2008 FORD ESCAPE Power Train Problems

Hazard flashers turn on by themselves any rime night or day even while driving. Transmission oil cooler leaks. Transmission shift lever bushing in shift cable broke [ Thankfully while not on the road ] This car only has 25,000 miles on it

While the person was driving the wheel suddenly became stiff and very difficult to turn but luckily was in his neighborhood to park it. This could have been a very deadly crash if it happened anywhere else or suddenly on the main road. The person could have been seriously injured due to this malfunction or other people as well. This problem has been confirmed by ford and they issued a recall in 2014 for this exact same issue. The issue with the recall is my vehicle was manufactured during this 3 year period time of faulty manufacturing but is still not included in the recall list and so many other Americans are dealing with the same issue and no repairs. I would like ford to be held accountable and extend the vin list of cars needing repairs. No the vehicle has not been inspected. There were no warning lamps prior until the incident which it now says power steering assist fault.

The vehicle frequently shuts down with a stop safely now light displaying on the dash. Gives maybe a 5-10 second warning before the vehicle is immobile. Has not caused an accident for us but has occurred abruptly on busy roads increasing the risk of one. However, it usually occurs when idling in a drive through or light etc. The vehicle also frequently does something that causes the clock and date to reset to 2004. This seems to always occur between drives overnight.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while parked and attempting to shift into drive(D), the contact had to shift into 2nd gear prior to shifting into drive(D) to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the vehicle was diagnosed with transmission failure. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that while attempting to make a turn, the steering wheel was sized and became difficult to turn. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

Car was parked on street with a slight downward slope behind it. It was turned off and placed in "Park". It rolled backwards down the street and hit a utility pole which caused it to stop. After seeing that it had "moved on its own" the shift handle was checked and still indicated the car was in "Park". Suspect some issue with the car actually being in park related to transmission, shift lever, or Ignition. The ignition has periodically displayed a reluctance to allow the car to start when the key is turned. The car will go to Ford dealer since I understand there was a large recall for this issue.

Vehicle rolled backwards due to defective trans shifter bushing on transaxle end. In the process of replacing bushing if available from Ford

The power steering torque sensor failed while driving today. As a result the vehicle lost all power steering and became difficult to steer and posed a serious risk to my safety while driving a distance over an hour from home on back country roads in Kentucky which were winding and made making curves and staying on the road very difficult to manage. There was no warning, no engine check light to come on. About 5 minutes before the power steering failed to function, the steering wheel began to have a very slight movement while at a stop light. This was not a sufficient warning to give me enough time to determine that my vehicle was about to become unsafe and there was no noise coming from the car or affected components. As a result of the malfunction/ equipment failure, I had to make wide turns that made the vehicle leave the roadway slightly at times with the tires going off the side of the road before the wide turn was completed. Steering became very difficult and the vehicle did not respond to my steering attempts. I could not make sharp turns and had a long distance to suffer through the hazard this caused. When I finally arrived home I had to drive through my yard to park because I could not get the vehicle to turn sharp enough to make it into the driveway. While driving there wasn't any shake or noticeable issue with the steering wheel itself other than the loss of power steering that felt as if the entire steering column was locked up. I have contacted the nearest Ford dealership to inquire about getting the recall repair completed tomorrow. I will have it inspected at that time. As of now, the failed component is available for inspection upon request. I am sure the problem will be reproduced as it has not regained steering function hours later and is in need of repair. I never received any notice prior to the equipment failure that there in fact was a safety recall on my vehicle. I would like to know how I was missed on being notified.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE THE SHORT DISTANCE HOME. WAS LEAVING A GROCERY STORE ONTO THE STREET

Mileage: 113,000

POWER STEERING JUST WENT OUT, WAS WORKING JUST FINE THEN JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN QUIT WORKING. DRIVING WENT TO TURN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS JUST EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN ALMOST WRECKED. PRIOR TO THIS I WAS DRIVING AND TURNED WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR WOULDN'T GO I HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALL A TOW TRUCK, THE SHOP SAID THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. BUT NO ISSUES BEFORE THIS, JUST WENT OUT ALL OF A SUDDEN LIKE THE POWER STEERING NOW.

Mileage: 135,000

MULTIPLE SERVICE LIGHTS TURN ON, ALL GAUGES GO TO ZERO WHILE DRIVING, SEEMINGLY RANDOM. I HAVE HAD THE CLUSTER REPLACED AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A NEW CLUSTER. LOOKS LIKE THE SAME ISSUE AS DESCRIBED IN 10024328/ FORD TSB 08-3-6. INFORMATION ON THE ISSUE IS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY CAR HAS DISPLAYED THE ISSUES THIS MODEL WAS RECALLED FOR NUMEROUS TIMES AND NOW WILL NOT START AGAIN. IT STOPPED DRIVING UNEXPECTEDLY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON BOTH FREEWAYS AND RESIDENTIAL STREETS. WHEN IT HAPPENS IT BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER, GAS AND BRAKE HAVE NO EFFECT, AND FLASHES A MESAGE THAT SAYS TO STOP SAFELY NOW (EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT ANYWAY). IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE ONE OF THE HANDFUL OF RECALLS I'VE READ ABOUT FOR THIS CAR, YET MY VIN NUMBER SAYS THERE ARE NONE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE REEXAMINED.

Mileage: 115,000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION- AFTER STARTING TORQUE GROWLS, WHEN I PUT IT IN ANY GEAR IT HESITATES THEN LURCHES SO MUCH THE TIRES SQUEAL, & SOUNDS,FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IN THE REAR OF SUV IS GOING TO FALL APART . ALSO WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT'S SCARING OTHER DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS. SHAKES ME SO HARD IT HURTS MY NECK AND BACK. HAS ACTUALLY THROWN MY PURSE TO THE FLOOR BOARD WITH ANYTHING ELSE ON THE SEATS. ALL THESE MALFUNCTIONS HAPPEN WHEN I PUT IN GEAR WHEN STARTING OR AT RED LIGHTS & STOP SIGNS. DANGEROUS!!! PLUS TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FLUID. I'VE QUIT DRIVING IT 08/08/2020 AFTER ONLY DRIVING IT OCCASIONALLY FOR 2 MONTHS. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ON 06/11/2020. I DID/DO KEEP TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE SUV

Mileage: 163,000

THE CAR BROKE DOWN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT A FEW MILES FROM THE HIGHWAY ENTRANCE AND WOULD NOT RUN. BATTERY LIGHT, WRENCH LIGHT AND STOP SAFELY CAME ON. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALER, DIAGNOSED WITH P0A7A AND P0A78 CODES. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE CAR NEEDED A NEW OR REBUILT TRANSMISSION, WHICH WOULD HAVE COST MORE THAN THE CARS TRADE IN VALUE IF IF GOOD RUNNING CONDITION.

Mileage: 129,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FRIEND'S HOME WHERE UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE WAS LINKED TO A TRANSMISSION CABLE FAILURE. THE CONTACT THEN LINKED THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V606000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.

Mileage: 160,000

TRANSMISSION LOSING SHIFT IN ALL GEARS AFTER WARMUP

Mileage: 65,000

DRIVING TO WORK I NOTICED A CLICKING NOISE IF I LET GO OF STEERING WHEEL WHICH LASTED ABOUT A WEEK THEN ON MY WAY TO WORK AGAIN IT WOULDNT GO OVER 40 MPH AND WONT COME OUT OF GEAR. ON THE WAY HOME IT WOULDNT GO OVER 30MPH AND STILL WONT COME OUT OF GEAR.

Mileage: 180,000

I OWN A 2008 FORD ESCAPE THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A KNOWN RECALLED ISSUE WITH THE TORQUE SENSOR. ERROR CODE B2278. IT HAS CAUSED THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST TO TURN OFF. MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS NO POWER STEERING DUE TO THIS ISSUE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLED. MY VEHICLE FALLS UNDER THE MODEL AND YEAR THAT FORD RECALLED THE PART ON, HOWEVER THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS CLAIMING THEY HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY IN THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE PART. LUCKILY I WAS AT A SLOW SPEED WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 99,777

SUSPENSION AXLE TRANSMISSION FRONT END WHILE IN MOTION LOUD CLANK METAL SOUND. TOOK TO SHOP AND WAS TOLD DRIVE IT UNTIL IT DIES. TOO EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR ENTIREREPAIR OF FROM AXEL SUSPENSION AND TRANSMISSION. I STILL HAVE 15 MONTHS ON MY LOAN. NO EXCESSIVE DRIVING AND NO HARD USE.

Mileage: 147,550

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT NIGHT AND MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. IT THEN JUST STOPPED AND WOULDN'T SHIFT. THE ENGINE WOULD REV REALLY HIGH, BUT THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC WHICH MADE IT UNSAFE. I TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON, IT STARTED TO SHIFT REALLY SLOW WHICH I BELIEVE WAS THE LIMP MODE. IT WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, THE MECHANIC STATED IT WAS A VACUUM LINK AND REPLACED THE PART. I WENT BACK TO AMP REPAIR SHOP IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI TO PICK UP MY VEHICLE, AS I WAS DRIVING HOME, IT DID THE SAME THING WITH THE ENGINE REVVING HIGH AND THE TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING IN THE MIDDLE OF GRATIOT AVE, A MAIN STREET IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP. I HAD IT TOWED TO USA TRANSMISSION IN MADUSON HEIGHTS, MI. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED AND TOLD ME IT WAS IN FACT THE CD4E TRANSMISSION AND STATED THEY REBUILT A LOT OF THESE. HE ALSO SAID THE INTERNAL PARTS WERE WORN OUT BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF METAL SHAVINGS IN THE TRANNY PAN. HE STATED THE COST TO REBUILD MY TRANSMISSION WILL BE $3075. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS TRANSMISSION HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. MY FORD ESCAPE HAS ONLY 120,000 MILES ON IT. IT SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER. I WANT FORD TO ADMIT THAT THE CD4E TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO PAY %100 OF THE REPAIRS. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING AND MADE IT UNSAFE, I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AS WELL AS OTHERS..

Mileage: 120,000

THE ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE FAILED THREE TIMES ON THE VEHICLE CAUSING EXHAUST PARTS TO BREAK. THE FORD OEM PARTS ONLY LAST ONE YEAR BEFORE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. RECENTLY, THE BAD MOTOR MOUNTS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO MOVE SO MUCH IT CAUSED THE FRONT FLEX PIPE TO BREAK WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CLOGGED ONE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTORS TO CLOG.

Mileage: 113,000

MY VEHICLE WILL BE IN MOTION WHILE DRIVING AND SUDDENLY HAVE A SHIFTING PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WILL SHAKE AND STUTTER AND LOOSES POWER NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PRESS YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS PEDDLE. MY ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF A COUPLE TIMES AND THEN ONCE MY VEHICLE SHIFTED, IT WOULD IDLE ROUGH AND ACT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE WHEN I WOULD STOP AT A LIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON SINCE. I TOOK IT TO HAVE THE ERROR CODE READ FROM THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON BUT IT WAS ONLY A GENERIC CODE. ONE OF THE CODES WAS FOR AN AIRBAG SENSOR. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT.

Mileage: 180,000

I BOUGHT THIS USED ESCAPE ABOUT 2 YRS AGO, FIRST YR OVER $400 INTO STABILIZER BAR SWAY BARS FRONT END REPAIRS,,OK, SECOND YR, GUESS WHAT? YES TRANSMISSION 3RD GEAR OUT...AFTER DOING REVIEWS ON HERE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. WHEN ONE LIVES ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND YOU LIVE ON $100 A WEEK DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH FOR REPAIRS,, YES I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO SOME MAINTANCE BUT HOLLY COW THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS NOT CHEAP. I HAVE ONLY PUT 9,223 MILES ON THIS SUV SINCE I HAD IT. WITH AS MANY PROBLEMS AS THERE IS WITH THE ESCAPE TRANSMISSION ONE WOULD THINK FORDS WOULD GET IT RIGHT, WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS NOT EVEN A RECALL. EVERY PLACE I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO I'T LIKE HERE COMES A OLE LADY WE'LL TELL HER ANYTHING AND EMPTY HER WALLET, CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE CRAP I WAS TOLD WITH DIFF $$ MAKING MY HEAD SPIN, WHO DO YOU BELIVE WHEN FORDS LET YOU DOWN AND DON'T STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FORD PERSON BUT NOT ANYMORE!! I CAN'T MAKE PAYMENTS AND REPLACE TRANYS ON A FIXED INCOME. I AM DOING MY HOMEWORK NOW AND IT LOOKS LIKE CHEVY HERE I COME. FORD GET IT TOGETHER

THE FRONT WHEEL HUB STARTED GIVING ME PROBLEMS AROUND 10 THREE 2018. THEN ON 12 20 2018 THE HOOD CAME UNDONE AND SMASHED MY WINDSHIELD. EVER SINCE I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE SINCE 2015 IT HAD POWER ASSIST PROBLEMS IN THE STEERING.

Mileage: 13,360

WHEN YOU TAKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLUGGISH ON CHANGING GEARS AND AFTER A CHANGE OUT OF LOGAN HER INTO HIGH GEAR IS SYKES WORKING FINE WINE STEP ON THE BRAKES THE TRUCK STARTS BOUNCING FEELS LIKE THE FRONT END IS ABOUT TO FALL OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK AND I TOLD YOU TO THE FORD COMPANY AND THEY SAID THERE'S NO ANY RECALL ON MY VIN NUMBER BUT I HAVE A PART THAT IS LISTED UNDER THE GOVERNMENT SITE IS GOOD THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY VEHICLE IS A FORD ESCAPE 2008.

2008 FORD ESCAPE TRANSMISSION IS BAD ALREADY LOST 2ND GEAR WAS A RECALL BUT FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL NOT RECALL BECAUSE OF EXPIRATION WARRANTY I'VE ONLY HAD MY VEHICLE 1 YEAR AND 10 MONTHS I STILL OWE FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REOPEN THE RECALL MY FORD ESCAPE IS AT A DEALER SHIP IN G-VILLE OHIO I AM ON A FIXED INCOME DISABILITY MY MOM IS ALSO DISABLED I HAVE A DAUGHTER WITH BRAIN CANCER I HAVE TO PAY SOMEONE TO TAKE HER APPOINTMENTS I REALLY NEED MY VEHICLE AND I THINK FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD REOPEN THE RECALL AND REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION AND PAY FOR ME TO GET A RENTAL CAR

Mileage: 124,000

I PAID FOR MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE AND WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED IN JULY 2018. I'VE TAKEN MY CAR FOR SERVICE ROUTINELY WITH FORD DEALERSHIP AND JUST RECEIVED SERVICE THE WEEK PRIOR. I EXPLAINED I WAS GOING FOR A TRIP TO AZ (400 MILE ROUNDTRIP) AND NEEDED A FULL CHECK AND SERVICE. EVERYTHING PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. ON MY RETURN TRIP UP A HILL, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST POWER AND LIMPED HOME. I TOOK IT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND CODES WERE NOT COMING UP FOR THE WRENCH LIGHT AND AFTER KEEPING IT FOR ADDITIONAL DAY, THE 2ND AND 4TH GEARS ARE OUT AND IT WILL TAKE A WEEK TO FIX. NO WARRANTY COVERAGE AND I JUST HIT THE 90,000 MILE MARK. UNBELIEVABLE THAT A TRANSMISSION GOES OUT AT A 90,000 MILE. I'M SO DISAPPOINTED IN THE VEHICLE AFTER PAYING SO MUCH FOR IT AND MAINTAINING ALL SERVICES. NO DISCOUNTS WERE OFFERED.

Mileage: 90,245

VEHICLE LURCHES, STALLS, JERKS, LUNGES, SLIPS AND SO ON.

Mileage: 141,000

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE GEAR SHIFTER. IT FEELS LIKE THE PARKING BRAKE IS ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT PROCEED

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE, WHEN THE VEHICAL JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE RPM WOULD CLIMB, BUT THE VEHICAL WOULD NOT MOVE. THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICAL OFF THE HIGHWAY. I NOTICED IF I TURNED THE VEHICAL OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON, IT WOULD MOVE UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO 3RD GEAR AFTER THAT IT WOULD JUST REV UP AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I LIMPED IT THE 5 MILES TO HOME AND PARKED IT. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICAL. SOMETHING REALLY SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS. IT IS SAD THAT SO MANY OF THESE HAVE LESS THAN 100,000 MILES AND ARE HAVING MAJOR POWER TRAIN ISSUES. MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES.

Mileage: 55,000

TRANSMISSION WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON INTERNET SAID THE BAND IN TRANSMISSION WAS AT FAULT. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE LIGHT CAME THE CAR WAS SHIFTING OUT OF FIRST INTO SECOND. IT HAS BEEN SHIFTING HARD FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. I HAD THE UNIT WORKED ON LAST YEAR TO REPLACE A BAND THAT HAS BROKEN. IT WORKED FINE FOR AWHILE THEN STARTED THIS HARD SHIFTING. I SPENT OVER 700$ TO GET IT REPAIRED. THE CAR HAS 180000 MILES ON IT.

Mileage: 180,000

WHEN DRIVING CAR WILL SHUT DOWN WITH A WARNING PULL OVER AND TURN VEHICLE OFF VERY DANGEROUS NO TIME TO FIND EXITS DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AT!!

Mileage: 56,000

CAR WILL ACCELERATE AFTER COMING TO COMPLETE STOP. TRANSMISSION SHIFT BANDS BROKE. FORD IS CHARGING 1537 TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE COMMON WITH THE 2008 FORD ESCAPE. FORD SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PART.

Mileage: 15,000

MY FORD ESCAPE 2008 MODEL AUTO TRANSMISSION WITH MILEAGE OF 98000 STARTED GIVING TROUBLE TODAY AND SCARY TOO. AFTER TURNING ON THE CAR & ONCE STARTS MOVING, I FELT LIKE SOMETHING WRONG WITH SHIFTING GEARS FROM FIRST TO SECOND (VEHICLE MOVES SMOOTHLY FOR FEW AND AFTER THAT I CAN HEAR THE ACCELERATOR SOUND, AND I SEE THE WRENCH SIGN POPS UP ON THE DASH BOARD SO I HAD TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL UP AND DOWN TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, I DROVE MY ESCAPE HOME AND STOPPED THE CAR AND AGAIN I TURNED ON THAT TIME WRENCH SIGN WAS GONE AND STARTED MOVING THE VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING REPEATED - WRENCH SIGN & THE PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING GEARS.

Mileage: 98,000

THROTTLE/POWERTAIN HAS WENT OUT IN CAR.I READ ABOUT OTHER COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE SAME THING. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR WOULD NOT CHANGE GEAR AND THE WRENCH LIGHT EMBLEM CAME ON. I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND THE CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN, I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT ON I-30 IN ARLINGTON TEXAS ON 2/1/2018. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART BUT ANOTHER YEAR. THIS IS HIGHLY UNSAFE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THANKS, FOR READING THIS COMPLAINT. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

Mileage: 127,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE. I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK ON A CITY STREET. WHEN CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND ON IT CLEARED OUT AND WAS OK BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE MAKING A TURN. HAD CAR REPAIRED AT LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD TORQUE SENSOR. SAID THAT MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL (WHICH HAD RECALLED SOME ESCAPES WITH THE SAME ISSUE) OF THESE BAD SENSORS SINCE CAR WAS NOT MANUFACTURED IN SPECIFIC PLANT. DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS SINCE IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART WITH NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LOCATION OF MANUFACTURE. DEALER GAVE ME NO SATISFACTION SO I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK. BY RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY FORD DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE THESE DEFECTIVE TORQUE SENSORS AND RECALL THE ALL VEHICLES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE FATALLY INJURED? VERY DISTRESSING AS I OFTEN HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. *JS

Mileage: 93,862

"TAKATA RECALL" THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND I WAS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ACCELERATING CORRECTLY AND THE WRENCH ICON LIGHT CAME ON SIGNIFYING THAT IT IS A POWERTRAIN FAULT.

Mileage: 92,000

MY FORD ESCAPE 2008 MODEL AUTO TRANSMISSION WITH MILEAGE OF 72000 STARTED GIVING TROUBLE TODAY AND SCARY TOO. AFTER TURNING ON THE CAR & ONCE STARTS MOVING, I FELT LIKE SOMETHING WRONG WITH SHIFTING GEARS FROM FIRST TO SECOND (VEHICLE MOVES SMOOTHLY FOR FEW METERS AND AFTER THAT I CAN HEAR THE ACCELERATOR SOUND, AND I SEE THE WRENCH SIGN POPS UP ON THE DASH BOARD AND VEHICLE WON'T MOVE FOR A FEW SECONDS, SO I HAD TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL UP AND DOWN TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, FELT LIKE VEHICLE GOING TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. I DROVE MY ESCAPE HOME AND STOPPED THE CAR AND AGAIN I TURNED ON THAT TIME WRENCH SIGN WAS GONE AND STARTED MOVING THE VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING REPEATED - WRENCH SIGN & THE PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING GEARS. I AM GOING TO CALL THE DEALER TOMORROW, BECAUSE THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLOSED ALREADY.

Mileage: 8

WHILE DRIVING, THE CARBOARD NOTICED SEVERAL SIGNS AND THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO. ALSO, ON OTHER DAYS, I COULD NOT START THE CAR.

Mileage: 93,000

100300 MILES ON MY 2008 ESCAPE. CAR STRUGGLES TO CHANGE FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. NOW POWER, ENGINE REVS UP BUT GEAR WILL NOT CHANGE, I HAVE TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL THEN LIFT OFF, OVER AND OVER BEFORE IT CHANGES GEAR. CAR WILL JERK AND ALMOST LOSE POWER WHILE IN TRAFFIC

Mileage: 100,300

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE TOP END RESULTING IN FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. WAS COASTING INTO TOWN (TOOK FOOT OFF GAS FOR LOWER SPEED LIMIT) ENGINE SHIFTED HARD AND REVS TO HIGH RPM AND HAS NO POWER.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE "WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED AND SUDDENLY THE CAR JOLTED FORWARD ALMOST CREATING AN ACCIDENT BY RAPIDLY SLOWING THE VEHICLE, ONCE CONTROL WAS REGAINED I MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS THEN ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME ON "LIMP" MODE, WHERE THE VEHICLE IS RESTRICTED TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. UPON LOOKING AT THIS SITE, I FOUND THE INVESTIGATION FOR THE 09-13 FORD ESCAPE THROTTLE BODY WARRANTY, WHICH THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DIAGNOSED BY A CERTIFIED FORD GARAGE ON MY VEHICLE, THE PART IS THE SAME FROM 05-13 ON THE 3L ENGINE ESCAPE MODELS AND SERIOUSLY POSED A THREAT TO ME WHILE DRIVING HOWEVER SINCE IT IS A 2008, NOT A 2009, FORD WILL NOT GRANT THE DEALERSHIP PERMISSION TO REPLACE THE PART FREE OF CHARGE, ALTHOUGH THE SAME PART AND SAME MALFUNCTION IS ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE 09-13 MODELS AND IS UNDER AND EXTENDED MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY, LISTED UNDER CUSTOMER SERVICE PROGRAM CODE "13N03"

Mileage: 121,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME HARD TO TURN CAUSING PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A WRENCH (POWER TRAIN FAULT WARNING) WOULD APPEAR ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN OR TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR DIAGNOSES OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

LOSS OF 2ND AND 4TH GEAR/ LIMP MODE. I PURCHASED A USED 2008 FORD ESCAPE WITH 69,980 MILES. NO COMPLAINTS TILL HIT 89,000 MILES WHEN ALL IF A SUDDEN THERE WAS NO 2ND AND 4TH GEAR. I WAS GETTING READY TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC. PUT FOOT ON ACCELERATOR WENT TO ABOUT 16MPH AND REFUSED TO HO FASTER. RPMS REVVED UP TO 4000+ THE YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. ONCE GOT TO 20MPH HARD SHIFT INTO GEAR .AND DID THIS AGAIN AT 40MPH EXCEPT WONT SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEAR. WAS TOLD IT IS IN LIMP MODE. SO I DID INTERNET RESEARCH ON THIS. SAID OVER 368 COMPLAINTS JUST ON THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE 2008 FORD ESCAPE. I TRIED RESETTING THE PCM. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. REPLACED THE THROTTLE CONTROL SENSOR. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. NOW THAT LEAVES THE 2ND & 4TH GEAR BAND ASSEMBLY. I CALLED AND GOT 3 ESTIMATES, THEY RANGED FROM$1900-$3000. PART COST $89 AND A NEW TRANSMISSION COST $1700. REPLACING THIS PART CAN BE DONE WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE TRANSMISSION AND SAID TO ABOUT 2HOURS. MY COMPLAINT IN IF THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WHY AREN'T YOU REPLACING PART OR FIXING THIS? THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL INVESTIGATIONS AND STILL NOTHING! THIS IS THE FIRST FORD I PURCHASED AND WILL BE THE LAST! WHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE I LOVE MY TRUCK. JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT. SO I WILL PARK IT AND PRAY FORD OWNS UP TO THEIR FAULTY PARTS AND ASSEMBLY AND FIXES THIS. AND I WILL MAKE SURE EVERYONE I KNOW AND EVERYONE I MEET KNOWS ABOUT HOW FORD KNOWINGLY PUT IN DEFECTIVE PARTS ON MANY VEHICLE SO THEY COULD MAKE MONEY FIXING THEM. THINK ABOUT IT. ALL THESE ( THROTTLE CONTROL SENSOR AND 2ND & 4TH GEAR BAND ) GO BAD AT 89,000 MILE. *TR

Mileage: 89,699

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A RED LIGHT, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 124,000.

