2013 FORD ESCAPE Unknown Or Other Problems

The car caught on fire from the engine

Rear view camera going out or showing image upside down. Started approximately beginning of September and has been ongoing since.

Component: Engine and Engine Cooling: Cooling System (Thermostat Housing / Water Outlet) What happened: My 2013 Ford Escape developed a fast coolant leak from the thermostat housing/water outlet. Coolant drains quickly and the engine overheats within minutes. The engine has overheated twice while driving on the highway, which created a dangerous situation. This matches the overheating and coolant loss problems covered under Ford recalls 17S09 and 18S07, but my VIN is not included. How often: The leak happens continuously while driving. Coolant loss occurs rapidly and overheating follows if coolant isn’t refilled. Injuries/fires/crashes: No. The engine overheated twice on the highway, but I was able to pull over safely each time. Inspected or repaired: Yes. A mechanic diagnosed a coolant leak from the thermostat housing. Ford replaced the water pump and gasket in 2015 for a similar leak. Concern: Recurring safety issue identical to known Ford cooling system recalls. Requesting investigation or recall expansion for Escapes with fast coolant leaks and overheating.

When I change gears to P or R the car shut down , also it shakes when I break

In many words the wires are all mess up the AC buttons off it puts on the air and back wipes and the coolant system keep lossing coolant it smell the wiring have too it twice to where my extender warrant told me to they too 200 hund. For deductible and Labor 641.00 twice and the card is still with electric problems I m a senior citizen on SSI take care of two boys 5 and 8 alone with no help and thas the only means of transportation scare all the time that wires going catch on firer firestone tool my money and wasn't a n le to fix they told it was a recall on my car but why would they do that knowing that .I got really miess over Noow yal hot these vehicles out and only I pay carrots every month fateful and im driving a lemon I dont want to go to press cause don't see it in my heart something has to be don cause yal manufacturers these ford just want to be safe when me and boys are driven and not for the car catch on fire .please help been to rode in a vehicle thas no good cause I don't know what to do ty

The interior back door panels on both rear doors at the bottom corner gets hung in the on molding of the car body and prevents you from being able to get out of the car.

The engine light came on a few weeks after I purchased this used vehicle from Ford. I got s diagnosis on it the other day at Oreillys they said “Thermostat coolant”, we added the necessary liquids. Got it checked out at a Ford dealership the other day and they say they see no issue with the thermostat cooler, but an issue with the standpipe. I search online and see a recall about this issue in the past.

I was driving my vehicle. I pulled into a gas station to buy something. When I stopped, smoke was coming out of the engine bay. When I popped the hood, the engine bay was on fire! I put it out with a fire extinguisher. Side Note: I bought this vehicle from a friend. It has not been registered in my name. It will be registered today, 08/15/2025 in Butler County Kansas. Augusta, KS.

Right passenger door came unlatched while driving. Had to manually keep the door shut while driving.

Scared to drive took to get inspected felt like Transmission keep slipping and I was told there is a recall on transmission Also windshield wipers won’t go off have to remove fuse was told there is a recall

The transmission in my vehicle failed and had to be completely rebuilt before the car even reached 90,000 miles. Additionally, the vehicle has been leaking coolant. I have read that there are known recalls for coolant leaks on vehicles of the same year, make, and model as mine, which may be related to the issue I’m experiencing. Component or system that failed: The transmission failed and required a full rebuild. The coolant system is also leaking. Both systems are available for inspection if needed. •Safety risk: The transmission failure caused sudden performance issues, which could have led to an accident if it had happened while driving at highway speeds. The coolant leak puts the engine at risk of overheating, which could also lead to a breakdown or safety hazard while on the road. •Reproduction or confirmation: The transmission issue was confirmed by a certified transmission repair shop that performed the rebuild. The coolant leak is ongoing and observable. •Inspection by third parties: The transmission was inspected and rebuilt by an independent service center. The coolant leak has not yet been officially diagnosed by a dealership, but I plan to have it inspected soon. •Warning lamps or messages: There were no warning lamps for the transmission before failure, but symptoms such as slipping and rough shifting occurred prior to the rebuild. For the coolant leak, low coolant level warnings and engine temperature alerts have appeared intermittently, which first began a few months ago.

There is an internal coolant leak. Ford is aware of this and there are recalls but my vin number doesn't fall under the recalls. I have to fill coolant twice aweek

Coolant seems to be leaking at a fast rate. The leakage is inconsistent it sometimes a lot but other times a little. Constantly filling coolant reservoir with coolant yeah it’s leaking somewhere out of the bottom of the car.

There was a recall on my car before (due to freeze plug) but since it fell out of the manufacturer window of the recall it was not accept yet it is the same exact issue . My car is pouring out fluids from the same spot, it will not hold anti freeze not matter how much i put and doesn’t hold for more than 1-2 miles up the road with overheating, smoking giving me warning signs

Recurrent problems with coolant leaks requiring multiple visits to dealer. Nearly overheated on freeway. Tubing replaced without improvement. Frequently having to replace coolant fluid myself.

My car was stuck in park and would not shift into D,N,R,S, or any other gear. There is recall on the shift cable bushing, which is the exact issue that the Ford dealership has repaired and I was charged. I informed them that perhaps my VIN was not included per my car is having the safety recall issue. They were not willing to find out or give me a proper explanation. I was under the impression that if it's safety recall there is no issue on the matter.

My battery keep going dead. I had to keep buying battery twice a year.

For the second time the lug nuts have failed due to being two parts. Told swollen due to weather. Also replacement parts are the same.

My 2013 Ford Escape has had a very large coolant leak more than 10 months ago and the mechanics have not been able to repair it, they have changed hoses and the problem continues.

Defective REARVIEW CAMERA. Came upside down and go blank or distorted. Safety Hazard

Barrings in transmission been failure since I've bought the truck they had a recall on the transmission now I don't see the recall at ford windshield motor just stop working I've only had the car a year

Bypass/heater hose connector cracked at T

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While driving down the road the passenger seat floorboard began to fill with brown liquid (Coolant) the temperature of the vehicle increased and a distinct burning smell was coming from the engine compartment. Within 30 minutes (when I arrived home) the coolant tank was empty, and with the hood raised the burning smell was much stronger. The interior on the passenger side of my vehicle is ruined

