2006 FORD ESCAPE Problems & Recalls

Sunroof on the vehicle just shattered. No impact related cause. Maybe heat.

Sunroof on the vehicle just shattered. No impact related cause. Maybe heat.

Sunroof on the vehicle just shattered. No impact related cause. Maybe heat.

I was driving on the highway, when the car steering started to pull to the left, and an alarm chime was heard from the dash, and a wrench light on the dash came on, as well as a service steering system soon message appeared on the message display. This happened multiple times. I contacted the local ...

The idler pulley on the subject vehicle has failed numerous times, with the mounting bolt shearing at the connection to the timing cover. Upon failure of the pulley the serpentine belt will either fail or become dislodged; when this occurs the steering, alternator, and water pump all stop operating....

Like so many others, I was making a sharp right turn when the vehicle stopped without warning causing cars behind me to slam on their brakes to avoid a chain rear end collision event on a busy intersection. Another driver offered help and got it restarted but the power steering stopped functioning. ...

The rear shock tower has rusted out and broken away from the frame which was conformed at a local body shop. The passenger side went first then the driver side went about a year later. There was no warning that this was happening until it broke while driving which made us lose control of the car. Wh...

The rear shock tower has rusted out and broken away from the frame which was conformed at a local body shop. The passenger side went first then the driver side went about a year later. There was no warning that this was happening until it broke while driving which made us lose control of the car. Wh...

Both rear shocks, mounts, wheel wells, entire length of body door panels passenger seats are just absolutely rusted beyond repair. I've gone to a couple different shops and each one said that there is nothing they can do to fix the issue. Now the vehicle when ridden in just bounces horribly wearing ...

Both rear shocks, mounts, wheel wells, entire length of body door panels passenger seats are just absolutely rusted beyond repair. I've gone to a couple different shops and each one said that there is nothing they can do to fix the issue. Now the vehicle when ridden in just bounces horribly wearing ...

Both rear shocks, mounts, wheel wells, entire length of body door panels passenger seats are just absolutely rusted beyond repair. I've gone to a couple different shops and each one said that there is nothing they can do to fix the issue. Now the vehicle when ridden in just bounces horribly wearing ...

Transmission Stirring pump Spark plugs

Transmission Stirring pump Spark plugs

Transmission Stirring pump Spark plugs

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle inadvertently merged into the right lane without warning. As a result, the contact decelerated to approximately 10 MPH, when the CV axle detached from the vehicle. The contact was able to navig...

Mileage: 170,000

My steering started locking up and now my vehicle will stall and shut completely down while doing 65 miles an hour and now it won't run at all

My steering started locking up and now my vehicle will stall and shut completely down while doing 65 miles an hour and now it won't run at all

My steering started locking up and now my vehicle will stall and shut completely down while doing 65 miles an hour and now it won't run at all

This 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid, and all first and second generation (2001-2012) Escape models, were designed and built with a significant, known defect in the mating area and materials used for the rear floor pan, rear sub-assembly/rails, and rear inner fender liners/upper shock absorber mounts, all m...

This 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid, and all first and second generation (2001-2012) Escape models, were designed and built with a significant, known defect in the mating area and materials used for the rear floor pan, rear sub-assembly/rails, and rear inner fender liners/upper shock absorber mounts, all m...

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle started to lose motive power. Additionally, the contact stated that the accelerator pedal remained floored after being depressed. The contact drove to...

Mileage: 118,119

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while pulling into the driveway, the check engine warning light illuminated and there was smoke coming from under the hood. The contact parked the vehicle and noticed that the smoke had increased. The contact stated that as he exited the v...

Mileage: 164,000

2006 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO RUSTED OUT REAR SHOCK MOUNTS.

Well to put it lightly my rear axial the whole rear end is a mess this did not happen from normal were there is not that many miles I am very confident that if I was mot train on how to control a car if it were to go out of control at a high speed this would be a whole different story just thank how...

Well to put it lightly my rear axial the whole rear end is a mess this did not happen from normal were there is not that many miles I am very confident that if I was mot train on how to control a car if it were to go out of control at a high speed this would be a whole different story just thank how...

Well to put it lightly my rear axial the whole rear end is a mess this did not happen from normal were there is not that many miles I am very confident that if I was mot train on how to control a car if it were to go out of control at a high speed this would be a whole different story just thank how...

About a week after i bought this car and i bought it used but the abs light came on i took it to have it check out and was told the complete suspendtion system front and back was shot and that it all had to be fix i don't have the money for that i am a disabled veteran and i am scraping by as it is

About a week after i bought this car and i bought it used but the abs light came on i took it to have it check out and was told the complete suspendtion system front and back was shot and that it all had to be fix i don't have the money for that i am a disabled veteran and i am scraping by as it is

About a week after i bought this car and i bought it used but the abs light came on i took it to have it check out and was told the complete suspendtion system front and back was shot and that it all had to be fix i don't have the money for that i am a disabled veteran and i am scraping by as it is

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal was sticking while being depressed. The contact had to continually depress the pedal to release the accelerator pedal. The failure occurred mostly during cold temperatures. There were no warning lights illuminated. T...

THE REAR SHOCK MOUNT RUSTS OUT NOT LONG AFTER MANUFACTURE AND WE THE CONSUMER ARE LEFT WITH THE PILE OF POOP. FORD IS HIGHLY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND AS I TRANSPORT MY CHILDREN DAILY I WONDER IF THIS WILL BE THE DAY WE DIE. UPON THE SHOCK MOUNT RUSTING OUT, HOPE YOURE RELIGIOUS AND GOD IS YOUR CO...

THE REAR SHOCK MOUNT RUSTS OUT NOT LONG AFTER MANUFACTURE AND WE THE CONSUMER ARE LEFT WITH THE PILE OF POOP. FORD IS HIGHLY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND AS I TRANSPORT MY CHILDREN DAILY I WONDER IF THIS WILL BE THE DAY WE DIE. UPON THE SHOCK MOUNT RUSTING OUT, HOPE YOURE RELIGIOUS AND GOD IS YOUR CO...

THE REAR SHOCK MOUNT RUSTS OUT NOT LONG AFTER MANUFACTURE AND WE THE CONSUMER ARE LEFT WITH THE PILE OF POOP. FORD IS HIGHLY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND AS I TRANSPORT MY CHILDREN DAILY I WONDER IF THIS WILL BE THE DAY WE DIE. UPON THE SHOCK MOUNT RUSTING OUT, HOPE YOURE RELIGIOUS AND GOD IS YOUR CO...

06 Ford Escape , 4 cylinder, front wheel drive. The gas pedal sticks and won’t accelerate when the vehicle is colder. Today I was on the road in traffic and went to hit the gas and gain some speed as I was still under the speed limit after slowing down behind a car that was turning and the pedal...

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Escape. The contact stated that after stopping at a traffic light and attempting to drive off, the accelerator pedal was depressed however, the vehicle failed to respond, almost causing another vehicle to crash into the rear of the vehicle. The contact turned off and res...

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Escape. The contact stated that upon the depression of the accelerator pedal, the front passenger’s side subframe collapsed without warning. Due to the failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic where it was discovered that severe corrosion o...

Mileage: 72,000

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Escape. The contact stated that upon the depression of the accelerator pedal, the front passenger’s side subframe collapsed without warning. Due to the failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic where it was discovered that severe corrosion o...

Mileage: 72,000

Code P0351, P0352, P0353, P0354, P0355, P0356. Vehicle shut down on the interstate on the way home for work, 2½ hours from home. And will not restart. Pcm most likely the problem.

Code P0351, P0352, P0353, P0354, P0355, P0356. Vehicle shut down on the interstate on the way home for work, 2½ hours from home. And will not restart. Pcm most likely the problem.

On Sunday May/23/2021 my car shut off suddenly with out warning after 3m of driving, the wrench orange lite came on, i was able to pull aside on the curb, turned off the car and waited a few minutes, i was able to turn the car back on, and the car restarted with out problem but the incident was ther...

On Sunday May/23/2021 my car shut off suddenly with out warning after 3m of driving, the wrench orange lite came on, i was able to pull aside on the curb, turned off the car and waited a few minutes, i was able to turn the car back on, and the car restarted with out problem but the incident was ther...

DASH LIGHTS GO OUT AT A FILL TANK OF GAS AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS WARMED UP AND SOME TIMES. STAY OFF FOR A LONG TIME VEHICLE STAY RUNNING AND GOES DOWN THE ROAD .

Mileage: 226,230

KNOCKING, KNOCKING WHEN ACCELERATING, HESITATION.

Mileage: 168,522

ABS FAILURE. THE CAR BRAKES MAY AT TIMES LOCK-UP WITHOUT NOTICE. TRANSMISSION FAILURE: THE TRANSMISSION ACTS AS IF IT'S IN NEUTRAL WHEN IN BOTH FORWARD GEAR OR REVERSE. TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD REPAIR BUT THIS ISSUE PERSIST. THIS ISSUE APPEARS TO OCCUR FROM A BEGINNING ACCELERATION S...

Mileage: 140,000

ABS FAILURE. THE CAR BRAKES MAY AT TIMES LOCK-UP WITHOUT NOTICE. TRANSMISSION FAILURE: THE TRANSMISSION ACTS AS IF IT'S IN NEUTRAL WHEN IN BOTH FORWARD GEAR OR REVERSE. TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD REPAIR BUT THIS ISSUE PERSIST. THIS ISSUE APPEARS TO OCCUR FROM A BEGINNING ACCELERATION S...

Mileage: 140,000

ABS FAILURE. THE CAR BRAKES MAY AT TIMES LOCK-UP WITHOUT NOTICE. TRANSMISSION FAILURE: THE TRANSMISSION ACTS AS IF IT'S IN NEUTRAL WHEN IN BOTH FORWARD GEAR OR REVERSE. TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD REPAIR BUT THIS ISSUE PERSIST. THIS ISSUE APPEARS TO OCCUR FROM A BEGINNING ACCELERATION S...

Mileage: 140,000

WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS AND CITY SPEEDS, ABS LIGHT COME ON WITH SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM MESSAGE APPEARS WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING. BRAKING IS TOUGH AND BARELY STOPS EVEN WITH HARD FOOT PRESSURE ON PEDAL. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT INTERMITTENTLY HAPPENS. ONCE YOU LET THE CAR SIT FOR AWHILE...

Mileage: 246,000

WHEN DRIVING,THE STEERING, WILL SWAY TO EITHER THE RIGHT OR LEFT.ONLY SLIGHTLY.I BOUGHT NEW TIRES ALIGNMENT. NEW TIE RODS.AND .STILL ISSUES

Mileage: 128,585

AFTER ABOUT 2 YEARS, 2008, CAR WAS DRAGGING TOOK IT TO FORD, WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG, IT WAS SOME TIME LATER, 2016 /2017 THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, HAD IT REPLACED, LESS THAN 1 YEAR IT WENT OUT AGAIN, WHICH FORD REPLACED, WHEN THE SERVICE PERSON ASKED WHO DID IT, HE JUST ROLLED HIS EYES. 3 Y...

Mileage: 180,000

WHEN YOU FIRST START DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING IS VERY TIGHT WHEN TURNING LIKE IT'S IN 4WD BUT AFTER YOU DRIVE IT SOME IT LOOSENS UP AND DRIVES FINE. ONLY WHEN IT FIRST STARTS. THERE IS ISSUES WITH THE STEERING BEING TIGHT

PARKING / EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED. CABLE ROUTED FROM HAND LEVER TO REAR BRAKES GOES THROUGH A BRACKET MOUNTED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BODY. BRACKET SEPARATED FROM UNDER-BODY OF VEHICLE RENDERING HAND BRAKE INOPERABLE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY ON A SLOPE WITH REGULAR BRAKES APPLIED. PARKING BRAKE WAS ...

Mileage: 138,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT WAS FIRM. THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RON DUPRATT FORD LOCATED AT 1320 NORTH FIRST ST, DIXON, CA 95620, TO BE...

Mileage: 95,000

OCCASIONALLY WHEN APPLYING SMOOTH PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT BECOMES VERY FIRM AND LOOSES BRAKING POWER. IF THE PEDAL IS RELEASED AND REAPPLIED THEN THE BRAKES WORK AGAIN (FOR NOW). THIS SOMETIMES CAUSES THE "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM" WARNING LIGHT TO APPEAR. THIS LIGHT MAY OR MAY NOT REMAIN ON AFTER...

Mileage: 100,234

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT FLICKERS ON AND OFF AND THEN IT WILL STAY ON AND A LOUD INDICATION NOISE WILL TURN ON AND OFF.

Mileage: 43,000

MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID IS STALLING ON THE HIGHWAY CREATING AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THIS SEEMS TO BE DUE TO A FAULT IN THE EXTERNAL HYBRID INVERTER COOLING PUMP. THIS HAS OCCURRED 5+ TIMES,USUALLY DURING 70 DEGREE (F) + TEMPS. I'VE CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP & FORD MOTOR CORP RAN THE VIN,WITH NO...

Mileage: 131,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE THE VEHICLE DUE TO NEEDING TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY BRAKE. INSTEAD, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT TOWARDS THE CONCRETE BARRIER IN THE MID...

Mileage: 139,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE THE VEHICLE DUE TO NEEDING TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY BRAKE. INSTEAD, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT TOWARDS THE CONCRETE BARRIER IN THE MID...

Mileage: 139,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE THE VEHICLE DUE TO NEEDING TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY BRAKE. INSTEAD, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT TOWARDS THE CONCRETE BARRIER IN THE MID...

Mileage: 139,000

SUDDEN REDUCED BRAKING CAPACITY WHILE DRIVING. CHECK ABS LIGHT COMES ON. ONE HAS TO PUSH COMPLETELY DOWN ON BRAKES TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. WAIT FOR 5-10 MINUTES, SYSTEM RESETS AND YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DRIVE UNTIL AT SOME DAY AND TIME THE SAME CONDITIONS REOCCUR. RESEARCH ON ISSUE INDICATES THE HC...

Mileage: 245,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACTED STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 169,000

HAD A WINTER SPELL THAT BROUGHT ABOUT 6 INCHES OF SNOW. WHEN I LEFT FOR WORK I GOT STUCK AT A STOP SIGN AND FOUND MYSELF UNABLE TO GO FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. I THEREFORE EMPLOYED STANDARD WINTER DRIVING TACTICS SLOWLY CHANGING BACK AND FORTH FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE IN A ROCKING MOTION TO GET THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 130,000

PURCHASED A 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID IN OCT. OF 2018. TODAY (NOV 2019) THE BRAKE SYSTEM DECIDED TO GO OUT (A KNOWN ISSUE WITH FEH) WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON A CURVY ROAD WHILE MY TWO KIDS WERE IN THE CAR. WE TRIED SLOWING DOWN BEFORE ENTERING THE CURVE AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. LUCKILY WE ARE FIN...

Mileage: 101,000

THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AND IDLE.AFTER WARMED UP.THE RED SECURITY LIGHT FLASHES ON THE DASH. IT HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 190,000

WAS HEADING WEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON ALAMEDA CROSSING WAGSWORTH BOULEVARD WHICH THE STATE OF COLORADO SAYS THAT THOSE ARE BOTH HIGHWAYS THEY'RE MORE LIKE CITY STREETS BUT HIGHWAYS WHAT IS DOING A REPAVING PROJECT I PERSONALLY DID NOT SEE ANY NOTIFICATION OF WORK GOING ON AS THEY HAD STRIP THE ASP...

Mileage: 160,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A BANGING NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR WHEEL WELL WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AROUND THE SHOCK MOUNT. ALSO, A RUSTED HOLE EXPOSING TH...

Mileage: 57,000

I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY BRAKES EVEN AFTER ALL REPAIRS AND SPENDING ABOUT $1000 DOLLARS MY CAR BRAKE DASHBOARD LIGHT IS STILL ON AND VERY LESS BRAKES ARE APPLIED .I HAVE TO PRESS BRAKES WITH LOTS OF THRUST BUT EVEN AFTER THAT VEHICLE MOVES LITTLE AHEAD

Mileage: 10

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTA...

Mileage: 107,405

RIGHT REAR SHOCK MOUNT BROKE LOOSE AND STARTED TO ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

Mileage: 81,500

THIS THE SECOND FORD FOCUS HYBRID 2006 WE HAVE HAD A BRAKE PEDAL ISSUE WITH. ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE MASTER AND HCU WITH THE 1ST ONE 2YRS AGO AND HAVE NOT HAD THE ISSUE AGAIN. HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH THE SAME MODEL DIFFERENT CAR AND WE RE VISIT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HARD TO STOP OR WONT STOP DUR...

Mileage: 83,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE TURN INDICATOR AND HEADLAMP BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL CONTROLLER FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE V...

Mileage: 120,000

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE RUNNING AND SHAKES WHILE STOPPED/IDLES.

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE RUNNING AND SHAKES WHILE STOPPED/IDLES.

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE RUNNING AND SHAKES WHILE STOPPED/IDLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 62 MPH OVER A POTHOLE, THE BRAKES SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED SIDEWAYS. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE BARRIERS ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND SPUN AROUND TWICE BEFORE STOPPING, FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND WINDOW WERE SMASHE...

Mileage: 36,000

"TAKATA RECALL" OUR 2006 FORD ESCAPE HAS ALWAYS REVVED UP WEIRD WHEN PUSHING OR HOLDING THE GAS PEDAL,JERKS AND DRIVES DIFFERNT,RECENTLY THOUGH IT HAS DIED ON US FOUR TIMES IT USED TO HAVE A P122 CODE OR SOME CODE ON IT I WILL HAVE TO FIND RECEIPT WHEN AUTO PLACE FOUND IT,BUT WE WERE ALMOST HIT 2 TI...

Mileage: 81,000

WELL, MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND UP KEPT SINCE DAY ONE, AND BEFORE THAT MY MOTHER. THE SHIFTING SOLENOIDS ARE STARTING TO GO, WHICH MEANS THE TYRANNY WILL EVENTUALLY GO. IT SEARCHES TO FIND GEARS AND HAS NEVER BEEN BEAT ON. THIS IS QUITE A NUISANCE, CONSTANTLY PULLING OVER AND STARTING IT UP...

Mileage: 1

DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND THE BACK PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED COMPLETELY. NO OTHER CARS WERE AROUND ME AND THE CAR HAD BEEN WARMED UP FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THERE WAS NO WAY SOMEONE COULD HAVE SHOT OR THROWN SOMETHING TO HAVE REACHED ME AS WELL AS GOING 70MPH. ALSO THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A BULLE...

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE HOOD COVER DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND SUGGESTED THE CONTACT USE HOOD PINS WHEN HE REPLACED THE COVER. THE CONTACT INFORMED T...

Mileage: 180,000

MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE WAS PURCHASED IN AUGUST OF 2005. FOUR MONTHS LATER, NOVEMBER 2005, I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SLOT IN FRONT OF A RESTAURANT, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, WHEN IT SURGED AHEAD, WENT OVER A CONCRETE BLOCK, TOOK DOWN TWO POLES, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS T...

Mileage: 50,000

REAR WHEEL WELLS WHERE THE SHOCK MOUNTS IS RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING RIDE AND CONTROL ISSUES. I NOTICED CLUNKING WHILE DRIVING CAUSED BY THE RUST AND LACK OF SHOCK STABILITY. I TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. BEING THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT RUSTY AND IS CARED FOR REGULARLY THIS...

Mileage: 220,000

REAR WHEEL WELLS WHERE THE SHOCK MOUNTS IS RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING RIDE AND CONTROL ISSUES. I NOTICED CLUNKING WHILE DRIVING CAUSED BY THE RUST AND LACK OF SHOCK STABILITY. I TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. BEING THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT RUSTY AND IS CARED FOR REGULARLY THIS...

Mileage: 220,000

HEARD A BANGING NOISE AS I WAS DRIVING THAT SOUNDED FROM TRUNK. NOTHING IN TRUNK, REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL THE SHOCK TOWER HAD FALLEN THROUGH THE WHEEL WELL WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE RUSTED OUT.

Mileage: 125,000

HEARD A BANGING NOISE AS I WAS DRIVING THAT SOUNDED FROM TRUNK. NOTHING IN TRUNK, REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL THE SHOCK TOWER HAD FALLEN THROUGH THE WHEEL WELL WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE RUSTED OUT.

Mileage: 125,000

PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT, IMPACTING SHOCK MOUNT ALSO.

Mileage: 172,000

RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL TOTALLY RUSTED OUT, NO REPAIR SHOP WILL FIX. LOUD KNOCKING WHEN DRIVING, CAN NOT DRIVE AFRAID WHEEL WILL FALL OFF.

Mileage: 100,000

RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL TOTALLY RUSTED OUT, NO REPAIR SHOP WILL FIX. LOUD KNOCKING WHEN DRIVING, CAN NOT DRIVE AFRAID WHEEL WILL FALL OFF.

Mileage: 100,000

RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL TOTALLY RUSTED OUT, NO REPAIR SHOP WILL FIX. LOUD KNOCKING WHEN DRIVING, CAN NOT DRIVE AFRAID WHEEL WILL FALL OFF.

Mileage: 100,000

ON MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE I ALMOST DIED ON HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE SUBFRAME ON PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FORD BROKE. UPON LOOKING UP INFORMATION I NOTICED THAT THEIR WAS A RECALL FOR FORD ESCAPES 00 _04 BUT THAT ESCAPE IS THE SAME FRAME AND STRUCTURE. I NEVER OWNED A CAR THAT THE FRAME WAS SUPPOSE TO BRAKE LIK...