Mileage: 124,000

ON MY WAY TO WORK TODAY, MY CAR STARTS TO SLOW DOWN WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE. THE CAR EVENTUALLY JERKS FORWARD AND STARTS TO GO FASTER AFTER THE RPM GOES UP TO 4. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING UNTIL I SEE THE WRENCH SHAPED LIGHT COME ON. I TURN AROUND, PUT MY FLASHERS ON SINCE IT'S HAPPENING OFF AND ON AND IMMEDIATELY TAKE IT HOME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET STUCK THIS FAR AWAY FROM HOME. WHEN I GET HOME, I CHECK TO SEE WHAT THE WRENCH LIGHT MEANS AND FIND OUT IT'S A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE THAT FOR SOME REASON THERE IS NO RECALL FOR EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN ON-GOING ISSUE.

Mileage: 163,840

FORD WON'T HONOR RECALL 14S05 THEY DID A SOFTWARE UPDATE AND BUT NOW I NEED AN ENTIRE POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR REPLACED AND THEY WON'T COVER THAT. OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE COMPLAINED ON LINE THAT FORD WON'T REPAIR YOUR STEERING AFTER HAVING YOUR RECALL SOFTWARE DONE. A FORD ESCAPE RECALL GOTCHA ' RECALL 14S05, TRANSPORT CANADA ... HTTPS://MEDIUM.COM/@JOEWARDPR/A-FORD-ESCAPE-RECALL-GOTCHA-RECALL-14S05-TRANSPORT-CANADA-201413-7F0D7CA0D84C MAR 17, 2015 ... FORD 'CLOSED OUT' THE RECALL AFTER ONLY UPDATING SOFTWARE AND WON'T PAY FOR THE ... A FACEBOOK GROUP EXISTS ENTIRELY ABOUT FORD NOT 'HONORING' RECALL #14S05 ....

Mileage: 125,000

"WRENCH" INDICATOR LIGHT AND VEHICLE SYMPTOMS OF HIGH RPMS IN TEH 3.5 TO 4 RANGE AT LOW SPEEDS (CYCLING FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD) ON CITY STREETS 0-35 MPH. ENGINE CODES NOT YET READ, BUT SIMILAR ISSUES REPORTED AS A FAULT IN THE THROTTLE BODY. CONSUMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03 HAS IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM FOR SAME MAKE AND MODEL STARTING IN MANUFACTURING YEAR OF 2009. MY CAR HAS A MANUFACTURE DATE OF 01/07, THOUGH IT IS A 2008 AND IS ONLY ABOUT 126,000 MILES. THIS THROTTLE BODY FAULT SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED IN OTHER YEARS OF MANUFACTURE IF THE REPORTS ARE DOCUMENTED.

Mileage: 126,000

TURNING RIGHT ONTO A MAJOR INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO EFFECTIVELY MERGE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. AFTER LETTING OFF THE GAS, THEN REAPPLYING THE ACCELERATOR, THE VEHICLE FINALLY BEGAN TO INCREASE IT'S SPEED. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER, DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED IT'S 2ND TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL IN LESS THAN 18 MONTHS.

Mileage: 97,000

SHITTING CABLE CAME OFF TRANSMISSION . IT SAID IT WAS IN PARK BUT WHEN I TRIED TO GET OUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD.CAR WAS ON STREET AT TIME. COULD NOT PUT CAR BACK IN PARK

Mileage: 76,260

TAKATA RECALL - VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, ENGINE REVS AND DECELERATES WHILE DRIVING, IGNITION SWITCH WILL NOT START CAR EACH TIME. SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWENTY TRIES. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF THESE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET.EV

Mileage: 110,000

CAR WILL NOT START UNLESS THE KEY IS FORCIBLY INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION. THIS HAS TO BE DONE SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN EXITING THE CAR, IT WILL DING TO ALERT THE DRIVER THAT THE KEY HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE IGNITION BUT THE KEY HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE IGNITION.

Mileage: 80,000

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION 14S05 FROM FORD ABOUT MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE RECALL WAS FOR A FAULTY TORQUE SENSOR THAT WOULD EITHER BE REPROGRAMMED OR REPLACED. INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE TORQUE SENSOR, FORD SERVICE DECIDED TO JUST REPROGRAM IT BECAUSE IT HAD NOT FAILED OR PRODUCED A SERVICE CODE. JUST RECENTLY THE TORQUE SENSOR FAILED AND MY STEERING LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT. I DID NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH TO TURN THE WHEEL AND HAD TO JUST STOP AND LEAVE THE CAR IN THE LOT UNTIL SOMEONE COULD COME HELP ME. I BROUGHT MY CAR BACK TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP THAT PERFORMED THE ORIGINAL RECALL REPAIR AND AM BEING TOLD THAT THE RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND NOW I MUST PAY THEM TO REPLACE THE TORQUE SENSOR. AFTER SPENDING TIME RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ONLINE I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. IT IS APPARENT THAT FORD IS ONLY REPLACING THE SENSORS IF THEY HAVE ALREADY FAILED WHEN YOU BRING YOUR CAR IN FOR THE RECALL. IF IT HAS NOT FAILED THEN FORD ONLY DOES A REPROGRAMMING THAT DOESN'T PREVENT THEM FROM FAILING BUT ALLOWS FORD TO CLOSE OUT THE RECALL ON YOUR VEHICLE AND SAVE MONEY ON A REPLACEMENT PART. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS LEGAL FOR THEM TO DO. I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF FORD'S SERVICE MANAGERS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES AND THEY ALL GIVE THE STANDARD REHEARSED ANSWER. *TR

Mileage: 46,608

WRENCH LIGHT ON... TROUBLE SHIFTING... HIGHER RPMS WHEN SHIFTING

Mileage: 108,000

PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY, STOPPED, PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE - CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, ENGINE JUST REVVED WITHOUT MOVING; PUT IT IN D AND NOTHING AGAIN. TURNED OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED IT, PUT IT IN GEAR AND IT KINDA JERKED BACKWARD. SOMETIMES THE GEARS WOULD ENGAGE, SOMETIMES NOT. NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION AREA SOUNDS LIKE A BLENDER ON LOW SPEED. MILEAGE IS 87,000. IT IS A 4WD. HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED WHETHER IT IS THE TRANSMISSION OR THE TRANSFER CASE - I'M NINE MILES FROM A DEALER/GARAGE AND DON'T THINK I CAN MAKE IT THERE. WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO TOW IT. I'VE PARKED IT IN A GARAGE UNTIL A MECHANIC CAN RESPOND TO MY RESIDENCE. HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH DRIVE TRAIN UNTIL THIS HAPPENED. I'VE READ THAT 2008 ESCAPES HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEMS, BUT THIS ONE IS NOT UNDER RECALL AT THIS TIME. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

I OWN A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. MY WIFE WAS AT WORK AND WHEN SHE STARTED TO DRIVE HOME NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL DIFFICULT TO STEER. LUCKILY SHE WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY HOME. SHE DID NOTICE VIBRATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL. I TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND NOTICED IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER OR TURN AT LOW SPEEDS. ALSO THE STEERING/POWERTRAIN WRENCH LIGHT HAD COME LIT. IT WAS EVIDENT THE STEERING ASSIST HAD MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I BECAME AWARE OF AN ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SAFETY RECALL ON 2008-2011 FORD ESCAPES. WHICH IS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE I'M HAVING ON MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT ACCORDING TO THE VIN NUMBER THERE WAS NO RECALL ANNOUNCED FOR MY VEHICLE. THIS MAKES EXACTLY NO SENSE TO ME BECAUSE ITS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AND VEHICLE FOR WHICH THE RECALL WAS MADE. I'M BASICALLY ON MY OWN TO FIX AT THIS POINT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

I PUT MY 2008 ESCAPE IN PARK, REMOVED THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. I WALKED APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS AND WAS INFORMED BY A BYSTANDER THAT MY VEHICLE WAS ROLLING AWAY. THE 2008 FOR ESCAPE ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS DOWN HILL INTO A TREE. I WENT TO THE VEHICLE AND THE GEARSHIFT WAS NOW IN THE "R" POSITION AFTER STRIKING THE TREE. I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR SUCH A PROBLEM ON CERTAIN FORD ESCAPES. ACCORDING TO FORD MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

Mileage: 115,000

I PURCHASED MY 2008?FORD ESCAPE LAST YEAR 2015. I HAVE REPLACED BOTH CV AXILS ON EACH SIDE AND I HAD MY STEERING COLUMN REPLACED. I PURCHASED THE CAR WITH 95,000 MILES ON IT AT A GREAT DEAL OF $8,900. I THEN FOUND OUT WHY IT WAS SO CHEAP FROM SUCH A TRUSTED DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSING IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. IT CLOSED SHORTLY AFTER MY PURCHASE AND A NEW FORD DEALERSHIP OPENED IN ITS PLACE. THROUGH OUT THE LAST FEW WEEKS MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN DRIVING CORRECTLY, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY. I TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AND NOTICED THAT NO MATTER MY SPEED MY CAR WILL NOT GO ABOVE 3RD GEAR. MY POWER TRAN LIGHT CAME ON TODAY. I HAVE READ ON OTHER SIGHTS THAT THERE WERE RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE. I DO NOT THINK THESE ISSUES WERE FIXED WHILE BEING RECALLED. THE RELATED I'VE DONE SO FAR HAVE NOT BEEN CHEAP BY ANY MEANS. AFTER A YEAR (EVEN LESS 2 OF THE ABOVE CASES) I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE ISSUES. HTTP://M.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/ESCAPE/2008/RECALLS/ THE ABOVE SIGHT WAS MY REFERENCE TARA

HAVE TO FORCE THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION REALLY HARD AND TURN THE KEY MANY TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL START.

Mileage: 75,000

VEHICLE POWER TRAIN LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUTTER THEN LOSE POWER ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT A SHOULDER. VEHICLE REDUCED SPEED TO MAX 20MPH.

Mileage: 122,000

TRUCK IS ACCELERATING AND SWITCHING GEARS ON ITS OWN. WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT , A WRENCH LIGHT POPS ON AND THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SWITCH GEARS. ONCE THE TRUCK IS TURNED OFF, THE WRENCH LIGHT GOES AWAY BUT RETURNS AFTER DRIVING BEGINS AGAIN. TRUCK IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH POWER WHEN DRIVING AS IF IT IS GOING TO SHUT OFF. THERE ARE ALSO JERKING MOTIONS WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 160,000

THE MECS COOLANT PUMP FAILS WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE DC-DC INVERTER AND HYBRID DRIVETRAIN TO INSTANTLY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AT INTERSTATE SPEED. YOU GET THE RED TRIANGLE AND STOP SAFELY NOW WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OFF LEAVING YOU TO COAST ACROSS 4 LANES OF THE INTERSTATE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. YOU MUST COMPLETELY STOP AND PUT IT IN PARK BEFORE THE CAR WILL RESTART. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT HAZARD TO LIFE AND LIMB THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL. THIS IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED PROBLEM THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT. ONLINE IT SAYS THEY RECALLED THEM BUT THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY DID NOT RECALL THEM. IF YOU TOUCH THE BRAKE WITH THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN THE CAR COMES TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP AUTOMATICALLY IN 3 SECONDS. LEAVING THE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC TO VEER AROUND YOU. MINE FAILED INTERMITTENTLY LAST SUMMER. NOW EVERY HOT DAY THE CAR JUST TURNS OFF ON THE INTERSTATE 5-6 TIMES A DAY. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED OVER THIS. IT NEEDS AN IMMEDIATE RECALL TO AVERT A LOSS OF LIFE. I CHECKED MY COOLANT PUMP AND IT IS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE RECALL I SEE SAYS THEY ARE REMOVING THE DORMAN BRUSH ROTOR PUMPS AND REPLACING THEM WITH BOSCH BRUSHLESS ROTOR PUMPS. THE HYBRID DRIVE ONLY FAILS AT INTERSTATE SPEED WHEN IT IS A WARM DAY. THE CAR STARTED DOING IT LAST SUMMER WHEN IT HAD 70000 MILES ON IT. IT IS NO LONGER INTERMITTENT BUT OCCURS DAILY NOW.

Mileage: 108,000

WHEN STARTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ENGINE RACED TO OVER 4K RPMS AND THE CAR WAS BARELY AT 20 MPH. NO ACCELERATION AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS LIT ON THE DASH. RPMS RANDOMLY FLUCTUATED AND ONLY AFTER REACHING 3,500 RPMS WOULD THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT GEARS. AFTER SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING THE WRENCH LIGHT IS GONE BUT RETURNS AFTER A MINUTE. 105,000 MILES.

Mileage: 105,000

I NOTICE ABOUT A WEEK AGO THAT A WRENCH LIGHT SIGNAL CAME ON MY DASH. I CHECKED MY OWNERS MANUAL AND GOOGLE THE INFORMATION AND THEN I CHECK TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. I CAN FEEL MY CAR DOING A PULL WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE AND WHEN ON THE FREEWAY I AM NOT GETTING NOT POWER IT SEEMS LIKE I AM MOVING SLOWER THAN WHAT MY SPEEDOMETER SAYS, I SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BUT NOT FOR MY VIN NUMBER. I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW CENTAIN VIN # AN BE EXCLUDED FROM A RECALL BUT YOU HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT HAPPEN ABOUT 1YEAR AGO TO MY POWER STEERING THERE WERE RECALLS BUT NOT FOR MY VIN. I WAS OUT $1000.00 . NOW I HAVE I HAVE GET THIS FIXED AND MY MECHANIC CAN NOT DO IT BECAUSE HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT YOU NEED A COMPUTER AND I NEED TO TAKE BACK TO FORD WHICH IS GOING TO COST AND ARM AND A LEG. I AM SO DONE WITH FORD I HAVE ALWAYS HAD FORD CARS/TRUCKS BUT I AM AT MY END WITH THEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE AT A STOP AND ATTEMPTING TO MOVE FORWARD, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,888. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 118,888

TRANSMISSION - THE SERVICE WRENCH DASH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHIFT BADLY. A QUICK TRIP TO THE FORD SERVICE CENTER INDICATES THAT GEARS 2 & 4 NEED TO BE REPLACED (AT 71,000 MILES). FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB ON THE PROBLEM, AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSTS ON THE INTERNET CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. THIS NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED TO A WARRANTY RECALL AS IT DOES EFFECT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 71,000

A WRENCH WARNING SIGN.

Mileage: 21,000

WRENCH LIGHT APPEARS ON LOWER LEFT DASH. CAR HAS A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING INTO GEAR. SLOW TO ENGAGE, THOUGH HIGH RPM. HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION. OR TAKING OFF FROM A STOP.

Mileage: 134,080

2008 FORD ESCAPE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE MAKING TURN INTO TRAFFIC. EXAMINATION REVEALED SIGNIFICANT LEAK OF TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER RESULTING IN "SLIPPAGE" OF TRANSMISSION. INVESTIGATION OF ISSUE FOUND THAT LEAKAGE WAS A CRACKED TUBE AT RIGHT HAND MOUNTING BRACKET OF TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER. THIS CONDITION IS COVERED BY FORD CSP 09B10, BUT HAD NOT BEEN BROUGHT IN FOR MITIGATION BY PREVIOUS OWNER. FORD HAS EXPIRED CSP 09B10 AS OF AUGUST 2010, EVEN THOUGH THE CONDITION APPEARS TO BE A CERTAINTY (BASED ON ABUNDANT INTERNET COMMENTARY) RELATIVELY EARLY IN MILEAGE LIFE OF VEHICLE (MY ESCAPE HAS VERY MODERATE MILEAGE). RAPID AND UNEXPECTED CHANGE IN TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATE RECALL AS OPPOSED TO A "FIX-IT" BULLETIN. FORD HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE REMEDIATION OF THIS PROBLEM.

Mileage: 100,000

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO IN DRIVE ONLY GO IN DRIVE TWO ONE AND REVERSE.

Mileage: 143,241

TRUCK HAS 87,000 MILES ,RIDING DOWN THE ROAD TRANNY NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY,ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HIT ANOTHER CAR WHEN I TRIED TO ACCERLATE.TOOK TO SHOP,TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. MY GOD YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.TERRIBLY DESIGNED SUV. NO MORE FORDS FOR ME.UNHEARD OF.

Mileage: 87,000

THE STEERING WHEEL MOTOR IS NOT WORKING

AT APPROXIMATELY 134,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR SUDDENLY DRASTICALLY SLOWED DOWN QUICKLY, STARTED REVVING REALLY HIGH AND THE 'WRENCH LIGHT' CAME ON. THIS ALMOST RESULTED IN GETTING REAR-ENDED BY THE CAR THAT WAS TRAVELING BEHIND ME ON THE HIGHWAY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR AN ESTIMATE. WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS MISSING 2ND AND 4TH GEAR AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. WAS TOLD BY FORD THAT THE COST WOULD BE $4,200 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE BAND FOR 2ND AND 4TH GEAR BROKE, SENDING THE VEHICLE INTO LIMP MODE (ONLY USING 1ST AND 3RD GEAR). I FOUND THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AS THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AS WELL AS A TSB (#TSB-12-4-8). AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH ALL FORD FAMILY VEHICLES THAT HAVE THE CD4E TRANSMISSION. I HAVE OWNED FORD VEHICLES FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE. FORD KNOWS THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE BUT REFUSES TO ASSIST THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS WITH A SOLUTION. WHILE TALKING TO A FORD SERVICE TECHNICIAN ABOUT THIS, I WAS TOLD THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE ISSUE BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, LEAVING THE CUSTOMER TO PAY TO REPLACE SOMETHING THAT FORD KNOWS HAS ISSUES. DOES IT REALLY TAKE SOMEONE TO GET INJURED OR GET KILLED IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT? IF FEEL THAT FORD SHOULD PAY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED OR PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNT IF THE CUSTOMER MUST PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT.

Mileage: 134,000

AFTER DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE RPM'S INCREASE BUT THE VEHICLE SPEED WILL NOT....ALMOST AS IF THE THROTTLE IS "STICKING." THIS OCCURS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

Mileage: 140,000

SLIPPING WHEN IT GOES FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR

Mileage: 107,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE LEAKED FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE RPMS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TOW THE VEHICLE WITH THE GEAR SHIFTER IN THE PARK POSITION, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V606000 (POWER TRAIN), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

Mileage: 116,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS FOR A LONG TIME, A LEAK FROM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS NOTICED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE PROPERLY, THE AXELS AND PARTS TO THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A DEALER OUT OF STATE WHERE AXELS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AGAIN, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V606000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

THE THROTTLE SEEMS TO GET STUCK WHILE I'M DRIVING. I'LL PUSH DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE RPMS WILL GO UP, BUT THE CAR WON'T SPEED UP OR RESPOND FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN IT WILL FINALLY "CATCH" AND ACCELERATE. HAPPENS OFTEN, SOMETIMES FROM A STOP AND SOMETIMES WHEN I'M ALREADY IN MOTION, EVEN ON THE HIGHWAY. I'VE BEEN HAVING THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, AND I ONLY HAVE AROUND 38,000 MILES ON THE CAR.

Mileage: 38,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,837. UPDATED 02/18/16*LJ UPDATED 5/9/18*JB *CN

Mileage: 131,837

I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED 3 TIMES. NOW I AM IN THE SAME POSITION AGAIN. FORD WAS NO HELP TO ME.

Mileage: 181,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. IN ADDITION, WHILE AT A STOP, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT SWITCHED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

Mileage: 85,000

3 YEARS AGO MY RADIO NO LONGER LIGHTS UP, THE HEAT & AC ONLY WORKS ON HIGH AND INSIDE LIGHTS DON'T WORK. THEN IN 2013 REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING WITH 86,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE NOW IN 2015 THE POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT ON THE VEHICLE AND THIS WAS RECALLED IN 2014 AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE COVERED IT IF IT WAS WITHIN 12 MONTHS. IT WAS A WEEK AND HALF OVER THAT.

Mileage: 86,000

ACCELERATION IS LABORED. THE VEHICLE SKIPS GEARS WHEN DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED RATE. THE VEHICLE WILL JERK AND MAKE NOISES AS IT SKIPPING THROUGH 2ND AND 4TH GEAR. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC AT RUSH HOUR.

Mileage: 162,000

I WAS AT A RED LIGHT PRECEDED TO GO FORWARD WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE THERE WAS A SEMI TRUCK COMING AT HIGH RATE SPEED SO I HAD PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IT WAS SCARY SITUATION I COULD'VE BEEN KILLED I LIKE FORD BUT I PROBABLY WILL NOT GET ANOTHER ONE IF THIS IS NOT RECALLED

Mileage: 113,000

VEHICLE DISPLAYED A WRENCH SYMBOL ON THE DASH AND VEHICLE LOST POWER TO THE WHEELS. AFTER PULLING OVER AND STOPPING I TRIED PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. THEN I TRIED REVERSE AND AGAIN IT WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD IT SCANNED AND IT SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. AFTER READING PREVIOUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FORD SHOULD REALIZE THAT THIS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND PUT A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE VEHICLE IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND UNDER 87,000 MILES IT SHOULD NOT BE THE OWNERS RRESPONSIBILITY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 86,000

I PURCHASED A 2008 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED EDITION FOR MY SON IN COLLEGE, FIRST, THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES WHICH SOUNDED LIKE THE TIRES WERE GOING TO EXPLODE. THE NOISE WAS SO LOUD AND TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY DID NOTHING. I HAD THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. THE SECOND ISSUE PERTAINED TO THE STEERING/SUSPENSION AND THAT COST ME $900. THE DEALERSHIP CONSTANTLY STATES, "JUST KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS." TODAY, I CONTACTED SHEEHY FORD IN SPRINGFIELD VA REGARDING THE NEW PROBLEM WHICH IS THE THROTTLE. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND HE COULD NOT SHIFT THE VEHICLE AT ALL. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE LOOKED UP THE VIN NUMBER AND INFORMED ME MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED. I EXPLAINED TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT I WAS ON LINE AND FOUND INFORMATION THAT FORD HAS ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLIES AND SENSORS FOR 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES BASED ON AN INVESTIGATION BY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) FOR A DEFECT INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED THROTTLE BODY FAILURES IN 2005-2012 FORD ESCAPES (COMPLAINTS FROM NC). I WAS INFORMED MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BECAUSE ONLY SPECIFIC VIN NUMBERS WERE INCLUDED. I AM A SINGLE PARENT AND I HAVE PUT TOO MUCH MONEY IN THIS VEHICLE. AFTER READING THE COMMENTS ON LINE, THIS VEHICLE APPEARS TO HAVE NUMEROUS DEFECTS. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR OUR GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION, LOST OF LIVES? IS THE DOLLAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN PEOPLE LIVES? WE NEED TO START HOLDING THESE COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE. THERE IS CLEARLY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND I WANT FORD TO PAY FOR MY REPAIRS.