I have experienced many issues with my vehicle that have been recalled in other vehicles of the same make/model/year but have been denied the assistance in fixing me car and preventing and further damage or risk of my safety due to my VIN not showing any recalls. I do believe that my safety has been disregarded and that my car needs inspection to further show that I should be assisted in getting the recalls identified and fixed to improve my safety and others on the road. The first issue I noticed that was recalled on other 2013 Ford escapes was a recall on the control arm which was caused by the separation of the control arm from corrosion which increased the risk of crash. I had an incident where my car all of the sudden would not return from the right turning position after I heard a clunking noise which caused me to run into a curb. After further investigation it was found that my control arm failed and locked which wouldn't allow me to avoid hitting the curb. I suffered a concussion and had to pay for this to be fixed due to being denied from the recall. Secondly, Ford has issued many recalls on 2013 Ford escape engines due to overheat and cylinder head malfunctions many of them my car has been diagnosed and proven to have. I have pulled codes from my check engine that are direct codes that was recalled about the overheating of the cylinder head causing cracks and leaks into the oil. This code I pulled from my car was P0117 and it was traced to the recall from ford ( 13V583000). Other recalls have been issued by Ford for engine overheating, and my car has been over heating after directly putting coolant into my vehicle and it tends to run out in 1 to 2 days after refilling. My safety and others on the road are at risk from these issues that were not caused by me or other drivers but I am not getting any assistance or anyone willing to look at these recalls and assist in reimbursement or fixing my cars issues. My car needs to be reviewed for the recalls.

My coolant keeps leaking and car is constantly overheating. I replaced the coolant tank and replaced hoses however it’s still doing the same , overheating and fuming !

My 2013 Ford Escape SEL FWD has been having warning light to "check engine" for a while. Mechanic read a misfire and changed thing. As it continued, Mechanic said computer needed to be "flashed" since it was not an engine problem they found. It went into check engine between 48-55 mph. Later the engine just quit with hot engine warning and antifreeze was empty. Refilled, drove home. The car continually runs our of fluid without obvious signs of leakage. This antifreeze problem continues, occasionally we see smoke from the engine but cannot find a source when we pull over to look. Smells like antifreeze. The car can drive 50-60 miles on a full antifreeze reservoir before getting too hot. I see multiple concerns over this issue but no recall.

It wouldn't steer it ran hot it stalls everytime I was on hwy system fail to warning system not display not updated

Constant coolant leak and not sure where the coolant is going. Have replaced the reservior, valve cover gasket, cylinder head and valves, coolant level bottle sensor, coolant thermostat, and engine coolant temperature sensor. Check engine light is still on and Coolant is still leaking and engine overheating. Can't find where the leakage is and there is no visible evidence on the floor of the garage. Losing coolant obvious because the level is low ever 2-3 days of highway driving. Car will shut down because of the overheating. Mechanic doesn't know what else to do. Car was purchased on June 4, 2024. Have not received the title or license plates. Tried to return it to the company who sold it to me; however, owner of the company refused to refund my money.

The rear door latch does not latch and keep the door closed. There are other recalls for this issue on 2013 Ford Escapes but according to my specific VIN there is no recall. Those other recalls are NHTSA Campaign ID 20V331000 and 16V643000.

Escape shut itself down in middle of busy interstate with no warning almost causing a accident. Something needs done before someone gets killed.

Unknown. Vehicle was coming to a stop and it "surged" forward. Brakes applied could not stop it. Caused accident, it hit the car in front which hit the next car in line. There were injuries. If this vehicle had surged in front of a pedestrian, there could have been a fatality. Vehicle was inspected by insurance company to determine cost to repair, not looking for cause. Vehicle wad totaled.

Power steering out and I am unable to afford the repairs. There is a recall for my make and model my van is not included in. I have already paid for a new transmission when the transmission recall was out and the Gilley Hyde Ford local dealership was dishonest with me and replaced almost $2000 of extra things and gave it back to me broken.

Was driving on the interstate with cruise set and without warning it downshifted and vehicle quit in middle of the road almost caused a accident. Vehicle won't start up. While pushing car to safety popped up engine over heat but Guage did not show it being hot.

Carfax is reporting an odometer reset or rollover. I am looking to purchase this vehicle. What is the odometer issue?

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Coolant system is experiencing major leak at the coolant stand pipe. Also vehicle is reading a protection code and vehicle appears to be overheating but it's not. Coolant leak is seeping onto the belts and hoses that were also replaced. Engine seals have also leaked and have been recently replaced several times. Vehicle is available for inspection. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? Safety recall 13S12 with a risk of localized overheating of the engine cylinder head that may lead to oil leaks and fires was not completed per the procedure provided by FORD motor company. The dealership that was responsible for completing the recall located at 488 U.S 1 Highway in Vero Beach Florida in 2019 is no longer operating. Several components of the 64 page recall were not completed as verified by a copy of the work order I have in my possession. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? Yes, my ford service advisor in Thomasville, GA has verified that this recall was not done properly and that my car falls under the manufacturer year that was negatively effected by this common problem with all cars produced within the same specific time frame by the manufacturer (FORD). The loss of coolant and potential overheating of the engine is a major common issue with this vehicle make/year/model. Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? No Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? Yes, check engine light is currently on and a protection code for the engine overheating has displayed on dash board for several months however my service advisor has advised me to contact ford motor company. Ford has told me to file a complaint with your division. Battery also drains repeatedly.

I own a 2013 ford Escape sel. While driving on the road a message appears and states steering assist fault. When this happens the steering becomes very hard to steer. I feel like I can’t even pull over because it is very hard to steer. I feel is very unsafe. Another msg that appears is hill start assist not available and then with that massage 911 assist fault. All of these messages to me seem very unsafe and need to be looked at. I looked online and there are thousands of people complaining about these problems.

Car shaking when I accelerate. Car jerking at times upon accelerating. Major oil leak to the point that a car place refused to change my oil due to liability.

From the day I bought the vehicle, it had coolant leak issues. I read that Ford knew this so they installed a feature where the vehicle will shut down/not move if there is low coolant, so as to avoid fires. An abrupt stop is very dangerous as well depending on location. $1000s later and years later, the leaks turned into not being able to hold any coolant at all. I took it to FORD they kept for 6 months and when I got the car back, it no longer drove. I took to another shop and they said there is a class action lawsuit for the issue and that the turbo needs to be replaced. That would almost $5k in repairs… due to labor costs. I loved this car even thought it’s been problematic. I would love nothing more than to have it working again, but not for that price.

Water Pump is leaking which could cause a fire in the engine bay. This vehicle has a known history of this and my VIN search shows 0 unrepaired recall issues, but it still exists. Problem was inspected by and verified by my mechanic of 35 years.