Mileage: 13

ON MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE I ALMOST DIED ON HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE SUBFRAME ON PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FORD BROKE. UPON LOOKING UP INFORMATION I NOTICED THAT THEIR WAS A RECALL FOR FORD ESCAPES 00 _04 BUT THAT ESCAPE IS THE SAME FRAME AND STRUCTURE. I NEVER OWNED A CAR THAT THE FRAME WAS SUPPOSE TO BRAKE LIK...

Mileage: 13

ON MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE I ALMOST DIED ON HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE SUBFRAME ON PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FORD BROKE. UPON LOOKING UP INFORMATION I NOTICED THAT THEIR WAS A RECALL FOR FORD ESCAPES 00 _04 BUT THAT ESCAPE IS THE SAME FRAME AND STRUCTURE. I NEVER OWNED A CAR THAT THE FRAME WAS SUPPOSE TO BRAKE LIK...

Mileage: 13

THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE HAVING HAS TO DO WITH THE CAR JUST SHUTTING OFF AND LOSING POWER, MAINLY ON THE INTERSTATE. WE STARTED HAVING THE PROBLEM BACK IN JUNE OF 17 WHEN MY WIFE BROKE DOWN IN FAYETTEVILLE NC ON HER WAY TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST AAA SERVICE CENTER. THEY COULDN...

Mileage: 124,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SHOCK MOUNT FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE BRAKE HOSE TO RUPTURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT OF THE HOSE. PRESTON FORD IN BURTON, OHIO WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE N...

Mileage: 113,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SHOCK MOUNT FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE BRAKE HOSE TO RUPTURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT OF THE HOSE. PRESTON FORD IN BURTON, OHIO WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE N...

Mileage: 113,000

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, BEGAN TO HEAR THUMPING SOUND FROM RIGHT REAR. THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE WITH THE TIRE. GOT PROGRESSIVELY LOUDER AND MORE FREQUENT UNTIL I STOPPED AND INSPECTED. FOUND THE RIGHT REAR STRUT TO BE NEARLY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY.

Mileage: 90,000

AFTER DRIVING MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE ON THE FREEWAY REACHING SPEED OVER 60 MILES PER HOUR IT WILL STALL. STARTS UP AND WHEN PLACED IN GEAR TO DRIVE IT STALLS AND SHUTS OFF.

Mileage: 125,000

SIMILAR TO EARLIER MODELS 2001-2004/5. TOOK THE CAR IN TO BE CHECKED OUT FOR CROSS COUNTRY TRIP AND DAUGHTER WAS TOLD THE SUB-FRAME SUPPORTING THE ENGINE WAS RUSTED AND CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

SIMILAR TO EARLIER MODELS 2001-2004/5. TOOK THE CAR IN TO BE CHECKED OUT FOR CROSS COUNTRY TRIP AND DAUGHTER WAS TOLD THE SUB-FRAME SUPPORTING THE ENGINE WAS RUSTED AND CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

OUR 2006 FORD ESCAPE BEGAN MAKING A RATTLING NOISE IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHENEVER WE HIT A BUMP. I INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A LOOSE PANEL UNTIL I LOOKED UNDER THE REAR-PASSENGER WHEEL WELL AND NOTICED THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF RUST AND CORROSION AROUND THE SHOCK ABSORBER. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH...

OUR 2006 FORD ESCAPE BEGAN MAKING A RATTLING NOISE IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHENEVER WE HIT A BUMP. I INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A LOOSE PANEL UNTIL I LOOKED UNDER THE REAR-PASSENGER WHEEL WELL AND NOTICED THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF RUST AND CORROSION AROUND THE SHOCK ABSORBER. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH...

TSB 07-5-6 TORQUE CONVERTER AND SOLENOID FAILED AT 96000 MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.HAPPENED EXISTING THE FREEWAY AND STALLED IN TRAFFIC

Mileage: 96,000

THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY ROTTED AROUND THE CONNECTION FOR THE SHOCK ABSORBER. NO BODY SHOP WILL REPAIR AS IT IS TOO COSTLY AND TOO MUCH OF A LIABILITY THEY CLAIM. DRIVING ALONG AND SUDDENLY THE CAR GOT LOUD IN THE BACK. SHOCK ABSORBER HAD COME THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE AUTOMO...

Mileage: 206,000

THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY ROTTED AROUND THE CONNECTION FOR THE SHOCK ABSORBER. NO BODY SHOP WILL REPAIR AS IT IS TOO COSTLY AND TOO MUCH OF A LIABILITY THEY CLAIM. DRIVING ALONG AND SUDDENLY THE CAR GOT LOUD IN THE BACK. SHOCK ABSORBER HAD COME THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE AUTOMO...

Mileage: 206,000

1) ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS IN AN UPWARD POSITION CANNOT PUSH DOWN TO ACCELERATE AS IF IT IS FROZEN. AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR PUSHING WITH MY FOOT IT WILL RELEASES. WHEN STOPPED THE PEDAL STICK AGAIN BUT WILL RELEASE BUT VEHICLE GOES IN A JERKING MOTION BECAUSE IT IS TRYING TO STICK AGAIN THIS HAPPE...

Mileage: 165,000

1) ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS IN AN UPWARD POSITION CANNOT PUSH DOWN TO ACCELERATE AS IF IT IS FROZEN. AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR PUSHING WITH MY FOOT IT WILL RELEASES. WHEN STOPPED THE PEDAL STICK AGAIN BUT WILL RELEASE BUT VEHICLE GOES IN A JERKING MOTION BECAUSE IT IS TRYING TO STICK AGAIN THIS HAPPE...

Mileage: 165,000

THE LOWER CONTROL ARM HAS SEPARATED FROM THE SUBFRAME DUE TO CORROSION. THIS IS THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT LED TO A RECALL OF 400,000 FORD ESCAPES (MODEL YEARS 2001-2004) JUST 3 YEARS AGO.

Mileage: 130,000

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AND WITHOUT WARNING WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE ABS LIGHT THEN CAME ON. MY CHILD WAS BEING TRANSPORTED IN THE CAR AND AN ACCIDENT ALMOST OCCURRED. TOWED CAR TO MECHANIC AND DISCOVERED THIS HAS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, YET WHEN...

Mileage: 74,758

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AND WITHOUT WARNING WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE ABS LIGHT THEN CAME ON. MY CHILD WAS BEING TRANSPORTED IN THE CAR AND AN ACCIDENT ALMOST OCCURRED. TOWED CAR TO MECHANIC AND DISCOVERED THIS HAS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, YET WHEN...

Mileage: 74,758

2006 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER WRITES REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR DRIVER SIDE TONE RING REPAIRS. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED ON THE VEHICLE THE TONE RINGS WERE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. THIS MAKES THEM PRONE TO BREAKAGE. UPDATED 09/27/2017*JS

BRAKE PEDDLE WENT SOFT AND FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE IN REASONABLE DISTANCE FOR SPEED, LESS THAN 10 MILES/HOUR. THIS WAS ON A CITY STREET STARTING LEFT TURN AT ABOUT 10 MPH.

Mileage: 150,000

DRIVING THIS MORNING WHEN I HEARD A BANGING NOISE WHEN I HIT ANY BUMPS IN THE ROAD. I WAS FIMILIAR WITH THE ESCAPES WHEELWELL RUST ISSUE. I LIKED UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE AND FOUND THE UNDERCOATING WAS FALLING OFF AND THE SHOCK ABSORBER WAS BARELY HANGING ON. I HAVE A 173000 MILES ON IT. I KNOW FORD...

Mileage: 173,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE WITH A DEEP CONCERN AND ISSUES WITH THE ABS (BRAKING) SYSTEM. THE ABS INSTRUMENTATION LIGHT PERIODICALLY COMES ON INDICATING AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKING OF THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE WHILE BRAKING OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE ABS LIGHT IS "ON"...

Mileage: 130,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS ALERTED TO A PROBLEM WHEN LOUD BANGING NOISES STARTED RECENTLY WHEN DRIVING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. UPON INSPECTION BY A MECHANIC, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELLS BODY PARTS AND SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNTS HAVE SIGNIFICANT RUST DAMAGE. OUR ...

Mileage: 123,736

MY DAUGHTER WAS ALERTED TO A PROBLEM WHEN LOUD BANGING NOISES STARTED RECENTLY WHEN DRIVING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. UPON INSPECTION BY A MECHANIC, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELLS BODY PARTS AND SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNTS HAVE SIGNIFICANT RUST DAMAGE. OUR ...

Mileage: 123,736

THROTTLE BODY CONTINUOUSLY STICKS WHEN ACCELERATING CAUSING VEHICLE TO NOT MOVE IN TRAFFIC OR WHEN DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE A TURN AND VEHICLES ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK CAUSING AN ACCIDENT

Mileage: 120,000

THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK TOWER IS RUSTING AWAY AND IS ABOUT TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE FRAME I READ ONLINE THAT FORD RECALLED ALMOST 400,00 VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM, BUT I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 141,000

BRAKES FAILED AT 10 MPH. ALL BRAKE LIGHTS SYSTEM ON DASH TURNED ON. BRAKE WAS HARD AND UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN APPROACHING STOP SIGN. BRAKES THEN RELEASED AND GOT SOFT AND WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. HYDRAULIC CYLINDER UNIT FAILED & MASTER CYLINDER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WAS APPROACHING A MAJOR INTE...

Mileage: 82,000

WHILE DRIVING (NOT BRAKING) THE CAR ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR, THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON DASH ALONG WITH THE MESSAGE "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" AND A PING SOUND. WHEN BRAKES WERE NEXT APPLIED THEY HAD BECOME VERY SOFT AND NOT AS RESPONSIVE. I PULLED INTO A SAFE AREA AND...

Mileage: 156,000

DRIVING DOWN A STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. IN PREVIOUS OCCURRENCES I WAS TOLD THAT THE CALIPERS FROZE UP AND THAT THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. ALSO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE WOULD NEVER RECORD THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK OR AT TIMES ENGAGE THE BRAK...

Mileage: 93,000

DRIVING DOWN A STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. IN PREVIOUS OCCURRENCES I WAS TOLD THAT THE CALIPERS FROZE UP AND THAT THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. ALSO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE WOULD NEVER RECORD THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK OR AT TIMES ENGAGE THE BRAK...

Mileage: 93,000

DRIVING DOWN A STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. IN PREVIOUS OCCURRENCES I WAS TOLD THAT THE CALIPERS FROZE UP AND THAT THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. ALSO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE WOULD NEVER RECORD THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK OR AT TIMES ENGAGE THE BRAK...

Mileage: 93,000

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE WENT OUT ON ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING. UPON ON HAVING A MECHANIC TEAR IT APART, IT WAS FOUND THAT A BEARING AND THE CLUTCH WENT OUT IN IT. THE SAME MECHANIC, BEFORE WORKING ON MY TRANSMISSION, DID RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHER ESCAPE OWNERS HAD THE SAME PR...

Mileage: 79,000

IN 2013 THE THROTTLE WOULD EITHER STICK AND NOT ALLOW YOU TO GO, OR AS YOUR DRIVING IT WOULD NOT GO TO THE IDLE POSITION. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COLD. WE HAD THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY REPLACED AT THE TIME, NOW IN 2016 THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. WE ARE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH FORD M...

Mileage: 128,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL EXPERIENCED SEVERE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR WHEEL WELL ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER...

Mileage: 80,222

MY 2005 FORD ESCAPE JUST SUDDENLY STARTED SURGING AND STALLING WHILE IN MOTION AND WHEN STOPPED. THE WRENCH/ SECURITY LIGHT FLASHES THAN PROBLEM OCCURS. THIS IS TOTALLY UNSAFE CAN AND WILL CAUSE ACCIDENT OR DEATH IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY. I READ ABOUT OTHER ESCAPES HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, IS THERE ANY...

Mileage: 170,423

I AM ONE OF MANY WHO HAVE HAD THEIR TRANSMISSION GO OUT ON THEIR 2006 FORD ESCAPE - I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY SON - STOPPED AT RED LIGHT - LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE - HAD TO CALL TOW TRUCK HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/ESCAPE/2006/TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION_FAILURE.SHTML

Mileage: 108,000

ENGINE LOST ALL OIL. THERE IS NO OIL SPOT ON THE ROAD NO LEAK DETECTED EACH OIL CHANGE AT 3K MILES. I HAD GONE TO LUNCH, NO PROBLEM, NO NOISE, NO WARNING LIGHTS. I GOT IN THE VEHICLE TO GO HOME AND HEARD A LOUD BANGING SOUND. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND TOWED IT HOME. I CHECKED TH...

Mileage: 97,500

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY, I COULD HERE A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR. AFTER INVESTIGATING, IT WAS VISIBLY NOTICEABLE THAT THE SHOCK TOWER ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE RUSTED COMPLETELY OFF THE VEHICLE. THIS ALLOWED THE WHEEL TO BOUNCE FREELY AND THE SHOCK TO JAM UP INTO THE W...

Mileage: 186,000

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY, I COULD HERE A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR. AFTER INVESTIGATING, IT WAS VISIBLY NOTICEABLE THAT THE SHOCK TOWER ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE RUSTED COMPLETELY OFF THE VEHICLE. THIS ALLOWED THE WHEEL TO BOUNCE FREELY AND THE SHOCK TO JAM UP INTO THE W...

Mileage: 186,000

SIGNIFICANT RUST THROUGH IN RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL WHERE SHOCK ABSORBER ATTACHES TO FRAME. WHILE DRIVING, SHOCK CAME DETACHED FROM FRAME OF CAR.

Mileage: 184,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SHOCK PLATE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHOCK PLATE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWA...

A FEW MONTHS AGO I NOTICED A THUMPING NOISE WHEN DRIVING. THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL STARTED TO HAVE THE BLACK COATING FLAKE OFF OF THE INSIDE REVEALING RUST. SINCE THEN MY STRUT HAS BROKEN OFF FROM MY FRAME & THE SHOCK HAS COMPLETELY BROKEN. FROM THE RESEARCH I HAVE BEEN DOING THOUSANDS OF ...

Mileage: 105,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, BUT WOULD STALL AFTER IT WAS PLACED INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COILS FA...

Mileage: 61,127

THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON FORD ESCAPE 2006 VEHICLES. WE BOUGHT OUR VEHICLE USED ONE YEAR AGO, 117K MILES ON IT AND THE WHEEL WELLS/SHOCK TOWERS LOOKED FINE. AFTER ONE WINTER THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED THROUGH (THERE IS LITERALLY A RUST HOLE) AND THE DRIVER IS ALMOST AS BAD. WE HAD ...

THERE IS A CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP. UPON INSPECTION I SEE THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY ROTTED AND RUSTED AND INVOLVES SHOCK MOUNT. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THI...

Mileage: 140,000

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON SURFACE STREET TRUCK STARTED TO LOSE SPEED AND WOULDNT ACCELERATE. TURNED CAR OFF THEN RESTARTED PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND IT WOULDN'T MOVE.

Mileage: 35

CAR HAS BEEN STALLING PERIODICALLY FOR THE PAST MONTH ON CITY STREETS (MOSTLY) AND HIGHWAY (WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGNS). EACH TIME WOULD BRING TO MECHANIC BUT NO CODES WOULD SHOW UP. HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY, THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CODE THAT SHOWED UP WAS P2112. BRINGING TO FORD DEALER...

Mileage: 56,000

BOUGHT VEHICLE FOR 17YR OLD SON FIRST CAR. WHILE HE WAS DRIVING, HE NOTICED A LOUD BANGING SOUND FROM THE BACK. AFTER INVESTIGATION, FOUND THAT REAR WHEEL WELL HAD TOTALLY CORRODED AWAY AND REAR SHOCK WAS POKING INTO THE INTERIOR. REPORTED TO FORD WHO SAID NO RECALLS AND WOULD DO NOTHING. WHEN RESEA...

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SHOOK SEVERELY. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND COULD VISIBLY SEE THE REAR PASSENGER SHOCKS. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED DAMAGE FROM WHERE THE REAR TIRE WAS HITTING THE REAR WHEEL WELL AND CAUSED PIECES OF THE WELL TO DETACH. THE...

Mileage: 136,000

A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I BOUGHT A 2006 FORD ESCAPE, BUT WITHIN A SHORT TIME IT STARTED SHUTTING DOWN WITH NO WARNING. I LOST ALL POWER (STEERING AND BRAKES) AND HAD TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. THANK GOD I WAS NEAR A PARKING LOT AND THERE WAS NO CARS COMING. NOW, EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT, THE PR...

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE WITH A TRANSMISSION VALVE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Mileage: 120,000

WENT CHANGE THE SHOCKS AND THE WHOLE BRACKET SYSTEM HAD RUSTED OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR. THEY HAVE RECALLED THESE FROM 2001-2004. IT IS FINE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE IT TOTALLY RUSTED THRU IT IS GOING TO COST 3000 TO FIX. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE A YEAR. IT MADE A CLU...

MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE CONSTANTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY HAS A STUCK GAS PEDAL IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THE CABLE AND THROTTLE BODY HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AT MY EXPENSE AND FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. MY WIFE, DAUGHTER AND I WERE NEARLY KILLED AT A LARGE INTERSECTION WHILE TRYING TO...

Mileage: 99,000

MY FRIEND BORROWED MY 06 FORD ESCAPE, WHICH HAD NOT SHOWN ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES. SHORTLY AFTER GETTING ON THE INTERSTATE HWY, THE GAS PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND RAPIDLY EXCELLERATED TO 85 MPH PLUS, WITHOUT WARNING. IT IS A 6 LANE HWY AND WAS SATURDAY. PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND USING BOTH ...

Mileage: 130,000

MY FRIEND BORROWED MY 06 FORD ESCAPE, WHICH HAD NOT SHOWN ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES. SHORTLY AFTER GETTING ON THE INTERSTATE HWY, THE GAS PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND RAPIDLY EXCELLERATED TO 85 MPH PLUS, WITHOUT WARNING. IT IS A 6 LANE HWY AND WAS SATURDAY. PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND USING BOTH ...

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE IT WENT INTO OVERDRIVE WITHOUT ME ACCELERATING. THIS OFTEN OCCURRED WHETHER MY FOOT WAS LIGHTLY PRESSED ON THE (FOOT) PEDAL OR OFF THE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE LOST ITS ABILITY TO FORWARD DRIVE, WHEREBY I HAD TO ALLOW THE CAR TO GLIDE OF TO THE SHOULD OF THE ROAD. WHEN THE VEHICLE...

PREMATURE RUSTED OUT WHEEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND STALLED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURES LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V606000 (POWER TRAIN), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE ...

Mileage: 97,000

WITHOUT WARNING TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILS. NO INDICATION OF PROBLEMS, JUST DROPPED THE TRANSMISSION ON THE WAY TO WORK. THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC BEHIND US OR WE WERE IN AN INTERSECTION. JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED PULLING WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45 MPH. TRANSMISSION REBUILT. SI...

Mileage: 105,000

WITHOUT WARNING TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILS. NO INDICATION OF PROBLEMS, JUST DROPPED THE TRANSMISSION ON THE WAY TO WORK. THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC BEHIND US OR WE WERE IN AN INTERSECTION. JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED PULLING WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45 MPH. TRANSMISSION REBUILT. SI...

Mileage: 105,000

PURCHASED NEW 2006 FORD ESCAPE,MAINTAINED AND GARAGED NO RUST ON CAR ANYWHERE. .LAST WEEK NOTICED LOUD NOISE RIGHT PASSENGER WHEEL.BROUGHT TO MY SHOP HE SAID UNREPAIRABLE RUSTED WHEEL WELL.WHEN I BROUGHT TO FORD DEALERSHIP THEY CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS THE PROBLEM AND THE COST TO REPAIR WAS MORE THAN...

Mileage: 160,000

REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. SUSPENSION NOT MOUNTED TO VEHICLE NOW, AND HAMMERS BOTTOM OF INTERIOR WHEN GOING OVER ANY BUMP IN THE ROAD. EVERY OTHER WHEEL WELL IS FINE. ALL MECHANICS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, INCLUDING A FORD CERTIFIED BODY SHOP WILL NOT TOUCH THE ISSUE AND ADVISED ME ...

Mileage: 215,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. WHILE PULLING INTO A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY AT 10 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER...

Mileage: 114,000

ESCAPE WHEEL WELL RUST CAUSED STRUT TO DETATCH FROM VEHICLE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD LOUD THUMPING NOISES, I CHECKED AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT IT MIGHT BE SO I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO SHOWED ME THE EXCESSIVE WHEEL WELL RUST THAT CAUSED THE STRUT TO DETATCH FROM THE BODY. H...

Mileage: 135,000

ESCAPE WHEEL WELL RUST CAUSED STRUT TO DETATCH FROM VEHICLE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD LOUD THUMPING NOISES, I CHECKED AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT IT MIGHT BE SO I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO SHOWED ME THE EXCESSIVE WHEEL WELL RUST THAT CAUSED THE STRUT TO DETATCH FROM THE BODY. H...

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWERING STEERING MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAIL...