Mileage: 42,000

WAS DIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY TWO KIDS IN THE CAR WHEN I HEARD A POP I LOOKED IN MY REARVIEW AND WATCHED AS A SMALL PART WENT BOUNCING DOWN THE ROAD THAN IT SLOWED DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE OR DRIVE IT STOPPED DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD I GOT OUT AND MY TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD GUSHED OUT ALL OVER THE BOTTOM AND BACK REAR WINDSHIELD TOOK IT TO A GARAGE IT IS THE TRANSMISSION IT NEEDS TO TOTALLY BE REPLACED I'M GUESSING THE TRANS COOLER WAS LEAKING FLUID AND AFTER THE FLUID WAS TO LOW THAT IT LITERALLY BLEW UP I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL THE 2008 FORD ESCAPE HAS THE MOST COMPLAINTS THAN ANY OTHER YEAR IT'S INSAINE MY CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ON A HILL IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE WITH TWO LITTLE KIDS N THE CAR WE ARE SO LUCKY THAT WE DIDN'T GET SMASHED INTO BY SOMEONE THEY BETTER FIX THIS PROBLEM I SHOULD SUE FORD FOR SELLING FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS AND NOT FIXING THEM AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND AFTER ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS YOU HAVE HAD WHY THE SAFETY COMICS ION OR THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT DONE A RECALL ON THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY I'VE READ OVER 800 COMPLAINTS AND R STONE HAS BEEN THE. SAME THING WITH MY YEAR AND MOE IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE TRANSMISSION IS REPLACED YOU GET ABOUT 24K TO 40K BEFORE YOU NEED TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN

Mileage: 159,000

ATTEMPTED TO PULL INTO UNCOMING TRAFFIC IN A 45MPH ZONE , BUT COULD NOT GET TO MORE THAN 10MPH. THE POWER TRAIN LIGHT APPEARED AS A WRENCH BOTTOM LEFT OF STEERING WHEEL. GLIDED/STEERED CAR IMMEDIATLY TO CLOSEST PARKING LOT AND CALLED CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP.

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

Mileage: 117,000

IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THE CAR LUNGED AS IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE TURN LANE. THE CAR IS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY BETWEEN 1 AND 2 GEARS. IT STALLS AND THEN LUNGES. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR AND SHE WAS TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT. WE TOOK IT TO FINISH LINE FORD IN PEORIA AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THIS COMMON PROBLEM. THE 2008 ESCAPE DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY BETWEEN 1&2 GEARS AND 3&4 GEARS. THE REPAIR COSTS $1300 SO FORD IS MAKING MAJOR PROFIT. I WAS PREVIOUSLY OFFERED A SERVICE CONTRACT TO CONTINUE THE WARRANTY WHICH THEY POINT TO AND SAY I COULD HAVE TAKEN IT. IF FORD WAS HONEST AND KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND TOLD EVERYONE THAT OWNED A 2008 ESCAPE THAT FAILURE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THIS TRANSMISSION THEN I MIGHT HAVE PURCHASED THE CONTRACT BUT THEY WITH-HELD INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. THIS LUNGING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN SHE WENT TO TAKE OFF AND THE CAR WENT TO AROUND 3500 RPM BEFORE SHIFTING OUT OF FIRST GEAR. WE TOOK IT THAT DAY TO THE FORD DEALER AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BROKEN OVERDRIVE BAND AND THE CAR IS MISSING 2ND AND 4TH GEAR. I HAVE DONE A GOOGLE SEARCH OF THIS ISSUE AND IT IS A VERY COMMON ONE ON THIS CAR. THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS OUT THERE. IT IS SO COMMON THAT WHEN I PICKED IT UP AT THE FORD DEALER THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO CHARGE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOT HAD IT FIXED YET AS THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITHOUT TAKING IT APART. THEY SAID THEY SEE IT ALL THE TIME. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND WAS EXPECTING IT TO TAKE OFF LIKE NORMAL SHE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A WRECK AS THE CAR WILL NOT TAKE OFF LIKE NORMAL. SHE WAS VERY LUCKY. HOW FORD CAN GET AWAY WITH NOT DOING A RECALL WHEN THIS IS SUCH A COMMON ISSUE IS BEYOND BELIEF. I AM NOW LOOKING AT A MINIMUM $1300 BILL JUST TO FIX THAT PART. THAT IS IF I DON'T DO A REBUILD OR NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS THE 6 CYLINDER VERSION OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 147,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR. SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 15 TO GO OVER A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS. UPON ACCELERATION THE ENGINE REVVED UP TO 3500 RPM BEFORE SHIFTING. AT THAT POINT THE 2ND AND 4TH GEARS WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. DIAGNOSTIC AT FORD INDICATED THE GEAR BAND HAD BROKEN. $4463 REPAIR FOR A TRANSMISSION WITH ONLY 86,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 86,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE STARTED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY CAR SUDDENLY DIDN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE FROM STOP LIGHT. RPMS WOULD SURGE TO 4.5-5,000 BUT CAR WOULDN'T GO FASTER THAN 20MPH UNTIL ABOUT 100FT. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER, BANDS 2 TO 4 ARE BROKEN. HAVE TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $3,800. AN INABILITY TO ACCELERATE IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. FORD_PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND PUT A RECALL ON THIS! *TR

Mileage: 118,000

THERE IS A BAD WELD ON THE AC CONDENSER/ TRANSMISSION COOLER ESTIMATED COST $800. IF NOT REPLACED TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL. FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

MY CAR FEELS LIKE IT'S JERKING INTO GEAR. IF STARTED OFF ONLY JERKING WHEN I WOULD BE AT A CORNER AND I NEEDED TO MAKE A TURN. THE CAR WOULD MOVE VERY SLOW AND THEN MUM FORWARD. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE ANY CARS COMING COULD POSSIBLE HIT ME. AFTER A WHILE IT WOULD ALSO JERK WHEN I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND NEEDED TO PULL OFF, THE CAR WOULD MOVE FORWARD SLOWLY AND THEN JERK FORWARD. NOW THE JERKING IS HAPPENING WHILE I'M DRIVING. IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THIS VEHICLE? I AM SCARED THAT I'M GOING TO GET HIT ONE DAY. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

WE HAVE HAD THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS SINCE 2008. FORD DEALER REPLACED IT ONCE IN 2008. THROTTLE BODY STICKS AND YOU CAN'T PUSH THE GAS PEDAL DOWN. THIS HAPPENS THE FIRST 5-15 MIN OF STARTING THE CAR.. IT HAPPENED ON 3-2-2015 WHILE TRYING TO CROSS A HIGHWAY, COULD NOT PUSH GAS PEDAL DOWN. WE JUST ABOUT GOT T BONED ! ALSO WE HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 114000 MILES. DEALER SAYS WE HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AGAIN AND THE THROTTLE PROBLEM AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 124,485

BACKING INTO PARKING SPOT CAR STARTED TO SURGE AND STOP. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET CAR HOME IT STARTED SURGING AND OVER REVVING. WHEN STOPPED IT WOULD NOT MOVE. PUSHED OFF THE ROAD. RESTARTED AND REVVED HARD AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME. NOW YOU PUT IT IN GEAR, ENGINE REVS, THEN DECELS TO 800 RPM AND WILL MOVE SOME. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

ESCAPE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS WHEN IT HIT 20 MPH IT STALLS WHEN GOING FROM A STOP POSITION. RPMS WOULD JUMP UP DURING THIS TIME UNTIL IT FINALLY DOES KICK INTO GEAR. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE 2ND AND 4TH BANDS ON THE TRANSMISSION ARE FAULTY AND NEED TRANSMISSION REBUILD. THERE IS A TSB OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. MILEAGE IS AT 101,000 MILES. HAVING YOUR CAR NOT ACCELERATE FROM A STOP POSITION PUTS THE DRIVER AND OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD CLINKING NOISE AND THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE VEHICLE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 4/15/15*CN UPDATED 03/09/16.*JB

Mileage: 75,000

AFTER THE RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING FOR THE 2008 FORD ESCAPE WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES. MOSES FORD OF ST. ALBANS, WV SAID THE COMPUTER MUST RE-SET. AT 7:30 A.M. ON 1/23/15 THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. FORD MOTOR COMPANY STATES WE MUST PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH A PROBLEM HAS EXISTED. WAS TOLD THAT SOME CARS HAD TO HAVE COMPLETE SYSTEM REPLACED BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS. THIS COMMENT WAS MADE WHEN I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THE COMPUTER WAS JUST RE-PROGRAMMED ON MINE. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND A LOUD NOISE WAS MADE AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING. HAD CAR TOWED TO GARAGE AND THE 2ND AND 4TH BANDS WERE DESTROYED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. IT TOOK 1.5 MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE WORK. NOW HERE I AM AGAIN SITTING ALONG THE HIGHWAY WITH THE SAME ISSUES 2ND AND 4TH BANDS DESTROYED AND THE ENGINE MOUNTS DESTROYED THIS TIME. IT HAS ONLY BEEN 7 MONTHS AND 6,526 MILES LATER AND I HAVE TO PUT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN THE CAR. THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

Mileage: 112,474

IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE CAR IS PULLING TO DRIVE FORWARD. AND A PUTTERING EFFECT. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

WE WERE DRIVING TO WORK AND NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT SHIFTING AT ALL. WE GOT ABOUT A 1/2 MILE AND A WRENCH-LIKE LIGHT APPEARED ON OUR DASH. I GOT OUT THE OWNERS GUIDE AND LOOKED IT UP AND IT SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE CONTROL/POWER TRAIN. *TR

Mileage: 74,059

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. NO 2ND OR 4TH. *TR

Mileage: 153,000

THE CONDENSER IS COMBINED WITH POWER STEERING AND TRANSMISSION. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT OF HAD A LEAK AS IT ONLY HAS 28311 MILES ON IT. THIS IS BAD FOR GROUND WATER AS FLUID LEAKS GOES ON STREET AND INTO STORM DRAINS. COST TO FIX IS ABOUT $700.00. *TR

Mileage: 28,311

I OWN A 2008 FORD ESCAPE, IN AUGUST 28TH, 2014 AS I WAS COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND STOPPED AT A LIGHT MY VEHICLES WRENCH SYMBOL CAME ON AND AS I TRIED ACCELERATING MY VEHICLE WENT UP TO 45 RPM BEFORE CHANGING GEAR INTO SECOND. SINCE THIS DAY, I TRIED TAKING MY CAR INTO REPAIR SERVICES BUT I AM VERY LIMITED, AS A FULL TIME STUDENT AND A FATHER AT THE MOMENT I WAS NOT WORKING AND RELYING ON MY SCHOOL INCOME WHICH WAS NOT A LOT TO REPAIR MY CAR. THE CAR HAS GOTTEN WORSE SINCE THEN, INSTANT OF GOING UP TO 45 RPM IN ORDER TO CHANGE INTO SECOND GEAR IT SOMETIMES GOES UP TO 60 RPM BEFORE CHANGING, NOT ONLY THAT BUT AS I SLOWLY BREAK MY CAR SUDDENLY SPEEDS UP FORWARD, LIKE A BOOST WHICH I NEED TO FIRMLY APPLY MY BREAKS AGAIN. I'VE TRIED TAKING IT TO FORD, BUT SO MUCH FOR HELP OR WILLING TO WORK WITH ME, IT IS DISAPPOINTING WHEN WE PURCHASE OUR FAVORITE VEHICLES AND GET TURNED DOWN BY THE COMPANY KNOWING WE ARE IN NEED OF HELP. MY CAR CONSUMES GAS, EVERY OTHER DAY I HAVE TO FILL UP IT TO KEEP IT FROM COMPLETELY RUNNING LOW, IN A DAY IT CONSUMES HALF THE TANK, WITH THE SECOND DAY MY GAS IS NEARLY DONE. I WENT FROM SPENDING 120-30 BIWEEKLY ON GAS TO 120 EVERY TWO DAYS, ADD IT UP ESPECIALLY AS A FULL TIME STUDENT. I AM A FATHER OF TWO IN WHICH I FREAK OUT WHEN I HAVE THEM IN MY CAR. I'VE CAME TO REALIZE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THIS ISSUE, I'VE SEEN A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT 05 TO 13 FORD ESCAPE MODELS. THERE IS NO RECALL FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM WHICH LEAVES MANY OF US HELPLESS. FORD DOES NOT TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS WELL. FORD IS THE DEFINITION OF POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, IF THAT IS THE CASE HOW THE HELL DO I AND OTHERS COME UP WITH $4200 TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION HAVING TWO CHILDREN. I AM PINNED AGAINST THE WALL AND THERE ISN'T ANYTHING I CAN DO, IF THIS ISN'T A CRY FOR HELP, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, PLEASE HELP. *TR

Mileage: 95,200

MY CAR DOESN'T TAKE 2ND OR 4TH GEAR. IT'S A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET WITH FORD ESCAPE OWNERS ONCE THIS CAR PASSES 100, 000 MILES. FORD HAS NOT DONE A RECALL ON THIS. I THINK IT IS UNFAIR THAT CONSUMERS HAVE TO PAY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION WHEN FORD KNOW THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,400.

Mileage: 41,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN ENGAGING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

I OWN A 2008 FORD ESCAPE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO COMING OFF THE THRUWAY I STARTED TO APPLY MY BREAKS TO SLOW DOWN,INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN MY VEHICLE SPED FORWARD ON ITS OWN,I HAD TO FIRMLY APPLY THE BREAKS TO MAKE IT STOP JUST BARELY AVOIDING HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME,RIGHT AFTER THAT A YELLOW WRENCH CAME ON THE DASH.THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO HIGHER THAN 20 MILES,THE CAR WAS BASICALLY COASTING.WHEN I TRY TO GIVE IT MORE POWER IT WOULD JUST STALL.I HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO PAY $100 TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG,THEY TELL ME MY 2ND AND 4TH GEAR IS GONE AND I HAVE TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED. A FORD REBUILD TRANSMISSION WOULD COST ME OVER $4200,A JUNK YARD TRANSMISSION $3800,CALLED AAMCO THEY SAID $2200 I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN 2011 WITH A LITTLE OVER 34,000 MILES,IT CURRENTLY HAS 58,300 MILES ON IT,NOW IN 3 YRS I HAVE DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE LESS THEN 25,000 MILES.MEANING AROUND 8,000 MILES IF THAT A YEAR.SO WHY IN THE WORLD DO I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSIONS? I LEARNED THERE WAS A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE FORD ESCAPES 2005-2013 MODELS ALL WITH THIS SAME ISSUE, INSTEAD OF FORD DOING A RECALL AND FIXING THE PROBLEM,THEY SETTLE ON A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM,BUT INSTEAD OF THEM INCLUDING ALL THE VEHICLES WITH THIS ISSUE,THEY ONLY DO IT FOR THE 2009-2013 MODELS. I TALKED TO SOMEONE FROM THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY SAID MY CAR WASN'T ELIGIBLE FOR THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM CAUSE ITS A 08 ,WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE ON THE YEAR ITS THE SAME ISSUE AS ALL THE OTHER ESCAPES .NOW IS THAT FAIR IF THERE'S OTHER YEAR MODELS OUT THERE NOW EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE.THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES AND FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IN FIXING THE PROBLEM.NOW I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT I CANT DRIVE AND HAVE TO WAIT TO GET UP THE MONEY TO FIX. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A FORD VEHICLE AGAIN IF THIS IS HOW THEY TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS. *JS

Mileage: 58,350

VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT AND MADE A NOISE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WHICH INVOLVED FIRST AND REVERSE GEARS. THAT TIME THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THIS TIME MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A FUNNY NOISE. SHE PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND CALLED ME. WHEN I GOT THERE AND STARTED THE CAR THE NOISE I HEARD WAS VERY BAD COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO OUR FORD DEALER AND WAS CHECKED. NOW WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND COOLER NEEDS REPLACED AT A COST OF ALMOST $5000.00. THE CAR NOW AS 62000+ MILES AND NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE HAD RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SYSTEM WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. ## VIN FAILED ## 2008 FORD ESCAPE ##

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE REVERSED INDEPENDENTLY AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO SHIFT INTO PARK IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

Mileage: 97,000

PURSUANT TO THE 2014 RECALL ON MY VEHICLE, I TOOK MY 2008 ESCAPE TO BE SERVICED. UPON INFORMATION AND BELIEF, THE TORQUE SENSOR MODULE WAS REPROGRAMMED TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF STEERING. SAID SERVICE WAS PERFORMED ON OCTOBER 1, 2014. ON NOVEMBER 14, 2014, THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF STEERING WHILE DRIVING WITH MY YOUNG CHILD, THREE HOURS FROM HOME. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT PERFORMED THE WORK UNDER THE RECALL, I WAS TOLD WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS, DESPITE THE MECHANIC ADMITTING AND AGREEING WITH US THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED UNDER THE RECALL. THE MECHANIC'S HANDS WERE TIED AS FORD WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON THE COMPANY'S EXPENSE. THE ESTIMATED PRICE OF REPAIRS IS $1600. THE MECHANIC ALSO TOLD US HAD WE NOT BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN AS INSTRUCTED BY THE WELL PUBLICIZED RECALL AND THE STEERING FAILED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE RECALL STATES, "ALTERNATIVELY, THE DEALER MAY NEED TO REPLACE THE TORQUE SENSOR OR THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE (PARTS AND LABOR)". FORD INDICATED BY PHONE THAT THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THE FIRST VISIT. ANY SUBSEQUENT VISIT FOR A RECALL ISSUE IS THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. FORD'S MISREPRESENTATIONS IN ITS RECALL NOTICE AND SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS ARE UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES, NOT TO MENTION AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE AND DANGER TO CONSUMERS WHO BELIEVE NOT THAT THEIR VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE AFTER BEING SERVICED BY THE RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

DIFFICULTY SHIFTING FROM GEARS. THROTTLING HIGH BEFORE SHIFTING. I HAVE REPLACED TRANSMISSION THREE TIMES IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 104,461

MY WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, FEELS LIKE I HAVE NO POWER. IT WILL ONLY GO ABOUT 20 MPH, RPM'S GO HIGH AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL KICK IN AND START DRIVING NORMAL. *TR

THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR SYSTEM FAILURE. SURGING, UNNECESSARY REVVING AT LOW SPEEDS. INCONSISTENT ACCELERATION AND GEAR CHANGE. TROUBLE CODE "P2112 THROTTLE ACTUATOR SYSTEM STUCK". *TR

Mileage: 92,000

I WAS TRAVELING AT THE POSTED SPEED ON NORTH BOUND IH 35 JUST NORTH OF GEORGETOWN. I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR TO SLOW BRIEFLY TO EVADE AND PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE - INSTEAD OF SLOWING, THE ENGINE REVVED. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR SLOWED, BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV. I NOTICED A WRENCH WARNING LIGHT IN THE DASH AND CALLED MY DAUGHTER TO HELP ME WITH IT. MY SON-IN-LAW SAID IT WAS A POWERTRAIN FAULT WARNING. I PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED 10 MINUTES. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF; SO, I CONTINUED MY TRIP HOME RESUMING AND MAINTAINING HIGHWAY SPEED; BUT THE RPMS STAYED @ 3000. AT THE IH-35 EAST-WEST SPLIT, I DECELERATED TO MAKE THE TURN TOWARD DALLAS AND THE ENGINE REVVED TO 5000 RPMS AND STAYED BETWEEN 3K-4K FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. THE GEARS CHANGE REALLY HARD AND THE ENGINE REVS REALLY HIGH UNTIL IT DROPS INTO O/D; BUT RPMS STAY BETWEEN 3-4K. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT IS A GEAR-RATIO ISSUE AND I NEED A REBUILT OR NEW TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL. *TR

Mileage: 155,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, AND RE-START THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING FAILURE OCCURRED BETWEEN MAY AND NOVEMBER 2012. THE CONSUMER THEN RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL, REGARDING AN ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, SHE NEEDED TO GET PRIOR APPROVAL FROM FORD. UPDATED 12/15/14*BF UPDATED 01/12/15

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN OVERDRIVE THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ACTIVATED AND I NOTICED NO CHANGE IN SPEED BUT NOTICED A VERY LARGE CHANGE IN THE TACHOMETER FROM 2000 RPM TO 4500 AT THAT TIME THE CAR JUST STARTED SLOWING DOWN UNTIL I TOOK IT OUT OF O/D AND JUST CONTINUED ON MY WAY. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS SOMETHING IN THE TRANSMISSION THAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 65,287

AS I WOULD TAKE OFF THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO JERK REALLY HARD WHEN SWITCHING GEARS AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON.I HAD SOMEONE RUN A TEST AND IT SAID IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION AND AFTER RESEARCHING MY FRIEND FOUND A RECALL ON THIS AND READ SEVERAL OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

VEHICLE WON'T SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR UNTIL REACHING 3500 - 4000 RPMS. CAN LET OFF GAS TO EASE CHANGE, ELSE VEHICLE JERKS INTO 2ND. *TR

Mileage: 149,000

WHILE NORMALLY ACCELERATING FROM STOP, VEHICLE REACHED 4000 RPM THEN SHIFTED VERY HARD, DRIVER AND ALL PASSENGERS EXPERIENCED A JOLT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DIAGNOSIS REVEALED CODES P0732 & P0734 - CD4E TRANSMISSION. THE SHOP MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS TRANSMISSION ISSUES IN BOTH GEARS 2 & 4 AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED/RE-BUILT. AN "IDENTIFIX - DIRECT HIT" DOCUMENT WAS PROVIDED SHOWING 60 CONFIRMED FIXES REGARDING TRANSMISSION REPLACE/REBUILDS ON 2008 FORD ESCAPES UNDER THE SAME ISSUE. UPON REVIEW OF THE NHTSA WEBSITE, I AM SEEING MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS AND COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SAME/IDENTICAL ISSUE. PLEASE CONSIDER ISSUING A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES FOR THIS CONCERN AS I AM CURRENTLY FACING A REPAIR BILL OVER $3000.00 ON A VEHICLE THAT I PURCHASED LESS THAN 8 MONTHS AGO. *TR