- Valve cover needs to be replaced - Spark plugs needs to be replaced - Power reduced message pops up probably from spark plugs - Says transmission fault probably from valve cover leaking transmission fluid - Left rear speed sensor - Turbo charger/super charger underboost - invalid data received from steering angle sensor module message popped up

2013 Ford Escape SE, So according to my local Ford dealership, which is where this vehicle was purchased, this particular year/model has an issue with the engine where coolant will leak into the head and warp the head seizing a spark plug(s), which customers will not find out about until it comes time to actually replace the spark plugs. Our vehicle has less than 100,000 miles on it, and was purchased in full (no loan/lease). This is a pretty BIG manufacturer's defect. It is also (according to my local Ford dealership), a common problem, but not common enough for ford to do anything about it. Someone buys a product and it has a manufacturer's defect, but won't do anything to correct it that's pretty crappy, leaving people like me that is laid off to try to foot a bill of several thousand dollars for something that again, should be fixed by ford. Again according to my local Ford dealership, Ford changed some things in manufacturing after learning about this. After calling my local Ford dealership and then Ford corporate, all they told me is A. there's no extended service program on my vehicle and that it was only offered on select VINs, and B. Call NHTSA. (So basically pushing this off on other's/another agency.). Also note, my local Ford dealership, NOR Ford corporate are willing to give me anything in writing. (I wonder why). (Note to NHTSA, I am [XXX] , filling this out for my father, the vehicle owner.) INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

2013 Ford Escape transmission bushing breakage / separation where the shifter cable attaches to the transmission crank. Our vehicle had this problem and the bushing broke, leaving the vehicle stuck in Reverse. Almost crashed into the car parked behind me while attempting to parallel park. This appears obviously related to the highly published 2013-2016 Ford Escape recall problem, but my VIN has yet to be added to the log for recall and repairs. Please add my VIN so my group / production batch can be serviced. Ford wants to charge us close to $200 because our batch is missing from the recall list. "According to Ford's filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a damaged or missing bushing inside the transmission may prevent the vehicle from shifting into the selected gear. The vehicle therefore could roll away because it's not actually in Park, or it could drive in an unintended direction when the operator selects Drive or Reverse. A vehicle that is shut off when not in Park might not be able to be restarted."

The vehicle has a coolant problem leading to blown head gasket and is believed to be a fire hazord.This has been ongoing since I have purchased the vehicle.

Rear view camera image suddenly turned upside down when backing and image remains upside down. This disables my parking assistance and safely backing up. Ford agency can’t fix it and new cameras are so backordered they don’t know when they can get it. Why didn’t recent camera recall also cover the 2013 Escapes?

MY ANTENNA CAME OFF. CAN'T LISTEN TO RADIO. STATIC

Received Ford 2013 Escape recall #22S43. Took my car to Moon township Ford, Moon Twp PA on 6/27/2023 for PA inspection and recall repair. I was informed that the vehicle would not pass inspection unless I paid $612.00 for the bushing. They deny knowledge of recall even thought I left a copy in the vehicle when it was dropped off. Took car away from them today. In addition, my appt. was made 1 MONTH in advance of 6/27/2023 @ 8:30. I was informed at 4:00 pm it had not been looked at yet and asked for $612 for the bushing part. This is unacceptable and I will now seek legal recourse

The gear shift is locked in the neutral position. I took my baby took the aquarium the car drove fine we live 2 hours away. Upon leaving I was unable to shift the car into the drive position. The gear shift moved from park to neutral and would not move. The car displayed it was in neutral even though the car seemed like it was in the parked position. Applied emergency break but was unable to fix gear shift. Had to Uber with a baby 2 hours home because we were stranded.

I own a 2013 Ford Escape with EcoBoost. I bought it used about 6 years ago and it has been problematic from the start. First the engine coolant and engine light kept coming on with no noticeable leak, had it checked at Auto Zone was told it was the engine coolant bypass valve, had it replaced. The vehicle has run hot twice causing the engine to shut down on me, once on my way to work and once when taking my son to the Doctor. Continued to have the same issue with coolant, had to get the water pump replaced at the dealership last May. The engine coolant warning light started reappearing with leakage issues again and the vehicle began losing power and cutting off about 2 months ago. I took it back to the dealership and all they could find was a valve cover gasket leak. They stated that the oil from the valve cover gasket may be leaking onto other components and causing the car to cut off. They repaired that for a whopping $1150. The car started cutting off on me again about a month after that repair so it is currently at the dealership where they're telling me that the Turbocharger wastegate solenoid valve needs to be replaced for $950 and if that doesn't solve the problem then I will need to replace the engine. Ford should be ashamed! This vehicle should be part of the many recalls regarding these same type issues as I have read. I called Ford customer service, all they did was run the VIN which the dealership and I have done many times, told me that my vehicle did not qualify for any special programs and all warranties had expired, said I could pay for the repairs and hold onto my receipt in case there were recalls later. I am a single parent and I just cannot afford these repairs. Other recalls repaired such as the door latch which is very dangerous as I experienced my left side passenger door opening while driving on the highway with my special needs son in the backseat, before the recall, smh, thought we had done something wrong...this car is a true lemon.

Mileage: 119,204

Fords recall 22V413000 was not repaired the shifter thing cause me to send my car into the unknown hands of two different texas dealerships after the 1st dealerships service on that recall ford sent me a letter stating after a quality assessment they were not sure the tech completed the job they were billed for and ask me to take it to a dealer to have it checked for that issue and was told I needed a new alternator less than 30 day later while driving the car quit shifting correctly would not shift into reverse. Transmission fault service soon lite up and the same second dealership told me the transmission clutch had burned up and it would cost me $ 5,700.00 to replace it with a new transmission. Now I’m totally without transportation

Steering assist light comes on when I turn vehicle on without warning. It makes it very hard to turn the wheel when it comes on. The light turns off when I restart the vehicle, but comes on again 24-32 hours later. It has not been inspected. There were no warning lamps or messages, or symptoms of the problem appeared 04-17-23

oil is pouring out of the bottom of the vehicle. i believe the cylinder heated up and cracked causing oil leak ,which is a serious fire hazard.

Our 2013 Ford Escape was recently taken in to a Ford Dealership for recall 22s43 transmission shifter cable bushing. The service team performed a replacement of shifter cable bushing, installed a protective cap, and adjusted the shifter as per recall. A few weeks later the transmission fault signal came up on our dashboard and the car would not shift into gear and it had to be towed home. Could the replacement have been faulty or not installed correctly, considering there were no reports of transmission issues when the vehicle was taken in to the dealership.

Had to have my transmission rebuilt for $3000

UNKNOWN, There are not any warning lights on, my cars rpm jumps when I try to accelerate. As I push the gas it acts as if it does not want to drive and won’t. I’ve had to pull over with hazards and wait for someone to come assist.

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I am really uncertain due to the fact that when I was experiencing problems with this car , ford and other licensed mechanic shops were not able diagnose what was wrong with my car . I was denied service by ford on 2 occasions and by time the car was past a simple fix I was unable to use my extended warranty.