Mileage: 130,000

REAR WINDOW EXPLODED OUTWARD ONTO THE DRIVEWAY.

Mileage: 106,753

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. ADDITIONALLY, THE ODOR OF EXHAUST FUMES WAS PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED ...

Mileage: 160,000

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AFTER GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO AN EXIT RAMP MY VEHICLE HAS DIED WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, IT ALSO SHUTS DOWN WHEN MAKING A HARD TURN AT SLOWER SPEEDS. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ACCELERATOR STICKING WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE (SEVERAL TIMES HAVING TO MANUALLY SHUT OFF ENGIN...

Mileage: 127,000

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AFTER GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO AN EXIT RAMP MY VEHICLE HAS DIED WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, IT ALSO SHUTS DOWN WHEN MAKING A HARD TURN AT SLOWER SPEEDS. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ACCELERATOR STICKING WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE (SEVERAL TIMES HAVING TO MANUALLY SHUT OFF ENGIN...

Mileage: 127,000

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AFTER GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO AN EXIT RAMP MY VEHICLE HAS DIED WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, IT ALSO SHUTS DOWN WHEN MAKING A HARD TURN AT SLOWER SPEEDS. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ACCELERATOR STICKING WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE (SEVERAL TIMES HAVING TO MANUALLY SHUT OFF ENGIN...

Mileage: 127,000

THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL OF MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE (LIMITED) IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE SHOCK IS ABOUT TO BREAK THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE RUST HAS CAUSED EXHAUST TO POUR INTO THE VEHICLE. BEFORE KNOWING ABOUT THIS, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO SEVERAL DI...

Mileage: 130,000

THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL OF MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE (LIMITED) IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE SHOCK IS ABOUT TO BREAK THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE RUST HAS CAUSED EXHAUST TO POUR INTO THE VEHICLE. BEFORE KNOWING ABOUT THIS, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO SEVERAL DI...

Mileage: 130,000

THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL OF MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE (LIMITED) IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE SHOCK IS ABOUT TO BREAK THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE RUST HAS CAUSED EXHAUST TO POUR INTO THE VEHICLE. BEFORE KNOWING ABOUT THIS, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO SEVERAL DI...

Mileage: 130,000

DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND MY VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING AND SHUTTERING NOISE LIKE MY WHOLE ENGINE IS GOING TO DROP ONTO THE FREEWAY. I GET TO THE SHOULDER AND PUT IT IN PARK. AS I TRY TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN THE ENGINE/MOTOR STARTS SHAKING YET AGAIN WITH A LOUD...

Mileage: 127,000

DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND MY VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING AND SHUTTERING NOISE LIKE MY WHOLE ENGINE IS GOING TO DROP ONTO THE FREEWAY. I GET TO THE SHOULDER AND PUT IT IN PARK. AS I TRY TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN THE ENGINE/MOTOR STARTS SHAKING YET AGAIN WITH A LOUD...

Mileage: 127,000

DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND MY VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING AND SHUTTERING NOISE LIKE MY WHOLE ENGINE IS GOING TO DROP ONTO THE FREEWAY. I GET TO THE SHOULDER AND PUT IT IN PARK. AS I TRY TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN THE ENGINE/MOTOR STARTS SHAKING YET AGAIN WITH A LOUD...

Mileage: 127,000

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ON SEPTEMBER 4,2015 ALL THESE PROBLEM STARTED 1 MONTH AFTER. MANUEL TRANSMISSION GETS TO ROUGH AT TIMES WHEN BEING SHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR AND REVERSE GETS STUCK AND HARD TO SHIFT, MIGHT BE PART OF THE RECALL NO# 15S28 THE ENGINE OIL SEEMS TO USE 1QT A WEEK, RECENTLY HAD A CHANGE...

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ON SEPTEMBER 4,2015 ALL THESE PROBLEM STARTED 1 MONTH AFTER. MANUEL TRANSMISSION GETS TO ROUGH AT TIMES WHEN BEING SHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR AND REVERSE GETS STUCK AND HARD TO SHIFT, MIGHT BE PART OF THE RECALL NO# 15S28 THE ENGINE OIL SEEMS TO USE 1QT A WEEK, RECENTLY HAD A CHANGE...

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ON SEPTEMBER 4,2015 ALL THESE PROBLEM STARTED 1 MONTH AFTER. MANUEL TRANSMISSION GETS TO ROUGH AT TIMES WHEN BEING SHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR AND REVERSE GETS STUCK AND HARD TO SHIFT, MIGHT BE PART OF THE RECALL NO# 15S28 THE ENGINE OIL SEEMS TO USE 1QT A WEEK, RECENTLY HAD A CHANGE...

I PURCHASED MY 06 FORD ESCAPE IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. IT HAS 92,000 MILES ON IT. I TEST DROVE THE CAR AND HAD IT INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC AFTER PURCHASE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WASNT AN ISSUE THE DEALER " FORGOT " TO MENTION, ABOUT 3 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE MY OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I ADDED OIL BUT DID NOT...

Mileage: 93,000

THROTTLE CABLE BROKE. THE GAS PEDAL FELL TO THE CAR FLOOR AND THE CAR STOPPED ALL ACCELERATION. I WAS ON A CITY STREET UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT, SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK. MY MECHANIC FIXED IT 9/23, AS THIS IS A DEALER ONLY PART AND I HAD TO ORDER IT.

Mileage: 212,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD BUMP FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT OBSERVED RUST ON THE REAR TIRE. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC...

Mileage: 85,000

ON JULY 24, 2015 MY WIFE AND 2 KIDS, 6 AND 2 YEARS OLD WERE ALMOST KILLED WHEN THE POWERED STEERING SYSTEM FAILED, THE CAR WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL AND HIT THE CURVE GOING OVER THE SIDEWALK. MY 6 YEAR OLD GOT A BRUISE ON HIS HEAD FROM HITTING THE WINDOW AND A WALKING PEDESTRIAN ALMOST GOT KILLED. I...

Mileage: 126,466

RIGHT REAR WHEEL HOUSING COMPLETELY GONE. FIRST INDICATION OF ANY ISSUE WAS WHEN SHOCK NO LONGER PROPERLY SUPPORTS. RUST AND TOTAL DE-LAMINATION OF METAL HOUSING SUPPORTING SHOCK. FEAR OF SHOCK PUNCHING THROUGH - INTO CARGO HOLD IN THE AREA OF THE JACK STORAGE.

Mileage: 200

RIGHT REAR WHEEL HOUSING COMPLETELY GONE. FIRST INDICATION OF ANY ISSUE WAS WHEN SHOCK NO LONGER PROPERLY SUPPORTS. RUST AND TOTAL DE-LAMINATION OF METAL HOUSING SUPPORTING SHOCK. FEAR OF SHOCK PUNCHING THROUGH - INTO CARGO HOLD IN THE AREA OF THE JACK STORAGE.

Mileage: 200

RIGHT REAR WHEEL HOUSING COMPLETELY GONE. FIRST INDICATION OF ANY ISSUE WAS WHEN SHOCK NO LONGER PROPERLY SUPPORTS. RUST AND TOTAL DE-LAMINATION OF METAL HOUSING SUPPORTING SHOCK. FEAR OF SHOCK PUNCHING THROUGH - INTO CARGO HOLD IN THE AREA OF THE JACK STORAGE.

Mileage: 200

WHEN A DRIVER WAS TRAVELLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE HOOD FLEW UP ON THIS VEHICLE THAT WE USE FOR THE COMPANY. THIS HAPPENED TO ANOTHER FORD ESCAPE THE COMPANY HAS, YEAR 2010, THAT I AM ALSO GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT ON AS IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH NO CURRENT RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT TONE RINGS WERE CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE V...

Mileage: 70,000

THE 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND I AM THE ONLY OWNER. THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL SHOCK TOWER IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE COST WAS ESTIMATED AT OVER 1,000. DOLLAR TO FIX. THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND FORD WILL NOT...

Mileage: 83,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT OBSERVED RUST ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DI...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, A WARNING INDICATOR TO SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT T...

Mileage: 90,000

THE LEFT QUARTER (DOG LEG ONLY METAL PATCH) SEVERILY RUSTED AND I HAD IT REPAIRED , MY VEHICLE WAS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RUSTED OUT. ONLY THE LEFT SIDE IS AFFECTED AND NO WATER REST IN THAT AREA. NOW HERE I AM 3 YEARS LATER AND THAT SAME AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE IS RUSTING AGAIN A...

COMPLETE REAR SHOCK TOWER FAILURE......UPDATED10/20/15 *BF

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SHOCK RETAINER WAS FRACTURED AND SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHER...

Mileage: 85,000

MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A NEW 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WE SPLURGED ON RUST PROOFING. WE JUST LEARNED THAT OUR WHEEL WELL HAS COMPLETED RUSTED OUT MAKING THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. FORD REFUSES TO HELP RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND WE COULD HAVE A SERIOUS ACC...

Mileage: 142,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND "STOP SAFELY NOW" DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY WIRE HARNESS INSI...

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR BODY FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 156,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BUMPING SOUND UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL RUSTED AT THE SHOCK MOUNT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT ...

Mileage: 159,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE OCCUPANT SENSOR SERVICE KIT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE ...

Mileage: 101,154

AFTER TRAVELING FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AT 35 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. UPON SAFELY STOPPING THE VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT. THE ENGINE RE-STARTED WITH NO ISSUES. DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER MILE AT 35 MPH WHEN IT SHUT OFF AGAIN. RE-STARTED WITH NO ISSUES. HAVE NOT DRIVE...

Mileage: 72,632

AFTER TRAVELING FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AT 35 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. UPON SAFELY STOPPING THE VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT. THE ENGINE RE-STARTED WITH NO ISSUES. DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER MILE AT 35 MPH WHEN IT SHUT OFF AGAIN. RE-STARTED WITH NO ISSUES. HAVE NOT DRIVE...

Mileage: 72,632

AFTER TRAVELING FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AT 35 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. UPON SAFELY STOPPING THE VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT. THE ENGINE RE-STARTED WITH NO ISSUES. DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER MILE AT 35 MPH WHEN IT SHUT OFF AGAIN. RE-STARTED WITH NO ISSUES. HAVE NOT DRIVE...

Mileage: 72,632

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE NEAR THE FUEL PUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STOP SAFELY NOW WARNING MESSAGE DISPLAYED AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 30-45 MINUTES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY PACK F...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STOP SAFELY NOW WARNING MESSAGE DISPLAYED AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 30-45 MINUTES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY PACK F...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STOP SAFELY NOW WARNING MESSAGE DISPLAYED AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 30-45 MINUTES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY PACK F...

Mileage: 134,000

THE ALARM WILL GO OFF RANDOMLY WHILE IN PARK AND NOT RUNNING. HAS GONE OFF AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. DEALER REPLACED "SMART JUNCTION BOX" BUT DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. RETURNED TO DEALER AFTER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A LATCH PROBLEM BUT UNLESS IT HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT ...

Mileage: 115,400

THERE IS EXCESSIVE CORROSION IN THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL AND THE SHOCK ABSORBER HAS BROKEN SINCE THERE IS NOTHING TO CONNECT TO CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND 2005. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY AND FORD WILL DO NOTH...

Mileage: 150,250

THERE IS EXCESSIVE CORROSION IN THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL AND THE SHOCK ABSORBER HAS BROKEN SINCE THERE IS NOTHING TO CONNECT TO CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND 2005. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY AND FORD WILL DO NOTH...

Mileage: 150,250

MY REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE AFFECTED. THE STRUT MOUNT IS LOSE AND IS GOING TO FALL OFF. I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE MY VEHICLE. IT IS VERY UNSAFE FOR MY SON AND I TO DRIVE AND RIDE IN. THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE ...

Mileage: 182,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE UNINTENTIONALLY. THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOTH THE DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WA...

Mileage: 83,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE UNINTENTIONALLY. THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOTH THE DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WA...

Mileage: 83,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V526000 (HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE ...

Mileage: 163,000

I OWN A 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT WITH 100,000 MILES. 90% HIGHWAY MILES, WELL MAINTAINED WITH DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. HAVE ALL PAPER WORK. "MY BIGGEST WORRY IS THE STALLING FOR NO REASON AND AN ACCIDENT HAPPENING AND THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE". JAN. 2015 I HAD A INTAKE AND VALVE OIL LEAK THAT...

Mileage: 95,000

I OWN A 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT WITH 100,000 MILES. 90% HIGHWAY MILES, WELL MAINTAINED WITH DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. HAVE ALL PAPER WORK. "MY BIGGEST WORRY IS THE STALLING FOR NO REASON AND AN ACCIDENT HAPPENING AND THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE". JAN. 2015 I HAD A INTAKE AND VALVE OIL LEAK THAT...

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE CHEST THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE CHEST THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WA...

Mileage: 125,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED...

Mileage: 128,000

WHEN DRIVING I STARTED NOTICING A LOUD BANGING SOUND STARTING WHEN DRIVING OVER SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD. IN TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER REPAIR SHOP FOR AN OIL CHANGE WE HAD THEM CHECK OUT THE SOUND THAT I HEARD. THEY POINTED OUT THE RIGHT, PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL. AT THIS TIME...

Mileage: 98,000

WHEN DRIVING I STARTED NOTICING A LOUD BANGING SOUND STARTING WHEN DRIVING OVER SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD. IN TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER REPAIR SHOP FOR AN OIL CHANGE WE HAD THEM CHECK OUT THE SOUND THAT I HEARD. THEY POINTED OUT THE RIGHT, PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL. AT THIS TIME...

Mileage: 98,000

WHEN DRIVING I STARTED NOTICING A LOUD BANGING SOUND STARTING WHEN DRIVING OVER SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD. IN TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER REPAIR SHOP FOR AN OIL CHANGE WE HAD THEM CHECK OUT THE SOUND THAT I HEARD. THEY POINTED OUT THE RIGHT, PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL. AT THIS TIME...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRE...

Mileage: 80,000

AS I WAS TRAVELING ACROSS INTERSTATE 86 IN NEW YORK STATE, AT 65 MILES PER HOUR, MY FORD ESCAPE COMPLETELY LOST POWER. FORTUNATELY FOR ME I WAS RIGHT NEXT TO AN OFF RAMP AND A CONVENIENT MARKET. WHEN I CHECKED THE ENGINE FOR SIGNS OF WHAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG I FOUND THAT MY ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY O...

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY THE "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" REQUEST LIGHT AND THE RED BRAKES LIGHT. I HAD "SOFT BRAKES" BUT I COULD STILL USE THE BRAKES SO I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD FERRARIO DEALERSHIP. IT IS NOW A WEEK LATER AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE ABS NEED...

Mileage: 126,000

I BOUGHT A USED 2006 FORD ESCAPE FROM PASADENA AUTO PLANET IN SOUTH HOUSTON TX. ON 1/31/15. ABOUT A WEEK LATER I THOUGHT I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER MY HOOD BUT I DISMISSED IT BECAUSE THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME WITH SMOKE COMING FROM THE MUFFLER. ON ANOTHER DAY THE SAME THING. I WASN'T BEHI...

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME ON THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,000.

Mileage: 159,000

WE HEARD A LOUD BANK NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. UPON INSPECTION BY AN INDEPENDENT DEALER THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBER HAD BECOME DETACHED FROM THE BODY DUE TO BODY RUST. THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE WITH FORD ESCAPES AND A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THE 2000 TO 2004 MODELS. THERE WERE SEVERAL S...

Mileage: 122,000

WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AND THE CAR DRIFTS ABOVE THE SET SPEED THE CRUISE SUDDENLY GIVES THE CAR A SUDDEN BURST OF SPEED. IT HAS DONE THIS MANY TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN SHORTLY AFTER HEARD SOMETHING RUBBING THEN VERY SHORTLY AFTER MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. I STOPPED TO LOOK AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE AREA WHERE THE REAR STRUT ATTACHED TO THE BODY COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY. THE CAR IS MOST LIKELY NOT REPAIRABLE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN SHORTLY AFTER HEARD SOMETHING RUBBING THEN VERY SHORTLY AFTER MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. I STOPPED TO LOOK AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE AREA WHERE THE REAR STRUT ATTACHED TO THE BODY COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY. THE CAR IS MOST LIKELY NOT REPAIRABLE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN SHORTLY AFTER HEARD SOMETHING RUBBING THEN VERY SHORTLY AFTER MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. I STOPPED TO LOOK AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE AREA WHERE THE REAR STRUT ATTACHED TO THE BODY COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY. THE CAR IS MOST LIKELY NOT REPAIRABLE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH BEING ABLE TO OPEN MY TRUNK DOOR. A WHILE AGO, SOMETHING LIKE AUGUST 2014, I WENT TO OPEN THE TRUNK TO PUT GROCERIES IN AND IT WOULDN'T OPEN. TRIED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING AGAIN. NOTHING WORKED. SO I WENT A FEW WEEK WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO OPEN THE TRUNK. ONE DAY I DECID...

MY ENGINE SEIZED, THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS(OIL, CHECK ENGINE, TEMP) NOTHING. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE CAR. BUT THERE WAS NO ODOR OF BURNING OIL. MY CAR HAD LESS THAN90 THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND IT WAS WELL MAINTAINED . WHAT CAN I DO? *TR

Mileage: 89,000

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON PLUS THE WRENCH LIGHT. THE VEHICLE TOLD ME TO PULL OVER SAFELY. IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. I DID RESEARCH ONLINE WHERE OTHER ESCAPES WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THE NORTH C...

Mileage: 200,757

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON PLUS THE WRENCH LIGHT. THE VEHICLE TOLD ME TO PULL OVER SAFELY. IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. I DID RESEARCH ONLINE WHERE OTHER ESCAPES WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THE NORTH C...

Mileage: 200,757

THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY AROUND THE SHOCK.I CAN SEE INTO THE CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THERE IS A LOUD RATTLE CONSTANTLY AND A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP. *TR

THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY AROUND THE SHOCK.I CAN SEE INTO THE CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THERE IS A LOUD RATTLE CONSTANTLY AND A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP. *TR

THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY AROUND THE SHOCK.I CAN SEE INTO THE CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THERE IS A LOUD RATTLE CONSTANTLY AND A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP. *TR

MY RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY AND THE INSIDE COMPARTMENT IS NOW OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE. THERE IS A TERRIBLE, CONSTANT RATTLING NOISE AND A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP. *TR

MY RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY AND THE INSIDE COMPARTMENT IS NOW OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE. THERE IS A TERRIBLE, CONSTANT RATTLING NOISE AND A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP. *TR

MY RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY AND THE INSIDE COMPARTMENT IS NOW OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE. THERE IS A TERRIBLE, CONSTANT RATTLING NOISE AND A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP. *TR

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL OF MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE HAS RUSTED COMPLETELY AWAY, WHERE YOU CAN SEE INTO THE INSIDE OF THE CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT IS CAUSING A CONSTANT RATTLING AND A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP.CHECKING ONLINE, I SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME NO...

Mileage: 114,000

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL OF MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE HAS RUSTED COMPLETELY AWAY, WHERE YOU CAN SEE INTO THE INSIDE OF THE CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT IS CAUSING A CONSTANT RATTLING AND A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP.CHECKING ONLINE, I SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME NO...

Mileage: 114,000

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL OF MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE HAS RUSTED COMPLETELY AWAY, WHERE YOU CAN SEE INTO THE INSIDE OF THE CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT IS CAUSING A CONSTANT RATTLING AND A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP.CHECKING ONLINE, I SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME NO...

Mileage: 114,000

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE PCM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11...

Mileage: 116,000

ON 12/23/14, VEHICLE CUT OUT AFTER BACKING OUT OF PARKING TO ENTER MOVING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY. THE SECOND TIME IT CUT OUT,12/24/14, THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN DOWN THE ROADWAY. THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED, SOUNDED LIKE A WINDED HORSE, RUNNING ON THREE LEGS. MY CAR WAS ALWAYS WELL MAINTAINED, I...

Mileage: 111,000

ON 12/23/14, VEHICLE CUT OUT AFTER BACKING OUT OF PARKING TO ENTER MOVING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY. THE SECOND TIME IT CUT OUT,12/24/14, THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN DOWN THE ROADWAY. THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED, SOUNDED LIKE A WINDED HORSE, RUNNING ON THREE LEGS. MY CAR WAS ALWAYS WELL MAINTAINED, I...

Mileage: 111,000

ON 12/23/14, VEHICLE CUT OUT AFTER BACKING OUT OF PARKING TO ENTER MOVING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY. THE SECOND TIME IT CUT OUT,12/24/14, THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN DOWN THE ROADWAY. THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED, SOUNDED LIKE A WINDED HORSE, RUNNING ON THREE LEGS. MY CAR WAS ALWAYS WELL MAINTAINED, I...

Mileage: 111,000

THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW, 2 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT. HYBRID VEHICLE HAS RECALL PROBLEMS WHICH MAKES VEHICLE STOP RUNNING. HAD IT FIXED, PAID OUT OF MY OWN POCKET IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS FIXED. SOMETHING TO DO WITH BATTERY. THEN ON FRIDAY, DEC. 12, I...