Mileage: 115,987

YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING WITH MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN MY CAR WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE CAUSING MY CAR TO LURCH FORWARD FASTER THAN I WAS ANTICIPATING. THEN TODAY THE SAME THING ALTHOUGH TODAY THE WRENCH SYMBOL SHOWED UP HAVING ME LOOK UP IN MY MANUAL WHAT THIS MEANT. I THEN LOOKED ONLINE (HAVING NO CAR KNOWLEDGE TO SEE WHAT THIS MEANT) AND FIND OUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS.THIS IS A SCARY SITUATION WHEN I USUALLY ALWAYS HAVE MY KIDS IN THE CAR. I FEEL FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE JABBING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO RESPOND AND REVVED UNTIL THE ENGINE INCREASED TO 4 RPMS. THE TRANSMISSION JERKED WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND THE WRENCH WARNING DISPLAY ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

Mileage: 101,000

THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHEN I CAME TO A STOP VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR UNTIL I WAS AT 3500 -4000 RPM. I GOT ON FREEWAY &COULDN'T GET TO SPEED LIMIT. THE WRENCH LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED & WHEN I LOOKED UP DESCRIPTION IN MANUAL IT STATES IT IS THE THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN.AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THEY DO HAVE RECALLS FOR THIS BUT ON THE 2009-2012 MODELS. IT ALSO SPECIFIED THAT FORD AS OF FEB. 2014 HAD ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLIES FOR 2005 - 2012 FOR 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. I CONTACTED FORD & THEN STATE THERE IS NO RECALL NOR CONSUMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03 FOR MY CAR. YET, THE HAVE THE SAME CONSUMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM FOR THE 2011 MILANS. THIS I KNOW CAUSE MY DAUGHTER HAS A 2011 MILAN & SHE RECEIVED NOTICE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW FORD CAN NOT COMPLY WHEN THIS ESCAPE CLEARLY HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE RECALLED VEHICLES FOR 2009-2012. ALL I WAS TOLD WAS TO GET IT FIXED & KEEP RECEIPT AND MAYBE SOME DAY COULD GET REIMBURSED. THIS IS REALLY FRUSTRATING AND ON FORD'S PART TOTALLY UNAWARE AND UNFAIR TO THEIR CONSUMERS! *TR

Mileage: 136,078

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

TWO DAYS AGO, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY, MY GEARS STARTED SLIPPING. I WAS DRIVING 45 MPH AND THEN MY CAR DECELERATED TO THE POINT WHERE I COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THIS MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET BACK HOME AND I FEARED THAT I WOULD BE AT RISK FOR A CRASH. IMMEDIATELY THE NEXT MORNING, I BROUGHT MY CAR TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. MY OPTIONS WERE TO FIX ONE BAND OR THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. UPON DOING RESEARCH ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I FOUND THAT MANY OTHER FORD CUSTOMERS HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 2008 FORD ESCAPE'S TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE ACCELERATING TO GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS REVVING BUT OUR SPEED WASN'T INCREASING AND IT SEEMED AS THOUGH IT WASN'T GOING INTO GEAR. FINALLY ONCE IT DID SHIFT THE WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE IT EVALUATED I WAS TOLD THAT THE BANDS FOR 2ND AND 4TH GEAR WERE BUSTED AND I'D NEED A NEW OR REBUILT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED. I WON'T EVER BUY ANOTHER FORD AFTER SEEING ALL OF THE OTHER REPORTS ON THIS AND KNOWING THAT THEY AREN'T ISSUING A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS CAN BE REAL DANGEROUS IF SOMEONE IS COMING AT YOU AND YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF THE WAY FAST ENOUGH! I'M TAKING THE LOSS AND TRADING IT IN ON SOMETHING MORE RELIABLE. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING SEIZED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (POWER STEERING) BUT DID NOT CONFIRM IF THE VIN WAS INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. DJR

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY WOULDN'T DRIVE. I PRESSED THE GAS, BUT IT WOULDN'T GO. I LIMPED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR, BUT FORTUNATELY THEY WERE NOT HURT. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE EXIT (A FEW HUNDRED FEET). THIS SEEMS LIKE AN INCREDIBLE HAZARD - ONE THAT FORD SHOULD FIX! I CAN TELL YOU THIS, I WILL GET THE CAR FIXED TO WHERE IT CAN BE DRIVEN, BUT I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN. FORD HAS PUT MY FAMILY AT RISK AND WON'T DO THE RIGHT THING. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

WHEN THE VEHICLE APPROACHES 15-20 MPH THE RPM'S REV. VEHICLE ALSO WANTS TO STALL AT LOW SPEEDS OR WHEN IDLING. WHILE ALL THESE ISSUES START OCCURRING THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON IN THE VEHICLE. IT MAKES THE VEHICLE USELESS TO DRIVE AND DOWN RIGHT DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 87,500

DECEMBER 17, 2012 WITH ONLY 97,000 MILES ON THIS CAR IT COMPLETELY STALLED WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AND COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. JULY 22,2014 VEHICLE STARTING TO EXCEL WHILE DRIVING AND LOSE POWER ....WRENCH LIGHT IS ON.....124,000 MILES RECALL NEEDS TO INCLUDE 2008 IT INCLUDES 2009---2013 FOR THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT AND EXTENDING WARRANTY TO 150,000. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE MAINTENANCE SERVICE SENSOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS WERE FAULTY AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE MAINTENANCE SERVICE SENSOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS WERE FAULTY AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

Mileage: 82,000

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE KEPT SURGING UP TO 5 RPM WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT HAVING AN ACCIDENT! WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED THAT SAID: THROTTLE/POWERTRAIN. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME I HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. CALLED FORD DEALER AND APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED WITH ON 6/27; OF COURSE, I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED AGAIN. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS EVALUATED THE SERVICE ADVISOR CALLED AND SAID IT IS MY TRANSMISSION!!?? HOW COULD THIS BE! I ONLY HAVE 80K MILES ON THE VEHICLE IN 5 YEARS! HOW IS THE TRANSMISSION FAILING AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE?! ONT HE NHTSA WEBSITE, I SEE THERE ARE MYRIADS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE, YET NO RECALLS?? NO WAY SHOULD I (CONSUMER) BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 80K MLIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S EVIDENT IT'S A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT! MY SUV IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE RE-EVALUATED BY ONE OF THEIR TRANSMISSION EXPERTS. *TR

Mileage: 80,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN SEIZED AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

Mileage: 40,000

WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY VEHICLE TO JOHN BLEAKLEY FORD FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STALLING WHILE GOING UPHILL AND SOMETIMES WOULD NOT GO MORE THAN 20. THEN WHEN DRIVING IN THE CITY THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES JERK. THIS IS A VERY NERVOUS FEELING!!! I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS A FACTORY PROBLEM & TOLD TO CONTINUE DRIVING IT. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MGR TO CONTACT THEM IN JANUARY AFTER HE CONTACTS FORD. I CALLED AND EMAILED OFTEN AD IT IS A NERVOUS FEELING TO DRIVE A CAR LIKE THIS. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE SERVICE MGR WHO AVOIDED ME UNTIL MAY 2014, AND HE ONLY SPOKE TO ME AFTER I CONTACTED MR BLEAKLEY! I HAVE QUOTED PRICES FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE. I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN FORD CUSTOMERS DO NOT FIND THE MONEY TO MAKE EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. THE MILEAGE IS TOO LOW TO NEED A TRANSMISSION. ALSO I HAVE MAINTAINED MY CAR GOOD. THIS IS DANGEROUS & UNBELIEVABLE!!! *TR

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF IT COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE RADIO ALSO FAILED AND THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A REDUCTION IN POWER. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE TRANSMISSION, ALTERNATOR, FRONT AXLE AND BATTERY WERE ALL REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

ON FRIDAY MAY 23, I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE AND THE "WRENCH" SYMBOL CAME ON. MY TRUCK STARTED TO STALL IN MID-TRAVEL AND I WAS ABLE TO AVOID BEING REAR-ENDED. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE VEHICLE. THE LIGHT WENT OUT AFTER WE WERE ALMOST HOME. HOWEVER, ON SATURDAY, AFTER I PRESSED THE GAS PEDDLE, THE TRUCK DID NOT PICK UP SPEED. IT IS NOW PARKED IN FRONT OF MY DOOR. *TR

Mileage: 87,720

WE'VE OWNED AN '08 ESCAPE 2WD XLS. AT 46300 MILES, SHE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ACCELERATION BETWEEN 10-20MPH; AT 22MPH THE CAR INTO GEAR; AT 50MPH SHE GOT THE WRENCH LIGHT. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY HOOKED IT UP ON THE IDS COMPUTER, CAME BACK WITH CODES P0732 AND P0743 INTERNAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THEY SAID IT WOULD NEED TO BE TORN DOWN TO FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. WHEN I ASKED HOW MUCH FOR THAT I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER AND HE WENT TO SAY HOW IF THEY DID THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ALREADY BE OUT AND OPEN SO FIXING IT AT THAT POINT WOULD BE THE BEST. AFTER I ASKED THE SECOND TIME HOW MUCH IS WHEN HE SAID APPROX. $2500 PLUS TAX... COULD BE HIGHER OR LOWER FOR THE TEAR DOWN AND REPAIR. I DECLINED AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO AAMCO. THEY CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE COST TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BE ALMOST AS MUCH AS GETTING A REMANUFACTURED TRANS WITH ALL THE PROBLEM AREAS UPGRADED AND A 3YR 50,000 MILE WARRANTY, WHEREAS A REBUILD WOULD ONLY GET 1 YR WARRANTY. WE ENDED UP BUYING THE REMANUFACTURED THAT WAS THE BETTER CHOICE. AT THE END WITH LABOR, INSTALL AND TAX $2837.51. I EMAILED FORD PRIOR TO BRING TO AAMCO AND DIDN'T HEAR FROM THEN UNTIL 2 DAYS BEFORE MY WIFE'S CAR WAS DONE. THEY CALL TO ASK IF THERE WAS ANY WAY THEY COULD HELP BUT WHEN I TOLD THEM THE ESCAPE WAS NO LONGER AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I TOLD THEM WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO WAIT TO HEAR FROM THEM AND THAT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WE TOOK IT TO. THEY SAID THAT THEY CANNOT STAND BY THE WORK AN OUTSIDE (NON-FORD) SHOP DOES. I THEN TOLD THEM HOW I KNEW FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAD ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN TO ITS TECHS ADVISING THEM OF THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THAN 1 PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. FORD KNOWINGLY PUT MY WIFE AND DAUGHTERS LIVES IN DANGER WITH THIS PROBLEM AND THEY DON'T CARE. *JS

Mileage: 46,300

MY CAR ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY DUE TO DEFECTIVE FORD THROTTLE BODY. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

AS I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH MY CAR SUDDENLY SPED UP ON ITS OWN. WHEN I BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN MY CAR THEN WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR. THE RMPS WOULD JUMP TO OVER 300 WHEN I TRIED TO GO FASTER THAN 25 MPH. ONCE I HAD GONE THAT SPEED FOR A FEW SECONDS MY CAR WOULD THEN DO A HARD JERK AND MOVE INTO THE NEXT GEAR. THIS CAUSED MANY SAFETY HAZARDS FOR ME WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. *JS

Mileage: 103,000

WHEN I START MY CAR THE POWER STEERING WONT WORK. I HAVE TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT AND IT WILL WORK. I NOTICED MY ESCAPE WAS LEAKING FLUID TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER IT WAS THE TRANSFER CASE. AFTER 2500. ITS FIXED AND IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ON BOTH AS THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON BOTH OF THESE. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

MY FORD ESCAPE HAD 3 TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN THE PAST 4 YEARS. I HAD IT REBUILD OR REPLACED BY FORD TWICE AND IT NEED A THIRD TRANSMISSION REBUILD OR REPLACE. THE CP4E DOESN'T HOLD UP OR LIKE OTHERS COMMENTED ON THIS VEHICLE THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO HAVE A LOOSE STEARING WHICH CAUSE THE SECOND GEAR TRANSMISSION BAND TO PULL AWAY OR BROKEN. PLEASE ADVISE ON THIS PROBLEM OR ISSUE A RECALL SINCE THERE ARE MORE ESCAPE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TT

Mileage: 110,000

MY POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT AND ON AND OUT AND ON AT ANY RATE OF SPEED. I CAN'T AFFORD THE 1500.00 TO REPLACE IT SINCE I JUST HAD MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 4,000.00 IT IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE AND I'VE SEEN 1000 OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE. FORD NEEDS TO DO A RECALL. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. GM JUST DID A RECALL AND IT IS THE SAME PART. CAN SOMEONE HELP WITH THIS MATTER PLEASE? *TR

Mileage: 117,000

THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIVE ROUGH AND THE WRENCH LIGHT POPPED ON THE DASH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER AND WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 55,000 MILES. TOLD WOULD COST OVER $2K TO FIX AND WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED. WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED FROM THE FORD DEALER 20,000 MILES AGO. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, WHENEVER I PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE AND BEGIN TO BACK UP, I LOSE MY STEERING ABILITY. THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET MY STEERING WHEEL TO WORK AGAIN IS IF I TURN MY CAR OFF AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN. WELL, TODAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME I TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO TURN MY CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON AND MY POWER STEERING WOULD NOT KICK BACK IN. I HAVE READ THROUGH MANY COMPLAINTS ON HERE AS WELL AS OTHER SITES AND SEE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR 2008 ESCAPE. I HAVE SEEN THAT IT CAN COST OVER $1400 TO GET IT FIXED!! I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY RIGHT NOW!! THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT TO TELL ME THAT SOMETHING IN THE POWER STEERING WAS GOING IS RIDICULOUS!! IN THE PAST 2 YEARS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, GET A NEW BATTERY, GET BRAKES, TIRES,NEW GAS TANK, NEW SENSOR FOR THE HEATING CONTROL, AND THE LIST CONTINUES. THIS CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD AND JUST PAST 100,000 MILES!!! I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL THESE THINGS ALREADY!! I AM NOT ABOUT TO PUT ANOTHER $1400+ IN THIS VEHICLE ESPECIALLY SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER ESCAPES. TIME TO DO A RECALL PEOPLE OR YOU CAN GLADLY TAKE THIS CAR BACK!! *TR

Mileage: 108,000

AFTER DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES, I WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE WHEEL WITHOUT A LOT OF FORCE. I WAS UNABLE TO STAY ON THE ROAD AND CAME VERY CLOSE TO HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ALONG SIDE THE FREEWAY. IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION (AT 69000 MILES) AND NOW THIS. I AM NOT AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVER AND FEEL THESE PROBLEMS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. THE STEERING IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL! *TR

Mileage: 77,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK FROM THE CONDENSER, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 139,700.

Mileage: 139,700

WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 50MPH THEN LOST ALL ACCELERATION. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT WE WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. CRAWLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, THEN ACCELERATION PICKED UP, THEN STOPPED, THEN WENT, THEN STOPPED. THEN WHEN THE CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING AND WE WERE GOING MAYBE 5MPH THE THROTTLE STUCK AND RPM'S WENT EXTREMELY HIGH.(INTO THE 5-6 RANGE) PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND IT SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE. IF SUV ACCELERATION WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY CAUGHT AT THAT POINT WE WOULD HAVE SPUN OUT AND CRASHED . CRAWLED UNTIL WE GOT HOME. THIS IS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE V6 WITH 69K MILES. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE 09'S. WHY NOT THE 08.????? IT USES THE SAME DRIVE-BY-WIRE AS THE 09'S. ALL SIGNS ARE POINTING TO A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. LETS ADD THE 08'S TO THE RECALL LIST PLEASE SOMEONE BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS KNOWN PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

WHEN I STARTED MY VEHICLE, A WARNING LIGHT IN THE SHAPE OF A WRENCH STAYED ON. I LOOK IN THE MANUAL AND THIS SAID POWERTRAIN. UPON FURTHER CHECKING, I FOUND THIS IS A PROBLEM IN THESE ESCAPES. WHEN I STOP AT THE RAILROAD TRACK OR AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD WHEN I TAKE OFF. THE SHIFTING IS ROUGH AT TIMES. I ALSO JUST HAD TO HAVE THE DOME LIGHT IN THE VEHICLE REPLACED. THIS, TOO, I WAS TOLD WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR AND ALSO THE DASH LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF AND ON. THIS WAS A 103.88 REPAIR JOB AND THE DOME LIGHT, AFTER BEING REPLACED, IS LOOSE AND DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY. WHEN THIS HAVING TO BE REPLACED FREQUENTLY, I WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE A REPLACEMENT LIGHT THAT FIT THE ROOF CORRECTLY. *TR

Mileage: 36,178

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HESITATED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE 2-4 BAND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

WHEN I WOULD COME TO A STOP OR EVEN START TO SLOW DOWN AND START TO GO AGAIN MY CAR (TRANSMISSION) WOULD JUMP, REV UP TO 4/5 RPMS AND STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, I WOULD TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AS SOON AS IT WOULD DO THIS AND IT WOULD DO THE SAME THING WITHOUT ME EVEN ON THE GAS, ALWAYS TWICE MEANWHILE AGAIN STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. MY (WRENCH) LIGHT ALSO CAME ON WHICH SHOWED POWERTRAIN/CONTROL THROTTLE. AFTER TAKING IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP THEY ARE QUOTING ME $3500 TO FIX THE PROBLEM OH AND DID I MENTION MY WARRANTY ENDED A MONTH IN A HALF AGO! I KNOW I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHERS THIS IS HAPPENING TO AND SINCERELY BELIEVE FORD IS NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT OR WANTING TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 82,526

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHERE THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION COOLER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

Mileage: 68,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 595 SPEED OF 65 MPH THE CAR JUST LOST POWER CAUSING TO REDUCE SPEED FAST WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. HAD TO MOVE FROM THE FAR LEFT LANE TO THE RIGHT LANE ON RUSH HOUR ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

I PUT IT IN REVERSE AND IT WOULD STALL AND THEN PUNCH IN AND TAKE OFF. THEN I WOULD PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN. IT WAS KIND OF SCARY. IF SOMEONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME I COULD HAVE HIT THEM. THAT HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AND FINALLY IT WOULDN'T MOVE AT ALL. MY TRANSMISSION JUST QUIT ON ME. WITH ONLY 66,000 MILES ON IT AND I STILL OWE $15,600 ON IT NOW AS A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO I HAVE TO TRY TO COME UP WITH $3700 TO FIX THIS????? THIS VEHICLE JUST GOT BROKEN IN WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT. I'M SO UPSET. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AND AFTER DOING RESEARCH IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH THIS VEHICLE! WHERE IS THE RECALL ON IT? I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS! *TR

Mileage: 66,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND FAILED TO ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE COOLING PUMP SYSTEM IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 112,000

AS I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO THE INTERSTATE MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE SURGED AND SPEED DECELERATED. THE WRENCH WARNING SYMBOL CAME ON WHICH IS THE "THROTTLE/POWERTRAIN" WARNING LIGHT. THE RPM'S GO AS HIGH AS 4,000 RPM'S BEFORE IT CHANGES GEARS. I TOOK IT INTO AAMCO TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED $3,000.00 SO I BROUGHT IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHICH IS LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM NOW. AS I READ ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED, NOT JUST A SERVICE BULLETIN. FORD NEEDS TO STAND BY ITS PRODUCT AND CORRECT THERE MISTAKES. I FEEL THIS IS A STRONG SAFETY ISSUE AS IT MAKES THE VEHICLE VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS UNTIL 3250-3750 RPM. WRENCH WARNING LIGHT TURNS ON. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. *TT

Mileage: 80,000

MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAT 55,000 MILES ON IT AND I AM HAVING TONS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE ISSUES. I AM VERY STRICT WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGING MY OIL AND HAVING THINGS SERVICED ON THIS VEHICLE. I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES, ESPECIALLY AT UNDER 60,000 MILES. I FEEL FORD SHOULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE. THEY KNOW THERE IS ISSUES WITH THIS MODELS TRANSMISSIONS. PLEASE HELP, ANY ADVISE WELCOME. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

JUST HAD THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE GIVE OUT ON ME. AFTER READING MULTIPLE ARTICLES ON THE WEB, I SAW IT WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH FORD. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A SERVICE NOTICE FOR A FORD CAR WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION AS MY ESCAPE. I FIND IT RIDICULOUS THAT I HAVE LESS THAN 50K MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND NOW AM HAVING TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION. I FEEL LIKE FORD SHOULD FIX THIS ISSUE AT NO COST TO ME BECAUSE THEY ARE USING FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. THAT THEY KNOW ARE DEFECTIVE. *TR

Mileage: 48,885

I WAS ACCELERATING UP A HILL, WHEN I NOTICED THAT IT DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER. THE CAR WOULD REV UP BUT NOT CHANGE GEARS. WHEN I GOT IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID AN INTERMEDIATE BAND BROKE ON THE TRANSMISSION. APPARENTLY THE ESCAPE IS KNOWN FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE 2ND AND 4TH GEARS GO OUT ON THEM. FORD WOULD NOT PAY FOR ANY OF THE REPAIR WHICH WAS $1358.41. THIS IS THE SECOND ESCAPE I HAD WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD SUV AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 57,509

DRIVING HOME, CAME TO A STOP (RED LIGHT) WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND MY TRUCK WOULDN'T MOVED, THEN I LET GO OF PEDAL AND DID IT AGAIN AND MY TRUCK JOLTED AND STARTED MOVING. AS I WAS DRIVING AND TRYING TO INCREASE SPEED MY TRUCK WOULD SHIFT..IF I TRIED TO PASS 30 MPH IT FELT LIKE IT WAS DECREASING. EVERY TIME I CAME TO A FULL STOP IT KEPT REPEATING THE SAME SITUATION, PRESS GAS PEDAL AND NO MOVEMENT. IT WAS PRETTY SCARY BECAUSE HERE IN CALIFORNIA THERE ARE FAST DRIVERS AND I WAS AFRAID THAT IF MY CAR WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER I WOULD BE HIT, AND I HAD MY SON AND NEPHEW IN THE CAR. THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING, NEVER DID I EVER HAVE ISSUES WITH FORD TIL NOW AND WHAT MAKES IT WORSE THERE ARE NO WARNINGS IT JUST HAPPENS. NOW ITS COSTING MORE THEN $300 DOLLARS TO FIX THIS. BUT WHO IS TO SAY THAT AFTER I SPEND ALL THAT MONEY THIS WONT HAPPEN AGAIN. I SHOULD BE DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT HASN'T BEEN RECALLED AND THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED ME ABOUT THIS AND FIXED IT. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

VEHICLE FAILS TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY AFTER A COMPLETE STOP. RPM'S ARE RAISED TO HIGH BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO 2ND GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

VEHICLE STARTUP IS VERY SLOW AND AFTER 35 MPH CHANGEUP MAKES A VERY STRONG AND WHEN I STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS COME BACK AGAIN THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 52,412

ADDENDUM: ORIGINAL NHTSA#10283836 (SEPT 2009) BOUGHT CERTIFIED USED 2008 FORD ESCAPE IN 2009. BEFORE THE FIRST PAYMENT, THE TRANSMISSION COOLING ASSEMBLY BLEW, DUMPING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ONTO MY DRIVEWAY (PART #8L8Z-19712-J, TSB 09 09 04). MILEAGE: 21,775. COST OF $1000+ REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. FAST FORWARD, MAY 2013 (MILEAGE: 59,391). AS PREDICTED BACK IN 2009 BY MANY HERE ON THIS WEBSITE: COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. IT DIED IN 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC, AS I BLOCKED VEHICLES, NO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS. MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS FLUSHED: 2009, 2011, 2012, AND TOPPED OFF OTHERWISE; MEASURES I TOOK TO PROTECT AGAINST THIS EXACT FAILURE. YET IT COMPLETELY FAILED, <60,000 ODOMETER MILES. THIS $3000 REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. CURRENT WARRANTY: NOW 12 MONTHS/12,000 MILES. MINUS TOW TRUCK, 2 MISSED WORK DAYS, AND LOSS OF USE OF MY VEHICLE FOR 3 WEEKS. IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THIS DANGEROUSLY FLAWED DESIGN (SHARING AN AC/TRANSMISSION CONDENSER) WILL FAIL YET AGAIN, EVEN AS SOON AS 6 MONTHS. THERE IS NO MANUFACTURER RECALL. THE CONDENSER ASSEMBLY ALLOWS THE FLUID TO REMAIN CHRONICALLY LOW FOR LONG PERIODS. I TOPPED MY FLUIDS REGULARLY & PROACTIVELY FLUSHED 3 TIMES IN 4 YEARS, YET THE TRANSMISSION STILL BURNED UP AND FAILED. NOTE THE REPETITION OF THE WORD ?BURNT? IN THE TECHNICIAN NOTES, EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVELS WERE LISTED AS OK. THE CONDENSER ASSEMBLY (W/ AC & TRANSMISSION SHARING A CONDENSER W/ A FLAWED WELD THAT BURSTS), AND THE CHRONIC PROBLEM W/ THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING THAT COMPLETELY FREEZES THE STEERING COLUMN IN PLACE ON FAILURE ARE HUGE SAFETY ISSUES. TRAGEDY IS PREDICTED. FOLLOWED W/ CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. MEMOS WILL REVEAL DISCUSSIONS ALL ALONG REGARDING THE EPIC FAIL OF THE 2008 FORD ESCAPE. OUR SAFETY AND MAJOR INCONVENIENCE ARE MINOR COLLATERAL DAMAGE. *TR

Mileage: 59,391

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE'S TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING WHILE IN OVERDRIVE. IT THEN WENT OUT AND REVVED UP TO 5,000 RPM'S AND WOULD NOT MOVE WHILE IN OVER DRIVE OR DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE CAUSING ME TO ALMOST GET REAR ENDED. I HAD TO SHIFT TO SECOND GEAR AND LIMP IT HOME. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE REVVED BUT FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

Mileage: 66,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE CONDENSER AT AN ALARMING RATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 27,400.