More times than not, the car is stalling when started. It will stall or near stall when driving. No warning lights come on when this is happening. I have noticed that when the car started doing this, that the controls for the dashboard are now not working properly. For example; when you try to reset the trip milage, it will go through all settings on board and you are not able to reset anything. This has been on going since the odometer has hit 58,000 miles. The stalling of the engine is happening more and more frequently. I have had it to several repair shops, and no one can tell me why, even though they have witnessed it stalling.

We received a letter from the dealership regarding a recall due to the transmission shifter cable bushing possibly being damaged or missing. The safety recall still has not been addressed. Today we were parked in the car and it started to roll forward I reached down from the passenger side and pushed the break with my hand to stop the car from rolling onto the road into oncoming traffic. I had my husband and kids in the car. I called the dealership but no one answered. This issue is very concerning as I use the car every day for work.

I got recall fixed back in june2022. Still haven’t been refunded.

On a daily basis my 2013 Ford Escape keeps stalling in the middle of the highway with no warning while driving at various speeds. I do not know what component or system is failing. Several mechanics have tried to resolve the issue with no success. The engine just suddenly shuts off and this is a very dangerous situation for me and everyone else on the highway. I was almost hit by a semi truck today due to this issue.

Transmission Shifter cable, my car is stuck in park and will not shift into drive or neutral. I can not use it and need it fixed asap.

Car keeps stalling without warning while driving. Inconsistent stalling with NO WARNING! Car restarts without problem, but the stalling is dangerous!!!

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while her husband was driving 35 MPH, he noticed the vehicle was losing motive power. Her husband pulled over at the nearest gas station and noticed a fuel leak underneath the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The dealer was contacted, and the contact was informed that her vehicle had experienced the failure listed in NHTSA Campaign Number: 12V336000 (Fuel System, Gasoline). The dealer informed her that the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was contacted and confirmed that the VIN was not included in the recall. The contact was referred to the NHTSA for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

My shifter cable was broken first in May 2022 because I switched to park and my vehicle kept rolling.I called the ford Dealership after reading about a recall on shift cables For 2013 Ford escapes and was told my vehicle didn’t fall under the recall. I had it repaired elsewhere. In July 2022 I had the same issue (attempted to put vehicle in park and it was still in drive) contacted Ford and was told the same thing and had it repaired elsewhere since the price quotes elsewhere was about 300 less that what Ford quoted me but not even a week after having my vehicle repaired I get a letter in the mail confirming that my vehicle does fall under the recall. I have paid almost 1,000 out of pocket to repair this issue because Ford lied to me.

On 7/20/22 11:50pm I was driving on the highway about 45 miles per hour when without warning or indication my hood flew open and slammed against the windshield causing me to lose sight of anything in front of me. Because I was not traveling at such a high rate of speed I did not strike any vehicle in front of me and avoided hitting concrete barriers but several vehicles behind me nearly struck me because the incident took place on a curve and I was in a blind spot. This could have turned out very bad for myself and other, I was TERRIFIED. It was late and dark and have to carefully shift through three lanes on the highway to get myself into a safe spot off the side of the road. This incident has not been confirmed to my knowledge by any dealer, nor has the component been inspected by anyone as of yet. I will say as soon I had the vehicle towed and secured, I attempted t contact my insurance with no luck during the midnight hour. I did a GOGGLE research and found that this incident has happened to several Ford vehicles over the past years as far back as 10 years to current date and I'm confused as to why this was not a safety recall issue. I could have been seriously injured and died.

Hello May 23.2022 My shifter broke off on the highway with my kid in the car I was so scared that we will get hit in the back due to this recall I had to roll the car to side of the left lane off the highway to not cause a accident

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vehicle will no longer drive it will shift out of gear but won't actually move and when it did drive it wouldn't shift right I am making payments on a car I can't drive and was told needed a new transmission more than likely but now is being recalled

I had just come out of the store, started the car, and put the car in drive, however, it started to go in reverse. Although, the gear shift stick is on "D" the dashboard reads "R". I turned the car off thinking it would reset, but it would not reset and now the car won't start back up because the dash is showing that the car is still in reverse and not in "Park". Now, I'm stranded in this store parking lot on a Saturday with no idea of what to do. Please help me!

Car falsely indicates overheating and goes into “limp mode” not allowing me to accelerate even while driving. Has occurred on freeway, while parked, in intersections, and has posed a threat to my safety over a hundred times. Been yelled at by other drivers and almost hit countless times because I’ve been unable to accelerate whilst trying to pull over safely. “Hill start assist not available” appears and then “engine fault service now” accompanied by the speedometer going to 0mph (even while driving) as well as the RPM’s going to 0. Lastly, “high engine temperature” appears and car starts shaking and lurching and the engine gets extremely loud until I’m able to turn it off. Sometimes turns back on right away, sometimes I’m stuck in car on side of road/freeway for minutes-hours. Been to 2 Ford dealerships as well as many mechanics and have been told it’s fixed several times and it has not been. After replacing transmission, spark plugs, corroded wires, coolant, and more, Ford dealership said they have no idea what is wrong with car. Exploring online I found many other reports of 2013 escapes having the same issues as well as other Ford vehicles. This has affected my safety too many times and I’m unable to find a solution anywhere. Check engine light is always on unless cleared. Has been occurring on and off (more frequently as time passes) since I got car 2.5 years ago and have been unable to receive any help or solutions. Occurs at any speed, even while in park. I have videos as well of the car not turning on and actively showing these alerts whilst I’m driving. Sometimes the car will even be “on” but the entire dash is black as if the car was off.

For the time I have owned this Ford Escape (4.5 years) the coolant has been leaking since I drove it off the lot. They could not find any leaks and just topped with coolant until the warranty expired. I have had numerous repairs done to my car and as of 06/18/2022 the coolant leaks is so bad I’m having to fill it up with antifreeze twice per day. It’s leaking from the driver side but they can never tell me exactly where. I’ve contacted Ford directly about this to be told my Vin number does not fall under the engine coolant recall, however it’s the same engine size etc. the check engine light has came on for 4.5 years but goes off so I don’t get the proper time to retrieve the code. It will sometimes loose power in the middle of roads and highways which is very dangerous. Please can you help me. I have an investigation into my 2013 Ford Escape eco boost 1.6L overheating, Vin number is not synced with the current recall for the coolant leak/overheating/fire troubles.

My radio went out about 3 years ago had to be replaced and now I can not listen to my radio without the car actually being on. My second issue is with my rear axle drive train, I currently have 127k miles on my vehicle took it in to a Ford dealership for diagnostic and repair I was informed that the rear axle needed replacing, they replaced it , however the problem persisted I was then told by the Ford mechanic that the axle assembly needed to be replaced. I spent 1k for the first repair now they want $2683 for the axle assembly, have there been other complaints regarding this parton 2013 Escape??