Mileage: 55,000

THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW, 2 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT. HYBRID VEHICLE HAS RECALL PROBLEMS WHICH MAKES VEHICLE STOP RUNNING. HAD IT FIXED, PAID OUT OF MY OWN POCKET IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS FIXED. SOMETHING TO DO WITH BATTERY. THEN ON FRIDAY, DEC. 12, I...

Mileage: 55,000

THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW, 2 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT. HYBRID VEHICLE HAS RECALL PROBLEMS WHICH MAKES VEHICLE STOP RUNNING. HAD IT FIXED, PAID OUT OF MY OWN POCKET IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS FIXED. SOMETHING TO DO WITH BATTERY. THEN ON FRIDAY, DEC. 12, I...

Mileage: 55,000

ON MY HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 60 MPH IN OUR 2006 FORD ESCAPE 4 CYL SUV. THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD POP AND THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. FREAKED OUT I PULLED OFF IN A DRIVEWAY. WE POURED SODA POP FROM 2 LITRES ON THE FIRE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAME. THE MESH PIPE BEFORE THE LAST CAT...

Mileage: 142,180

THE GAS PEDAL STICKS AND COULD NOT BE PUSHED DOWN UNLESS YOU SLAMMED ON IT. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES, AND EVENTUALLY STUCK COMPLETELY. THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN LYNCHBURG, VA, REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. NOW, TWO YEARS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

THE GAS PEDAL STICKS AND COULD NOT BE PUSHED DOWN UNLESS YOU SLAMMED ON IT. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES, AND EVENTUALLY STUCK COMPLETELY. THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN LYNCHBURG, VA, REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. NOW, TWO YEARS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

MY BACK WHEEL WELL HOUSING HAS RUSTED AWAY ON MY ESCAPE 2006 I HAVE BEEN WAITING TWO MONTHS FOR FORD TO SEND THE PART THEY RAISED THE PRICE FROM 160 DOLLARS TO 707 DOLLARS IN THOSE TWO MONTHS HOW CAN THEY DO THAT WHEN THE PART WAS FAULTY TO BEGIN WITH WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT NOT PROTECTED THE CONSUMER...

Mileage: 78,000

MY WIFE WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW AND STUTTER. WHEN SHE GOT TO WORK SHE WASN'T ABLE TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE WITHOUT THE VEHICLE CUTTING OFF. WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE ALMOST SHUT DOWN BUT ACCORDING TO HER SLOWED WAY DOWN. AFTER WORK SHE HAD TO CRUISE TH...

Mileage: 76,000

WE PURCHASED A 2006 FORD ESCAPE FOR OUR DAUGHTER THAT IS IN COLLEGE. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD AROUND 92,000 MILES ON IT WHEN WE PURCHASED. UPON BRAKING, THE VEHICLE WILL SHUDDER AND CUT OFF. SHE IS ABLE TO PUT IT IN PARK, RESTART THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUE ON. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON BEHIND WHEN TH...

Mileage: 92,000

THE REAR SHOCK MOUNT FAILED DUE TO RUST. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD ESCAPES BUILT IN THE YEARS 2005 AND 2006. IT SEEMS THIS FAILURE IS A DESIGN FLAW. FORD REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE COST OF REPAIR. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONG OPERABLE. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWE...

Mileage: 143,000

MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE GAS PEDAL IS STICKING DOWN WHEN TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE IS VERY COLD. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE GAS PEDAL IS STICKING DOWN WHEN TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE IS VERY COLD. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE OVERDRIVE WARNING LIGHT AND THE EMISSIONS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE O2 SENSOR NEEDE...

Mileage: 72,000

VEHICLE'S GAS PEDAL CONSTANTLY LOCKS WHEN DRIVING NO MATTER THE CLIMATE. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

VEHICLE'S GAS PEDAL CONSTANTLY LOCKS WHEN DRIVING NO MATTER THE CLIMATE. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

VEHICLE GOT VERY LOOSE AND LOST CONTROL DUE TO REAR STRUT MOUNT RUSTING ALL THE WAY APART AND NO CONTROL OF REAR SUSPENSION. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

WHEN IT GETS BELOW 40 DEGREES OR SO MY GAS PEDAL WILL STICK IN A CLOSED POSITION. YOU HAVE TO PRESS VERY HARD ON THE PEDAL FOR IT TO ALLOW THE CAR TO MOVE HOWEVER THERE IS A LARGE THRUST FORWARD/BACKWARD DUE TO OPENING THE THROTTLE SO QUICKLY. I HAVE NEARLY HIT 2 CARS AND ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIM...

Mileage: 140,000

WHEN IT GETS BELOW 40 DEGREES OR SO MY GAS PEDAL WILL STICK IN A CLOSED POSITION. YOU HAVE TO PRESS VERY HARD ON THE PEDAL FOR IT TO ALLOW THE CAR TO MOVE HOWEVER THERE IS A LARGE THRUST FORWARD/BACKWARD DUE TO OPENING THE THROTTLE SO QUICKLY. I HAVE NEARLY HIT 2 CARS AND ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIM...

Mileage: 140,000

I WAS SITTING AT A DRIVE THROUGH AND VEHICLE STARTED SPUTTERING. HAD TO KEEP FOOT ON GAS TO KEEP THE VEHICLE RUNNING. WHEN I WENT TO PULL OUT ON THE STREET, THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT. AFTER 4 OR 5 ATTEMPTS AT RESTARTING, IT STARTED ABOUT 20 MIN LATER. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME GOING ABOUT 45MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THOUGH IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE TIRE, SO I PULLED OVER TO CHECK AND THE SHOCK IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND APART. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME GOING ABOUT 45MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THOUGH IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE TIRE, SO I PULLED OVER TO CHECK AND THE SHOCK IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND APART. *TR

THE VEHICLE SLIPPED IN TO THE NEUTRAL POSITION BUT WAS STILL IN DRIVE AND TRANS DOESN'T ENGAGE CORRECTLY. *TR

Mileage: 135,565

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE NEAR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED AND CAUSED THE STRUT MOUNT TO SEPARATE FROM THE VE...

Mileage: 94,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, DOING 25 MPH, WHEN IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. I HAD IT TOWED TO AAMCO IN RENTON WASHINGTON WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $4270.50. IT WAS THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION. ON 2-10-2014. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN AND HAD TO BE REPLA...

Mileage: 77,282

THE RIGHT REAR FENDER WALL HAS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT THE SHOCK IS NOT EVEN ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. INTERNET SEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS IS HAPPENING ON MANY MANY OF THESE 2004-2006 FORD ESCAPES. WE WE'RE LUCKY TO DISCOVER THE DEFECT BEFORE SOMEONE WAS HURT. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

THE RIGHT REAR FENDER WALL HAS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT THE SHOCK IS NOT EVEN ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. INTERNET SEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS IS HAPPENING ON MANY MANY OF THESE 2004-2006 FORD ESCAPES. WE WE'RE LUCKY TO DISCOVER THE DEFECT BEFORE SOMEONE WAS HURT. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

DRIVING IN ROUTINE TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR APPEARED TO SHIFT TO OVERDRIVE THEN LOST ALL FORWARD DRIVE. AFTER ABOUT TWO MINUTES, THE TRANSMISSION TRIED TO ENGAGE, AND THEN LOST ALL DRIVE AGAIN ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICE HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THE VEHICLE GAVE NO EARLY INDICATION OF FAILURE. WE CONTACTE...

Mileage: 77,285

EXCESSIVE RUSTING IN RIGHT REAR FENDER WELL , SHOCK MOUNT COMING UNDONE. LOUD BANGING NOISE INSIDE VEHICLE. SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

EXCESSIVE RUSTING IN RIGHT REAR FENDER WELL , SHOCK MOUNT COMING UNDONE. LOUD BANGING NOISE INSIDE VEHICLE. SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED AND THE OVERDRIVE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,...

Mileage: 126,000

I HAVE ONE QUESTION. WHY ARE 06 FORD ESCAPES STILL ON THE ROAD? WHAT BUGS ME MORE IS THE FACT FORD AND EVERYONE IS TURNING THEIR HEADS TO THE ISSUE. NOT ONLY HAVE I READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF ENGINE FAILURE, I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE PERSON SAY FORD MADE ANY EFFORT TO FIX THE PROBLEM INSTEAD I ONLY SE...

Mileage: 52,000

LOUD BANGING SOUND FOR REAR OF CAR. ON INSPECTION THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL HAD RUSTED THROUGH INCLUDING THE SUPPORT FOR THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBER. THE SHOCK ABSORB PUNCHED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WHEEL WELL, AND WAS UNSUPPORTED, HITTING THE METAL OF THE INTERIOR. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH & COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK. I REALIZED I WAS ABLE TO RELEASE IT BY STEPPING ON BRAKES OR HITTING THE GAS PEDAL REALLY HARD. THIS WAS UNDER WARRANTY IN OCT 2009 & THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED (SUPPOSEDLY) THEN AGAIN IN NOV 2011 I HAD TO H...

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH & COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK. I REALIZED I WAS ABLE TO RELEASE IT BY STEPPING ON BRAKES OR HITTING THE GAS PEDAL REALLY HARD. THIS WAS UNDER WARRANTY IN OCT 2009 & THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED (SUPPOSEDLY) THEN AGAIN IN NOV 2011 I HAD TO H...

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH & COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK. I REALIZED I WAS ABLE TO RELEASE IT BY STEPPING ON BRAKES OR HITTING THE GAS PEDAL REALLY HARD. THIS WAS UNDER WARRANTY IN OCT 2009 & THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED (SUPPOSEDLY) THEN AGAIN IN NOV 2011 I HAD TO H...

Mileage: 75,000

PUSHED ON ACCELERATOR AND RPM CAME UP BUT SPEED DIDN'T...WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FORD ESCAPE TRANSMISSIONS.. *TR

Mileage: 166,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TA...

Mileage: 122,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER TO REDUCE SPEED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT...

Mileage: 138,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER TO REDUCE SPEED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT...

Mileage: 138,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WA...

Mileage: 135,000

2006 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNEXPECTED ENGINE FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE WITH NO WARNING, WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. *JB UPDATED 08/20/14. *JB

Mileage: 78,043

THE SHOCK HOUSING HAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE BODY OF THE CAR DUE TO RUST. INTERNET SEARCHES HAVE TURNED UP HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL YEAR. IT POSES A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE DISMOUNTED SHOCK CAN CAUSE HANDLING ISSUES AS WELL AS TEAR INTO THE TIRE WHEN DRIVING...

Mileage: 15,000

AS I GOT HOME I TRIED TO UNBUCKLE THE SEATBELT AND IT WOULD NOT RELEASE. MULTIPLE TRIES STILL DIDN'T HELP. I HAD TO PULL REALLY HARD TO GET IT TO RELEASE AND HURT MY HAND. EACH TIME SINCE HAS MADE IT SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE, IT LOCKS IN BUT DOES NOT WANT TO RELEASE. TOOK ME TEN MINS TO GET IT UNHOOKED L...

Mileage: 106,040

2006 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NON-DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS, DURING ACCIDENT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. HE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND HIS WIFE WAS KILLED. *JB UPDATED 07/27/15. *JB UPDATED 03/11/15.*JB UPDATED 08/23/2017*CT

A TOTAL AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER REGARDLESS OF TRAVEL SPEED. THIS IS ACCOMPANIED WITH VEHICLE SHAKING AND LURCHING JUST BEFORE THE ENGINE DIES. SOMETIMES IT WILL START AGAIN - SOMETIMES NOT. THERE HAVE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS AND THEIR FREQUENCY IS INCREASING I.E. ALMOST DAILY.THIS VEHICLE HAS SPENT TI...

Mileage: 78,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SHOCKS WERE CORRODED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THE VEHICLE WAS BURNING OIL EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SHOCKS WERE CORRODED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THE VEHICLE WAS BURNING OIL EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Mileage: 80,000

PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER AND DAUGHTER WHEN MY CAR STALLED. THINKING QUICK, I PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL SO I COULD STEER AND RESTART.MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE GARAGE 4 TIMES AND A $1000.00 OF WORK PUT INTO IT TO TRY AND FIX THE PROBLEM, TO THIS DAY IT STILL STALLS!!!...

Mileage: 172,000

EXCESSIVE WHEEL HUB CORROSION, SHOCK FREED AND DAMAGING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR WHEEL HUB AREA. NOT DRIVING VEHICLE AT THIS POINT, TOO DANGEROUS. ADVISED BY SEVERAL MECHANICS TO CONTACT FORD MOTOR WITH COMPLAINT. FORD MOTOR CALL CENTER TOOK INFORMATION AND HUNG UP ON ME. WOULD NOT DIRECT ME TO SUPERVI...

Mileage: 146,000

EXCESSIVE WHEEL HUB CORROSION, SHOCK FREED AND DAMAGING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR WHEEL HUB AREA. NOT DRIVING VEHICLE AT THIS POINT, TOO DANGEROUS. ADVISED BY SEVERAL MECHANICS TO CONTACT FORD MOTOR WITH COMPLAINT. FORD MOTOR CALL CENTER TOOK INFORMATION AND HUNG UP ON ME. WOULD NOT DIRECT ME TO SUPERVI...

Mileage: 146,000

RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL RUSTED THREW THE WALL. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A HOLE IN THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL WEL...

Mileage: 107,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A HOLE IN THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL WEL...

Mileage: 107,000

BEGAN TO NOTICE A RATTLING NOISE/CLUNKING IN RIGHT REAR CORNER OF VEHICLE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO OUR MECHANIC WHO TOLD US THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND THE SHOCKS WERE EXPOSED. ONLY THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WAS RUSTED. INFORMED BY OUR MECHANIC THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SA...

Mileage: 128,400

BEGAN TO NOTICE A RATTLING NOISE/CLUNKING IN RIGHT REAR CORNER OF VEHICLE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO OUR MECHANIC WHO TOLD US THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND THE SHOCKS WERE EXPOSED. ONLY THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WAS RUSTED. INFORMED BY OUR MECHANIC THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SA...

Mileage: 128,400

STARTED TO WORK ONE MORNING, HAVE A MANUAL TRANS AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 13 MILES WENT TO SHIFT INTO 4TH THE ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT FINALLY BROKE FREE AND I CONTINUED TO WORK W/O INCIDENT. SINCE THEN IT HAPPENS ON A WEEKLY BASIS DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY AND DIFF TEMPS NO...

Mileage: 110,000

I HAVE THE HYBRID VERSION OF ESCAPE. I WAS EXITING A FREEWAY WHEN THE ABS YELLOW LIGHT AND BRAKE RED LIGHT CAME ON MY DASHBOARD. I THEN PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTICED THE CAR WASN'T SLOWING DOWN AS IT SHOULD THAT'S WHEN I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES TO MAKE THE CAR SLOW DOWN. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL AND THE SHOCK ABSORBER CORRODED AND FRACTURED AND BUSTED THROUGH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WH...

Mileage: 63,000

TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH REAR WHEEL WELLS WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT BOTH WHEEL WELLS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE V...

Mileage: 156,000

ON MARCH 12,2014 I WAS DRIVING TO THE POST OFFICE WHEN MY CAR MADE A LOUD "THUNK" AND BEGAN TO SHAKE SEVERELY. FEELING UNSAFE AND BEING A SHORT DISTANCE FROM MY HOME I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THERE. UPON INSPECTION I DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL HAD ROTTED OUT AND THE SHOCK HAD PENETRATE...

Mileage: 115,000

ON MARCH 12,2014 I WAS DRIVING TO THE POST OFFICE WHEN MY CAR MADE A LOUD "THUNK" AND BEGAN TO SHAKE SEVERELY. FEELING UNSAFE AND BEING A SHORT DISTANCE FROM MY HOME I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THERE. UPON INSPECTION I DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL HAD ROTTED OUT AND THE SHOCK HAD PENETRATE...

Mileage: 115,000

VEHICLE GAS PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED FULLY TO THE FLOOR WITH ASSISTANCE OF EMERGENCY BREAK TO BRING VEHICLE TO COMPLETE STOP IN LIGHT TRAFFIC AT AROUND 9:30 PM. PULLED VEHICLE INTO EMPTY PARKING LOT AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO SERVICE CENTER (LAKE ZURICH TIRE & AUTO, INC.) WHERE IT WAS LEFT OVERNIGHT...

Mileage: 77,662

UPON PUTTING CAR INTO GEAR, THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT CAUSE THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. CAR HAD NO PROPULSION. IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE GAS PEDAL HAD SEEMED TO STICK BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. FORD MOTOR CO. REFUSES TO COVER THE COST OF FIXING THIS PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR SOM...

Mileage: 95,000

UPON PUTTING CAR INTO GEAR, THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT CAUSE THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. CAR HAD NO PROPULSION. IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE GAS PEDAL HAD SEEMED TO STICK BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. FORD MOTOR CO. REFUSES TO COVER THE COST OF FIXING THIS PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR SOM...

Mileage: 95,000

BRAKE FAILURE. IN ONE SHORT DISTANCE, BOTH FRONT FLEXIBLE HOSES CARRYING BRAKE FLUID RUPTURED TOTALLY LOSING BRAKE RESPONSE. CAR WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL BY OTHER MEANS. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A VARIED CIRCUMSTANCE. IT WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED FOR REPAIRS.

Mileage: 119,250

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT MODERATE SPEEDS, I HAD A LOUD BANG IN THE BACK AND FROM THAT POINT ON I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 15. WE BROUGHT IT IN TO THE MECHANIC AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT AND THE SHOCK TOWER AS WELL. THE SMALL SHOPS WON'T DO THE WORK BECAUSE OF LIABILITY. AND ...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY ENGAGING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO ...

Mileage: 35,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH IN OVERDRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE TRANSMISSION FROM OVERDRIVE AND PROCEED IN DRIVE NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WA ENGAGED IN DRIVE OR OVERD...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON ROUGH ROAD SURFACES, A LOUD BANGING NOISE EMITTED IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A COLLISION CENTER, WHO INFORMED HER THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS COMPLETELY COVER...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, HE HEARD A RATTLING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME AND THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE STRUT HAD CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WA...

Mileage: 92,000

FIRST IT STALLED OUT WHILE IDLING, THEN STALLED OUT AT STOP LIGHT , THEN UPON ACCELERATION IT STALLED AGAIN. WHILE DRIVING IT HESITATED AGAIN , WHEN I ACCELERATED IT STARTED TO GO AGAIN, AT STOP LIGHT IT STALLED OUT. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO START. I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND NO ACTIVE RE...

Mileage: 28,000

FIRST IT STALLED OUT WHILE IDLING, THEN STALLED OUT AT STOP LIGHT , THEN UPON ACCELERATION IT STALLED AGAIN. WHILE DRIVING IT HESITATED AGAIN , WHEN I ACCELERATED IT STARTED TO GO AGAIN, AT STOP LIGHT IT STALLED OUT. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO START. I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND NO ACTIVE RE...

Mileage: 28,000

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE IT HAS TO BE WARMER UP FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR MORE, IN ORDER FOR THE GAS PEDAL TO PRESS DOWN SO THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE. THE GAS PEDAL WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. IT HAS TO BE WARMED UP IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AND WELL AS THE WINTER MONTHS IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. THE GAS P...

Mileage: 6,800

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE IT HAS TO BE WARMER UP FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR MORE, IN ORDER FOR THE GAS PEDAL TO PRESS DOWN SO THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE. THE GAS PEDAL WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. IT HAS TO BE WARMED UP IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AND WELL AS THE WINTER MONTHS IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. THE GAS P...

Mileage: 6,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE WHEEL AND FOUND THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS CORRODED WITH A HOLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE ...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE WHEEL AND FOUND THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS CORRODED WITH A HOLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE ...

Mileage: 70,000

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVE WAY, NO ONE WAS IN OR AROUND IT. I WAS LOOKING OUT THE FRONT WINDOW WATCHING IT SNOW OUTSIDE WHEN I SAW THE REAR WINDOW GLASS EXPLODE AND GLASS FLEW ALL OVER THE DRIVE WAY. THE BROKEN GLASS WAS VERY EASY TO SEE BECAUSE OF THE FRESH SNOW ON THE DRIVE WAY. ONCE AGAIN NO ...

Mileage: 124,000

WHEN FILLING WITH FUEL PRESSURE NOT RELEASED AND FUEL FLEW BACK OUT IN FACE. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING, I WENT TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK IN THE IDLE POSITION - LIKE IT FROZE UP. I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL A FEW TIMES UNTIL IT LOOSENED UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS ABOUT ONCE EVERY 2 MONTHS AND TYPICALLY ON COLDER DAYS LESS THAN 32 DEGREES F...

Mileage: 140,000

WHILE DRIVING, I WENT TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK IN THE IDLE POSITION - LIKE IT FROZE UP. I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL A FEW TIMES UNTIL IT LOOSENED UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS ABOUT ONCE EVERY 2 MONTHS AND TYPICALLY ON COLDER DAYS LESS THAN 32 DEGREES F...

Mileage: 140,000

COMPLAINT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO START THE CAR IN VERY COLD WEATHER/ GAS PEDAL STICKS INTERMITTENTLY ALTHOUGH FREQUENCY OF CONDITION INCREASES AS TEMPERATURES DECREASE < 25F. FORD DEALER DIAGNOSES ISSUE AS A FAILED AIR BYPASS VALVE (PART NUMBER: 3S6Z-9F715-AA), REPLACED VALVE. CONDITION NOT CLEARED. E...