Mileage: 27,400

ON, OR ABOUT THE DATE LISTED ABOVE, AND SEVERAL INCIDENTS LATER, OUR 208 FORD ESCAPE CONTINUES TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE STALLING. COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS YIELDED NO CODES. AFTER ALMOST TWO WEEKS IN THE SHOP, WE NEEDED OUR CAR BACK, SO I HAVE DECIDED TO DRIVE IT AND LET MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER DRIVE MY HONDA BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, AND DOCUMENT ON THIS OFFICIAL WEBSITE, THAT THE STALLING PROBLEM IS KNOWN BY NHTSA AND AN INVESTIGATION TO THIS PROBLEM WAS STARTED IN FEBRUARY 2013 BY YOUR AGENCY. THIS PROBLEM, AS NOTED BY SO MANY OTHERS, IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED IN MVAS AS A RESULT. NOT SURE IF ANYONE HAS BEEN KILLED YET, BUT THAT IS INEVITABLE DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE STALLING INCIDENTS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO INITIATE LEGISLATURE OR A MANDATE, OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO, SO THAT FORD IS FORCED TO RECALL AND REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. I AM PERSONALLY HOLDING FORD, AND THE NHTSA RESPONSIBLE IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER. GOD FORBID THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANYMORE INJURIES, OR ANYONE KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT THAT IS ALREADY DOCUMENTED AND BEING INVESTIGATED. REMEMBER: ONCE YOU START AN INVESTIGATION, YOU HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF A PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

DRIVING ALONG AND THE WRENCH ICON COMES ON WHILE THE VEHICLE STALLS AND DECELERATES. THIS ISSUE REOCCURS CONSISTENTLY AND APPEARS TO BE THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO SMOOTHLY TRANSITION AUTOMATICALLY INTO 2ND/3RD GEAR. VEHICLE DIAGNOSED BY AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED SINCE DEALER CLAIMS IT IS NOT UNDER RECALL AND IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 67,446

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY BOTH AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO BOTH ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFTER FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,000. UPDATED 03/01/13*LJ UPDATED 03/07/13

Mileage: 73,000

AFTER DRIVING 10 MILES WITH THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY AND THEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A RED LIGHT, UPON STARTING BACK UP THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SWITCH GEARS UNTIL THE ENGINE GOT UP TO 5000RPM. WHEN IT DID SWITCH IT SEEMED TO CHANGE INTO 3RD GEAR INSTEAD OF 2ND BECAUSE I HAD ALMOST NO POWER AND HAD TO VERY SLOWLY ACCELERATE FROM THERE. FURTHER, IT REMAINED IN 3RD GEAR AND WOULD NEVER SWITCH TO 4TH. THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON AN OPEN HIGHWAY AT NIGHT WHERE THE CARS BEHIND ME EXPECTED A CONTINUOUS ACCELERATION TO 50MPH. I CAME VERY CLOSE TO BEING REAR-ENDED. MY MECHANIC HAS DETERMINED THAT 2ND GEAR AND 4TH GEAR ARE GONE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY, VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONGST 2008 FORD ESCAPES AND A $2500 REPAIR. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL BEFORE THIS CAUSES A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR FATALITY. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

MY GAS PEDAL STICKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S COLD OUT. I'VE TALKED TO FORD ABOUT IT AND 3 OTHER MECHANICS AND NO ONE KNOWS WHY. I HAVE A HEATED GARAGE SO IT'S NOT FROZEN. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO BUT IS EMBARRASSING AND DANGEROUS! *TR

Mileage: 500

WHILE DRIVING GAS PEDAL IS STICKING, ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURES RESULTING IN STALL/SURGE WHILE DRIVING. THIS IA A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY . THERE CURRENTLY IS NOT A RECALL TO THIS YEAR MODEL. PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER AND THE TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING A LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 44,000.

Mileage: 44,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON I-10, TOWARD ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE VEHICLE, WITH NO PRE-WARNING BEGAN TO DECELERATE (SLOW DOWN). THE VEHICLES SPEED DID NOT RESPOND TO DEPRESSING THROTTLE PEDAL; THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO VEHICLE IN THE RIGHT LANE AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THERE, BY TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE TRIP UNTIL THE SECOND AND THIRD OCCURRENCE. THIS SITUATION OCCURRED THREE MORE TIME ON THE RETURN TRIP HOME. ALL ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE I PROCEEDED IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE WHERE I COULD GET TO THE SHOULDER EASILY. AFTER DOING SOME INVESTIGATION, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING ON FORD ESCORTS SINCE 2004 AT LEAST. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT SUCH A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW IN AN AUTOMOBILE HAS PERSISTED SO LONG. IMAGINE WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING THIS OCCUR WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A SIX LANE INTERSTATE WITH 18 WHEELERS ALL AROUND. AT BEST THERE WOULD BE AN ACCIDENT, THERE IS A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY OF FATALITIES. *TR

Mileage: 74,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AND JERK ABNORMALLY WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

Mileage: 71,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING SPORADICALLY WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE CONNECTOR THAT LINKED THE TRANSMISSION TO THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 71,000.

Mileage: 71,000

TRANSMISSION LUNGING BACK AND FORTH FOR ABOUT THREE SECONDS. THESE HAPPEN AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK AND ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. *TR

Mileage: 59,850

TRANSMISSION ISSUE: STARTING REVVING HIGH ON 1ST GEAR SKIPPING 2ND TO 3RD. "SLIPPING" TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD AFTER A SCAN THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT. WAS TOLD THIS ALSO BY FORD AS WELL AS ANOTHER 3RD PARTY TRANSMISSION PLACE. ALL 3 OF THEM ADMITTED THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE. PAID 3000 TO REBUILD THE UNIT. I WAS 3,000 MILES OVER MY FORD ESP. FORD REFUSED TO HELP ME OUT AT ALL. MANY FORUMS ALSO LIST THIS AS A PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

2008 FORD ESCAPE WITH 76500 MILES. STARTED VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE, WHEN I DID IT SHIFTED REAL HARD AND MADE A SQUEELING NOISE. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE AND IT DID IT AGAIN. THE VEHICLE DOES THE SAME THING WHEN PLACING IN REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 76,500

2008 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE LOSS ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING *TGW WHEN THE MECHANIC OPENED THE HOOD, HE DISCOVERED THE ENGINE WAS COVERED IN FLUID. THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS LEAKING, AS WELL AS THE COOLANT.

Mileage: 21,000

STARTING IN THE FALL OF 2009 WHEN THE WEATHER GOT COLDER, THE THROTTLE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AND HARDER TO DEPRESS, REQUIRING A GREATER EFFORT TO PRESS DOWN THE PEDAL TO UN-STICK AND ONLY THEN WOULD THE THROTTLE PEDAL DEPRESS BEYOND THE IDLE POSITION. THEREFORE, THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO LURCH FORWARD CREATING A SUDDEN, DANGEROUS CONDITION. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN PERSISTENT AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. *TR

Mileage: 22,000

FAILURE OF 2ND AND 4TH GEAR IN THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 62,500

MY ESCAPE ONLY HAD 65000 MILES ON IT WHEN WE STARTED TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT , AND THE CLUTCH PACK WENT BAD.I ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER. THE MECHANIC I SPOKE WITH TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE CLUTCH PACK IN THE TRANSMISSION AND MINE WAS ONE OF MANY HE HAS SEEN WITH THE SAME ISSUES. NO MORE THAN 6 MONTHS LATER THE TRANSMISSION IS SLAMMING IN TO GEAR AND SHIFTING HARD. WE HAD IT LOOKED AT AND THE MECHANIC SAID WE WILL NEED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. FORD DENIED ANY CLAIM TO ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND REFUSES TO HELP. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

THE RPM GAUGE ON THE 2008 FORD ESCAPE SEEMED TO BE "IDLING" HIGH. THE RPM'S DID NOT MATCH HOW FAST I WAS GOING IN MPH LIKE IT USUALLY DOES. IT WAS LIKE THE CAR WAS HESITATING TO MOVE. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOOKED UP WHAT THAT MEANT IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. IT SAID POWERTRAIN FAULT/DEFAULT, TAKE TO DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY! THE BACK WINDOW STOPPED WORKING TOO. I AM SOOOOO DISAPPOINTED IN THIS VEHICLE!!! I'M STILL MAKING PAYMENTS, AS I BOUGHT THE CAR BARELY 4 YEARS AGO. WITH SO FEW MILES, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 45,678

TRANSMISSION HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPAIRED FOR LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AT APPROX. 25,000. NOW, AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS SEIZED. IT APPEARS MANY OWNERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS ON THIS VEHICLE AND FORD IS TRYING TO SAY THAT ABNORMAL NOISE AND FAILURES ARE TYPICAL. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

VEHICLE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH IN THE MORNING GOING TO WORK. ON THE WAY HOME I WAS STOPPING BY LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE TO HAVE CODE TESTED. THE AUTO PARTS TECH SAID THAT THERE WERE NO CODES POPPING UP. AS I LEFT AND PULLED AWAY FROM THE STORE THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED IN RPMS BEFORE IT LURCHED INTO THE 2ND AUTOMATIC GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUDDER. EVERY TIME I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP TO HIGHER SPEEDS THE RPMS WOULD JUMP UP TO 3-4 THOUSAND BEFORE IT WOULD JUMP INTO THE NEXT GEAR. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER GARAGE. THEY SAID IT WAS GIVING THEM CODES RELATED TO TSB 12-4-8. THE ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR IS $2200. FORD HAS ISSUED THIS AS A TSB KNOWING THAT IT IS AN ISSUE. THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 77,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE NOTICED A PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID UNDERNEATH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE LUNGED BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED MORE THAN TEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO UPDATE THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 82,000.

Mileage: 82,000

I HAVE A 2008 FORD ESCAPE, 3.0L V6 ENGINE. WE PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND SERVICE CONTRACT WITH FORD AND HAD THE CAR SERVICED AT FORD UNTIL 6 MONTHS AGO WHEN THE SERVICE CONTRACT RAN OUT. THE CAR IS JUST OVER 4 YEARS OLD AT 105,000 MILES AND THE 2ND GEAR IN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON A HIGHWAY. I REACHED OUT TO FORD TO REQUEST A GOOD WILL REPAIR GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE MESSAGE BOARDS AS WELL AS GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE DILIGENTLY HAD THE CAR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR DONE BY FORD AND THEY REFUSED. LOOKING AT THE MESSAGE BOARDS, THIS SEEMS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE ESCAPE AND I BELIEVE FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THIS PRESENTS NOT ONLY A HAZARD TO THE DRIVER BUT ALSO TO OTHER DRIVERS AS WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS, THE CAR LOOSES SPEED AND THE RPMS REV OUT. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 25 MPH AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A WHINING NOISE. THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED BY IT SELF. IT WAS TAKEN OUT OF GEAR TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM CRASHING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THEN CAUSING FAILURE OF THE WHOLE UNIT. *JB

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION FUEL WAS LEAKING ONTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NOT ANY RECALLS ON THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,972.

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER, WHICH WAS CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,930. UPDATED 04/19/12*LJ UPDATED 04/25/12

Mileage: 58,930

FOUND PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID ON DRIVEWAY. TRANSMISSION COOLER IS LEAKING JUST LIKE ALL 2008 FORD ESCAPES. NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. DEALER CHARGES $816. WHY ISN'T IT COVERED BY A RECALL? WE ARE DISAPPOINTED. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

MY CAR APPEARED TO GO INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING, THEN REVVED UP AND SHOT FORWARD. PUTTING MYSELF AND PASSENGERS AT DANGER OF GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON FLAW IN THE POWER TRAIN (TRANSMISSION) OF THE FORD ESCAPES. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUED BEFORE A FATALITY OCCURS DUE TO FORD NEGLIGENCE. I CALLED FORD IMMEDIATELY UPON ARRIVING AT WORK AND WILL TAKE IT IN AT THE END OF THE DAY BUT, HAVING LOOKED FOR COMPLAINTS/RECALLS ON LINE I SEE THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON AND FORD IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

I NOTICED A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS BEGINNING TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY, AND SLIPPING BETWEEN GEARS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WAS CAUSING SOME CONCERN WHILE DRIVING IN THE FAST LANE OF THE INTERSTATES. IT WAS BEGINNING TO SPRAY UP UNDER THE HOOD, AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT IT GETTING ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND STARTING A FIRE. AFTER DOING TONS OF RESEARCH ON LINE, IF FIND OUT ABOUT A TRANS COOLER DEFECT. I SEE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO 100'S IF NOT 1000'S OF PEOPLE THAT OWNED 2008 ESCAPES. I WAS TOLD FORD DID DO SOME REPAIRS ON THESE CARS THAT WHERE BUILT EARLY 2008, AND THAT A CSP (CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM) WAS SENT OUT MARCH 2010, AND EXPIRED IN AUGUST 2010. MY ESCAPE WAS BUILT IN SEPT. 2007, WHICH SHOULD HAVE COVERED IT. FORD SENT A CSP #09B10 TO OWNERS FOR A REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF THE KNOW DEFECT TO THE COOLER. SINCE I DIDN'T NOT OWN THE VEHICLE UNTIL NOVEMBER 2010, I HAD NO IDEA OF THE PROBLEM, AND SINCE THE ORIGINAL OWNER NEVER TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR, I HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER CARE, AND BOTH THEM, AND THE FORD DEALER ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEFECT, BUT WOULD NOT COVER IT. SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL, AND THE CSP IS OVER, I HAD TO PAY $644.41 OUT OF MY POCKET. THIS IS RIDICULES I AM PAYING FOR A DEFECT THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT. THEY BOTH TOLD ME TO HOLD ON TO MY RECEIPT IN CASE THERE IS A RECALL I CAN GET REIMBURSED. I THINK THIS IS THE LAST FORD I WILL OWN. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS CONNECTED TO THE DRIVE TRAIN, AND KEEPS YOUR TRANSMISSION FROM FAILING, ITS NOT A DRIVE TRAIN PART, AND FORD WILL NOT COVER CAUSE ITS NOT INTERNAL. AS FAR AS I SEE IT! ITS POWER TRAIN RELATED, AND IF IT UNKNOWINGLY FAILS, THE TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL. HOPEFULLY FORD DOES THE RIGHT THING, AND REPAIRS OR REIMBURSES THE CUSTOMER THAT HAD IT REPAIRED FOR THE MISTAKE FORD MADE WITH THE DEFECTIVE PART BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

Mileage: 45,170

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, FLUID WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED A TRANS CORE LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,842.

Mileage: 35,000

I PURCHASED A 2008 FORD ESCAPE NEW IN SEPTEMBER 2008. AFTER 50,000 MILES I NOTICED A BUZZING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR PROBABLE CAUSES, I DISCOVERED A TSB STATING THAT IDLER PULLEY MAY FAIL PREMATURELY. I PURCHASED AND REPLACED THE PULLEY AND NOTICED A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK NEAR THE RADIATOR. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET SOME MORE, I DISCOVERED ANOTHER TSB STATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLERS CRACK DUE TO A FLAWED DESIGN. I CONTACTED FORD THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND THEY STATED THEIR ARE NO RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE AND DIRECTED ME TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD MY VEHICLE. THE REPAIR ESTIMATES ARE BETWEEN 800-1000 DOLLARS. I HAVE EXCEEDED MY WARRANTY AND MULTIPLE PERSONS HAVE STATED THAT FORD DOES NOT HONOR IT ANYWAY FOR THIS COMPONENT. I HAVE OWNED 3 FORDS WITH THE SIMILAR ISSUES. FORD POSTS TSBS NOT RECALLS EVEN THOUGH THE DEFECTS ARE CAUSED BY POOR DESIGNS. IF THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS DOESN'T ADD UP IN THEIR FAVOR, EXPECT TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. I NO LONGER ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND FULLY EXPECT TO TRADE IT IN SHORTLY. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

I WAS IN MY CAR AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE AND PULL OUT ON TO THE ROAD, MY ENGINE RACED AND I ONLY ROLLED FORWARD, DOWN THE SMALL SLOPE, INTO TRAFFIC. AFTER ABOUT 3 SECONDS MY TRANSMISSION CAUGHT AND THE CAR JUMPED FORWARD AND I MOMENTARILY LOST CONTROL, BARELY MISSING ANOTHER CAR IN THE OTHER LANE. TURNS OUT ALMOST ALL OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT FROM THE TRANSMISSION COOLER, CAUSING A MALFUNCTIONING TRANSMISSION. AFTER BRINGING THE VEHICLE IN TO GET INSPECTED, AND TALKING TO MULTIPLE DEALERS, THEY ALL SAY THAT THEY CONSISTENTLY FIX THIS ISSUE ON THE 2008 FORD ESCAPE. SOME EVEN SAY THEY HAVE TROUBLE STOCKING THE PART BECAUSE THEY DO SO MANY. THE VEHICLE HAS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLER/AC CONDENSER THAT CONSISTENTLY BREAKS AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN UNSAFE VEHICLES. *KB

I WAS IN MY CAR AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE AND PULL OUT ON TO THE ROAD, MY ENGINE RACED AND I ONLY ROLLED FORWARD, DOWN THE SMALL SLOPE, INTO TRAFFIC. AFTER ABOUT 3 SECONDS MY TRANSMISSION CAUGHT AND THE CAR JUMPED FORWARD AND I MOMENTARILY LOST CONTROL, BARELY MISSING ANOTHER CAR IN THE OTHER LANE. TURNS OUT ALMOST ALL OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT FROM THE TRANSMISSION COOLER, CAUSING A MALFUNCTIONING TRANSMISSION. AFTER BRINGING THE VEHICLE IN TO GET INSPECTED, AND TALKING TO MULTIPLE DEALERS, THEY ALL SAY THAT THEY CONSISTENTLY FIX THIS ISSUE ON THE 2008 FORD ESCAPE. SOME EVEN SAY THEY HAVE TROUBLE STOCKING THE PART BECAUSE THEY DO SO MANY. THE VEHICLE HAS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLER/AC CONDENSER THAT CONSISTENTLY BREAKS AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN UNSAFE VEHICLES. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM SECOND GEAR. THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 76,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 76,000

I HAD PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW FROM THE DEALER IN MARCH OF 2008, THIS TRUCK HAS HAD MANY PROBLEMS IN THE PAST STARTING WITH THE DAY I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. NOW A FEW YEAR'S LATER THE "A.C. CONDENSER" WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE DEALER IS NOW TELLING ME THAT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER MY "DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY". I AM NOT A MECHANIC BUT THE SEVERAL MECHANIC'S THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO SAID THAT, THAT PART IS VITAL TO THE POWER TRAIN. I AM A YOUNG STRUGGLING NURSE TRYING TO PAY OFF SCHOOL LOANS, AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THIS IS GOING TO COST $700.00, I CANNOT AFFORD IT AND I NEED MY TRUCK. I BOUGHT THIS NEW WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT THESE THINGS WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE AND IF THEY WERE THEY WOULD BE COVERED BY FORD'S WARRANTY. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS SPECIFIC YEAR AND TRUCK. I AM HOPING THAT YOU GUY'S WILL BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS MATTER. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. *TR

PURCHASED 2008 FORD ESCAPE IN JUNE 2007. AFTER AROUND 25K MILES THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID ACCORDING TO THE FORD SERVICE CENTER WE TOOK IT TO. THEY REPAIRED THIS AT NO COST SINCE THIS WAS UNDER THE 3 YEAR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY. HAD A MINOR ISSUE BACK IN AUGUST WITH THE AIR FAN NOT BLOWING AIR PROPERLY. THE FAN HAD TO BE PLACED ON HIGH BEFORE IT WOULD BLOW OUT ANY AIR. THIS WAS FIXED AND COST APPROX. 200 DOLLARS SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS OUT IN JUNE 2007. NO BIG DEAL. THEN ON OCTOBER 30, AROUND 73K MILES ON THE CAR, IT STARTED STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND SHAKING VIOLENTLY. PUT ON BRAKES IT WOULD START TO STALL AND WHEN GIVING GAS IT WOULD SHAKE AND THEN STALL. TOOK IT TO THE FORD SERVICE SHOP WHICH IS ALSO THE DEALER WHERE WE HAVE PURCHASED AROUND 5 OR 6 VEHICLES AND WHO HAS ALWAYS SERVICED OUR FORD VEHICLES AND WERE TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION AND SINCE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY THIS WILL COST $4,900.00. HAVE CHECKED ON NUMEROUS WEBSITES AND THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH FORD ESCAPES. I ACTUALLY KNOW SOMEONE WHO BOUGHT HER VEHICLE AT THE SAME DEALER, THE SAME YEAR VEHICLE AND HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE WHEN HER TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AS WELL AS THE FAN PROBLEM. I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SINCE WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE BACK WHEN THE CAR ONLY HAD 25K MILES ON IT. THIS CAR IS ONLY 3 1/2 YEARS OLD AND WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THESE MANY ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED SO IT WILL SIT IN MY DRIVEWAY. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=-6XQ2ZYQMOI - THIS VIDEO DEPICTS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE FORD 2008 ESCAPES. MY VEHICLE STARTED TO LEAK TRANSMISSION FLUID PROFUSELY LAST WEEK; WHICH IS NOT ONLY A PROBLEM IN MAJOR TRAFFIC IF THE FORD ESCAPE 2008 TRANSMISSION HAS NO FLUID, BUT ALSO IS AN SAFETY ISSUE TO THOSE WHO WALK IN PARKING LOTS WHERE MY CAR HAS LEAKED FLUID; IT MAY CAUSE A FALL... ESPECIALLY WITH SO MANY FORD ESCAPES 2008 HAVING THIS EXACT PROBLEM. HOW MANY FORD ESCAPES 2008 MUST ABRUPTLY RUN OUT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID BEFORE THIS DOES BECOME A DIRE SAFETY PROBLEM? SIDE NOTE: FORD HQ STATES THIS IS AN AC PROBLEM; HOWEVER, IF MY CAR LEAKS OUT ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, ISN'T IT A DRIVE LINE PROBLEM? *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK,A WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. MY CAR THEN HAD DIFFICULTY SHIFTING AND SEEMED TO STRUGGLE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND ENDED UP HAVING TO SPEND $3,400 ON A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL. I DO NOT THINK THIS SHOULD BE SINCE I SERVICE MY CAR INCLUDING TRANSMISSION SERVICE ON A REGULAR BASIS.THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CONDENSER A WHILE BACK. THIS WAS CORRECTED. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILS AND LEAKS TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE VEHICLE LURCHES WHILE LOW ON TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER FITTING FRACTURED, CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION CONDENSER. THE CONTACT HAD NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,550. KMJ