I have 2 issues 1.) my car is leaking coolant not sure from where. The leak is getting worse. I have coolant in my car, it was parked in the garage I made it a block from my house and my car shut down. Said it was overheating, don’t even know how it coul have been that hot. The car was not registering hot inside, also the temperature gauge not registering hot. I waited 1 1/2 hours came back and my car won’t go anywhere because I’m still getting the overheating message. 2.) my rear windshield wiper started making odd noises, then I kept finding my windshield wiper hanging straight down. It no longer wipes, but still makes noise. But it no longer works at all. A friend looked up this vehicle and saw there were common issues in complaints and told me to look to see if there were any recalls before I continued forward. But I don’t see anything pertaining to either issue.

While driving my vehicle is slowing down losing power it doesn't want to stay started while at a light Will hesitate to stay started and will just cut off. And hesitate to restart this is not the first time that this has happened ethier.

I put my vechile in park, when I went to put into drive the cable to the gear shift broke and left me stranded in a drive thru. My vechile is stuck in neutral.

The car bucks wildly at a stop and stalls

Transmission developed a sudden delay when put into drive and jumped suddenly into gear and then shake between higher gears and then started running as if in neutral so that I could only coast it or pull the shifter into S mode where it would move forward very slowly for about a 1/4 mile at which time it quickly began running hot. It was only then that a warning came on that stated: ENGINE FAILURE SERVICE ENGINE SOON. Transmission mechanics refuse to internally assess or attempt any repairs due to "closed" system and are recommending a $4K complete replacement. My VIN number has no recalls related to this issue.

I have 113k miles in my 2013 Escape. I hit the accelerate and it hesitates. Sometimes when I back it stalls, when I come to a stop, it stalls. It's stalled on me a few times going 55 in the passing lane. CarMax said it is not showing any codes to fix anything under warranty. I've read there are some complaints from other Escape owners having the same issue. What should I do?

The ABS/Traction Control light comes on and a message flashes on the screen saying that 4 wheel drive is disabled and that hill assist is disabled. The vehicle will not accelerate when the gas pedal is pressed causing the driver to be put in harm's way if trying to enter traffic or go through an intersection. When hooked up to a scanner, it says that there is a bad ABS/Wheel Speed Sensor. We have replaced the "faulty" sensors several times and have also replaced all other parts that were recommended to fix the issue. We took the vehicle to a Ford dealer and they initially said that there was a recall to perform a flash of the computer to fix the issue. When they hooked up their machine to the vehicle, we were told that they were incorrect and that there was no recall for this issue and there was no update for the computer. This is an intermittent issue and we are unable to replicate the issue on demand. This has been an issue for over a year and it seems Ford does not have the answers to fix the issue.

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Escape. The contact stated that he noticed that fuel had been leaking from underneath his vehicle. The contact then called the dealer who informed him that his vehicle was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 13V584000 (Fuel System, Gasoline). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 132,000.

Mileage: 132,000

My son was driving up a hill on January 26, 2022 and the car stalled. I called the Ford dealer and they said I had to take it in and pay for the repairs. This is a 2013 Ford Escape and I was reading on the internet that these cars have these problems. My son said there was no warning lights before this happened, it just stalled on a busy, dangerous highway. Thank God he was not hurt. I don't know what else to do. This problem should get taken care of with so many people having the same issue.

Backup camera doesn’t work.

The sensor for cooling system goes off for low coolant even though there is a full amount of coolant in the vehicle. Causes a bunch of codes to activate and throws vehicle into "limp" mode while saying the vehicle needs to be turned off immediately. Only some vehicles received recall notice per automotive service center, but others do not even though there is plenty of complaints online about the same issue. Having a vehicle go into "limp" mode while driving in traffic and/or on highway is extremely dangerous.

Starts easily but kills shortly after as though it has no power. Has done this for several years. Numerous mechanics are unable to pinpoint the cause.

I’ve not wrecked the car but now I can’t drive it because my driver door won’t shut. This happened 12/01/21. I called Jacky Jones Ford they couldn’t get to it referred me to get a body shop to look at it. I now find out this is a recall on my car. I didn’t own the car at the time the recall was issued so never received anything. I’ve owned this car since may 2017 I’ve had issues with inside filling up with smoke and smelling of wire burning Jacky Jones looked at it but didn’t find the issue also engine light comes on periodically then it starts showing it’s overheating I can’t do a system check because it don’t light up anymore the fuse is new still don’t work, but at the moment I can’t drive at all because my door won’t shut please help me with these issues please no one can figure it out and now I’m unemployed because of a dr sorry that’s another story Thank You

My car has stalled numerous times and have had 2 different shops look at this and this isnt the fuel pump and the drive module was replaced to try and this didnt fix no issues with this and they said there is something def wrong with this and there are numerous recalls on the same issue as with my car for these cars. Wiring harness or ecu issues is what I am being told possibly. This car is a danger. From the first time I bought this in the shop and I dont even drive this car much at all. This is a danger and Ford needs to address these cars. My car stopping in the middle of the road and I almost was rear ended.

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Escape. The contact stated while the vehicle was stationary, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated no warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer to be inspected. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and told the contact that they were unable to assist. The failure mileage was approximately 131,000.

Mileage: 131,000

While I was driving through my neighbor hood, I was making a left turn at an intersection and found that my vehicles power steering had stopped working. I was able to park the car and restarted it. It seemed fine while I was backing out of the space but as I was pulling forward the power steering went out again. Throughout the week the power steering would be working and then the next moment it would cut out unexpectedly.

When the car has run (the engine is warm, so not a cold start), starting it again will lead to a stall, usually within two minutes. The car can be idling or moving, and it sputters and dies. It will start again, but will often stop one more time. Re-starting is becoming more hesitant (slower) as my mechanic can find no way to repair this problem (yet). This stopping has put me in some very, very dangerous situations, such as crossing a road with traffic oncoming or merging on to a highway. The car also has stalled going up a hill.

Power steering seemed to failed driving, unable to turn. The mechanic said the steering wheel column needs to be replaced. There was no warning. This put me and my children at risk that could’ve been fatal.

Shifter bushing is worn out and broken not allowing the vehicle to go into gear and lock to that gear. I was parked during this time but it didn't allow my car to go into park without force so wasn't sure if the car would rollback. I mentioned the open recall on certain models to Ford and was confirmed that the issue is re-occurring in multiple Ford Escape, Focus, and Fusion models to date. The vehicle has been repaired for the same open recall (18S20) but paid for by out-of-pocket expenses. There were no warning or indications that the vehicle had this issue the issue happened once on Saturday, October 30, 2021.