Mileage: 120,000

COMPLAINT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO START THE CAR IN VERY COLD WEATHER/ GAS PEDAL STICKS INTERMITTENTLY ALTHOUGH FREQUENCY OF CONDITION INCREASES AS TEMPERATURES DECREASE < 25F. FORD DEALER DIAGNOSES ISSUE AS A FAILED AIR BYPASS VALVE (PART NUMBER: 3S6Z-9F715-AA), REPLACED VALVE. CONDITION NOT CLEARED. E...

Mileage: 120,000

COMPLAINT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO START THE CAR IN VERY COLD WEATHER/ GAS PEDAL STICKS INTERMITTENTLY ALTHOUGH FREQUENCY OF CONDITION INCREASES AS TEMPERATURES DECREASE < 25F. FORD DEALER DIAGNOSES ISSUE AS A FAILED AIR BYPASS VALVE (PART NUMBER: 3S6Z-9F715-AA), REPLACED VALVE. CONDITION NOT CLEARED. E...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE GAS PEDAL STICKS AND IT PREVENTS ME FROM ACCELERATING FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IT STUCK FOR ATLEAST 3MINUTES THE MORE I DRIVE THE WORST IT GETS. NOW IT WHEN THE GAS PEDAL STICKS I HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF ME DRIVING AND WAIT SOMETIMES 5. MINUTES AT A TIM...

Mileage: 128,000

ABOUT A WEEK AGO I NOTICED A NOISE IN THE REAR OF MY ESCAPE. AFTER INSPECTION THE SHOCK MOUNT APPEARS TO HAVE RUSTED OUT AND COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE CREATING A HOLE THE SIZE OF MY ARM IN RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER WHEEL WELL. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH ONLINE THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM T...

THE RIGHT, REAR WHEEL WELL AND SHOCK SUPPORT IS NEARLY ENTIRELY RUSTED OUT. THE RUST DAMAGE I'VE OBSERVED APPEARS TO BE MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE LEFT WHEEL WELL IS NOT SUFFERING FROM THE SAME CORROSION PROBLEM. A QUICK GOOGLE SEAR...

Mileage: 130,000

THE RIGHT, REAR WHEEL WELL AND SHOCK SUPPORT IS NEARLY ENTIRELY RUSTED OUT. THE RUST DAMAGE I'VE OBSERVED APPEARS TO BE MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE LEFT WHEEL WELL IS NOT SUFFERING FROM THE SAME CORROSION PROBLEM. A QUICK GOOGLE SEAR...

Mileage: 130,000

I ALWAYS KEPT THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE (85,000 MILES). ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2013 MY HUSBAND AND I CHECKED ALL OF THE CAR'S FLUIDS. EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ONE WEEK LATER AS WE EXITED THE FREEWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO SHAKE, LOOSE POWER AND MAKE A VERY LOUD CLATTERING NOISE. T...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWE...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT GEARS HOWEVER, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION OR DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILU...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS GREY SMOKE STARTED TO EMIT FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ...

Mileage: 74,500

WHILE DRIVING, MY THROTTLE OR GAS PEDAL STICKS. IT WILL NOT DEPRESS. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO LET THE CAR SIT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL UNSTICK. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC!!! THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, AND USUALLY WHEN THE WE...

Mileage: 92,500

WHILE DRIVING, MY THROTTLE OR GAS PEDAL STICKS. IT WILL NOT DEPRESS. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO LET THE CAR SIT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL UNSTICK. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC!!! THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, AND USUALLY WHEN THE WE...

Mileage: 92,500

GAS PEDAL STICKS WHENEVER TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW FREEZING. HAD ISSUES SINCE CAR WAS NEW IN 2006, BUT THIS WEEK ISSUE IS MUCH WORSE. NORMALLY YOU CAN PUSH HARD ON THE GAS PEDAL AND GET IT TO WORK. THIS WEEK I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CAR TO WARM UP BEFORE I CAN DRIVE, THE GAS PEDAL WILL NOT BUDGE. I'...

Mileage: 120,000

GAS PEDAL STICKS WHENEVER TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW FREEZING. HAD ISSUES SINCE CAR WAS NEW IN 2006, BUT THIS WEEK ISSUE IS MUCH WORSE. NORMALLY YOU CAN PUSH HARD ON THE GAS PEDAL AND GET IT TO WORK. THIS WEEK I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CAR TO WARM UP BEFORE I CAN DRIVE, THE GAS PEDAL WILL NOT BUDGE. I'...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK AT ABOUT 43 MILES PER HOUR, I WENT TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK - LIKE IT FROZE UP. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT, STOPPED THE CAR, AND SLAMMED ON THE GAS PEDAL A FEW TIMES UNTIL IT LOOSENED UP. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, BUT I WAS ABLE ...

Mileage: 150,078

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK AT ABOUT 43 MILES PER HOUR, I WENT TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK - LIKE IT FROZE UP. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT, STOPPED THE CAR, AND SLAMMED ON THE GAS PEDAL A FEW TIMES UNTIL IT LOOSENED UP. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, BUT I WAS ABLE ...

Mileage: 150,078

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK AT ABOUT 43 MILES PER HOUR, I WENT TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK - LIKE IT FROZE UP. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT, STOPPED THE CAR, AND SLAMMED ON THE GAS PEDAL A FEW TIMES UNTIL IT LOOSENED UP. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, BUT I WAS ABLE ...

Mileage: 50,078

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK AT ABOUT 43 MILES PER HOUR, I WENT TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK - LIKE IT FROZE UP. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT, STOPPED THE CAR, AND SLAMMED ON THE GAS PEDAL A FEW TIMES UNTIL IT LOOSENED UP. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, BUT I WAS ABLE ...

Mileage: 50,078

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. UPDATED 12/23/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE WOULD WORK. HOWEVER, T...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. UPDATED 12/23/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE WOULD WORK. HOWEVER, T...

GAS PEDAL STICKS, I PURCHASED THIS CAR ONE YEAR AGO. IT HAS CONSISTENTLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH STICKING SINCE I PURCHASED IT. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A NOISE WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION WHO LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE STEERING WHEEL UNIVERSAL SHAFT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MA...

Mileage: 61,000

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WAS SHUDDERING. I HAD PULL OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND TURN THE CAR OFF. I TRIED RESTARTING AND IT JUST SHUDDERED AGAIN. I WAITED FIVE MINUTES ...

Mileage: 160,000

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WAS SHUDDERING. I HAD PULL OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND TURN THE CAR OFF. I TRIED RESTARTING AND IT JUST SHUDDERED AGAIN. I WAITED FIVE MINUTES ...

Mileage: 160,000

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WAS SHUDDERING. I HAD PULL OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND TURN THE CAR OFF. I TRIED RESTARTING AND IT JUST SHUDDERED AGAIN. I WAITED FIVE MINUTES ...

Mileage: 160,000

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WAS SHUDDERING. I HAD PULL OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND TURN THE CAR OFF. I TRIED RESTARTING AND IT JUST SHUDDERED AGAIN. I WAITED FIVE MINUTES ...

Mileage: 160,000

GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS COULD NOT DRIVE NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSHED IT. *TR

Mileage: 95,556

THIS MOSTLY HAPPENS IN COOLER WEATHER, I HAD STARTED EXPERIENCING MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING WITH THE THROTTLE CLOSED. IT WAS MAINLY A NUISANCE AT FIRST BUT IT STARTED TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE I COULD PUT MY ENTIRE WEIGHT ON THE PEDAL WITHOUT IT BUDGING. AT MY SOONEST CONVENIENCE AND MOSTLY BE...

Mileage: 55,000

THIS MOSTLY HAPPENS IN COOLER WEATHER, I HAD STARTED EXPERIENCING MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING WITH THE THROTTLE CLOSED. IT WAS MAINLY A NUISANCE AT FIRST BUT IT STARTED TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE I COULD PUT MY ENTIRE WEIGHT ON THE PEDAL WITHOUT IT BUDGING. AT MY SOONEST CONVENIENCE AND MOSTLY BE...

Mileage: 55,000

PROBLEMS WITH GAS PEDAL STICKING/ LOCKING UP. WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES WHEN IDLE DASH LIGHTS, A/C AND RADIO TURN ON AND OFF, THEN THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND BEFORE THE ACTUAL ENGINE SHUTS OFF. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

PROBLEMS WITH GAS PEDAL STICKING/ LOCKING UP. WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES WHEN IDLE DASH LIGHTS, A/C AND RADIO TURN ON AND OFF, THEN THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND BEFORE THE ACTUAL ENGINE SHUTS OFF. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

PROBLEMS WITH GAS PEDAL STICKING/ LOCKING UP. WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES WHEN IDLE DASH LIGHTS, A/C AND RADIO TURN ON AND OFF, THEN THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND BEFORE THE ACTUAL ENGINE SHUTS OFF. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED THROUGH EXPOSING THE SHOCKS AND STRUTS. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CORROSION OF THE REAR WHEEL WELL IS NOT A WEARABLE PART AND CANNOT BE CONTROLLED OR CAUSED BY THE END USER. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE CORROSION OF THE REAR WHEEL ...

Mileage: 105,000

THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK IN THE UP POSITION AND MY HUSBAND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. THIS WAS AN 3:45 IN THE MORNING IN ABOUT 60 DEGREE WEATHER. IN DOING SOME ONLINE RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE BUTTERFLY VALVE IN THE THROTTLE SYSTEM. LUCKILY THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH DOWN HILL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CONTINUED TO PUSH ON THE ACCELERATOR TO RELEASE THE PEDAL. THE...

Mileage: 156,884

I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE WITH FREQUENT OIL CHANGES EVERY 2K. I HAVE ALSO HAD A TRANSMISSION REBUILD THAT WAS COMPLETED DURING WARRANTY IN 2010. NO MY CAR IS IN A SHOP WITH DIAGNOSIS THAT THE ENGINE IS BURNED OUT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. $4500 FOR A USED ENGINE REPLACEMENT....

Mileage: 78,000

DRIVING ALONG AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE GAS PEDAL STICKS IN THE UP POSITION. IF YOU NEED TO SPEED UP THE PEDAL WONT MOVE. IT IS LOCKED IN THE IDLE POSITION. THIS ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHEN I COULD NOT SPEED UP TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF AN 18 WHEELER. IT NEARLY RAN OVER ME. THE PEDAL HAS STU...

Mileage: 81,000

DRIVING ALONG AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE GAS PEDAL STICKS IN THE UP POSITION. IF YOU NEED TO SPEED UP THE PEDAL WONT MOVE. IT IS LOCKED IN THE IDLE POSITION. THIS ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHEN I COULD NOT SPEED UP TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF AN 18 WHEELER. IT NEARLY RAN OVER ME. THE PEDAL HAS STU...

Mileage: 81,000

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE I FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER. THERE WERE NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS OR ANY INDICATOR WARNING LIGHTS OF ANY KIND THAT WERE ON PREVIOUS TO THE INCIDENT OR THAT LIT UP DURING OR AFTER THE EPISODE. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ACCELERATOR SEEMED ...

Mileage: 64,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAIL...

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BANGING IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE REAR INNER AND OUTER FENDER WELL WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIR...

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 88,000

MY VEHICLE DIES WHEN THE TRUCK IS WARMED UP AND I PUT IT IN GEAR WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. IT DIES AT STOP LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS AND IN REVERSE. ANOTHER TECHNICIAN TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO RIDE AROUND WITH THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THROWING A CODE. AFTER A WEEK, I TOOK IT BACK TO THE FORD DEAL...

Mileage: 103,000

MY VEHICLE DIES WHEN THE TRUCK IS WARMED UP AND I PUT IT IN GEAR WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. IT DIES AT STOP LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS AND IN REVERSE. ANOTHER TECHNICIAN TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO RIDE AROUND WITH THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THROWING A CODE. AFTER A WEEK, I TOOK IT BACK TO THE FORD DEAL...

Mileage: 103,000

MY CAR GAS PEDAL KEEPS STICKING LIKE THERE IS ROCK UNDER IT. I ALMOST WRECKED TONITE BECAUSE OF IT!!!! IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 154,000

MY CAR GAS PEDAL KEEPS STICKING LIKE THERE IS ROCK UNDER IT. I ALMOST WRECKED TONITE BECAUSE OF IT!!!! IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 154,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE OVER DRIVE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE RE...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION OVERDRIVE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION MECHANIC TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH NEED...

Mileage: 80,000

ACCELERATOR STICKS, WOULD NOT GO DOWN. STARTED STICKING WHEN STARTING ENGINE AND WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL DRIVEN FOR A FEW MILES. CONTINUED TO GET WORSE AND WOULD STICK WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A SIDE ROAD TO A BUSIER ROAD BELOW A HILL WHERE ONCOMING TRAFFIC COULD BE POPPING OVER HILL AND MY VEHICLE WOUL...

Mileage: 80,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND WITHOUT WARNING MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE LOST MOMENTUM. THE DRIVERS BEHIND ME COULD NOT REALIZE MY CAR WAS STOPPING BECAUSE I WAS STILL USING MY GAS AND NOT THE BRAKES. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A CENTER TURNING LANE THAT I WAS ABLE TO USE AND AVOID A REAR END COLLISION. I WAS ABLE TO ...

Mileage: 52,200

WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK. I WAS UNABLE TO DEPRESS IT FURTHER AND IT DID NOT RELEASE. AFTER 3 OR 4 ATTEMPTS THE ACCELERATOR FREED UP. IT THEN WORKED FINE THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THIS OCCURRED FIVE TIMES SPORADICALLY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2012. TH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE...

Mileage: 90,000

THE GAS PEDAL WOULD GET STUCK WHEN YOU WERE DRIVING. HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. IT COST FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS (I THINK). WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO OTHER ISSUES LIKE THIS. ITS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. SAW RECENTLY THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE (ONLINE). THANKS *TR

Mileage: 60,000

THE GAS PEDAL WOULD GET STUCK WHEN YOU WERE DRIVING. HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. IT COST FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS (I THINK). WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO OTHER ISSUES LIKE THIS. ITS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. SAW RECENTLY THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE (ONLINE). THANKS *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ( 40-65 MPH INTERVALS BETWEEN HIGHWAYS) FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR IS LOOSING POWER, SO I STEPPED ON THE GASOLINE PEDAL A LITTLE MORE TO KEEP THE SPEED. THE SAD PART IS THAT THERE WASN'T ANY LIGHT THAT CAME ON TO TELL OR WARN ME THAT SOM...

Mileage: 48,544

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ( 40-65 MPH INTERVALS BETWEEN HIGHWAYS) FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR IS LOOSING POWER, SO I STEPPED ON THE GASOLINE PEDAL A LITTLE MORE TO KEEP THE SPEED. THE SAD PART IS THAT THERE WASN'T ANY LIGHT THAT CAME ON TO TELL OR WARN ME THAT SOM...

Mileage: 48,544

THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. IT ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE PULLING OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT HAPPENED REPEATEDLY LAST FALL, THEN SUDDENLY STOPPED IN DECEMBER. IT HAS BEGUN DOING IT AGAIN, THIS TIME DECIDING TO ACT UP IN HOUSTON. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR EVERY YEAR MODEL FOR WHICH EVE...

Mileage: 96,000

ON FEB 14TH, 2013, ON MY WAY TO WORK, MY CAR RADIO WENT COMPLETE DEAD...THEN AS I WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, MY CAR 'SURGED' LIKE IT WAS GOING "ON & OFF". I PRAYED TO GET TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY ENOUGH TO PULL MY CAR OVER, AS SOON AS I DID, ALL THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND THERE WAS A CONS...

Mileage: 67,000

ON FEB 14TH, 2013, ON MY WAY TO WORK, MY CAR RADIO WENT COMPLETE DEAD...THEN AS I WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, MY CAR 'SURGED' LIKE IT WAS GOING "ON & OFF". I PRAYED TO GET TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY ENOUGH TO PULL MY CAR OVER, AS SOON AS I DID, ALL THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND THERE WAS A CONS...

Mileage: 67,000

ABS LIGHT CAME ON AT 59408 MILES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN DICK MASHETER FORD IN COLUMBUS, OH AND REPAIRED ON 12/1/11 BY REPLACING LEFT FRONT ABS TONE RING. AT 68005 MILES, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON ONCE AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN TO DICK MASHETER FORD IN COLUMBUS, OH WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN RE...

Mileage: 68,005

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED ...

Mileage: 90,000

GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN COLD. THE GAS PEDAL WILL LOCK UP AND NOT UNLOCK. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN COLD. THE GAS PEDAL WILL LOCK UP AND NOT UNLOCK. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE FOLLOWED BY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ABS WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE O-RINGS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE R...

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PRESS DOWN ON ACCELERATOR, IT STICKS/HANGS AND WILL NOT PRESS DOWN. HAS DONE THIS REPEATEDLY; MOST NOTICEABLY WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONSTANTLY DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF TH...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND WAS INOPERABLE. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED...

Mileage: 100,081

WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2003 FORD ESCAPE 2.3L XLS (FWD, 5-SPD MANUAL) AT 65MPH, PRACTICALLY COASTING DOWN A HILL. 26 MINUTES AFTER ENGINE START SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SUBSEQUENT POPPING SOUNDS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY SEVERE POWER LOSS FROM THE ENGINE. SHE DROVE IT TO THE NEXT BEST OFF-RAMP...

Mileage: 161,487

WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2003 FORD ESCAPE 2.3L XLS (FWD, 5-SPD MANUAL) AT 65MPH, PRACTICALLY COASTING DOWN A HILL. 26 MINUTES AFTER ENGINE START SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SUBSEQUENT POPPING SOUNDS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY SEVERE POWER LOSS FROM THE ENGINE. SHE DROVE IT TO THE NEXT BEST OFF-RAMP...

Mileage: 161,487

2006 FORD ESCAPE, 52000 MILES ON IT, NO PRIOR PROBLEMS. DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY AT 55MPH WITH SUDDEN NOISE AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD AND VEHICLE. PULLED TO SIDE OF EXPRESSWAY AND NOTICE TRAIL OF OIL. TOWED TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND INFORMED THAT ENGINE HAD A HOLE IN IT. GIVEN QUOTE OF $8...

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND EXITING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAIL...

Mileage: 95,025

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND AND ONCE IT ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ...

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED AND THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TONE RING WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE OC...

Mileage: 33,219

ABS AND 4X4 SENSOR LIGHTS ACTIVATE AND FLASH ON DASHBOARD ABS BRAKING FAILS , SENSOR REP[LACED AND WENT OUT AGAIN AFTER A YEAR. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH NUMEROUS ESCAPES AS FOUND IN ONLINE SEARCH. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY STALLED WITHIN FIVE MILES OF TRAVEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE ...

Mileage: 125,000

INCIDENTS OF THE ACCELERATOR STICKING WITHOUT ALLOWING THE DRIVER TO ACCELERATE HAS BEEN NOTED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND IS VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE FACT A DRIVER COULD BE TRYING TO ENTER TRAFFIC, GET PARTIALLY INTO THE LANE THEN THE ACCELERATOR STICKS AND YOU HAVE...

THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND RESTARTED ABOUT 4 DIFFERENT TIMES AT 4 DIFFERENT RED LIGHTS, AFTER DRIVING IT HOME, IT NEVER STARTED AGAIN, TOWED IT TO MECHANIC WHO SAID RODS WERE BENT AND TIMING CHAIN OFF, TOWED TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO SAID THE SAME THING, FINALLY TOWED TO FORD MONTROSE WHO FOUND OUT S...

Mileage: 42,300

IN APPROXIMATELY SEPTEMBER 2006 I BOUGHT A FORD ESCAPE NOT LONG AFTER I BOUGHT IT I STATED HAVING TROUBLE WITH IT. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. BY THE TIME I WOULD GET IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP THE CAR HAD WARMED UP AND THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO DO IT. DURING THE SUMMER IT DOES...

IN APPROXIMATELY SEPTEMBER 2006 I BOUGHT A FORD ESCAPE NOT LONG AFTER I BOUGHT IT I STATED HAVING TROUBLE WITH IT. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. BY THE TIME I WOULD GET IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP THE CAR HAD WARMED UP AND THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO DO IT. DURING THE SUMMER IT DOES...

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER TO STEERING AND BRAKE SYSTEMS. *TR

Mileage: 67,500

NOTICED MY GARAGE SMELLED OF GAS. FOUND DRIPS OF GASOLINE UNDER MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE. I FOUND THAT THE FUEL LINE UNDER THE SECOND PLASTIC STRAP FROM THE FUEL TANK, THE LINE HAS A SMALL SLOW LEAK. IT APPEARS THE PLASTIC STRAPS WORE A HOLE IN THE LINE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD BECOME STUCK WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND ABOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDERS AND THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THEIR HAND TO PULL UP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING IT TO EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL POPPING SOUND. T...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ENGAGED, IT REMAINED STUCK IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO FULLY DEPRESS THE PEDAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT...

Mileage: 50,000

THE TRUCK HAS SOME ISSUES WHILE DRIVING IT . ITS REALLY HARD TO DESCRIBE WHAT ITS DOING..BUT WHEN IT STARTS TO ACT UP I LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL AN I JUST COAST UNTIL THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION STOPS DOING WHAT EVER ITS DOING THEN I AM ABLE TO KEEP DRIVING NORMALLY. I WORRY WHEN EVER I AM DRIVING THINK...