Mileage: 57,550

2008 FORD ESCAPE HAS 68,000 MILES ON IT, THE TRANSMISSION IS JERKING WHEN SHIFTING INTO FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. IT IS REALLY BAD SHIFTING TO SECOND, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE MOTOR IS DROPPING. MY A/C ALSO JUST STARTED HAVING ISSUES, THE FAN ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. *TR

Mileage: 68,100

THE FORD ESCAPE 2008 WITH 76,559 WAS MAKING A NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN PLACING THE REVERSE. ALSO THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE MOTOR LIKE A ZOOM . I TOOK THE SUV TO THE FORD DEALER AND THEY CHECKED AND FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE MOTOR PULLEYS, BEARINGS AS WELL. THE ESTIMATED REPAIR COST $3,099. I DECIDED TO TAKE THE CAR HOME. WHILE DRIVING A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 58.2 MILEAGE I WAS WAITING IN THE ROAD, THE LIGHT CHANGE FROM RED TO GREEN AND WHEN I PRESS THE PEDAL TO PASS THE HIGHWAY THE FORD ESCAPE 2008 MAKE A HUGE NOISE AND DID NO MOVED. THE DRIVE AND REVERSE DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE PARKING WAS MAKING A HUGE CRANK NOISE. THERE WAS NOT WAY NO MOVE THEN I WAIT IN THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL THE ROAD SERVICE CAME TO TAKE THE SUV. I CONTACTED THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY REQUIRED THE UNIT TO BE TAKEN BACK TO THE FORD DEALER FOR EVALUATION AND SUPPORT. THEY WILL NEED TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION AND MAKE PULLEYS, BELTS ABD BEARINGS CHANGES. SO FAR THE DEALER WILL COVER 25%, THE FORD 50% AND THE CUSTOMER THE 25%. THE FORD ESCAPE NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR STARTED ABOUT THE SAME WEEK OF THE AUGUST 04, 2011. THE FORD ESCAPE 2008 WAS TAKEN TO THE FORD DEALER ON AUGUST 04, 2011 IN THE MORNING ABOUT 10:00 TO 11:00 AM AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE SAME DAY IN THE AFTERNOON ABOUT 5:30 PM. *TR

Mileage: 76,617

MY FORD ESCAPE JUST STARTED LEAKING FLUID ONE DAY. EVEN THOUGHT FORD ADMITS ITS A HUGE HUGE PROBLEM THAT WILL EFFECT MY TRANSMISSION ITS NOT RECALLED OR COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE TRANNY COOLER/AC CONDENSER IS LEAKING. *TR

I TOOK MY 2008 ESCAPE LIMITED IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. I THEN NOTICED THE CAR WAS HESITATING BETWEEN SWITCHING GEARS. I TOOK IT TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BEING PUSHED OUT. WHEN THEY CALLED FORD THEY WERE TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE CAR 3.5 YEARS EVENTHOUGH THERE ARE ONLY 14,065 MILES ON THE CAR. NOW I'M READING ABOUT A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM ONLINE BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. HOPEFULLY THIS MEANS I WON'T HAVE TO PAY THOUGH BEING WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IS EXTREMELY AGGRAVATING. *TR

Mileage: 14,065

LAST YEAR FORD HAD A RECALL ON 2008 FORD ESCAPES, WHICH I WAS NEVER INFORMED ABOUT. THE ISSUE OF THE RECALL WAS THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING THROUGH THE AC SYSTEM (COOLER). THIS MAKES THE DRIVE VERY HARD, AND WHEN ONE IS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT THE VEHICLE HESITATES TO GO, THEN JERKS BACK AND FORWARD WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED, I WAS ALWAYS SCARED SOMEONE WOULD HIT ME FROM BEHIND, AND CAUSE A CRASH, I BELIEVE THIS MAY LEAD TO CRASHES. APPARENTLY THE VEHICLES START DOING THIS WHEN IT IS OVER 40,000 MILES DRIVEN, AND I AM CURRENTLY RIGHT AROUND THAT RANGE, AND MY ISSUE STARTED ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AM TOLD I AM NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE MY VEHICLE DID NOT QUALIFY; HOWEVER, I AM HAVING THE VERY ISSUE THAT THE FORD 2008 ESCAPE WAS RECALLED FOR LAST YEAR, SO IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THERE ARE MORE VEHICLES WHO WILL DEMONSTRATE THIS ISSUE, AND FORD HAS MISSED SOME VEHICLES AND SHOULD EXTEND THAT RECALL TO COVER THE NEW VEHICLES THAT ARE ALSO DEMONSTRATING THIS VERY ISSUE, BECAUSE THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IF THAT FLUID RUNS OUT THE VEHICLES MAY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD CAUSE A NUMBER OF CRASHES, AS WELL AS THE JERKING MOTIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE HESITATES TO MOVE WHEN AT THE STOPPED POSITION. *TR

Mileage: 46,167

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER MOVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVEWAY, HE NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLUID ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE HAD FRACTURED CAUSING THE LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED HIM THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 28,700. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 28,700

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK DUE TO FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLER. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE TRANSMISSION COOLER (PART 19712) WENT BAD AT 36,451 MILES. FORD WOULD NOT COVER THE COST AS I WAS 451 MILES OVER MY WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NO RECALL ISSUED. I'VE READ OVER 50 COMPLAINTS FROM MULTIPLE WEBSITES THAT DEAL WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO HAVE PARTS IN A CAR THAT DO NOT HOLD UP AND BEGIN LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE FOR THIS? *TR

Mileage: 36,451

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED SHE RECEIVED NOTICE OF AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURERS RECALL NOTICE IN REGARDS TO THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LEAKAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW WHAT REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED OR HEAR ANY MENTION OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. FIVE MONTHS LATER WHILE IN THE PARKING LOT DRIVING LESS THAN 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE TOOK AT LEAST TWENTY MINUTES TO RESTART AS SHE PULLS BACK INTO THE PARKING SPACE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN DRIVEN THE NEXT DAY TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED SHE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

Mileage: 96,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A VERY LOW SPEED OR A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW CONDENSER TO HELP COOL THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 38,300. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 38,300

I OWN A 2008 FORD ESCAPE THAT WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS THAT WAS MANUFACTURED WITH A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION COOLER. I AM ONE OF THOUSANDS WHO WANT SOMETHING DONE A RECALL PRODUCED AS THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEFECTIVE PART SEEMS TO BREAK WITHOUT WARNING. THE PART DEVELOPS A CRACK AND LEAKS ALL OF THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION FLUID OUT WHICH CAN CAUSE 2 ISSUES. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAN IGNITE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD BY BLOWING BACK ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD OR BY GOING UNDETECTED ALL THE FLUID CAN DRAIN OUT AND CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO NOT ENGAGE WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC OR HIGHWAYS CAUSING A CRASH. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY KNOWS ABOUT, THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE PART AS PART OF A MISTAKE IN THEIR MANUFACTURING. THEY WILL HAVE A MINIMUM WAGE CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATE SAY SORRY UNTIL YOU GET FRUSTRATED AND HANG UP ON THEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED AS WHEN I BROUGHT UP THAT FACT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T CARE AND THEY TOLD ME TO HOPE FOR A RECALL. THE OWNERS THAT HAVE PAID TO FIX THEIR CARS ARE ALSO OUT ANOTHER $1000 ON A CAR THAT IS ONLY 3 OR LESS YEARS OLD. I HOPE WHOEVER GETS THIS TAKES THIS SERIOUSLY AND DOES THE RESEARCH. YOU CAN CALL FORD AND QUESTION THEM AS I'M SURE THEY HAVE AT LEAST THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS, THE INTERNET IS FULL OF COMPLAINTS, VIDEOS, AND MANY CONCERNED OWNERS. AGAIN THIS DEFECTIVE PART IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED AND I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ALL OF US OWNERS GET RECOURSE BY GETTING A RECALL ISSUED AND KEEPING THE ROADS SAFE FROM THESE DEATH TRAPS FORD CONTINUES TO MANUFACTURE WITH THIS DEFECTIVE PART. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE WAS LEAKING SOME FLUID ON THE DRIVEWAY. I HAD ALSO NOTICED SOME SLIPPAGE OF THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS. MY SERVICE STATION ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER. THEY ENCOURAGED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE IT WAS LIKELY UNDER WARRANTY. THE ESCAPE WAS A "CERTIFIED PRE'OWNED" MODEL WHICH CARRIED AN ADDITIONAL WARRANTY FOR THE TRANSMISSION. MY LOCAL FORD DEALER CONFIRMED THAT TRANSMISSION LEAK, BUT DECLINED TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS, BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THE ITEM WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. AFTER LEARNING OF THE PROBLEM, I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AMONG OWNERS OF 2008 FORD ESCAPES. I FEEL THAT THIS TRANSMISSION LEAKAGE PROBLEM POSES A SAFETY RISK TO THE PUBLIC. IF FORD IS UNWILLING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, THEN THIS MODEL SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

THE CAR BEGAN STALLING AND OR JUMPING AS STOP AND PULL WHEN PULLING OFF TO DRIVE. I WAS TOLD TOCHECK FLUID LEVEL THE TRANSMISSION. LEVEL WAS LOW SO I PUT SOME IN IT LASTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS. THEN IT STARTED TO HAPPEN AGAIN. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC HE TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM WAS CRACKED AND IT WILL COST $900 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER. FORD ALSO DID THIS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 09B10 TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE MY TRANSMISSION STYLE CRACKED. *TR

Mileage: 68,567

A/C CONDENSER-TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAK. TRANS. OIL ALL OVER ENGINE BAY WHICH IS A FIRE HAZARD. CAR WANTS TO TAKE OFF ON IT'S OWN WHICH IS CAUSED WHEN TRANS. FLUID GETS LOW. PART NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE'S HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON LINE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM AND FORD IS YET TO DO A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE LTD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE PEDAL WOULD HESITATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. SHE HAD TO CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL A COUPLE OF TIMES IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO START MOVING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR HAS THE VEHICLE BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000. UPDATED 2/23/11 *CN UPDATED 05/05/11

Mileage: 68,000

I BOUGHT MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE XLT IN 2007. IN AUG. OF 08' I HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION. THEY FOUND THAT THE PUMP SUPPORT WAS WORN AND WORN THROUGH THE SEAL RINGS. I WAS AT 29,094 MILES. FORD FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY. IT IS NOW DECEMBER OF 10' AND I AM AT 73,000 MILES AND HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES ONLY THIS TIME I TOOK IT IN AND THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR. THE TECH REPORT I RECEIVED STATES THE EXACT SAME THING IT DID WHEN I TOOK IT IN 08'. I WENT TO THIS WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/ESCAPE/2008/TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION_COOLER_FAILURE-TSB_EXISTS.SHTML AND FOUND MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I PAID 25,000 FOR THIS VEHICLE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH 2 TRANSMISSIONS! WHAT I NOTICED BOTH TIMES IS THAT IT WOULD SHIFT HARD INTO REVERSE AND IT FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS SLIPPING ONCE IT WARMED UP. *TR

Mileage: 72,771

2008 FORD ESCAPE, BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. DID GET IT MOVED OUT OF WAY OF TRAFFIC. BUT IT WAS DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER. AND, AFTER 7 WEEKS AND FINDING OUT THAT IT IS ACTUALLY A RECALL AND FORD STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE VEHICLES, BUT JUST IF IT HAPPENS TO REPLACE IT. NOT EVERYONE COULD BE SO LUCKY AS ME TO GET OUT OF IMMINENT DANGER! WHEN THIS GOES OUT, THE VEHICLE DIES WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE A FORD ESCAPE 08, AND ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO I NOTICED THAT IT STARTED LEAKING AT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH AT THE BEGINNING I THOUGHT IT WAS THE AIR CONDITIONER. BUT THEN SEARCHING ON THE WEB I REALIZED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE VEHICLE OIL COOLER TRANSMISSION AND NOW IT JUST DOESN'T STOP LEAKING ALOT. *TR

Mileage: 49,500

AFTER STOPPING OR SLOWING DOWN AND WHEN YOU PUSH ON THE GAS TO DRIVE OR SPEED UP THE CAR WOULD HESITATE AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL AND THEN KICK INTO GEAR AND THE CAR WOULD JERK AND THE TIRES WOULD SKID. THIS HAPPENED FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS AND THEN MY CAR STOPPED DRIVING. IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 10,000 MILES AND THE BAND BROKE INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION SO NOW IT NEEDS A TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED MOVING FORWARD ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 20,000.

Mileage: 20,000

NO PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, MOVED TO SIDE OF ROAD, TOWED TO DEALER, TRANSMISSION WAS FILLED WITH METAL CHIPS AND WAS BURNT, REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED 1/4/2010, LASTED A MONTH, WOULD LURCH WHEN STARTING OUT, WHEN ENTERING INTERSECTION IT LURCHED INTO IT, RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALER 2/10/2010, INTERNAL CRACK WAS FOUND, NOW ON 3RD TRANSMISSION WITH NO CONFIDENCE IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 13,160

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AND INTO THE PRIOR SELECTED GEAR. SUDDENLY, THE TIRES SCREECHED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE GEARS WOULD LOCK AND NOT SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. ALSO, THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKAGE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTIONS. FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,300. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,592.

Mileage: 29,300

RECENTLY MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE STARTED HESITATING WHEN TAKING OFF. ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT SINCE I WAS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. TODAY AS I STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT DOWN, IT LURCHED FORWARD AND DIED. IT APPEARS MANY 08 ESCAPE OWNERS ARE ALSO HAVING THIS PROBLEM. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED. SOMEONE MAY BE KILLED IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE. *TR

Mileage: 60,328

FORD ESCAPE LIMITED 4WD 2008 THE PTO SEAL ON RIGHT SIDE IS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED AT 17333KM AND A 20800KM AND IS UNTIL LEAKING THE PTO WILL BLOCK AND THE WHEEL WILL BLOCK VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 12,600

FORD ESCAPE LIMITED 4WD 2008 THE PTO SEAL ON RIGHT SIDE IS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED AT 17333KM AND A 20800KM AND IS UNTIL LEAKING THE PTO WILL BLOCK AND THE WHEEL WILL BLOCK VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 12,600

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE STARTED JERKING DURING ACCELERATION AND SHUTTERING AT STOP LIGHTS. NO LIGHTS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EVER CAME ON, AND DIDN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. FINALLY THE CAR STALLED AT A RED LIGHT AND I DECIDED TO BRING IT IN. MY FORD DEALERSHIP SAID ITS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING VIA THE AC CONDENSER. THEY ARE FIXING IT, $800 COST. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

VEHICLE IS LEAKING SEVERE AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID JUST AT WARRANTY MARK. DEALER WILL NOT COVER REPAIR. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET IN REGARD TO THIS, IT COULD CAUSE A POTENTIAL FIRE IN VEHICLE OR ACCIDENT DUE TO LOW LEVELS OF FLUID, THE CONTROL PANEL DOES NOT ALERT DRIVER IF TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL IS LOW. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION, COOLER THRU THE AC CONDENSER. KEPT LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 32,567

THE CAR STARTED TO DRIVE SLUGGISH AND HESITATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. AFTER CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID I FOUND THAT I WAS NEARLY EMPTY. I REFILLED THE TRANNY WITH ABOUT 3 QUARTS OF FLUID. THE NEXT DAY I CHECKED IT AGAIN AND THERE WAS NO FLUID ON THE STICK. I LOOKED AT THE RIGHT PASSENGER FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND SAW WERE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER THE RADIATOR. AFTER HAVING THIS CHECKED OUT I AM TOLD THAT THIS IS THE TRANSMISSION COOLER AND LINES AND THERE IS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. IT CAN BE REPLACED BUT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. NOW, I HAVE TO PUT A QUART OR MORE IN EVERY DAY. THERE IS NO RECALL AND THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THIS REPAIR. THIS FLUID LEAK COULD POSSIBLE CAUSE A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND BY DRIPPING OUT SO FAST IT COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STOP IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

CAR START STALLING, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS LEAKING AND WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GET HOT IT WILL NOT WORK DUE TO THE LACK OF FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 40,925

1) LIMITED USE OF VEHICLE, 28,000 MILES ON A 2008 ESCAPE (USED MODERATELY IN COLD WEATHER SITUATIONS) 2) TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE, LEAKS COOLER FLUID AND TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE "SPRINGS" FORWARD OR STALLS AFTER COMING TO A STOP (DAILY). VEHICLE LOSES A QUART OR MORE OF FLUID MONTHLY. VEHICLE SHIFTS VERY LOUDLY AND ROUGHLY (DAILY - IS AN AUTOMATIC) 3) REPAIR IS QUOTED AT $1000 DOLLARS FOR REPLACEMENT COOLER PIECE. EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AND UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY (FOR MILES, NOT TIME WHICH ENDED A WEEK AGO). DEALER AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS UNCOOPERATIVE. *TR

Mileage: 28,000

CAR STARTED JERKING (OR STOPPING) WHEN STOPPED AT STOP SIGNS/STOP LIGHTS. I TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION COOLER / A/C COMBO. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED WHEN THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID UNDER VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE SENSOR CAUSED THE LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE COMPLAINT WOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE ENGINEERING GROUP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47990 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 55000. UPDATED 4/5/10 *CN UPDATED 05/17/10.*JB

Mileage: 47,990

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM THE CONDENSING UNIT LOCATED BY THE RADIATOR. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM THE AIR CONDENSING UNIT/TRANSMISSION COOLER IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND COULD CAUSE A FIRE HAZARD FOR UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS. *TR

Mileage: 48,410

HAVE A 2008 FORD ESCAPE, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. I WOULD PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE THEN IT WOULD JERK AND MOVE. IT STALLED TWICE ON THE ROAD. THIS IS A BIG ISSUE SINCE THIS CAN CAUSE A HUGE CAR ACCIDENT THAT COULD HURT PEOPLE. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT A TRANSMISSION CONDENSER, WHICH COST TO REPAIR OVER 800.00 PLUS THIS IS NOT COVERED BY THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THIS IS A ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT SINCE WILL CAUSE MAYOR ACCIDENT AND EFFECT PEOPLE LIFE. *TR

Mileage: 51

2008 FORD ESCAPE DEVELOPED FLUID LEAK IN TRANSMISSION COOLER AFTER LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. FORD RECOGNIZED PROBLEM WITH CD4E TRANSMISSION MANUFACTURED BEFORE 2/18/2008 WITH TECH SERVICE BULLETIN #08-5-7. LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS VEHICLE OPERATION OR FIRE. PART WAS REPLACED WITH UPGRADED COOLER BY FORD SERVICE AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *TR

Mileage: 39,500

GIRLFRIEND BOUGHT 2008 FORD ESCAPE NEW FROM DEALER. AT APPROX. 39,000 MILES NOTICED FLUID LEAK FROM FRONT OF ENGINE. SOON CAR BEGAN STALLING AND OR JUMPING AS STOP AND GO DRIVING. SHE CALLED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT TO HAVE CONDITION OF TRANSMISSION CHECKED. AND WAS ADVISED TO CHECK FLUID LEVEL. LEVEL WAS LOW BUT KEPT APPOINTMENT. UPON ARRIVAL WAS QUOTED $850 TO REPLACE LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLER. I GOT ANGRY THAT FORD ISN'T STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND USED SOME PROFANITY TO EXPRESS MY DISSATISFACTION. AT THIS POINT SERVICE MANAGER AT HANSEL FORD SAYS THAT THEY DON'T NEED OUR BUSINESS, RETRIEVED HER CAR AND WE WERE TOLD TO LEAVE. HAD CAR REPAIRED BY PRIVATE SHOP FOR $650. NO RECALL YET? 2008 EXPLORER HAS RECALL FOR LOOSE MOUNTING BOLT FOR LINES FROM TRANNY TO COOLER FOR POSSIBLE FIRE DANGER,(SEE NHTSA ID 07V453000, FORD RECALL NUMBER 07S56). WILL ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED HAVE TO REPLACE THESE UNITS EVERY 38,000 MILES? *TR

Mileage: 39,000

GIRLFRIEND BOUGHT 2008 FORD ESCAPE NEW FROM DEALER. AT APPROX. 39,000 MILES NOTICED FLUID LEAK FROM FRONT OF ENGINE. SOON CAR BEGAN STALLING AND OR JUMPING AS STOP AND GO DRIVING. SHE CALLED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT TO HAVE CONDITION OF TRANSMISSION CHECKED. AND WAS ADVISED TO CHECK FLUID LEVEL. LEVEL WAS LOW BUT KEPT APPOINTMENT. UPON ARRIVAL WAS QUOTED $850 TO REPLACE LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLER. I GOT ANGRY THAT FORD ISN'T STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND USED SOME PROFANITY TO EXPRESS MY DISSATISFACTION. AT THIS POINT SERVICE MANAGER AT HANSEL FORD SAYS THAT THEY DON'T NEED OUR BUSINESS, RETRIEVED HER CAR AND WE WERE TOLD TO LEAVE. HAD CAR REPAIRED BY PRIVATE SHOP FOR $650. NO RECALL YET? 2008 EXPLORER HAS RECALL FOR LOOSE MOUNTING BOLT FOR LINES FROM TRANNY TO COOLER FOR POSSIBLE FIRE DANGER,(SEE NHTSA ID 07V453000, FORD RECALL NUMBER 07S56). WILL ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED HAVE TO REPLACE THESE UNITS EVERY 38,000 MILES? *TR

Mileage: 39,000

FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE TRANSMISSION COOLER ON MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE STARTED TO LEAK. THE LEAK GO T WORSE AND I TOOK IT TO FORD WHO TOLD ME IT WOULD BE ABOUT $950 TO FIX IT. THE CAR HAD 41,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED. FORD WILL NOT FIX THIS EVEN THOUGH THE DRIVE TRAIN IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME THAT IF IT DIDN'T BREAK DURING THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY PERIOD IT WAS MY PROBLEM. I FOUND OUT THE LEAK WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY RIVETED THE AIR CONDITIONING PIPES TO THE RETURN TUBE OF THE TRANSMISSION COOLER AND THE RIVET FAILS ON ALMOST ALL THE UNITS CAUSING THE LEAK. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

2008 FORD ESCAPE - TRANSMISSION LINE / CONDENSER LEAK CAUSES CAR TO STALL. THIS IS ALL OVER THE WEB AND IS A COMMON PROBLEM. FORD HAS TSB'S ON THIS (#08-5-7, #08-16-12, #09-9-4). THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED WHEN THIS OCCURS ON THE HIGHWAY! SEE HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=-6XQ2ZYQMOI&NR=1. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 3 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED IN MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE SHE CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE REPAIR COST SINCE SHE HAS A POWER TRAIN WARRANTY UP TO 60,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE ENGAGING THE BRAKES AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO ROLLED BACKWARD WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING UPHILL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42000.