My car was stolen i need to track it or disable the engine

First our lights didn't work. We had them replaced last week and now it has burned out already. Several times the car stalls and will not go then mysteriously restarts itself. No warning lights come on when this happens, although the screen that is with the stereo system goes dim and then bright. We have had it at the shop where we bought the car and was told that it was fixed, but after having it back just over a day it did it again. This is definitely a safety hazard since we live in a very populated area and could easily be hit. I believe the problem is electrical and we can have this problem resolved at anytime. I would like to mention that I have only had this car since 09/02/2021. The mechanic was able to reproduce the event.

Intermittantly the car will stall after starting or driven short distance. Sometimes acceleration is not smooth, with a slight surge or hesitation as foot feed is pressed down. Ford dealers in Denver, CO., ignore request for assistance. Several times in slow traffic, car has died. Will restart immediately, but fear that it’s an accident waiting to happen. No earring lights

Vehicle will stall, die, when you restart it, it will die when put into gear, and sometimes not start back up for any where from a few minutes to a couple hours. This isn't just a one time incident it happens almost daily.

The transmission lost Park function, even when the shifter position indicates the vehicle is in park. Vehicle kept rolling and had to use E-brake.

The passenger door latch-door came open and will not stay closed. My daughter was in the passenger seat when it happened which could have been really bad if We were on the highway instead of parking lot of a school going a slow speed yes/confirmed-safety recall # 16S30 no-stating they can only fix the one door in 1-2 days, when on the phone it is less than half a day procedure and up to 3 weeks for the other 3 doors. Which I need a safe vehicle to be able to work and drive until completed. They stated they don't have a rental. The car was just in there a shop a week prior for 3 1/2 weeks and I should have been notified of the recall and been fixed then and we would not be in this situation no- no warning or messages. It not says door not closed because I had to call for help and using a rubber strap to close it somewhat to get home

While driving my Escape turns off unexpectedly. Then I stop put it on park and restart then it drives again. It's does this randomly.

on 10 July 2021, while driving vehicle at approx 50 mph, I was in the S-Drive and placed it into Drive, however, my display still showed me in S-Drive. I did get home without incident, but was unable to get my vehicle into Park. After several attempts, gear shifter did slide into Park, only to realize that display still showed I was in S-Drive. I turned off vehicle, and attempted to re-start, only to find that since the vehicle was still in S-Drive, I am unable to restart. I have found that other 2013 Ford Escape Vehicles are dealing with this same problem and have identified this particular issue as a failure to the Shifter Cable Bushing, (19S16) that prevents gears to be shifted, that can cause a vehicle to roll since it is in gear and possibly injure someone. I feel this VIN should be covered in your recall, but have found out that since my Vehicle was made in May 2013, it was not covered, but clearly it is still a problem that Ford has identified within the 2013 year. I now have to tow vehicle to a Ford dealership and they advise they are 4-6 weeks out from making any repairs to my vehicle which is not under a recall advisory list. I must pay for all services. At this time, my vehicle is unusable.

Vehicle just shuts off completely stalling than doesn't want to start back up.

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Loud noise from blower motor and no airflow from vents. Vehicle is available for inspection if needed. I believe this is related to the issue identified here: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/SB-10099087-2532.pdf. Many others have reported the same issue and I believe a recall should be issued. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? The noise coming from the blower motor makes it difficult to hear traffic noise, sirens, etc. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? No Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? No Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? No

FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF 2013 FORD ESCAPE AROUND 2:30 A.M. OF 5/10/2021. THE ENGINE HAD NOT BEEN STARTED AND THE CAR HAS NOT MOVED FROM THE PARKING GARAGE SINCE 5/7/2021.

Mileage: 125,000

2013 FORD ESCAPE 1.6 TURBO USING ANTIFREEZE WITH NO APPARENT LEAK. FORD TELLS ME THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE [XXX]. BUT I FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT SAME MAKE. IS THERE A RECALL ON ANTIFREEZE LEAKING OUT OF CYLINDERS HEAD OR OTHER AREAS THAT CAUSE FIRE OR RECALL TO FIX UNDER A RECALL WARRANTY? IT'S BEEN SMELLING OF ANTIFREEZE AND ANTIFREEZE NEEDS ADDED REGULARLY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 78,000

MY CAR WAS IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE ON. I PUT MY CAR IN DRIVE AND PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE ENGINE LOSES POWER AND STALLS. RED OIL LAMP SIGN COME ON. NO SYSTEM CHECK MESSAGE SHOWS. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED.

Mileage: 77,000

MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE PRE OWNED 2013 FORD ESCAPE AT A DEALERSHIP IN CAPE CORAL, FLOIDA. WE HAVE JUST DISCOVERED THAT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, THERE WAS AN INCOMPLETE RECALL ON THE VEHICLE THAT THE DEALER FAILED TO INFORM US OF. FORD RECALL #:20S30

Mileage: 63,976

MY VEHICLE STALLS AND CHUGS. THIS HAPPENS WHILE I'M DRIVING AND STATIONARY.FORD DID HAVE A RECALL FOR A MAP SENSOR MANIFOLD ISSUE BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2014 FOR FORD ESCAPES WITH THIS DESCRIPTION . THE CODE IS P0106 . I AM STRUGGLING TO GET HELP FOR ANY DEALER BECAUSE THERE IS NO LONGER AN OPEN RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. I COULD BE DRIVING AND MY CAR SHUTS OFF. THIS IS A NIGHTMARE.

Mileage: 103,466

AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK MY CAR IS STALLING OUT! I WILL START THE CAR LET IT SIT A FEW MINUTES, PULL OFF AND IN ABOUT 50 FEET OR LESS RPM GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND JUST SHUTS OFF. HAD IT LOOKED AT MULTIPLE TIMES AND NOTHING! THIS IS VERY SCARY WHILE PULLING ONTO BUSY ROADS AND NOT KNOWING IF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR NOT!

LOSS OF COOLANT APPROXIMATELY EVERY 45 DAYS. NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF LEAKING AND A PRESSURE TEST DID NOT SHOW ANY NON VISIBLE LEAKS. YET I HAVE TO REFILL AFTER A LOW COOLANT ERROR AS STATED. A GOOGLE SEARCH FOUND QUITE A FEW OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2013 MODEL.

Mileage: 60,000

GEAR SELECTOR INDICATOR IS STUCK IN SPORTS MODE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED

OVER HEATING ,LEAKING ANTIFREEZE .

