If that were true, then the Bronco Sport shouldn't have had any launch issues because they already had experience with the Escape from the year before, and the 2020 Escape made it onto Consumer Reports "worst used cars of all time" list, with the 2021 Bronco Sport also getting a not recommended worst reliability rating.
Not all warranties are created equal though. Make sure its a Ford warranty and not their own private dealer or third party warranty that may have terms that aren't all that great.
Grab some popcorn and enjoy: https://www.broncosportforum.com/forum/forums/issues-repairs-warranty-recalls-tsb.45/
Add the 2020 Escape to your "worst reliability" rating... but also note that your "worst used cars of all time" is really a list of 100 Used Cars to Avoid Buying. Not terribly exclusive; everyone but Toyota's on it.
But Hyundai cheats. My wife's had one for years. They train owners to give top ratings regardless their opinion. No survey data is valid as a result.
Ohhhh crap this does not bode well for the plant that assembles the Maverick
It is terribly exclusive. For example, they warn never to buy a 2012 (first model year) Fiat 500, but 2013-19 they do not warn against, so its not like they are painting with a very broad brush. Not all Fords yet alone even all Escapes are on that list, just the new generation. The 2021 Ford Edge for example is in their top recommended vehicles list with high predicted reliability.
Seems logical to me, they are saying that while you were less likely to have a problem in general with a last generation Escape, they did have engine issues. For the new generation, engine issues were not reported yet but a much higher than average rate of problems in general were, and thus its to be avoided.
Maybe on customer satisfaction forms the dealer provides, but that's not what consumer reports gets its data from. They give out their own independent surveys to their subscribers to fill out to report what problems they have had this past year. Hyundai can't really influence that, and besides, there are specific model + year Hyundais and Kias on the worst used car list as well.
I agree, I always get an extended warranty and like you hope I never need it BUT I have car insurance (hoping I never need it), Home Owners Insurance (again hoping I never need it) a gun safe, a loaded gun on my hip (lots of training too
and hoping I never need any of them, but in case I do, I’m protected and so will my Wife’s Maverick, to 100k 
This is one reason I'm not too disappointed in waiting several months to get my truck. I'd rather not get one of the first bunch off the line but let them work out those production kinks first. Of course, that doesn't rule out design or mechanical flaws.
They both get their data from car owners. Biased car owners provide biased data. Forcing responses creates bias. It's as simple as any political campaign.
Do you have evidence that car manufactures are forcing owners to provide biased responses to Consumer Reports (or other entities)?
The standard warrantee should get it through infant mortality and early manufacturing issues, right? If I'm still having reliability problems after 3 years/36,ooo miles I'll probably dump it.