Mileage: 42,000

TCCF TRANSMISSION COOLER CONDENSER FAILURE- JULY 16,2008 REPAIRED; -LEAKING -SLIPPING ON SHIFTING-HAD VERY LITTLE TRANSMISSION OIL ON DIP STICK WHEN REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP UNDER THE 36,000 LIMITED WARRANTY--AFTER 4 DAYS JULY 20, 2008 WIFE WAS REAR ENDED BY A DWI TRAVELING AT ESTIMATED MORE THAN 75 TO 80 MPH(MY WIFE TRAVELING ON A STATE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL REGULATED SPEED OF 50 MPH) -DAMAGES OF OVER $13,500 TO OUR CAR-ALL SHOP AND REPAIRS DONE BY FORD DEALERSHIP , OUR ONLY SHOP AND SERVICE PLACE FOR THIS ESCAPE 2008. ON FEBRUARY 9, 2010(AT 21,000 MILES LATER THE 2ND TCCF-LEAKING FLUID SEEN IN SNOW-DEALERSHIP AFTER CONTACT WITH FORD.COM REPLACED AND REPAIRED UNDER GOOD WILL CUSTOMER PLAN OF THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ALSO REPLACED ON OUR COMPLAINT OF A "CLACKING" TYPE NOISE , A STEERING RIGHT FRONT ASSEMBLY AT NO COST TO US) THERE EVIDENTLY A TSB ON IT. IN ADDITION WE HAVE A HEATING-COOLING FLOW OF AIR FROM OUR HEAT AND AIR VENTS PROBLEM-TEMPERATURES NOT AS WE REGULATE THEM.. THE DEALERSHIP HAD REPLACED A ACTUATOR IN BEHIND DASH(HAVE RECORD OF THAT ALONG WITH ALL SERVICE DATES ON FORD OWNERSHIP HOME PAGE-BELIEVE IT ABOUT ON PREVIOUS SERVICE FOR OIL CHANGE) ON COMPLETION OF RECENT REPAIRS AND OUR VEHICLE RETURNED TO US ON FEBRUARY 18, 2010 WE ADVISED THE SERVICE MANAGER OF THE CONTINUING AIR-HEAT REGULATOR PROBLEM-ADVISED THEY WOULD REEXAMINE IT ON NEXT SERVICE OR AT OUR CONVENIENCE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS STOOD BEHIND THE FORD, WE MUST ADMIT THAT-BUT OUR INCONVENIENCE AND THE SO MANY THAT HAVE SEEN BY OTHERS ON THE INTERNET SEEM TO WARRANT A RECALL AS TO ALL THREE RELATED PROBLEMS--SOME OF WHICH SEEM TO BE RELATED TO THE SAME TCC PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 21,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER IS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS A PART OF THE AIR CONDITION . THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT UNLESS IT WAS PAID FOR. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT INDICATING A LEAKAGE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,400.

Mileage: 35,400

2008 FORD. ESCAPE TRANSMISSION COOLER. IT IS LEAKING FLUID AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. I AM SURPRISED FORD HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS MATTER. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS AND FAILURES. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

2008 FORD. ESCAPE TRANSMISSION COOLER. IT IS LEAKING FLUID AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. I AM SURPRISED FORD HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS MATTER. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS AND FAILURES. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER FAULTY. CAUSES VEHICLE TO JERK FORWARD SUDDENLY WHILE ACCELERATING. VEHICLE HAS 37,000 MILES AND HAS FOLLOWED ALL REGULAR SERVICE. FORD DEALER STATES THE PART IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 37,500

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS I NOTICED MY CAR RUNNING SLUGGISH AND JERKY WITH NO PEP AT ALL GOING UP HILLS EITHER. ON 2 OCCASIONS MY CAR ALMOST STALLED AS I WAS PULLING FROM A STOP SIGN WHICH ALMOST CAUSED 2 ACCIDENTS. I ALSO BEGAN NOTICING OIL SPOTS ON MY DRIVEWAY. I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE AN OIL LEAK SINCE I JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER TO EXPLAIN MY SITUATION THE FORD TECH. ADVISED IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY OIL CHANGE BUT RATHER A PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSMISSION FLUID AND A/C CONDENSER. I QUESTIONED THE TECH ON HOW HE CAN DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM SO QUICKLY WITH OUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE AND HE ADVISED FORD HAS TSB FOR THIS. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND ASKED IF THIS IS A RECALL OR COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. I WAS ADVISED IT WAS NEITHER AND THAT I NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS DIRECTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED PART # 818Z19712J. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON LINE AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE YEAR AND MAKE DEALING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM I'M DEALING WITH IE: TRANSMISSION & AC CONDENSER. *TR

Mileage: 43,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT BEFORE ENTERING THE FREEWAY. WHEN HE TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER THE LIGHT, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THE CONTACT SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO CORRECT ITSELF. HE NOTICED THE PROBLEM AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO RE-START THE VEHICLE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATING A POSSIBLE REASON FOR FAILURE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS A FLAW IN THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE AND A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COMPARTMENT AND THE RADIATOR WAS ALSO DESTROYED. HE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE RADIATOR, AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COMPARTMENT AND OTHER COMPONENTS (NOT KNOWN TO THE CONTACT) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED TO COVER HALF OF THE REPAIRS IF HE SIGNED A CONTRACT STATING THAT HE WOULD NO LONGER COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 49,000.

Mileage: 49,000

LEASED 2008 FORD ESCAPE IN MARCH 2008. MILEAGE IS 27,412. NOTICED ATF FLUID LEAK ON DRIVEWAY RIGHT SIDE OF CAR NEAR FRONT. OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND THE ENTIRE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS COVERED IN ATF FLUID. TRANS FLUID LEVEL AT VERY BOTTOM OF DIP-STICK. WASHED OUT THE AREA TO CHECK FOR LEAK AND FOUND AT TRANS COOLER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND SOURCE OF LEAK AND KEPT FOR 3 DAYS EVENTUALLY REPLACING THE TRANS COOLER PER TSB 09-09-04 AND OVERHAULING THE TRANS. FORWARD CLUTCHES BURNT FROM LOW FLUID LEVEL. FORTUNATELY THIS HAPPENED WHILE STILL UNDER 36MO/36K MILE WARRANTY. DID SOME QUICK INTERNET SEARCHES TO FIND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE WITH MOST HAPPENING AROUND 40K MILES AND OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS ABSURD THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH TWO OR THREE TSB'S YET CHOOSES NOT TO RECALL/REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 27,412

2008 FORD ESCAPE - : DROVE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS FOR 10 MONTHS. ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PARK. HAD EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS WHATSOEVER PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS PURCHASED. TRANSMISSION REPAIRED UNDER DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY, SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THE INSIDE HAD BLOWN APART. WARRANTY DID NOT REPLACE BUT DID REPAIR. TRANS. CONDENSER AND COOLER ASSEMBLY REPLACED, NOT UNDER WARRANTY, (MISSED BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY BY 2,000MLS). THIS PART 8L8Z19712J IS THE NEW PART REPLACING THE COOLER. FORD SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM #TSB 09-9-4. FLUID LEAKED UNDER HOOD, COULD HAVE BEEN A REAL PROBLEM IF I HAD NOT CHOSEN TO HAVE IT TOWED.*TR

Mileage: 38,117

I HAVE A 2008 FORD ESCAPE JUST PAST WARRANTY AT APPROX. 38,500 MILES. FIRST I NOTICED A JERK UPON TAKE OFF AT A STOP SIGN. THEN IT DID IT AGAIN ANOTHER TIME. THEN WE NOTICED A PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID IN MY GARAGE. MY HUSBAND (A MECHANIC) HAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER IS LEAKING. CURRENTLY MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO GET IT FIXED. THIS VEHICLE IS WAY TOO NEW TO HAVE A BIG REPAIR BILL LIKE THIS. I SEE THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *CN

Mileage: 38,500

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE HAS 'SPRUNG' A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK CAUSING MY ACCELERATOR TO 'REV' INSTEAD OF DRIVING PROPERLY AND CHANGING GEARS EFFICIENTLY. IF FLUID GETS TOO LOW, THE REAR END MAKES A LOUD THUD NOISE WHEN IT KICKS INTO GEAR. MY SUV ONLY HAS 39,555 MILES ON IT, BUT SINCE IT IS OVER THE 36,000 MILES, I NO LONGER HAVE ANY BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THIS LEAKING SEAL IS NOT COVERED BY THE 60,000 POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AS THIS IS AN EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION PART, AND NOT AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION PART. AS TRANSMISSION FLUID IS DESIGNED TO FLOW THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING COOLANT SYSTEM, I NOW HAVE TO PAY $800.00 TO HAVE THIS REPLACED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS NOT A GOOD DESIGN. ALSO, AFTER RESEARCHING THIS VEHICLE, I SEE THERE ARE OTHER ESCAPE OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. MY TRANSMISSION FIRST ACTED UP LAST WEEK. I WILL BE HAVING IT FIXED AT MIKE REICHENBACH FORD IN FLORENCE, SC THIS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010. THIS IS NOT GOOD...NEEDLESS TO SAY, I AM A VERY DISSATISFIED FORD CUSTOMER. WE HAVE OWNED SEVERAL IN THE PAST. MY HUSBAND WAS PLANNING ON PURCHASING A 2010 F150 TRUCK, BUT HAS NOW SAID HE WILL NOT. WE FEEL VERY LET DOWN BY FORD. THIS SUV SHOULD NOT HAVE SPRUNG A LEAK THIS SOON. *CN *TR

Mileage: 39,555

WE OWN A 2008 FORD ESCAPE XLT. THE TRANSMISSION COOLER SUDDENLY BEGAN TO LEAK AND LEAKED OUT ALL OF THE FLUID. THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER THE 100K POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. WE RESEARCHED ON-LINE AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 3 YEARS. FORD WOULD NOT HONOR REPAIRS UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY SAYING IT IS "NOT AN INTERNAL PART." THIS DEFECT IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE IT CAN CAUSE A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. WE ENDED UP HAVING TO PAY FORD $675.34 TO MAKE THE NEEDED REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 51,400

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK, MAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. CAUSING LITTLE TO NO FLUID. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE 4TH OR 5TH VEHICLE, IN THE PAST MONTH. THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAS SEEN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 29,750

PURCHASED NEW IN 06/2007, 2008 FORD ESCAPE. TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM LEAKING DUE TO RUST. DISCOVERED AT 40,000. THIS WAS DUE TO DEFECT IN COOLING SYSTEM, NOT WEAR AND TEAR AS EXPLAINED BY FORD SERVICE MANAGER. WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36,000. COST FOR REPAIR $800. PROBLEM MAY HAVE OCCURRED DURING WARRANTY PERIOD, BUT NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL 40,000. FEEL THIS SHOULD BE COVERED, INITIAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED 03/01/08. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

DEVELOPED LEAK IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLER ON 2008 FORD ESCAPE. LED TO NO SHIFT IN TRAFFIC CONDITION.*CW

Mileage: 51,703

LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN KANJORSKI ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT JEREMY ROTH RE A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER OF HIS 2008 FORD ESCAPE. *NJ

I HAVE A 2008 FORD ESCAPE WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN I STARTED TO GO FORWARD IT JUST ROLLED BACK AND THEN LUNGED FORWARD BARLEY MISSING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I FINALLY NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM THE FROM END OF THE CAR TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM THERE ARE 100S OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROB FORD REFUSES TO FIX THE ISSUE SAYING IT WASN'T COVERED AFTER 36K THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FORD SHOULD OWN UP TO THERE POOR WORKMANSHIP TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION/ A/C COOLER IS BAD (PER THE MY LOCAL FORD DEALER) AND LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AT A RAPID RATE WHICH COULD CAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MY WIFE AND KIDS TRAVEL IN THIS VEHICLE AND DO NOT WANT TO THEM TO BE INJURED OR WORST, KILLED BECAUSE FORD WANT OWN UP AND REPLACE THIS PART. THE COOLER HAS TRANSMISSION FLUID RUNNING THRU IT AND IT KEEPS THE TRANSMISSION FROM OVERHEATING AND FAILING, SO IT IS PART OF THE TRANSMISSION AND FORD NEEDS TO REPLACE IT FREE OF CHARGE. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 44,500 MILES ON IT; THIS IS WAY TO SOON TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, UNLESS IT HAS HAD ABUSE, WHICH IT HASN'T. MY LOCAL FORD DEALER WANTS $ 800.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND I AM NOT PAYING IT. I AM GOING TO KEEP THE FLUID TOPPED OFF UNTIL THEY RECALL IT. IT'S IS NOT RIGHT TO HAVE THIS MANY COMPLAINTS AND NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE! *TR

Mileage: 44,000

LEAKING TRANSAXLE FLUID FROM CONDENSER. *TR

Mileage: 37,500

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE HAD EXPERIENCED MAJOR TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER. THERE APPEAR TO BE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT FAULTY TRANSMISSION OIL COOLERS FOR 2008 ESCAPES. I UNDERSTAND THAT A TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED BY FORD TO ITS SERVICE TECHNICIANS; HOWEVER, THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM THAT CREATES A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. IN MY CASE, THE COOLER DEVELOPED A LEAK SHORTLY AFTER 37,800 MILES OF USE. THE LEAK CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION OIL TO DROP BELOW AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. I NOTICED THE SLIP WHEN ENTERING ONTO A HIGHWAY (US RT 22). THE SLIP CAUSED A MAJOR DELAY IN THE ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST RESULTED IN MAJOR ACCIDENT. I HAD MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER IS CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THE PART APPEARS TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TRANSMISSION IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURER'S 5YR/50,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. INSTEAD, THE PART IS COVERED UNDER THE VEHICLES GENERAL 3YR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE COST OF MY REPAIR WAS $930. FORD APPEARS TO BE AWARE OF THIS COMMON OCCURRENCE AS EVIDENCED BY THE TSB BUT THERE HAS YET TO BE A RECALL. ALTHOUGH A CRASH AND/OR DEATH WERE NOT MY END RESULT, IT EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO INVESTIGATE AND ENSURE THAT THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 37,800

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS LEAKING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM THE TRANSMISSION COOLER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO RELATED WARRANTY. THE CONTACT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

Mileage: 42,000

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM TRANSMISSION COOLER. HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION / AC COOLER WITH NEW ONE. PART # 8L8Z-19712-J. *TR

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE, (NOT HYBRID), IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AT 40K MILES. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY REGULARLY SEE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A LEASE AND MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36K MILES. FORD SAYS THEY WILL NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY. CALLED FORD CORPORATE IN DEARBORN MICH. THEY TOO AGREE THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THEY SAID A TSB, (TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN), HAS BEEN ISSUED, BUT NO RECALL YET. ADVISED ME TO "SAVE MY RECEIPT". THIS WAS MY FIRST FORD PURCHASE AND DEFINITELY MY LAST. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

2008 ESCAPE NEEDING MAJOR TRANSMISSION REPAIR, ONLY 16,000 MILES WITH LIGHT CITY DRIVING. *TR

2008 FORD ESCAPE - KNOWN ISSUE TSB # 08-5-7 RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE AT 46,000 MILES. LEAKS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID RESULTING IN A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. IN ADDITION IF NOT DETECTED IN-TIME, TRANSMISSION FAILURE WILL RESULT DUE TO LACK OF FLUID. FORD DID NOT NOTIFY CUSTOMERS OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE, AND REFUSES TO COVER UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. FORD SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PROPER REPAIR OF THIS KNOWN DEFECT AND COMPENSATE THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO MAKE THIS REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 46,300

2008 FORD ESCAPE - KNOWN ISSUE TSB # 08-5-7 RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE, LEAKS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSES SLIPPING AND COULD BE FIRE HAZARD IF GETS LEAKED FLUID ON CATALYTIC CONVERTER. FORD DID NOT NOTIFY CUSTOMERS OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE WHICH IS PREVALENT ACCORDING TO ALL DEALERS SPOKEN WITH, AND REFUSES TO COVER UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 46,000

LEAKING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM A WELD ON THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING UNIT, CAR HAS 41000 MILES . FORD TELLS ME IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE 5 YR/60,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY . APPROXIMATE COST IS 700.00 ACCORDING TO DEALER. IF THIS PART CONTINUES TO LEAK,TRANSMISSION WILL OVER HEAT AND SEIZE UP. FORD ISSUED A TSB # 08-16-12 ON 08/18/08 TO ITS DEALERSHIPS ABOUT THIS DEFECT , WHILE MY CAR WAS UNDER FULL WARRANTY. WHY WASN'T THERE A RECALL? *TR

Mileage: 40,000

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT. THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36,000. I NOTICED IT RUNNING STRANGELY AND UPON CLOSER INVESTIGATION, NOTICED A FLUID LEAKING FROM THE FRONT. THE DEALER SAID IT IS TRANSMISSION FLUID. I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER/AC CONDENSER AT A COST OF AROUND $750. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND FOUND THAT IT IS EXTREMELY COMMON WITH 2008 ESCAPES. ONE PERSON COMPLAINING SAID THAT HIS DEALERSHIP HAS AROUND 10 OF THESE A WEEK TO FIX. IF IT IS SO COMMON, SHOULDN'T THERE BE A RECALL? TRANSMISSION FAILURES CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS-I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND HOPE SOMEONE WILL CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND MAKE FORD FIX THEM! *TR

Mileage: 38,000

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE WOULD SLIP OR STALL WHEN ACCELERATING. LOOKED ON WEB AND FOUND OUT NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER HAD TO HAVE REPLACED AT MY OWN EXPENSE SINCE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE HAS TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM THE COOLER. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE AFTER A REGULAR OIL CHANGE AND AM NOT SURE HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN GOING ON BUT HAVE LOST NEARLY 2 QUARTS OF FLUID. THE FORD DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND FORD HAS ISSUED A BULLETIN ON HOW TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. WHICH BASICALLY INVOLVES REPLACING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKING ON 2008 6CYL FORD ESCAPE CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO ACT ERRATICALLY VIBRATES AND LURCH FORWARD DUE TO LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. ALSO A FIRE HAZARD AS UNDERCARRIAGE AND RADIATOR HAVE HEAVY DEPOSITS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. CAR HAS ONLY 41,000 MILES AND MAJORITY OF MILEAGE HAS BEEN ON INTERSTATE. CURRENTLY CAR IS IN REPAIR SHOP AWAITING REPLACEMENT PARTS. FROM COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR FORD ESCAPES AND IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY FORD. SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS ADVISED OF NEAR ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. FORD SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL ALL 2008 FORD ESCAPES AND REIMBURSE ALL OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD TO ABSORB THE REPAIR COSTS DUE TO THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 41,250

THROUGHOUT THE TIME I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION HAS ACTED STRANGELY. SOMETIMES IT SHIFTS VIOLENTLY AND JERKS THE ENTIRE VEHICLE FORWARD. OTHER TIMES IT SEEMS THAT IT SIMPLY WON'T SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN FIRST STARTED. LAST MARCH I WAS WAITING FOR A TRAIN TO PASS SO I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK WHILE I WAITED. TWO OR THREE SECONDS AFTER I PUT IT IN PARK, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD A COUPLE FEET. IT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME SINCE THE TRAIN WAS MOVING AT 60+ MPH AND WAS ONLY MAYBE TEN FEET IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN THE TRAIN PASSED I PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND IT DIDN'T ENGAGE. I PUT IT BACK IN PARK AND MOVED THE SHIFTER THROUGH THE GEARS. AFTER THIS IT WORKED AGAIN, BUT I WAS WORRIED. I NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE RADIATOR AREA THIS MORNING. I NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE ANYWAY SO I TOOK IT IN TODAY AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION / AC COOLER THAT IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I CALLED FORD ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T GUARANTEE WARRANTY SUPPORT, BUT THAT I SHOULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FORD DEALER FOR THE REPAIRS. BASED ON WHAT I'VE READ, THE WARRANTY IS NOT GOING TO COVER IT SINCE I HAVE 51,000 MILES ON IT. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BIG O TIRES GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE FOR $512 FOR THE REPAIR WORK, WHICH IS MUCH LESS THAN WHAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN PAYING. BUT IN THE MEAN TIME I HAVE A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD DUE TO TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING ON COMPONENTS BELOW THE ENGINE. I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT THESE EVENTS ARE SOMEHOW RELATED. ESPECIALLY WHEN FACTORING IN ALL OF THE PRIOR COMPLAINTS THAT I'VE FOUND EASILY WITH SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCHES. UNFORTUNATELY, IT APPEARS THAT IT WILL TAKE SOMEONE BEING HIT BY A TRAIN FOR ANYTHING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. FOR NOW I AM GOING TO WAIT UNTIL I TAKE IT IN FOR MY APPOINTMENT AT THE FORD DEALER. CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS THAT MAKE A VEHICLE SAFE TO TRANSPORT THEIR FAMILIES IN THEIR EVERY DAY LIVES. *TR

Mileage: 51,175

THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE RUNNING TO THE A/C CONDENSER LEAKS AND SPRAYS TRANSMISSION FLUID EVERYWHERE. STARTED AT AROUND 36,000 MILES FOUND IT AT 38,000 AND FORD HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION HOSE IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS AN AC PART. *TR BOGUS

Mileage: 38,000

2008 FORD ESCAPE - I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FLUID LINE LEADING FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE CONDENSER HAD SPRUNG A LEAK. AFTER ASKING TWO SEPARATE FORD DEALERS AND DOING A LOT OF WEB RESEARCH, I HAVE COME TO FIND THAT THIS ISSUE IS WIDELY PREVALENT WITH THIS MODEL AND IS A RESULT OF A DESIGN FLAW. I ASKED ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT PART AND IF IT WOULD SUFFER THE SAME FATE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART, ENGINEERED AND MANUFACTURED BY FORD HAS BEEN DESIGNED DIFFERENTLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE ORIGINAL FLAW. THIS TO ME REPRESENTS A SITUATION WHERE FORD KNEW OF THIS ISSUE AND FAILED TO INFORM CUSTOMERS OR ISSUE A RECALL. AS A RESULT I AM OUT ALMOST $800 FOR THE REPAIR. FORD WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY AND ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SAFETY BULLETINS ISSUED ON THIS DEFECT TSB -08-5-7 IF I RECALL RIGHT. IT TOOK ME ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO DISCOVER THAT THIS ISSUE IS WIDE SPREAD AND THAT ALL OTHERS AFFECTED WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THEIR FORD ESCAPE VEHICLE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE SAME BRUSH OFF BY FORD. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. THE RESULTING ISSUE CREATED BY THIS PROBLEM, DOCUMENTED SEVERAL PLACES IS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. SOME HAVE RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE JUMPING INTO GEAR AND OTHERS CREATING A LURCHING ISSUE WHICH ULTIMATELY LEADS TO A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TRANS FLUID LEAKING ON FLOOR. DEALER SAYS IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE BY FORD AND THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR IT. TSB # 08-5-7 .MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS FORM AND OTHERS . MAY CAUSE TRANS FAILURE AT ANY TIME AND CAUSE SOMEONE TO GET KILLED IN TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 42,853

2008 FORD ESCAPE: FAILURE MILEAGE 21,775. ENGINE REV-ED FOR NO REASON AT < 10 MPH. VEHICLE STALLED WHILE COMING TO STOP. VEHICLE LEAKED LARGE PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID UNDER RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. FORD REPLACED TRANSMISSION COOLING ASSEMBLY (PART #8L8Z-19712-J) UNDER WARRANTY NOTING TSB 09 09 04. I PURCHASED THIS ESCAPE ON 08-04-09 AS A CERTIFED USED FORD OFF A FORD LEASE WITH MILEAGE 20,227. I HAD NOT YET MADE THE 1ST PAYMENT. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH MANY 2008 ESCAPE OWNERS AND OVER THE LONG TERM CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO A DANGEROUSLY FLAWED DESIGN. THERE IS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. *TR

Mileage: 21,776

2008 FORD ESCAPE - 41,800 MILES. RPM'S WOULD FLUCTUATE - CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE - CAR WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS ON INCLINE- CAR WOULD STALL OUT . TOOK IN FOR SERVICE DEALER ADVISED TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LEAKING DUE TO CRACKED IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER. DEFECT IS NOT COVERED BY POWERTRAIN BECAUSE THEY SAY THIS PART IS NOT PART OF THE TRANSMISSION IT IS A COOLING UNIT. APPROXIMATELY $750 TO FIX. *TR

Mileage: 41,800

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK WITHIN CONDENSER RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION DAMAGE AND GEAR SLIPPAGE. THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY NOT ACCELERATE OR WOULD LURCH FORWARD. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST IT WAS CAUSED BY AN OUTSIDE SOURCE, RATHER A FAULTY LINE THAT CRACKED. THIS REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER 36K MILE WARRANTY EXPIRED. TOTAL COST FOR REPAIR WAS $1025, PLUS OUT OF POCKET TOW BECAUSE IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTICED AN OILY SUBSTANCE LEAKING IN THE ENGINE AREA OF THE VEHICLE. SHE CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT FAILED TO SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS LEAKING FLUID AND THE COST TO REPAIR THE LEAK WAS 1,000. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT SINCE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSUME THE REPAIR COST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RECALL 07V453000, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES IS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,200.