ENGINE STALLS AT IDLE AND WHEN TAKING OFF FROM INTERSECTION HAS TWO ENGINE CODES P008B P0087 SOMETIMES DESERT A LOT AND SOMETIMES VERY LITTLE

Mileage: 130,000

VEHICLE STALLING AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THERE IS NO CODES WHEN IT HAPPENS AND NO SET TIME. DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AS WE ARE SENIORS AND DON'T WANT TO GET STRANDED SOME WERE! GOING BACK TO MY PERSONAL MECHANIC ON 2/2/21 TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. I THINK FORD SHOULD FOOT THE BILL AS THIS CAR IS UNSAFE FOR OUR HIGHWAYS.

Mileage: 90,138

I PURCHASED MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE IN DEC 2020. I HAVE ONLY HAD IT A LITTLE OVER A MONTH. 3 WEEKS AGO I NOTICED A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. AS I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, SLOWING DOWN TO STOP, WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY, PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTART IT. I HAD NO OTHER ISSUES THAT DAY. NOW IT HAS BECOME A DAILY OCCURRENCE. IT ALL STARTS WHEN I HEAR THAT HUMMING NOISE AND THEN I KNOW THAT THE CAR WILL STALL ON ME WHEN I SLOW DOWN OR STOP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ONCE AND MY HUSBAND HOOKED IT UP TO READ THE CODE P1450. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED YET. IT IS SO SCARY, KNOWING THAT MY CAR WILL STALL ON ME IN TRAFFIC! TONIGHT, ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, I HEARD THE HUMMING NOISE AGAIN, WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND THEN I HEARD A VERY LOUD POP WHICH SOUNDED LIKE IT CAME FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD AREA. LUCKILY THE CAR STAYED ON AND DID NOT STALL ON ME UNTIL I EXITED THE INTERSTATE AND CAME TO A STOP. IT STALLED ON ME AND WOULDN'T START UP RIGHT AWAY. EVEN THOUGH THE A/C STOPPED WORKING, THE CAR MADE IT HOME WITHOUT ANY OTHER ISSUES TONIGHT.MY HUSBAND TOLD ME TO CHECK THIS WEBSITE FOR RECALLS AND I FOUND ALMOST 1200 COMPLAINTS ON THE VERY SAME THING THAT I AM EXPERIENCING! HOW CAN A HUGE COMPANY LIKE FORD NOT SEE THE ISSUE AND HELP US? I AM SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE IT! I HAVE TO GET ON THE INTERSTATE TO GET TO WORK. FORD...YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS IS NOT OK! I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT TO A SHOP YET BUT THEY WILL PROBABLY TELL ME THE SAME THING THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS GETTING TOLD! NHTSA YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING! HOW CAN YOU SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND NOT MAKE FORD FIX THE ISSUE?? IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE! MY SAFETY, ALONG WITH OTHERS ON THE ROAD THAT HAVE TO SLAM ON THEIR BREAKS TO AVOID HITTING ME WHEN I STALL OUT, IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN!!! PLEASE HELP!

Mileage: 86,400

I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN THE ENGINE TO MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE STARTED SMOKING ENOUGH TO ENGULF THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WITH BLACK SMOKE. THE ENGINE THEN CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS STILL IN DRIVE. I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND JUMPED OUT WHEN IN A MATTER OF SECONDS THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS IN FLAMES, SECONDS AFTER THAT THE WHOLE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPT. CAME TO PUT IT OUT. THE FIRE DEPT. LEFT AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES LATER, THE CAR STARTED ON FIRE AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WAS LETTING OFF SMALL EXPLOSIONS' OF SPARKS. THE FIRE DEPT. CAME AGAIN AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. I ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD ANY IDEA WHAT CAUSED IT. ONE FIRE FIGHTER'S REPLY WAS "NO IDEA, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY THING LIKE THIS BEFORE IN MY LIFE" THE CAR HAD 89000 MILES ON AND HAD BEEN INSPECTED BY FORD A FEW MONTHS AGO WITH NO COMPLICATIONS FOUND IN THE ENGINE. THE HEAT GAUGE NEVER RAISED TO MAKE MYSELF, THE DRIVER AWARE OF ANY OVER HEATING. THE FIRE STARTED RIGHT INFRONT OF MY HOME AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHILE I WAS STILL IN DRIVE/MOTION.

Mileage: 89,000

I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. THERE HAS BEEN A SEVERE LEAK NEAR THE ENGINE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER PROBLEMS IT MAY HAVE CAUSED. I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT RIDING INTO TRAFFIC WITH THE CAR SHUTTING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING.

Mileage: 99,000

AXEL SEAL WAS DAMAGED CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF A LEAK DUE TO IT CAKING ON TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FRY.

Mileage: 103,000

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ON 12/10/2020 AND THE VEHICLE SOUNDS LIKE A REMOTE CONTROL CAR WHEN IT IS EXCELLERANTED. WHY???? IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY TRANSMISSION OR MOTOR. I HAD A 2014 FORD ESCAPE (VIN #[XXX]) BEFORE THIS AND IT MADE THE SAME SOUND AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE WERE SHOOT. I HAD TO JUNK THE 2014 AND PURCHASED THE 2013. HELP??!!! INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Mileage: 116,267

EVERY WINTER WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE INFO SCREEN DISPLAYS "HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE AND ABS ICON FLASHES. THE RADIO ALSO GOES OFF AND ON. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS TO GET THIS CORRECTED AND I AM TOLD THEY COULD NOT SEE ANY CODES FOR THIS PROBLEM. IN OTHER WORDS I AM LYING. I AM SURE BY CHECKING WITH OTHERS, I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I HOPE THAT THIS CAN BE RESOLVED BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF AND WHEN THIS WILL EFFECT ANYTHING ELSE.

Mileage: 80,000

MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 80MPH WHEN THE SPEED SUDDENLY DECEASED DRASTICALLY AND SUDDENLY TO ABOUT 10MPH. A WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED STATING 'TRANSMISSION NOT IN PARK. SELECT P.' I DO NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT. TEMPERATURE OF THE CAR WAS NORMAL AND THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS SHOWN ON THE DASH (ENGINE LIGHT, GAS LIGHT, ETC).

Mileage: 91,000

MY COOLANT LEVELS BECOME LOW ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS. I'M ALERTED BY MY DASH LIGHT, I FILL THEN CHECK FOR LEEKS. NO VISIBLE LEEKS BUT COOLANT KEEPS NEEDING REFILLING. I HAVE ALMOST OVERHEATED ONCE AND CAR WHEN INTO LIMP MODE UNTIL GOT DOWN TO A REASONABLE TEMP. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCES IF FEAR I'LL BE STRANDED BECAUSE OVERHEATED.