THE TRUCK HAS SOME ISSUES WHILE DRIVING IT . ITS REALLY HARD TO DESCRIBE WHAT ITS DOING..BUT WHEN IT STARTS TO ACT UP I LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL AN I JUST COAST UNTIL THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION STOPS DOING WHAT EVER ITS DOING THEN I AM ABLE TO KEEP DRIVING NORMALLY. I WORRY WHEN EVER I AM DRIVING THINK...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD BECOME STUCK WHEN DEPRESSED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP ACCELERATING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERMITTENT FAILURE WAS MOST PROMINENT WHEN DRIVING IN THE COLDER WEATHER. THE CONTACT RESOLVED THE FAILUR...

Mileage: 200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE BEING UTILIZED DURING RAINY WEATHER WHEN THEY SUDDENLY BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VE...

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN OPEN THROTTLE AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DEPRESS PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN BUT REPLACED THE THROTTLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN OPEN THROTTLE AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DEPRESS PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN BUT REPLACED THE THROTTLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 50,000

ON THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT I HAD LET MY CAR WARM UP SINCE IT WAS WINTER I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY MY CAR DID FINE BUT WHEN I CAME TO STOP SIGN TO GO OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD MY PEDAL MOVED JUST ENOUGH TO GET ME ONTO HIGHWAY THAT WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL. LUCKILY THERE WAS ARE CAR COMING SO I CO...

Mileage: 35,000

THE GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK IN A LOCKED UP POSITION. IT IS LOCKED UP AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ACCELERATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN PULLING ONTO A STREET, MANY TIMES ALMOST CAUSING SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO SPEED OR EVEN OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. I ORIGINALLY THOUGH...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE PULLED INTO A SIDE PARKING LOT AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE CONTACT NOTICED THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CH...

Mileage: 60,000

I DROVE MY CAR AROUND THE CORNER TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE. I STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. I PULLED INTO MY FRIEND'S DRIVEWAY AND STOPPED, BUT THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING AND I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE FLOOR AREA AND DASH OF THE CAR. SMOKE FILLED UP THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. I TURNED OFF TH...

MY FAMILY WAS DRIVING OUT OF TOWN ON THE FREEWAY. WE WERE DRIVING UP A SMALL INCLINE AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. WE LOST ALL POWER IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. WE WERE ALMOST HIT BY SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES BECAUSE WE WERE UNABLE TO PROPERLY REMOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE ROAD (LOST POWER SO QUICKLY). WE HA...

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOT STUCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE IN TRAFFIC. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER AND A LOCAL MECHANIC. NEITHER COULD DIAGNOSE AN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED TH...

Mileage: 80,000

WITH THE SPEED CONTROL ENGAGED ON THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE PERIODICALLY ACCELERATES UNEXPECTEDLY. I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE SPEED CONTROL FOR THE ACCELERATION TO STOP. THIS ISSUES DOES NOT HAPPEN FREQUENTLY BUT HAS OCCURRED 3 SEPARATE TIMES THIS PAST WINTER/SPRING. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

2 ALTERNATORS IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. TIRED OF BEING LEFT STRANDED WITH 3 KIDS IN THE CAR!! AND ITS A LOT OF $$$$$$$$. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

ABS CONSTANT ACTIVATION, THEN ABS SYSTEM OFF. FOUND A CRACKED TONE RING ON DRIVER SIDE FR WHEEL. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. MY CAR ALARM STARTED GOING OFF ON IT'S OWN FOR A FEW DAYS. THEN THE CAR "AJAR DOOR" LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING FROM A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT. SO I TOOK THE CAR INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PROBLEM INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RIGHT REAR DOOR FAULT. SO...

Mileage: 181,864

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. MY CAR ALARM STARTED GOING OFF ON IT'S OWN FOR A FEW DAYS. THEN THE CAR "AJAR DOOR" LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING FROM A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT. SO I TOOK THE CAR INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PROBLEM INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RIGHT REAR DOOR FAULT. SO...

Mileage: 181,864

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH AND DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE D...

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE SRS BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT...

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED TO RELEASE AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO INCREASE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILE...

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO HIGHER SPEEDS. THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AFTER BEING SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TA...

Mileage: 18,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING MOMENTARILY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER A...

Mileage: 68,000

FORD ESCAPES HAVE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TONE RING CRACKING AND ACTIVATING THE ABS & 4WD SENSOR LIGHTS. MANY DEALERS CHARGE HIGH PRICES TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE AXLES. IT CAN BE REPAIRED BY SIMPLY REPLACING THE TONE RING ITSELF. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A WHILE NOW AND FORD HAS DONE NOTHING...

Mileage: 103,700

IN 2011, I PURCHASED MY USED 2006 FORD ESCAPE. ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, I NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD ACTIVATE WHEN AN ADULT WOULD SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, SIGNIFYING THE AIR BAG WAS "OFF" WHEN IT SHOULD BE ACTIVATED. TODAY I HAD MY LOCAL FORD DEALER CHECK THE AIR BAG TO S...

Mileage: 62,816

IN 2011, I PURCHASED MY USED 2006 FORD ESCAPE. ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, I NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD ACTIVATE WHEN AN ADULT WOULD SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, SIGNIFYING THE AIR BAG WAS "OFF" WHEN IT SHOULD BE ACTIVATED. TODAY I HAD MY LOCAL FORD DEALER CHECK THE AIR BAG TO S...

Mileage: 62,816

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEEDS OF 65 MPH, WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VEHICLE DECREASED IN SPEED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM REPEATING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRE...

Mileage: 18,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE GAS PEDAL IS STICKING ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT A STICKING BECAUSE IT IS STUCK OR NEEDS LUBED. IT IS A HARD MECHANICAL LOCK! NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO YOU CAN NOT PRESS DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. IT'S LOCKED! YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT UNLOCKS TO DO ANYTHING. THIS HAS BEEN G...

Mileage: 25,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE GAS PEDAL IS STICKING ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT A STICKING BECAUSE IT IS STUCK OR NEEDS LUBED. IT IS A HARD MECHANICAL LOCK! NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO YOU CAN NOT PRESS DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. IT'S LOCKED! YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT UNLOCKS TO DO ANYTHING. THIS HAS BEEN G...

Mileage: 25,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE GAS PEDAL IS STICKING ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT A STICKING BECAUSE IT IS STUCK OR NEEDS LUBED. IT IS A HARD MECHANICAL LOCK! NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO YOU CAN NOT PRESS DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. IT'S LOCKED! YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT UNLOCKS TO DO ANYTHING. THIS HAS BEEN G...

Mileage: 25,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE GAS PEDAL IS STICKING ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT A STICKING BECAUSE IT IS STUCK OR NEEDS LUBED. IT IS A HARD MECHANICAL LOCK! NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO YOU CAN NOT PRESS DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. IT'S LOCKED! YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT UNLOCKS TO DO ANYTHING. THIS HAS BEEN G...

Mileage: 25,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED MOMENTS BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Mileage: 83,333

DURING THE COLD MONTHS, THE GAS PEDAL WILL NOT DEPRESS. NORMALLY AFTER THE CAR IS WARM, IT WILL LOOSEN UP TO BE SAFELY DRIVEN. HOWEVER, THIS MORNING, 01/04/12, I WAS FORCED TO LET THE CAR ROLL INTO A PARKING LOT AT A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. I SAT THERE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES LETTING THE CAR GET EVEN...

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WILL PERIODICALLY LOCK UP. FORD WILL NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ THAT PEOPLE EITHER CLEAN OR REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THE PROBLEM RESURFACES. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE A DEFECT IN THAT PART. IT HAS ALWAYS HAPPENED WITH ME WHEN I ...

Mileage: 45,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WILL PERIODICALLY LOCK UP. FORD WILL NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ THAT PEOPLE EITHER CLEAN OR REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THE PROBLEM RESURFACES. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE A DEFECT IN THAT PART. IT HAS ALWAYS HAPPENED WITH ME WHEN I ...

Mileage: 45,000

DRIVER INSTRUMENT PANEL TEMPERATURE BACK LIGHTING HAS FAILED. THIS DRIVER CAN'T DETERMINE THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

MY VEHICLE'S EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS NEVER PREVENTED MY VEHICLE FROM MOVING FORWARD UNDER POWER. IT DOESN'T HOLD ON A HILL. IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AFTER APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD MAKING A GRATING SOUND. HAVING THE VEHICLE IN PARK POSITION ON THE GEA...

MY VEHICLE'S EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS NEVER PREVENTED MY VEHICLE FROM MOVING FORWARD UNDER POWER. IT DOESN'T HOLD ON A HILL. IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AFTER APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD MAKING A GRATING SOUND. HAVING THE VEHICLE IN PARK POSITION ON THE GEA...

MY VEHICLE'S EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS NEVER PREVENTED MY VEHICLE FROM MOVING FORWARD UNDER POWER. IT DOESN'T HOLD ON A HILL. IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AFTER APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD MAKING A GRATING SOUND. HAVING THE VEHICLE IN PARK POSITION ON THE GEA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE REAR WINDSHIELD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HINGES FOR THE WINDSHIELD WERE BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT R...

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE REAR WINDSHIELD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HINGES FOR THE WINDSHIELD WERE BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT R...

Mileage: 45,000

REAR WINDOW EXPLODED PROCEEDING AT GREEN LIGHT, IN TRAFFIC, AT 10 MPH. DEFROSTERS AND WIPERS WERE ON DUE TO LIGHT RAIN. LOUD BANG AND GLASS FILLED THE VEHICLE. STOPPED VEHICLE TO INVESTIGATE. NO FOREIGN OBJECTS FOUND TO RULE OUT FOUL PLAY. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 145,600

I DROVE 7 MILES TO WORK. IT WAS A LITTLE FOGGY/DEWEY OUT SO I TURNED ON MY REAR DEFROST. THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE LOW 60'S, SO COOL, BUT NOT COLD BY ANY MEANS. I PARKED MY CAR AND ROLLED THE WINDOWS (ALL 4) DOWN @ 3 INCHES. WHEN I PARKED MY CAR @ 8:00AM IT WAS FINE. BY 9:10AM, I WAS INFORMED ...

Mileage: 41,000

I DROVE 7 MILES TO WORK. IT WAS A LITTLE FOGGY/DEWEY OUT SO I TURNED ON MY REAR DEFROST. THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE LOW 60'S, SO COOL, BUT NOT COLD BY ANY MEANS. I PARKED MY CAR AND ROLLED THE WINDOWS (ALL 4) DOWN @ 3 INCHES. WHEN I PARKED MY CAR @ 8:00AM IT WAS FINE. BY 9:10AM, I WAS INFORMED ...

Mileage: 41,000

2006 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH WHILE ON INTERSTATE. TOOK EXIT RAMP FROM INTERSTATE, SUV CAME TO STOP AT STOP LIGHT, UNABLE TO DRIVE FORWARD AFTER STOP AT RED LIGHT. ESCAPE HAD TO BE TOWED. MECHANIC STATED TRANSMISSION FAILURE-WOULD NEED REPAIR/REBUILD. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL-$3000 R...

Mileage: 64,000

MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD 9 TIMES IN ONE DAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES BUT IT IS USUALLY WHEN IT'S COLD. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED WAS IN THE SUMMER. THIS INDICATES TO ME THAT SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE. THERE IS NO WARNING. ONE TIME I WAS ...

MY GAS PEDAL BEGAN TO STICK BACK AROUND THE 1ST OF OCTOBER 2010 WHEN THE WEATHER BEGAN TO COOL. IT HAPPENED EVERY NOW AND THEN, AT THAT TIME. AS THE WINTER PROGRESSED THE GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK MORE OFTEN, UNTIL THE CAR WARMED. I CALLED A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE IF THEY HAD ANY RECALLS ON...

Mileage: 45,000

MY GAS PEDAL BEGAN TO STICK BACK AROUND THE 1ST OF OCTOBER 2010 WHEN THE WEATHER BEGAN TO COOL. IT HAPPENED EVERY NOW AND THEN, AT THAT TIME. AS THE WINTER PROGRESSED THE GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK MORE OFTEN, UNTIL THE CAR WARMED. I CALLED A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE IF THEY HAD ANY RECALLS ON...

Mileage: 45,000

TONE RING FAILURE ON ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ON 2006 FORD ESCAPE. BRAKE FADE UNTIL COMPUTER SYSTEM NOTES SENSOR FAILURE AND INDICATES ABS FAILURE LIGHT. THE SYSTEM DOES THIS FOR EACH ENGINE STARTUP--BRAKE FADE UNTIL ERROR CODED OUT. A CHEAPLY MADE PIECE, LOW PARTS REPLACEMENT BUT EXPENSIVE MECH REPAIR R...

Mileage: 42,537

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 5 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE ABS AND 4-WHEEL DRIVE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE F...

Mileage: 53,900

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 5 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE ABS AND 4-WHEEL DRIVE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE F...

Mileage: 53,900

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING AND ALL ELECTRICAL ASPECTS OF THE VEHICLE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED A FRACTURED ENGINE BOLT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED YET APPROXIMATELY 1,300 MILES LATER...

Mileage: 47,000

THE ABS RING (TONE RING ACCORDING TO FORD) ON THE FRONT RIGHT AXLE FRACTURED DURING DRIVING. THIS SENT A FALSE SIGNAL TO THE PROCESSOR AND APPLIED THE ABS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS EXTENDED THE BRAKING DISTANCE TO AN UNSAFE AND UNPREDICTABLE LENGTH ON DRY PAVEMENT. TWO...

Mileage: 45,000

THE ABS RING (TONE RING ACCORDING TO FORD) ON THE FRONT RIGHT AXLE FRACTURED DURING DRIVING. THIS SENT A FALSE SIGNAL TO THE PROCESSOR AND APPLIED THE ABS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS EXTENDED THE BRAKING DISTANCE TO AN UNSAFE AND UNPREDICTABLE LENGTH ON DRY PAVEMENT. TWO...

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BEGAN TO PULSATE EXCESSIVELY WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE ABS SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO...

Mileage: 46,200

HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE WITH 80,000 MILES. DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING AND TOOK OFF FROM STOPPED POSITION AND HEARD A NOISE UNDER VEHICLE. THE OVER DRIVE OFF LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND THEN WENT COMPLETELY OUT. I HAVE READ SEVERAL OTHER C...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING , THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A ROD LOCATED BETWEEN THE CONVERTER AND THE PUMP FRACTURED. AS A RESULT, THE PUMP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACT...

Mileage: 67,000

LESS THAN 9 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE IN 2008, THE ENGINE LIGHT OF MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT V6 WENT ON. MULTIPLE SHOPS ATTEMPTED TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM BUT COULD NOT GET THE LIGHT OFF WITHOUT WANTING TO DO MANY STEP BY STEP "COULD BE THIS..." REPAIRS. COMPUTER CODE INDICATED THE EMISSIONS CONT...

Mileage: 110,000

WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, AND NEED TO HIT THE BRAKE SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE CAR SLOWS, BUT THEN "BOLTS FORWARD" AND IT REQUIRES ME TO PUT ON THE BRAKES MUCH HARDER THAN I WOULD FOR THE SPEED I AM GOING, IN ORDER TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH SOMEONE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING NOW FOR YE...

Mileage: 32,410

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE STARTED WITH THE ABS LIGHT COMING ON. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THE TONE RINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE TONE RINGS WERE REPLACED, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO MAKE A RUMBLING SOUND. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BA...

Mileage: 76,000

THE 2006 FORD ESCAPE HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DUE TO A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. I TALKED TO A MECHANIC FROM FORD AND HE SAID THAT THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE DEFECTIVE, ON ALL ESCAPES, THERE ARE POSTINGS ONLINE WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE SAME THING ABOUT THEIR ESCAPE. MY ESCAPE ONLY HAS 65000 MILES AND IT ...

Mileage: 65,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE GAUGE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE ERRATICALLY. THE ABS AND BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE WINDOWS COULD NOT BE OPENED OR CLOSED. THE DOOR LOCKS ALSO WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE FAILURES WOULD OCCUR AT THE SAME...

Mileage: 54,576

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS HE CLOSED THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, THE REAR RIGHT AND LEFT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE AIR ...

Mileage: 60,000

2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT, C/O LEFT FRONT ABS (ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM) TONE RING FAILURE... AT 94,782 MILES ON MY ODO MY LEFT FRONT ABS TONE RING BROKE COMPLETELY IN-HALF CAUSING A ABS SENSOR FAILURE AND THE BRAKES BECAME TEMPORARILY SEMI-UNRESPONSIVE FOR A FEW SECONDS ( 3-5 SECONDS ) WHEN I PRESSED ON...

Mileage: 95,000

ABOUT A MONTH AGO MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE STARTED KILLING ON ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND AT STOP SIGNS. ID PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, AND IT WOULD START RIGHT UP.. I TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. WE CHANGED ALL THE SPARKPLUGS (THEY NEEDED CHANGED) IT RAN GREAT FOR ABOU...

Mileage: 110,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, GOING ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN I FELT MY CAR START TO SLID LIKE IT WAS ON ICE EVEN THOUGH THE PAVEMENT WAS DRY. MY ABS LIGHT AND MY SERVICE 4WD LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD A VERY HARD TIME GETTING HOME BECAUSE THE BRAKES WERE FAILING. I CAME HOME GOOGLED IT AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS M...

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THEN CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER. THE VEHICLE WAS SPUN AROUND INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS SHE THEN CRASHED INTO A SECOND CONCRETE BARRIER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY....

Mileage: 85,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT WAS ACCELERATING 20 MPH FROM A COMPLETE STOP WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. THE CONTACT PROCEEDED TO DRIVE UP AN INCLINE TO DETERMINE IF THE PEDAL WOULD FREE ITSELF BUT IT DID NOT. HE WAS ABLE TO RELEASE THE...

Mileage: 54,574

2006 FORD ESCAPE - GAS PEDAL STICKS AND IS HARD TO PRESS DOWN, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S COLD OUTSIDE. NOTICED AT APPROXIMATELY 55,000 MILES. HAVE NOTICED MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. COULD NOT DEPRESS. CAR IDLED PERFECTLY FINE BUT COULDN'T PRESS THE ACCELERATOR. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES IT WAS FINE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AT LEAST A DOZEN OCCASIONS. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

GAS PEDAL STUCK WITHIN 1/10 MILE OF TRAVEL ON COLD MORNING. FIRST HAPPENED IN JANUARY 2009. HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN JANUARY 2011. CAR IDLED, BUT COULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE TRAVELING. COASTED TO STOP IN RIGHT LANE. REPEATED PRESSING PRODUCED NO RESPONSE. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES IN EACH INSTANCE PED...

Mileage: 20,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO FUNCTION WITH EXTREMELY LITTLE MOVEMENT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEU...

Mileage: 61,000

THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THE REAR WINDOW WASHER WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON AN EXPRESSWAY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. THEREFORE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD VISIBILITY WAS GREATLY IMPAIRED. I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET, AND FOUND REPORTS OF THE WASHER FLUID LINE...

Mileage: 52,000

AT 9 MONTHS PREGNANT, WHILE DRIVING HOME I SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE. I WAS CLOSE TO HOME SO I BROUGHT IT THERE AND HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO OIL IN THE CAR, EVEN THOUGH I HAD MY OIL CHANGED A MONTH BEFORE. THE OIL LIGHT NEVER WENT ON AND WE D...

Mileage: 46,000

MY GAS PEDAL STICKS WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE. WHEN I TRY TO PRESS ON THE GAS, THE PEDAL WILL NOT BUDGE UNLESS I PRESS EXTREMELY HARD. THIS PROBLEM WILL LAST UNTIL THE CAR WARMS UP. THIS IS EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC IN THE SNOW! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE REAR WINDOW SUDDENLY BLEW OUT. SHE STATED THAT THE WINDOW EXPLODED INTO THE VEHICLE AND OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE HINGES BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE WINDOW TO SHATTER. THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 32,000

I REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM 13 DAYS AGO, BUT HAVE HAD ANOTHER ACCELERATION PROBLEM AGAIN TODAY. AGAIN, VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS RELEASED. INSTEAD, CAR CONTINUED PULLING AT SAME SPEED AND THEN BEGAN SPEEDING UP. I WAS ON AN EXIT RAMP WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. LUCKILY, I WA...

Mileage: 110,000

I DROVE MY CAR FROM MY HOME, TO WORK THAT MORNING. IT WAS A LITTLE CHILLY SO I TURNED ON MY REAR DEFROST SO I COULD SEE OUT THE BACK WINDOW. I DROVE MY NORMAL COMMUTE, ABOUT 7 MINUTES TO WORK, PARKED MY CAR, AND WENT INSIDE. WITHIN 20 MINUTES I HEARD A LOUD BANG, AND NOTICED THAT MY BACK WINDOW WA...

Mileage: 87,000

2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT - LIKE MANY OTHERS, MY REAR WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. HAD GLASS/REAR WIPER REPLACED BUT WAS THEN BLOWING FUSES. SO NOW HAVE TO HAVE THE REAR WIPER MOTOR REPLACED ON TOP OF THE GLASS. I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF SAME ISSUE BUT STILL NO RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 74,569

THE ACCELERATOR ON MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE HAS BEEN STICKING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. IT FEELS LIKE IT LOCKS IN POSITION AND I CANNOT DEPRESS IT. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN I BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. IT WORKED FINE IN REVERSE, BUT WHEN I SWITCHED GEARS IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. WHEN I FINALLY GO...

