and run driver.  As for safety, it is not highly rated but did not know that till I started shopping for a replacement car.  Rated around 40ish out of 50.  New car rated 1,2, and 3, all Subaru's  I chose the Outback and not another Ford.