Mileage: 36,000

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR MANY OTHER FORD SUV'S BUT NOT THE ESCAPE. STARTED LEAKING JUST AFTER MY 36,000 WARRANTY RAN OUT SO THEY GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $750 TO REPAIR. MY CAR IS 1 YEAR OLD. *TR

Mileage: 37,500

2008 FORD ESCAPE--LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID---BROUGHT TO DEALER--CRACK IN TRANSMISSION COOLER. NOT COVERED UNDER FORD'S WARRANTY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY WE BOUGHT WITH THE CAR. FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

Mileage: 44,381

2008 FORD ESCAPE--LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID---BROUGHT TO DEALER--CRACK IN TRANSMISSION COOLER. NOT COVERED UNDER FORD'S WARRANTY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY WE BOUGHT WITH THE CAR. FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

Mileage: 44,381

CONDENSER/TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKING RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION DAMAGE AND/OR FAILURE. 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THIS IS 3RD TIME LEAK/TRANSMISSION PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED WITH THE FIRST 2 HAPPENING UNDER WARRANTY. FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSING TO COVER THE COST OF TRANSMISSION REPAIR D/T THE "CONDENSER" NOT BEING MANUFACTURED BY FORD. THANKFULLY, NO VEHICLES WERE BEHIND ME WHEN I LOST TRANSMISSION FIRST TIME WHILE GOING UP A STEEP HILL. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER ON MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR. IT WAS REPLACED LAST AUGUST 31ST AND WENT AGAIN YESTERDAY AUG.6TH. I AM BEING TOLD FORD HAS A TSB FOR THIS PART, AND IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE. THE CAR SIMPLY WILL NOT MOVE IN DRIVE. THE COOLER LEAKS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION TO SLIP AND THEN EVENTUALLY DOES NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR. I CAME TO A RED LIGHT YESTERDAY AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE!!! LAST AUGUST FORD REPLACED THE PART UNDER WARRANTY. I AM BEING TOLD I HAVE TO PAY THIS TIME EVEN THOUGH IT HAS THE TBS. *TR

Mileage: 21,000

CAR IN REVERSE BACKING INTO MY DRIVE --I REMOVE FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL AND CAR IMMEDIATELY ROLLS BACK DOWN INTO STREET STAYING IN REVERSE BUT GOING FORWARD. WHEN IN DRIVE ENTERING DRIVEWAY AND I REMOVE FOOT IT AGAIN ROLLS BACK DOWN INTO STREET BEING IN DRIVE BUT MOVING IN REVERSE . I MUST USE THE BRAKE AT ALL TIMES. IT IS NOT A STEEP DRIVE AT ALL. FORD SAYS THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE IT SO IT ISN'T TRUE AND REFUSED TO PUT IT ON A LIFT TO CHECK FOR DEFECTS. ANOTHER MECHANIC SAYS IT'S DANGEROUS AND SO DID SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO ALSO EXPERIENCED IT. I AM AFRAID IT WILL ROLL INTO THE STREET OR FAIL TO STAY IN DRIVE WHEN OR IF I TRY TO TRAVEL OVER A HILL OR STEEP GRADE. IT IS AUTOMATIC BUT SEEMS TO ACT LIKE A STICK SHIFT. *TR

Mileage: 25,663

2008 FORD ESCAPE. NO PROBLEMS UP UNTIL LEAKING FROM THE FRONT. AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS CONDENSATION FROM USING MY A/C. HOWEVER, IT TURNED OUT TO BE LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED TO FAIL AND SLIP OUT OF GEAR ON HIGHWAYS AND RURAL ROADS. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

TRANSMISSION COOLANT LEAK. ROLLS BACK, ENGINE SHUTS OFF, LEAKS TRANSMISSION FLUID. ACCIDENT RISK. FORD NOT GOING TO REPLACE BAD PART. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED 4WD WITH APPROX. 29,000 MILES STARTED RUNNING A LITTLE LOUDER THAN NORMAL. THEN IT BEGAN SHAKING WHILE IN MOTION, USUALLY BETWEEN 35 TO 40MPH. WHEN IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME IT HAS A BAD TRANSFER CASE. WHEN THE PART NEVER CAME IN I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A STOP SHIPMENT ON THE PART BECAUSE OF A DEFECT THEY FOUND IN THE MANUFACTURING. ALMOST A MONTH LATER THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE PART. HAD I NOT STILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY EXPENSIVE AND UPSETTING REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

I BOUGHT MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE IN 02/2008. LAST WEEK MY ESCAPE STARTED STICKING WHEN I PUSHED THE GAS PETAL AND IT WOULD LAG THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN JUMP AND JERK FORWARD. THEN I NOTICED THAT I HAD A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. I CALLED THE DEALER AND TOOK IT IN FOR THEM TO CHECK BECAUSE TRANSMISSION ISSUES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. WELL BOY WAS I SURPRISED WHEN THE FORD DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM CALLED ME AND SAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO COST ME $1600.00 TO FIX BECAUSE IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION COOLER AND LINE WAS LEAKING AND THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE AN EXTERNAL PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND HENCE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, ONLY INTERNAL PARTS. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND NOW SEE THAT MANY MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUES WITH THEIR 08 ESCAPES YET FORD IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT BUT RIPPING OFF THEIR CONSUMERS. THE SERVICE CENTER AT THE DEALER EVEN TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM THEY WERE SEEING IN THE ESCAPES LATELY AND THAT THEY ARE FIXING THESE DAILY. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS? HERE I THOUGHT I WAS DOING GOOD BY BUYING A NEW CAR LAST YEAR AND I AM HAVING MORE PROBLEMS WITH IT THAN I DID WITH MY 10 YEAR OLD MAZDA I TRADED IN FOR IT. *TR

Mileage: 44,500

I BOUGHT A FORD ESCAPE 2008 ABOUT 1.5 YEARS AGO. THE CAR STALLED OR DIED OUT SUDDENLY WHEN I WAS DRIVING YESTERDAY. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. I THEN HAVE A FORD DEALER TO FIX THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS LEAKING AND THE LEVEL OF TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS VERY LOW. THEY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER AND THE CAR LOOKS NORMAL NOW. HOWEVER, I DID BRIEF RESEARCH OVER INTERNET, AND FOUND TRANSMISSION COOLER SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR FORD ESCAPE. I SUSPECT IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT AND RECALL SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PREVENT SIMILAR FAILURE HAPPEN ON OTHER CARS. *TR

Mileage: 14,444

THE 2008 FORD ESCAPE I OWN LEAKED TRANSMISSION FLUID THROUGH THE A/C CONDENSER. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS ENGAGED INDICATING A PROBLEM AND THE SUDDEN STARTS BEGAN WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT AND PROVIDES AN UNSAFE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT GIVEN THAT THE AUTOMOBILE'S TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY DUE TO THE LACK OF FLUID AND SURGES FORWARD. THERE IS CURRENTLY A TSB ON THIS DEFECT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED SINCE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM TO ALL ESCAPE'S MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO A FEBRUARY OF 2008. THE SOLUTION WAS TO REPLACE THE CONDENSER THAT HAS THE FAULTY SEAM DESIGN. *TR

Mileage: 43,000

I HAD COME BACK FROM A BUSINESS TRIP AND HAD PARKED THE CAR AT THE AIRPORT. WHEN I STARTED DRIVING, THE CAR WAS LURCHING, FEELING LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THIS CONTINUED ALL THE WAY HOME. THE NEXT DAY, IT WORSENED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAD TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION AND DO MANY OTHER THINGS SURROUNDING THAT AS ALL THE FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT. LUCKILY, IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 18,000

I PURCHASED MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE IN DECEMBER, 2008 WITH 35K MILES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE ABOUT A MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A LEAK IN MY TRANSMISSION COOLER. I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2008 ESCAPE. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, BUT IT STILL IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON A VEHICLE THAT IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

2008 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID, COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE WITH LESS THAN 1/4 MILE WARNING. FORD HAS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS PROBLEM: # 7-25-9 (DEC. 24-07) AND 08-3-3 (FEB. 18-08). REPAIR IS A SIMPLE CALIBRATION. SINCE THIS IS A SERIOUS, POTENTIALLY DEADLY DEFECT, WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL TO NOTIFY CONSUMERS? FORD WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE MY MILEAGE WAS BEYOND WARRANTY. IT WAS NOT BEYOND WARRANTY WHEN THE FIRST TSB WAS ISSUED. IF THIS HAD BEEN A RECALL AND FORD HAD BEEN REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ME, I WOULD HAVE HAD IT FIXED THEN, BEFORE IT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF MY DAUGHTER. HER 2008 FORD ESCAPE STARTED JERKING AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING THEN ENGAGING. UPON CHECKING THE FLUID LEVEL I FOUND IT WAS SHOWING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DIPSTICK. MY DAUGHTER IS A REGISTERED NURSE AND DOES A LOT OF DRIVING WITHIN OUR TRI-STATE AREA SO AS STRANGE AS I THOUGHT IT WAS TO BE THAT LOW, I ADDED 2 QTS. OF FLUID. TWO DAYS LATER IT WAS THE SAME SITUATION AGAIN EXCEPT THIS TIME I HAD HER MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER. AFTER DEALER INSPECTION SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED REPLACED. I CALLED THE DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER TO SEE IF WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE 3YR. 38,000 MI. WARRANTY BECAUSE HER MILEAGE WAS AT 43641. I ASKED ABOUT IT BEING COVERED UNDER THE 5YR. 60,000 MI. POWER TRAIN WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS CALLED A TRANSMISSION COOLER, AGAIN I WAS TOLD NO. NOW I AM SURE NOT A ROCKET SCIENTIST BUT TO ME A TRANSMISSION COOLER SOUNDS AS IF IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION OPERATION! MY ARGUMENTS WITH THE SERVICE ADVISOR PROVED FRUITLESS. WHAT REALLY TICKED ME OFF WAS WHEN THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE MECHANIC WHO HANDLED THE REPAIR SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS LEAKING IN THE SEAM (FAULTY WORKMANSHIP???). THE END RESULT IS THE REPAIR COST MY DAUGHTER $667.04. WHEN I ASKED TO SEE THE OLD PART THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE MECHANIC HELD ONTO IT BECAUSE EACH MECHANIC KEEPS OLD PARTS TO SELL AS SCRAP. I WENT BACK AND GOT THE OLD TRANS. COOLER BECAUSE I FIGURED IF ANYONE SHOULD MONEY OUT OF THE SCRAP ALUMINUM IT SHOULD BE MY DAUGHTER. THE PLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION COOLER RIGHT BEHIND THE GRILLE IS THE STUPIDEST DESIGN. WHY WASN'T SOME TYPE OF GUARD INSTALLED IN FRONT OF IT? *TR

Mileage: 43,641

WE BOUGT A 2008 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO,IT NOW HAS 70,000 MILES AND TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO GO OUT., AND WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THE COMPRESSOR AND THE GEARBOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRASMISSION FLUID POURS OUT AND IT SHIFTS SO HARD INTO FIRST AND SECOND GEAR THAT TIRES SPIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SHIFT IMPROPERLY. THERE WERE INTERMITTENT HARSH SHIFTS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT AND LINES. THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 41,000.

Mileage: 41,000

WE BOUGHT THE ESCAPE IN MARCH 2008 WITH 17,000 MILES AND NOW HAVE 41,000 MILES. THE OTHER DAY IT STARTED TO NOT SHIFT RIGHT SO WE CHECKED THE FLUIDS AND SAW THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS VERY LOW. WE FILLED IT AND IT STILL WASN'T REGISTERING AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT MORNING. DEALER SAID THERE IS A SLOW LEAK AND WE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE UNIT AT OUR COST BECAUSE WE'RE OVER THE 35,000 MILE WARRANTY. SERVICE MANAGER ADMITTED THAT THE LEAK MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE STARTED WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT COULD NOT GO BACK. CALLED FORD AND GOT NOWHERE WITH THEM. DID RESEARCH LAST NIGHT AND SAW ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ALONG WITH THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED BY FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HEADING BACK TO THE DEALER THIS MORNING TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE TSB. THE VEHICLE WILL SIT IN THE DRIVEWAY UNTIL FORD OR THE DEALER STEPS UP AND PAYS FOR THIS. FORD KNOWS IT'S A DEFECT SO WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO SPEND THE ESTIMATED $800 TO CORRECT IT. HOPING THEY END UP RECALLING THIS TO SAVE OTHER CONSUMERS THE HASSLE WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO EARLIER COMPLAINT #10256871 DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DO REPAIRS TO VEHICLE AT EARLIER DATE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. VEHICLE NOW QUIT MOVING IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC REQUIRING IT BE TOWED. DEALER NOW REPLACED ENTIRE TRANSMISSION DUE TO COMPLETE INTERNAL FAILURE WHICH APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY LACK OF LUBRICATION TO INTERNAL COMPONENTS. DEALER COMMENTED THAT IT APPEARS TO BE A COOLER RELATED DESIGN PROBLEM, WHICH RESTRICTS FLUID FLOW IN COLD CLIMATES. *TR

Mileage: 26,408

HAVE A 2008 ESCAPE WITH 15,500 MILES AND IT BEGAN SHIFTING HARD. TOOK A SHORT TRIP AND PROBLEM WORSENED. HUSBAND NOTED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING, RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE. TOOK VEHICLE TO SHOP AND THEY DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION COOLER NEEDED REPLACED. STILL UNDER WARRANTY SO THERE WAS NO COST TO ME OTHER THAN A DAY WITHOUT MY VEHICLE AND SHOP WAS EXCELLENT IN CLEANING MY VEHICLE FROM ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SPLATTERS. GREAT SERVICE BUT THIS PROBLEM ON SO MANY OF THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE A RECALLED ITEM. *TR

Mileage: 15,561

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE IS CURRENTLY AT 16000 MILES AND I HAVE NOTICED FOR ABOUT A WEEK THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING. THEN WHEN I PUT IT INTO REVERSE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL BUT DOESN'T. HOWEVER, WHEN THEN GOING INTO DRIVE MY CAR HAS STALLED 4 TIMES. I TOOK IT TODAY AND THAT WAS THE SECOND CAR TODAY BROUGHT IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY AUTOMATICALLY SAID IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS AND GOT ME A RENTAL CAR TILL TUESDAY. *TR

Mileage: 16,650

I BROUGHT MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER NOTICING IT WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID TOWARD THE FRONT PASSENGER-SIDE OF THE CAR. DEALER DIAGNOSED THE CAR WITH NEEDING A REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION COOLER AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,142. MY ESCAPE WAS PURCHASED IN JUNE OF 2007 AND HAS JUST GONE OUT OF WARRANTY HAD JUST OVER 40,000 MILES WHEN FLUID STARTED LEAKING. TSB 08-5-7 WAS ISSUED FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE. DEALERSHIP OFFERED 60 (FORD)/40 (ME) SPLIT OF COST, BUT I THINK THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED SINCE IT IS ADMITTEDLY A DESIGN FLAW. I'VE ALSO READ OF MANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME EXPERIENCE. FORD SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE AFTER DRIVING ABOUT TEN MILES. SUB ZERO WEATHER, VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN HEATED GARAGE. IT WORKED OK OUT OF GARAGE, AFTER DRIVEN FOR THE TEN MILES REVERSE SLIPPED BADLY. POWERTRAIN LIGHT ON DEALER CHECKED FOR CODES AND CODE READ AS UNKNOWN PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION NOW HAS DELAYED ENGAGEMENT INTO REVERSE. DEALER CHECKED FLUID AND IT IS BURNT, AGAIN NO KNOWN CODES YET LIGHT IS STILL ON. VEHICLE IS 4 CYLINDER WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 27,100

TOTAL TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE AT 48,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

I HAVE A 2008 FORD ESCAPE THAT I HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND WHEN PUT INTO REV. IT WOULD SLIP AND OR CHATTER. WHEN I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP THEY STATED TO ME THAT THEY CAN NOT GET IT TO DO WHAT IT DID FOR ME. THIS HAPPEN FOR A FEW DAYS. IT STARTED TO DO IT WHEN IT GETS COLD OUTSIDE AND AFTER DRIVING IT. I HAVE 333000 MILES ON IT AND DO A LOT OF OUT OF TOWN DRIVING. I WOULD LIKE IT FIXED BEFORE IT LEAVES ME STRANDED OUT OF TOWN. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD IT FOR A WEEK NOW AND STILL CAN NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO CODE SET FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT DOES NOT WANT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN IT IS PUT INTO REVERSE. THE WHOLE VEHICLE IS "CHUGS" OR SHAKES WHEN IT IS REVERSING AT SLOW SPEEDS. HAS BECOME WORSE WITH TIME. VEHICLE PURCHASED MAY 2008 AND HAS 14,000KM. CURRENTLY IN THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE REPLACING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 13,500

TRANSMISSION ISSUES. DOESN'T CATCH INTO REVERSE GEAR AND CANNOT GO IN REVERSE. SHIFTS INTO WHAT FEELS LIKE SECOND GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

TODAY I NOTICED A SMALL PUDDLE OF FLUID UNDER THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FLUID IS A RED, OILY FLUID. I DID A FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND NOTICED A SMALL LEAK OF RED FLUID COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I THEN CHECKED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL, AND IT WAS VERY LOW. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INDICATION LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD. THE SERVICE CENTER AT THE DEALERSHIP IS CLOSED TODAY, SO I WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE INTO THE SERVICE CENTER TOMORROW MORNING. *TR

Mileage: 17,031

IN DECEMBER OF 2007 I PURCHASED A 2008 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO I HAD TO BRING IT IN BECAUSE IT WAS LOSING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND SHIFTING IRREGULARLY(IT HAD 33,000 MILES ON IT). THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT SEAL OF THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING AND THEY REPLACED IT AT THE DEALERSHIP. ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO MY WIFE NOTICED THAT IT WAS SHIFTING POORLY INTO REVERSE, FIRST THERE WAS A PAUSE AND THEN IT WOULD SHIFT INTO REVERSE SHAKING THE ENTIRE VEHICLE, THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT NOW WE HAVE AN INTERNAL LEAK AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FIXING THAT PROBLEM (IT NOW HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT). *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAK, CAUSING IT TO JUMP WHEN BELOW 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHILE IN BOSTON DURING RUSH HOUR, COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 40

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 40 MPH AND BEGAN VIBRATING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL ONCE THE VEHICLE REACHED 60 MPH AND THE VIBRATING CEASED. APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES LATER, HE WAS ABLE TO FIND A FORD DEALER AND THEY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A DEALER NEAR THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,100 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,800.

Mileage: 4,800

BEEN NOTICING LITTLE RED DRIPS AROUND THE RADIATOR FILLER TUBE SIDE. CLEANED AREA AND NOTICED FLUID DRIPPING FROM WHERE THE TUBES ENTER THE COOLER. NOTICED OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT A SIMILAR PROBLEM. BRINGING INTO THE DEALER. *TR

Mileage: 20,800

TRANSMISSION STARTED TO HARD SHIFT. TOOK TO DEALER, DEALER DETERMINED THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER. ALTHOUGH THIS I HAVE A LOT OF MILES ON MY CAR, IT'S STILL ONLY A 2008 MODEL YEAR. THE LEAK IS ON THE SIDE OF THE COOLER, NOT THE FRONT, FROM A ROCK OR TWIG OR FRONT PUNCTURE - THIS IS A TERRIBLE DESIGN. THEY PUT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER, ENGINE COOLER, AND THE A/C CONDENSER ALL IN ONE UNIT, SO IF ONE GOES BAD, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE UNIT. DEALER GAVE ME A COST OF $983 TO REPAIR == $424 FOR THE PART, AND THE REST IN LABOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO EXAMINE THE A/C UNIT THE COST IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. I CALLED FORD CONSUMER HOTLINE -- THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. I DID NOTE TODAY, THAT JUST RECENTLY SOMEONE ELSE HAD THE SAME ISSUE THAT WAS REPORTED TO THE NHTSA DATABASE. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF RESPONSE FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THE REPRESENTATIVE (SUPERVISOR), JUST RAVED ABOUT THE JD POWER QUALITY AND HOW GOOD THEIR PRODUCTS WERE. I DON'T SEE HOW. *TR

Mileage: 50,707

SUNDAY NOTICED RED FLUID LEAKING ONTO DRIVEWAY, MONDAY BROUGHT VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. UPON INSPECTION, DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER. *TR

Mileage: 43,245

ON LEAVING THE LOT A HIGH VIBRATION CAME THRU THE GAS PEDAL AT 1500 RPM'S. I RETURNED BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO LET IT BREAK IN. AFTER 1 MONTH IT DID NOT GO AWAY AND BROUGHT IT IN TO SERVICE. 1ST ATTEMPT THEY DID NOTHING AND WAS TOLD TO GIVE THEM 2 WEEKS. 2ND ATTEMPT WAS THEN DONE AND THEY RE TIED THE GAS CABLE AND THE PROBLEM DIDN'T GO AWAY. THE GAVE UP AND TOLD ME TO CALL FORD. WITH FORD ON THE 3RD ATTEMPT REPLACED THE SHAFT AND MADE IT WORSE. NOW IT VIBRATE AND HAS A LINGERING BUZZING SENSATION TILL 2000 RPMS. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE AND ARE CLAIMING IT IS NORMAL, WHICH NO OTHER VEHICLE EXCEPT THE FORD ESCAPE HAS WITH THE V6 ENGINE, THE V4 DOESN'T HAVE THIS ISSUE. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN DOCUMENT ON FORUMS WITH THE 2006 ESCAPE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. FORD IS ALSO REFUSING TO FOLLOW THE LEMON LAW BY REFUNDING MY MONEY SINCE THEY CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND ARE NOT EVEN OFFERING AN EXCHANGE AS PER LAW.

Mileage: 10