Mileage: 45,000

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE THROTTLE STUCK AT ABOUT 75 TO 80 MPH. THE VEHICLE HELD THIS SPEED ON ITS OWN FOR ABOUT 5 MILES. I PULLED ON TO THE SHOULDER AND HAD TO STAND ON BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. WITH BRAKES ON, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I PUT ESCAPE IN PARK AND TURNED O...

Mileage: 109,000

FAILURE OF WHEEL BEARING, LEFT(DRIVER) SIDE FRONT. SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN 100K MILES THAT THE BEARING IS FAILING. POSSIBLE DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. WHEN SEARCHING THE WEB I CAME UPON HUNDREDS OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME FAILURE OF MODEL YEARS 2001 TO 2007. BEARINGS SHOULD LAST OVE...

Mileage: 55,000

I WAS DRIVING FROM WORK TO THE BANK TO MAKE THE DAILY DEPOSITS, WHEN I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE IN THE BANK PARKING LOT I NOTICED A LOT OF SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER MY HOOD, I IMMEDIATELY GOT THE OUTSIDE SECURITY GUARD TO COME TAKE A LOOK AND WHEN HE RAISED THE HOOD MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. IF YOU A...

Mileage: 60,000

CAN NOT FILL GAS TANK, PUMP SHUTS OFF EVERY 30 SECONDS. DOES NOT MATTER IF TANK IS EMPTY OR NOT. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE OVER TIME. *TR

2006 FORD ESCAPE. GAS PEDAL STICKS. ACCELERATING - BEGAN AT ABOUT 55K MILES. DOES NOT MATTER AT WHAT SPEED - CAN BE 5 MPH OR 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. VEHICLE CANNOT ACCELERATE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER VEHICLES. CAR USUALLY NEEDS TO BE TURNED OFF AND SIT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME - 5 TO 10 MINUTE...

Mileage: 55,000

I PULLED MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE INTO MY GARAGE, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, GOT OUT AND SHUT MY DOOR WHEN THE REAR WINDOW JUST EXPLODED/SHATTERED. I HAD MY 3 YEAR OLD AND 7 MONTH OLD (WHO WAS REAR FACING) IN THE CAR WITH ME. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY SON TO SCHOOL AND GOING TO WORK. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED MAKING A NOISE, THE ENGINE AND BATTERY LIGHTCAME ON AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN. SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. SHE THEN STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A GAS STATION. THE CAR AGAIN SHUT DOWN. WE...

Mileage: 71,000

AT APPROXIMATELY 5:50 AM, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK I EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OF MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE PEDAL, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE OUT OF AN INTERSECTION AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, BEGAN STICKING BADLY. AFTER WORKING WITH IT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME I WAS FIN...

Mileage: 63,350

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK IN THE UP POSITION AND WOULD NOT MOVE DOWNWARD UNLESS THE ENGINE WAS WARM. IF THE TEMPERATURE WAS COLD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT LOOSEN UP ENOUGH TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO CLEANED ...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, FOLLOWED BY NO POWER RESPONSE UNTIL A SECOND OR THIRD ATTEMPT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED IN COOL WEATHER TEMPERATURES AFTER THE INITIAL START UP IN THE MORNINGS AND NI...

Mileage: 72,000

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VEHICLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM UNTIL IT COMPLETELY QUIT AT 75,000 MILES. TOWED VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAME APART AND FILLED THE TRANSMISSION WITH METAL. I DECLINED SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE THEY WANTED ...

Mileage: 75,700

1. DURING NORMAL DRIVING. 2. THE GAS PEDAL ON MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE STICKS AND IS UNABLE TO BE DEPRESSED (LOCKS) OR IS DIFFICULT TO PRESS DOWN WHILE IN TRAFFIC 3. THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED BY FORD TWO YEARS AGO AFTER A SIMILAR PROBLEM BUT IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN AND WE WERE ALMOST REAR-ENDED TRYIN...

Mileage: 58,703

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DISPENSING FUEL INTO THE FUEL FILLER NECK, THE GASOLINE PUMP WOULD PREMATURELY SHUT OFF AND NOT ALLOW THE FUEL TO CONSUME FUEL TO ITS FULL CAPACITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THEY DETECTED A B...

Mileage: 2

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ABS LIGHT AND FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND PARKED. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT NONE OF THE LIGHTS W...

Mileage: 70,683

I OWN A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. IT HAS 70,683 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (50 MPH) AND NOTICED THE ABS LIGHT ON AND THE 4WD LIGHT WAS FLASHING. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN THE LAST TWO DAYS. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, I ADDED BRAKE FLUID AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN TWO ...

Mileage: 70,569

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED EXCESSIVELY AND THEN FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIR...

Mileage: 48,037

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE WITH ONLY 46,708 MILES AND MY ABS/AWD LIGHTS AND HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND OFF JUST OUT OF NOWHERE. ALSO, RELATED TO THIS WHEN I PRESS DOWN ON MY BRAKES THERE IS A LOUD SCRAPING NOISE THAT IT MAKES. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A BAD TONE RING (ABS R...

Mileage: 46,708

FUEL TANK VENT SYSTEM DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. FUEL FILLER NOZZLE DOES NOT SHUT OFF, RESULTING IN FUEL OVERFILLING FROM THE FILL TUBE AND SPILLING OUT AROUND THE VEHICLE... SEEMS LIKE THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WHEN THE OUTSIDE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 50 DEGREES F, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS STUCK IN THE UP POSITION/NO THROTTLE AND INOPERABLE. THIS ISSUE ONLY SEEMS TO OCCUR IN COLDER MONTHS OF THE YEAR. WHEN FIRST TRYING TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DOWN, IT GIVES RESISTANCE AS IF IT'S COMPLETELY STUC...

Mileage: 38,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE PEDAL WOULD INTERMITTENTLY BECOME STUCK IN THE IDLE POSITION. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 80,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH APPROACHING A STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. SHE HEARD A NOISE WHEN SHE RESTATED THE VEHICLE. SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO HER RESIDENCE AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NO MOTOR OIL. SHE CONTINUED TO HEAR THE NOISE AFTE...

Mileage: 42,175

DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY IN BOSTON CAR TOTALLY DIED. (THANKFUL THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC) CAR STARTED AND THEN LOCKED UP ENGINE STILL REVVING TRANSMISSION IN 2006 FORD ESCAPE BLEW WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. CAR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

WHEN I TAKE OFF FROM A DEAD STOP AT TIMES THE GAS PEDAL WILL STICK. IT FEELS AS IF I'M STEPPING ON TO A BLOCK OF WOOD. I WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL. HAVING TO PRESS RATHER HARD, ON TO THE PEDAL ALMOST STOMPING ON IT. FOR IT TO FINALLY 'RELEASE'. BUT NOW THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING ...

Mileage: 62,564

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE V6 2WD. BOTH ABS TONE RINGS CRACKED WITH ONLY 58K MILES. THIS IS THE SAME DEFECT THAT FORD RECALLED ON THE 2001-2004 MODELS. THIS DEFECT CAUSES THE ABS SYSTEM TO FAIL AND TURN OFF. I HAVE READ THAT THE 2005,2007, 2008, AND 2009 HAVE THE SAME FAILURES. THAT MEANS EVERY MODEL...

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, HE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NONE OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED. NO ONE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO FIND OUT WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HE CALLED THE...

Mileage: 92,180

MY POWER STEERING FAILS AT LOW SPEED. I HAVE HAD IT INTO THE DEALER AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE POWER STEERING PISTON PUMP NEEDS REPAIR AT A COST OF APPROX $900.00. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

2006 FORD ESCAPE REAR WINDOW GLASS EXPLODED FOR NO REASON. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

2006 FORD ESCAPE 4DOOR. GAS PEDAL STICKING WHEN CAR IS COLD, SOMETIMES EVEN AFTER CAR IS WARMED UP, WILL BE AT STOP SIGN OR LIGHT AND GAS PEDAL STUCK TO FLOOR NOT COMING UP TO ACCELERATE. MY SISTER HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH HER 2006 FORD FOCUS. *TR

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE WHEN COMING TO A NORMAL STOP. HAPPENS EVERY DAY AND I AM TOLD IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ESCAPES WHERE A PLASTIC RING COMES UNGLUED AND CAUSES THE ABS TO ENGAGE WHEN IT IS NOT NECESSARY. HAVE ALMOST HIT MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND NEARLY ENDED UP IN A FEW INTERSECTION...

Mileage: 48,000

THE GAS PEDAL ON OUR 2006 FORD ESCAPE LOCKS UP AT RANDOM TIMES, CAUSING AN INABILITY TO PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE VEHICLE BECOMES INSTANTLY INOPERABLE. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE PEDAL TO UNLOCK, IS TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH A...

Mileage: 40,000

THE GAS PEDAL ON OUR 2006 FORD ESCAPE LOCKS UP AT RANDOM TIMES, CAUSING AN INABILITY TO PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE VEHICLE BECOMES INSTANTLY INOPERABLE. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE PEDAL TO UNLOCK, IS TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH A...

Mileage: 40,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE AND I WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT AT MY WORK AND CAME OUT AFTER I STARTED MY REMOTE STARTER INSIDE TO FIND MY CARS REAR WINDOW BLOWN OUT. MY HUSBAND HAD TURNED ON MY REAR DEFROST THAT MORNING. IT HAS NEVER BEEN ON BEFORE, WHICH I AM SURE IS THE CAUSE BEHIND IT. I CAME HOM...

I OWN A 2006 ESCAPE. SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2009, THE SUNROOF SEEMS TO OPEN 'AT WILL'. I CLOSE IT WITH DIFFICULTY (THE REAR PART WILL NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY; IF IT DOES THE FRONT PART IS AJAR. WHEN IT DOES CLOSE COMPLETELY, IT EVENTUALLY OPENS AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2006 FORD ESCAPE, ON CHRISTMAS EVE, IT BEGAN RUNNING EXTREMELY ROUGH WITH BANGING, CLANKING AND GRINDING NOISES, BUCKING, AND JUMPING, WITH AN APPARENT ODOR OF GEAR FLUID ENTERING THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE., AND THE ON DASH BOARD COMPUTER SYSTEM DIDN'T REPOR...

Mileage: 51,287

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY @ 60MPH, 30 DEGREES OUTSIDE, REAR WINDOW DEFROST ON, REAR WINDOW EXPLODED. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY @ 60MPH, 30 DEGREES OUTSIDE, REAR WINDOW DEFROST ON, REAR WINDOW EXPLODED. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING THE REAR WINDOW HAD SUDDENLY SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 83900. UPDATED 1/14/10 *CN UPDATED 01/15/10.*JB

Mileage: 83,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHE STARTED THE VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO HESITATE AND THE SPEED WOULD NOT INCREASE BEYOND 50 MPH. SHE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. A MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACT...

Mileage: 84,000

AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES MY GAS PEDAL STARTED LOCKING UP WHEN I TRY TO PRESS IT DOWN. IT APPEARS THAT IT HAPPENS MORE WHEN IT IS COLD OR THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING. *TR

Mileage: 46,000

REAR WINDOW "EXPLODES" FOR NO APPARENT REASON. VEHICLE WAS PARKED, NO ONE INSIDE - REAR DEFROSTER HAD BEEN ON PRIOR TO SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

I OWN A 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT . I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE RIMS, NOT THE TIRES. IT SEEMS THAT ON EVERY SINGLE RIM, THE PAINT ON THE RIM IS BUBBLING UP. ALL 4 RIMS HAVE BUBBLING ALL IN THE SAME EXACT SPOTS.THE PAINT BUBBLING IS FORMING IN THE CENTER OF THE RIM, RIGHT AROUND THE FORD CENTER CAP. UN...

Mileage: 46,000

I OWN A 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT . FOR THE PAST MONTH OR SO, WHENEVER I TRY TO FILL UP MY GAS TANK WITH GAS, THE GAS PUMP TURNS OFF, PREVENTING ME FROM FUELING UP. I HAVE TRIED DIFFERENT GASOLINE COMPANIES AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. EVERYWHERE I GO, THE GAS PUMP WILL CLICK OFF ON ME AS IF THE GAS TAN...

Mileage: 46,000

I AM BUYING A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE GAS PEDAL IS LOCKING UP WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST DRIVEN IN THE MORNING OR AFTER IT HAS SIT FOR AWHILE THEN DRIVING AGAIN. THIS HAS BECOME AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE. I HAVE HAD THE INCIDENT OF THE GAS ...

Mileage: 65,000

MY TRANSMISSION WENT AT 60K I BOUGHT IT AT 44K NO ONE SEND ME A SERVICE NOTE THAT IT HAD TO BE SERVICED AT 50K THE FORD COMPANY FOUND A TRANSMISSION WITH 70K & WAS GOING TO CHARGE ME 1900 A INDEPENDANT FOUND THE SAME ONE & CHARGE ME 1000 HOW SICK IS THIS & THEY WONDER Y PEOPLE DO NOT GO BACK TO THE ...

Mileage: 60,655

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A ROD CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE PER THE WARRA...

Mileage: 44,000

FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILING. CALLED FORD AND THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY. BEARINGS SHOULD LAST OVER 100,000 MILES. MINE STARTED TO GO BAD AT 58,000 (APPROX) MILES. WHEN BEARINGS FAIL DRIVER COULD LOSE FRONT BRAKES AND/OR FRONT WHEELS LEADING TO A CRASH. I HAVE OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIE...

Mileage: 58,000

FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILING. CALLED FORD AND THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY. BEARINGS SHOULD LAST OVER 100,000 MILES. MINE STARTED TO GO BAD AT 58,000 (APPROX) MILES. WHEN BEARINGS FAIL DRIVER COULD LOSE FRONT BRAKES AND/OR FRONT WHEELS LEADING TO A CRASH. I HAVE OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIE...

Mileage: 58,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE LIFT GATE LATCH WOULD NOT RELEASE, THE BACK GLASS WOULD NOT OPEN, AND THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WOULD NOT UNLOCK WHEN THE RELEASE BUTTON WAS PUSHED. THE DEALER TRIED TO REMEDY THE SEAT BELT FAILURE AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFET...

Mileage: 88,000

THE 05-06 FORD ESCAPES HAVE A MAJOR FAILURE IN THEIR BRAKING AND AXLE SYSTEM. I BOUGHT A NEW ESCAPE IN 2006 IN LESS THEN TWO YEARS THE ABS LIGHT CAME AFTER REPLACING THE FRONT BRAKE PADS. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT THE FRONT AXLE HAS "TEETH" ON IT THAT EASILY BREAK OFF AND THERE...

I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE HOME FROM A FRIEND'S HOUSE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON WHEN I NOTICED A STRANGE ODOR, LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING. I CAME TO A STOP BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WASN'T SURE THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM MY TRUCK UNTIL I TURNED ONTO MY STREET AND NOTICED SMOKE. I GRABBED SOME...

Mileage: 86,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 25-35 MPH ON NORMAL CONDITIONS; THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN AN ATTEMPT TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A LOW POWER RESPONSE. THE W...

Mileage: 104,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 25-35 MPH ON NORMAL CONDITIONS; THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN AN ATTEMPT TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A LOW POWER RESPONSE. THE W...

Mileage: 104,000

SERVICE ABS AND 4WD ON FORD ESCAPE. SEEMS TOO COMMON! HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/FORD-ESCAPE/T6TEJMPRNVN7F47O5/P2. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

CRACKED CROSS MEMBER ON SUB-FRAME THAT HOLD REAR WHEELS ON..BAD WELD. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

BLOWN TRANSMISSION AFTER ONLY 38,000 MILES ON A 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT V6 4WD. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

2006 FORD ESCAPE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING,WE HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION UP TILL TODAY,AND IT JUST WENT.THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH..THEM WE LAST OVERDRIVE..THEN DRIVE 2..AND SO ON.ALL THING I HAVE READ ON LINE WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES AND I DO FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THERE ...

Mileage: 91,000

THE FOOT PEDAL TO ACCELERATE FREEZES UP AND WILL NOT RELEASE. I WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL FREEZE UP AND I CAN NOT ACCELERATE. I HAVE TO TRY AND GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND START POUNDING MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL TO TRY AND GET IT TO RELEASE. I HAVE HAD NEAR MIS...

Mileage: 33,000

THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAS FAILED DUE TO DRIVING MY CAR ON NUMEROUS LONG TRIPS. TSB 07-5-6 DESCRIBES THE EXACT PROBLEM AND FIX. IT OCCURRED TWICE AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REMOVED AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED FOR $1800. MY CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WHEN HE STARTED THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE ENGINE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER ...

Mileage: 33,392

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. IN VERY COLD TEMPERATURE, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND THE WHEELS WOULD NOT MOVE UPON ACCELERATION. THE STEERING COLUMN WAS IN A STRAIGHT POSITION AND THE VEHICLE MOVED IN REVERSE, BUT NOT IN A STRAIGHT LINE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED TO THE DEALER, THE T...

Mileage: 41,000

TRANSMISSION WAS LOOSING FLUID AND VALVE ASSEMBLY THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. OVER $700.00 REPAIRS. ONLY 39,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. FORD NO HELP ON REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS ANNOYINGLY AT SLOW SPEED PART THROTTLE AND WHEN STARTING OUT. APPEARS RELATED TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. REQUIRES TAPPING THE PEDAL SHARPLY WITH YOUR FOOT TO OVERCOME THE RESISTANCE WITHOUT OVER-ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE. PROBLEM DISAPPEARS AFTER ENGINE HAS WARMED UP. *TR

Mileage: 63,500

I HAVE A 2006 FORD ESCAPE THAT HAS THE GAS PEDAL STICKING ALL THE TIME AND IT'S GOING TO KILL MY FAMILY OR SOMEONE ELSE'S IF WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. I SEE THAT FORD RECALLED THE SAME PROBLEM FOR 2004 AND 2005 MODELS BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE 2006 MODELS. IT STARTED WHEN I BOUGHT IT S...

Mileage: 18,000

FORD ESCAPE-ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING; APPEARS ISOLATED TO COLD WEATHER. INITIAL EXTRA PEDAL FORCE IS NECESSARY TO PUSH THROUGH "STICKING" IN ORDER TO ATTAIN DESIRED SPEEDS. THIS CAUSES MORE THAN DESIRED ACCELERATION, AND SPEED. NOT SAFE; ESPECIALLY ON SNOW, ICED SURFACES. *TR

Mileage: 52,408

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL ON. I TAPPED MY BRAKES TO DISENGAGE MY CRUISE CONTROL AND THEY LOCKED LONG ENOUGH TO SEND ME INTO A FISHTAIL. I OVER-CORRECTED TO COME OUT OF THE FISHTAIL AND THE ESCAPE STARTED ROLLING. THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH THE ESCAPE ROLLED SIX TIMES AND WAS...

Mileage: 29,400

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL ON. I TAPPED MY BRAKES TO DISENGAGE MY CRUISE CONTROL AND THEY LOCKED LONG ENOUGH TO SEND ME INTO A FISHTAIL. I OVER-CORRECTED TO COME OUT OF THE FISHTAIL AND THE ESCAPE STARTED ROLLING. THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH THE ESCAPE ROLLED SIX TIMES AND WAS...

Mileage: 29,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING NO MORE THAN 50 MPH, AN EXPLOSION WAS HEARD. THE DRIVER PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED FLAMES. ANOTHER DRIVER PULLED OVER AND HELPED HER EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH SNOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEN LATER TOWED TO THE DE...

Mileage: 59,000

WE HAD AN ACCIDENT IN MY 2006 XLS ESCAPE, STRUCK A TREE . WE HAD OUR SAFETY BELTS ON AND AFTER THE IMPACT MY BOYFRIEND HAD CPR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, HE WAS NOT BREATHING. NEITHER FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED YET THE STEERING WHEEL WAS BROKE ND THE WIPER UNIT???THE DAMAGE TO ...

Mileage: 28,500

SINCE BUYING SUV TROUBLE WITH REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER, CRUISE CONTROL STAYING ENGAGED, & TURN OVER COLD/HOT START HESITATION CURRENTLY VOLUNTARY RECALLS. FORD SAYS MY SUV WAS ONLY AFFECTED BY THE WINDSHIELD WIPER. AT 22,000 MILES WENT TO ORIGINAL DEALER FOR OIL CHANGE PUT WINDSHIELD FLUID ? WASN'T IN...

Mileage: 35,860

SINCE BUYING SUV TROUBLE WITH REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER, CRUISE CONTROL STAYING ENGAGED, & TURN OVER COLD/HOT START HESITATION CURRENTLY VOLUNTARY RECALLS. FORD SAYS MY SUV WAS ONLY AFFECTED BY THE WINDSHIELD WIPER. AT 22,000 MILES WENT TO ORIGINAL DEALER FOR OIL CHANGE PUT WINDSHIELD FLUID ? WASN'T IN...

Mileage: 35,860

SINCE BUYING SUV TROUBLE WITH REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER, CRUISE CONTROL STAYING ENGAGED, & TURN OVER COLD/HOT START HESITATION CURRENTLY VOLUNTARY RECALLS. FORD SAYS MY SUV WAS ONLY AFFECTED BY THE WINDSHIELD WIPER. AT 22,000 MILES WENT TO ORIGINAL DEALER FOR OIL CHANGE PUT WINDSHIELD FLUID ? WASN'T IN...

Mileage: 35,860

SINCE BUYING SUV TROUBLE WITH REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER, CRUISE CONTROL STAYING ENGAGED, & TURN OVER COLD/HOT START HESITATION CURRENTLY VOLUNTARY RECALLS. FORD SAYS MY SUV WAS ONLY AFFECTED BY THE WINDSHIELD WIPER. AT 22,000 MILES WENT TO ORIGINAL DEALER FOR OIL CHANGE PUT WINDSHIELD FLUID ? WASN'T IN...

Mileage: 35,860

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING, THE REARVIEW MIRROR SHATTERED INTO PIECES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY ESTIMATED THAT IT WOULD COST $700 TO REPLACE THE REARVIEW GLASS. THE REAR PASSENGER HAD GLA...

Mileage: 99,000

FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS THE GEAR SHIFT ON MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE GEAR SHIFT ASSEMBLY, CHECKED THE GROUNDS, NOW IS BACK IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. *TR I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND NOT A ONE TIME ISSUE.

Mileage: 120,220

2006 FORD ESCAPE GAS FILLS VERY SLOWLY. GAS BACKS OUT THE TANK. FORD REFUSES TO FIX IT BECAUSE I AM 5000 MILES OVER WARRANTY. KNOWN ISSUE SINCE 2006.....4 TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS REGARDING THE ISSUE. WANTS TO CHARGE ME $87 TO "DIAGNOSE" IT, PLUS LABOR, PARTS, ETC. DANGEROUS TO ME TO HAVE GAS SP...

Mileage: 41,000

ENGINE FAILED. ENGINE OF SUV WOULD REV AT HIGH RATE. SUV HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. TOW TRUCKER DRIVER NOTED THAT SUV HAD BEEN TOWED BEFORE BECAUSE TOW HOOK HAD BENT FRAME. I TOLD THE DRIVER THAT THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN TOWED DURING MY LEASE. *TR

Mileage: 99,716

SUV WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. COULD NOT GET GEAR SHIFT TO MOVE TO REVERSE, DRIVE , OR NEUTRAL. DEALER REPLACED SHIFTER ASSEMBLY FOR $335.90. *TR

Mileage: 119,612

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS COULD NOT MOVE GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PARK. DEALER REPLACED SHIFTER ASSEMBLY THE WEEK BEFORE. THIS TIME DEALER TIGHTENED ALL THE GROUND CONNECTIONS. THIS SUV IS LEASED THROUGH A COMMERCIAL LEASE AND HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC FROM THE DAY I LEASED IT. *TR

Mileage: 120,105

SUV STALLED COULD ONLY GET SUV TO RUN FROM NEUTRAL. IF MOVED GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE CAR WOULD STALL. DEALER REPLACED VALVE ASSEMBLY-THROTTLE AIR. *TR

Mileage: 95,703

THE TIRES ARE WEARING UNEVENLY. THE SHOP THAT DOES THE WORK ON MY SUV SAYS THE TIRES ARE THE PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE SEE IT BEFORE ON OTHER ESCAPE SUVS. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER SHE DEPRESSES THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT STICKS AND DOES NOT MOVE. THE PEDAL IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS WHEN DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, SHE CANNOT MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISE...

Mileage: 66,806

AT LESS THAN 28000 MILES, THE 06 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED PRODUCED A SHARP, SHORT SCRAPING NOISE AT THE FIRST TURN OF THE STARTER. IT MOSTLY DOES IT ON THE FIRST START, BUT NOT ALWAYS. TOOK IT TO JONES WEST FORD IN RENO AND THEIR COMMENT WAS "ALL ESCAPES DO THAT". I'M RETIRED, AND WILL BE DRIVING THIS MA...

Mileage: 27,000

AIR CONDITIONING WENT AS WELL AS REPLACEMENT OF BALL BEARING AND PULLEY BECAUSE THEY SEIZED AND JUST YESTERDAY AUGUST 27,2008 THE BATTERY WENT. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

AIR CONDITIONING WENT AS WELL AS REPLACEMENT OF BALL BEARING AND PULLEY BECAUSE THEY SEIZED AND JUST YESTERDAY AUGUST 27,2008 THE BATTERY WENT. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WITH THE WHEEL TURNED TO THE LEFT & HEARD A LOUD CLUNK LIKE SOMETHING FELL FROM UNDERNEATH MY CAR, LIKE MY CAR LITERALLY WAS FALLING APART. I GOT OUT TO CHECK AND MY TIRES WERE OKAY, AND NOTHING WAS HANGING OR LEAKING FROM THE CAR. SO I DROVE TO MY OFFICE WHICH ...

Mileage: 65,000

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WITH THE WHEEL TURNED TO THE LEFT & HEARD A LOUD CLUNK LIKE SOMETHING FELL FROM UNDERNEATH MY CAR, LIKE MY CAR LITERALLY WAS FALLING APART. I GOT OUT TO CHECK AND MY TIRES WERE OKAY, AND NOTHING WAS HANGING OR LEAKING FROM THE CAR. SO I DROVE TO MY OFFICE WHICH ...

Mileage: 65,000

UPON PURCHASE RUMBLING WAS FELT WHILE BRAKING. THE FUCCILLO CAR DEALER MECHANIC SAID THAT IT WAS THE 4WD KICKING IN. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED AND ONCE THE 90 DAY WARRANTY WAS UP THEIR STORY CHANGED. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TONE RING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE SAID THEY HAVE HAD MANY OF THESE AND ...

Mileage: 37,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD ESCAPE. IN 2006 IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 18 HOURS. FORD TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE MAIN OFFICE IN DETROIT. I DID. THEY HAD ME CONTACT THE DEALER IN WHICH I PURCHASED BOTH MY ESCAPES. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY ABS. WEST-HERR FORD OF HAMBURG N. Y. CAME AND TOWED MY ...

Mileage: 86,000

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS AND WILL NOT MOVE UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED THREE OR FOUR TIMES, BUT IT IS SCARY WHEN IT DOES. *TR

Mileage: 38,400

I HAVE HAD TO BRING MY NEW CAR 2006 FORD ESCAPE TO THE DEALER (5XS) WHERE I PURCHASED IT FOR AN ONGOING SQUEALING PROBLEM WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED IN THE MORNING. ANY FIXES ARE TEMPORARY AND THE SQUEAL CONTINUES ON A NEW CAR THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.. MY CONCERN IS THAT IS A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM...

I HAVE HAD TO BRING MY NEW CAR 2006 FORD ESCAPE TO THE DEALER (5XS) WHERE I PURCHASED IT FOR AN ONGOING SQUEALING PROBLEM WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED IN THE MORNING. ANY FIXES ARE TEMPORARY AND THE SQUEAL CONTINUES ON A NEW CAR THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.. MY CONCERN IS THAT IS A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM...

GAS PEDAL LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. WHEN I LET UP PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL TO LET A CAR MERGE IN AND THEN TRY TO RESUME SPEED, THE GAS PEDAL LOCKS AND WON'T GO DOWN. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS FORD ESCAPE 2006 I HAVE IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR BRAKES TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT STEERING PUMPS BROKEN AND THE MOST IN TWO MONTHS I HAD TWO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE BRAKES WILL STOP AND THEN RELEASE. I KEEP UP ON THE MAINTENANCE WHICH REQUIRES BRAKES CHECK MY COMPLAINTS AND AFTER THE F...

Mileage: 50,365

SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS FORD ESCAPE 2006 I HAVE IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR BRAKES TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT STEERING PUMPS BROKEN AND THE MOST IN TWO MONTHS I HAD TWO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE BRAKES WILL STOP AND THEN RELEASE. I KEEP UP ON THE MAINTENANCE WHICH REQUIRES BRAKES CHECK MY COMPLAINTS AND AFTER THE F...

Mileage: 50,365

SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS FORD ESCAPE 2006 I HAVE IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR BRAKES TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT STEERING PUMPS BROKEN AND THE MOST IN TWO MONTHS I HAD TWO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE BRAKES WILL STOP AND THEN RELEASE. I KEEP UP ON THE MAINTENANCE WHICH REQUIRES BRAKES CHECK MY COMPLAINTS AND AFTER THE F...

Mileage: 50,365

SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS FORD ESCAPE 2006 I HAVE IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR BRAKES TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT STEERING PUMPS BROKEN AND THE MOST IN TWO MONTHS I HAD TWO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE BRAKES WILL STOP AND THEN RELEASE. I KEEP UP ON THE MAINTENANCE WHICH REQUIRES BRAKES CHECK MY COMPLAINTS AND AFTER THE F...

Mileage: 50,365

I PURCHASED A 2006 FORD ESCAPE IN APRIL OF 2006. SINCE THEN TWO MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES HAVE COME UP. FIRST OCCURRED IN 2007. WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED THROUGH A PARKING LOT, A FAULTY BOLT HOLDING THE REAR TIRE TO THE CHASIS FAILED. THIS RESULTED IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE FALLING INTO THE WHEEL WELL A...

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND THE BRAKES FAIL. HE MUST APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENTIRE ABS, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE OCCURRED ON MARCH 1, 2008. THE MA...

Mileage: 31,723

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES AND DISPLAYS "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM". THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,000 ...

Mileage: 160

I WAS BROADSIDED AND KNOCKED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE FRONT END WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE UTILITY POLE. I WAS DRIVING MY MOTHER'S 2001 FORD ESCAPE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. DUE TO THIS MY CHEST AND LEFT SHOULDER WERE INJURED GREATLY. I HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF THE SUV. WHEN THE POLICE ARRI...

I WAS BROADSIDED AND KNOCKED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE FRONT END WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE UTILITY POLE. I WAS DRIVING MY MOTHER'S 2001 FORD ESCAPE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. DUE TO THIS MY CHEST AND LEFT SHOULDER WERE INJURED GREATLY. I HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF THE SUV. WHEN THE POLICE ARRI...

VEHICLE'S FRONT WHEEL CONSTANTLY PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES HAS JERKED STEERING WHEEL OUT OF HAND 3 TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 18,000

AFTER TRAVELING FOR 3 HOURS ON HIGHWAY THE VERY FIRST STOP I CAME TO, MY CAR STALLED. I RESTARTED IT AND IT STALLED UPON PUTTING IT BACK INTO DRIVE (MANUAL TRANSMISSION). IT STALLS NOW UPON ANY STOP FROM DRIVING AND WHEN IN DRIVE AND UPON MOVING INTO A REVERSE FROM A PARKED POSITION. I FOUND OUT TH...

Mileage: 59,550

I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE THE HEIGHT OF THE ARM REST IN MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE. I AM A TALL PERSON AND DRIVE WITH THE SEAT IN THE FARTHEST REAR POSITION AND FIND THAT I HAVE TO ALWAYS RAISE UP MY ARM AND ELBOW IN ORDER TO SAFELY MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN. I FEEL THAT THIS CREATES A POTENTIAL SAF...

I OWN A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. MY PROBLEM IS I HAVE HAD POPPING AND SQUEAKING NOISES IN THE FRONT END SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE NOISES THEY WOULD ALWAYS MAKE COMMENTS LIKE IT MUST ONLY BE WHEN I'M DRIVING THAT IT MAKES THE NOISE. NEEDLESS TO S...

Mileage: 5,000

I OWN A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. MY PROBLEM IS I HAVE HAD POPPING AND SQUEAKING NOISES IN THE FRONT END SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE NOISES THEY WOULD ALWAYS MAKE COMMENTS LIKE IT MUST ONLY BE WHEN I'M DRIVING THAT IT MAKES THE NOISE. NEEDLESS TO S...

Mileage: 5,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45-60 MPH OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND THE CONTACT MUST MAKE 2-5 ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE DEALERS AND NONE WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. TH...

Mileage: 80,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AND MAKES A THUMPING NOISE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE TREAD DROPPING. THE MANUFACTURER WILL ONLY COVER 75% OF THE REPAIR COST. THE TIRES ARE CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC...

Mileage: 18,189

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. SHE REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. SHE MADE SURE THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DEACTIVATED BY PRESSING THE OFF BUTTON. THE CONTAC...

Mileage: 16,197

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. SHE REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. SHE MADE SURE THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DEACTIVATED BY PRESSING THE OFF BUTTON. THE CONTAC...

Mileage: 16,197

THE STEERING IN MY ESCAPE STARTED TO BECOME TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AS I WOULD TURN AND SO, I SCHEDULED A MAINTENANCE CHECK THROUGH MY LOCAL FORD SERVICE DEPT. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, THEY FOUND THAT THE RACK AND PINION HAD GONE BAD. I HAVE 40,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND AS YOU KNOW THIS EXCEEDS THE TYPI...

Mileage: 40,000

2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE SEAT COVERS HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER AND JERKING WHILE DRIVING OVER 70 MPH AND REAR WIPER NOT WORKING CORRECTLY**CC THE CONSUMER STATED SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, B...

2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE SEAT COVERS HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER AND JERKING WHILE DRIVING OVER 70 MPH AND REAR WIPER NOT WORKING CORRECTLY**CC THE CONSUMER STATED SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, B...

2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE SEAT COVERS HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER AND JERKING WHILE DRIVING OVER 70 MPH AND REAR WIPER NOT WORKING CORRECTLY**CC THE CONSUMER STATED SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, B...

2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE SEAT COVERS HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER AND JERKING WHILE DRIVING OVER 70 MPH AND REAR WIPER NOT WORKING CORRECTLY**CC THE CONSUMER STATED SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, B...

2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID SUV CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE CHECK LEFT HEADLAMP LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND AFTER CHANGING THE LIGHT IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN**CC WHEN THE CONSUMER REMOVED THE PROTECTIVE COVER FROM THE HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY, THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BURNED. CONSUMER STA...

Mileage: 44,000

2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID SUV CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE CHECK LEFT HEADLAMP LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND AFTER CHANGING THE LIGHT IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN**CC WHEN THE CONSUMER REMOVED THE PROTECTIVE COVER FROM THE HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY, THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BURNED. CONSUMER STA...

Mileage: 44,000

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE WHEN SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE HAD TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE WIRING HAR...

Mileage: 16,900

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE WHEN SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE HAD TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE WIRING HAR...

Mileage: 16,900

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE WHEN SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE HAD TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE WIRING HAR...

Mileage: 16,900

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE WHEN SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE HAD TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE WIRING HAR...

Mileage: 16,900

MY 2006 FORD ESCAPE SPORADICALLY WILL NOT RELEASE FROM "PARK". JEFF JENKINS, SERVICE REP, TOLD ME THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED UNLESS IT WAS INOPERATIVE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. *JB

Mileage: 10,000

APPROXIMATELY EVERY 8,000 MILES THE PARKING BRAKE ON THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION, INLINE-4, FWD LOOSENS AND MUST BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE TIGHTENED. THUS FAR, THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE. WHILE PARKING ON A HILL THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CLUTCH NO LONGER HOLDS THE VEHICLE IN PLACE A...

Mileage: 8,000

ACCELERATOR WAS STICKING IN THE UP POSITION. TOOK GREAT FORCE TO FREE IT FROM THE UP POSITION TO GIVE THE VEHICLE GAS. AS THIS VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, IT WAS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. DEALER SAID THEY KNEW OF OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY UNDER WARRANTY A...

Mileage: 12,553

LOUD NOISE WHILE STARTING VEHICLE IN COLD WEATHER. IDLER PULLEY WAS SHREDDING THE SERPENTINE BELT AND PULLEY WAS OVERHEATING. DEALER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *JB

Mileage: 16,578

TL* - THE CONTACT IS CALLING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT HIS 4 ORIGINAL TIRES. THE CONTACT STATES THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TREAD/BELT ON TIRES. IT SEEMS LIKE ALL 4 TIRES HAVE SOME TYPE OF DEFAULT/DEFORM. THE CONTACT HAS DRIVEN HE 9,000 MILES ON HIS 4 TIRES. IF PICTURES OF TIRES ARE ...

Mileage: 19,000

THE VEHICLE IS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING ON A ONE-LANE ROAD (OFF RAMP OF HWY 101), THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED SUDDENLY. NO FOREIGN OBJECTS APPEARED TO HAVE STRUCK THE WINDOW. THE SHATTERING OF GLASS RESULTED IN MINOR INJURIES TO THE DRIVER AND SOME DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR OF...

Mileage: 2,000

VICTIM WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND NOTICED SMELL OF SMOKE. VICTIM FELT VEHICLE SEAT WAS EXTREMELY HOT. VICTIM PULLED OVER, STOPPED VEHICLE, AND STEPPED OUT OF VEHICLE. VICTIM NOTICED THAT SEAT HAD A SMALL BURN HOLE IN IT CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION IN THE SEAT WARMER ACCESSORY. VICTIM HAD SEAT WARMER AC...

Mileage: 11,000

AM/FM CD PLAYER COMES ON WITH ENGINE/IGNITION OFF. BOUGHT VEHICLE IN 2004 AND LATER THAT YEAR BROUGHT IT BACK TO DEALER BECAUSE RADIO WOULD COME ON BY ITSELF AND DRAIN BATTERY. DEALER REPLACED RADIO UNDER WARRANTY. IN 2005 BROUGHT VEHICLE IN TO DEALER AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER CLAIMS THEY...

Mileage: 20,050

AM/FM CD PLAYER COMES ON WITH ENGINE/IGNITION OFF. BOUGHT VEHICLE IN 2004 AND LATER THAT YEAR BROUGHT IT BACK TO DEALER BECAUSE RADIO WOULD COME ON BY ITSELF AND DRAIN BATTERY. DEALER REPLACED RADIO UNDER WARRANTY. IN 2005 BROUGHT VEHICLE IN TO DEALER AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER CLAIMS THEY...

Mileage: 20,050

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS AT 8:02 PM, THE FRONT LEFT CORNER OF THE VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO RUN OFF THE ROAD. THE SEATBELT WAS WORN AND BOTH FOG LIGHTS AND HEAD LAMPS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE BOTTOM PORTION AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPL...

Mileage: 9,900

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS AT 8:02 PM, THE FRONT LEFT CORNER OF THE VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO RUN OFF THE ROAD. THE SEATBELT WAS WORN AND BOTH FOG LIGHTS AND HEAD LAMPS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE BOTTOM PORTION AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPL...

Mileage: 9,900

8/11/2006 I WAS KNOCKED OUT AND PINNED BY THE REAR HATCH DOOR OF OUR 2006 FORD ESCAPE. I OPENED THE REAR HATCH AND LEANED IN TO REMOVE SOME ITEMS FROM REAR OF THE FORD ESCAPE AND THE HATCH CAME SLAMMING DOWN HITTING ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND RENDERING ME UNCONSCIOUS (I AM NOT SURE AS TOO HOW L...

Mileage: 7,132

SIGNIFICANT VIBRATION FELT AT STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ENOUGH VIBRATION FELT TO CAUSE FATIGUE TO THE OPERATOR'S FOREARMS/HANDS - MOST UNPLEASANT WHEN DRIVING 100+ MILES. *JB

Mileage: 1,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER DRIVING FOR 15 MINUTES AT ANY SPEED ON A NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE DRIVER SEAT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SEATS CREATE A SEVERE PAIN AT LUMBAR BACK REGION. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE TWO FRONT SEATS WERE NOT ERGONOMIC, AS THEY WERE IN ALL VEHICLES PREVIOUSLY OWNED. UP...

Mileage: 10

I PURCHASED A 2006 ESCAPE HYBRID ON APRIL 9TH & IMMEDIATELY IT HAD BRAKE FAILURE PROBLEMS - ESSENTIALLY NO BRAKES. IT HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP SINCE APRIL 10TH. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS FIXED ON APRIL 22 & WHEN I WENT TO GET IT, SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED IN TEST DRIVE. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ELSE IS WRONG. THE...

Mileage: 10

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE GRINDS DURING START UP IF IT SITS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON 04-18-06 THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPUTTER ALONG WITH A DELAY IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP ADMITTED THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLE'S WITH THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL THAT HAS THE PROBLE...

Mileage: 500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE GRINDS DURING START UP IF IT SITS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON 04-18-06 THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPUTTER ALONG WITH A DELAY IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP ADMITTED THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLE'S WITH THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL THAT HAS THE PROBLE...

Mileage: 500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE GRINDS DURING START UP IF IT SITS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON 04-18-06 THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPUTTER ALONG WITH A DELAY IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP ADMITTED THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLE'S WITH THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL THAT HAS THE PROBLE...

Mileage: 500

2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT AWD - VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL AND CAN BE FELT IN BODY AT ABOUT 55-65 MPH. INTO DEALER 4X FOR ATTEMPTED REPAIRS. CONSULTED WITH FACTORY. NO IDEA WHAT IS CAUSING IT. DEALER STATED SOME OF THE MODELS ON THE LOT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS COULD BE AN ENGINEERING FAULT OR AN...

Mileage: 50

ON 12/7/05, THE MAIN AIR BAG LIGHT LIT UP ON THE DASH. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH ONLY 542 MILES DRIVEN ON THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AS A REPLACEMENT TO A 2005 FORD ESCAPE THAT HAD THIS SAME CHRONI...

Mileage: 501