Mileage: 95,000

TRANSMISSION WAS MESSED UP WHEN I BOUGHT OUT OF A DEALERSHIP I PAYED 4,000 TO FIX IT AND GET IT REBUILT FOR IT TO FAIL AGAIN.

Mileage: 140,000

FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS OUR ESCAPE WILL STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD BUT AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN IN MOTION FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES, THIS HAS BEEN TERRIFYING WITH MY CHILD IN THE CAR WE HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE CAR JUST STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND OTHER MECHANICS AND NOBODY CAN FIGURE IT OUT WE HAVE REPAIRED THE TURBO AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER AMONG OTHER VARIOUS REPAIRS THAT HAVE COST US THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND NOTHING HAS FIXED THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! I'VE ALMOST BEEN HIT BY A SEMI ON THE FREEWAY BECAUSE MY CAR STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING IT! IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY.

Mileage: 112,000

FREQUENTLY AND USUALLY RIGHT AFTER I TURN THE CAR ON, THE ABS LIGHT WILL COME ON, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND THEN MY CAR WILL STALL. I CAN USUALLY CRAWL INTO A PARKING SPACE/OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. OCCASIONALLY THE HILL START ASSIST LIGHT WILL COME ON AND OCCASIONALLY THE 4WD DISABLED LIGHT WILL COME ON. THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL HAVE COME ON ON THE INTERSTATE AND HIGHWAYS BEFORE, BUT THEY HAVE ONLY CAUSED MY CAR TO STALL (LUCKILY) RIGHT AFTER I TURN IT ON AND BEGIN TO MOVE. THE HILL START ASSIST WILL USUALLY ONLY COME ON IF I COME TO A FULL STOP WHILE DRIVING, WHETHER I AM ON A HILL OR NOT. THIS HAPPENED ONCE WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE CAR (4.5 YEARS AGO). IT DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. IT NOW HAS STARTED HAPPENING VERY FREQUENTLY AT MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS OR SO.

Mileage: 100,000

COOLANT LEAKING

2013 FORD ESCAPE ECOBOOST 1.6 MY VEHICLE STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS OR WHILE IDLING. THIS ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER THE VEHICLE IS WARM. IT NEVER HAPPENS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING ONLY AFTER I HAVE PARKED THE VEHICLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF MAYBE 30 MIN OR LESS OR WHILE IDLING. SOMETIMES THE RPM WOULD SHOOT UP TO 6 AND THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT IS THRUSTING FORWARD AFTER WHICH IT WOULD EITHER STALL IMMEDIATELY OR I AM ABLE TO KEEP DRIVING WITHOUT ISSUE. IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND LUCKILY THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER PASSING AND HE WAS ABLE TO ESCORT ME TO A SIDE STREET WHILE THE VEHICLE STALLED A REAL TIMES TO GET THERE. BEFORE I PULL ON TO A ROAD AFTER STALLING I HAVE WITH TRAFFIC I HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND THE PARKING LOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STALL AGAIN BEFORE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY ON RAMP AFTER I HAD JUST REFUELED. ONCE THE VEHICLE PASSES THE STALLING ISSUE IT DRIVES WITHOUT ISSUE. I HAVE SO FAR REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND FLP SENSOR AND THIS HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I AM ACTUALLY SCARED FOR MY LIFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I WON'T ALLOW MY DAUGHTER TO DRIVE IT FOR FEAR IT MAY KILL HER.

Mileage: 143,000

MY SISTER HAS BEEN USING MY VEHICLE TO TAKE ME TO MY APPOINTMENTS HERE ARE HER WORDS DESCRIBING HER EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE SE ECOBOOST: 'THIS SUV HAS ISSUES WITH ACCELERATION AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE. THERE ARE MAJOR DELAYS WHEN GAS PEDAL IS BEING PRESSED (SOMETIMES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR) WITH VERY HIGH RPM'S WHILE IN MOTION HESITATION IS SPECIFICALLY TRUE WHEN TRAVELING UPHILL WILL STAY SAME SPEED UNTIL YOU'RE NO LONGER ON AN INCLINE & ACCELERATION WILL INCREASE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS SLOWLY BEING RELEASED THEN NEEDS TO BE PUSHED DOWN NORMAL FORCE TO KEEP AT THE SPEED CONSISTENTLY. WAS ON HIGHWAY DOING 65 SLOWED DOWN I TAKE EXIT HAD TO MERGE ONTO ANOTHER MAJOR HIGHWAY & HAD GAS PEDAL COMPLETELY DOWN WHILE DOING 45 GOT TO 50 & IT NEARLY GOT ME KILLED WHEN A 18 WHEELER CAME UP BEHIND ME I'M ASSUMING THEY EXPECTED MY VEHICLE TO CCELERATE BUT DESPITE MY DON'T BEING ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THERE GAS PEDAL IT TOOK TOO LONG TO REACH 65 MPH AT 50 MPH RPM'S REVVED HIGH AT 5 RPM. THIS IS JUST ONE SITUATION I'VE ENCOUNTER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THIS VEHICLE. ALSO HAVE HAD ISSUES KEEPING COOLANT IN VEHICLE HAVE TO ADD MORE EVERY FEW MONTHS, AC WORKS AS IT CHOOSES & JUST HAD AN ISSUE WITH STALLING WHILE IN IDLE WAITING IN TRAFFIC BUT THAT'S A RANDOM UNEXPECTED EVENT HAPPENS SPORADICALLY SOMETIMES I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO START AGAIN AND AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS IT STARTS AND I WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. WITH THAT FOR DAYS MAYBE WEEKS UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN.'

Mileage: 140,596

I PURCHASED A 2013 FORD ESCAPE ON 10-22-2019 AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS SINCE 02-16-2020 WITH THE SUV STALLING OUT IN TRAFFIC WHILE I'M DRIVING IT THEN I HAVE TO START THE SUV ABOUT 3 TIMES AND PUSH THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR FOR IT TO CATCH AND TAKE OFF AND ONCE I GET TO MY DESTINATION AND TURN THE SUV OFF IT SMELLS LIKE IT'S BURNING I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A MECHANIC THEY CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS THINKING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM BUT IT WASN'T IT PLEASE HELP ME FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE ON 10-19-2020 I WAS ALMOST IN A CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT STALLED OUT ON ME ONCE I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC

2013 FORD ESCAPE "OVERHEATED", SENT VEHICLE INTO LIMP MODE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE AT HIGH SPEED (75 MPH) AND ALMOST GOT HIT. HAD TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP. SAID STAND PIPE IN COOLING SYSTEM WAS BAD. INFORMED 2014 ESCAPES RECALLED FOR THIS REASON AND THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER 2013'S HE HAD SEEN FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM!

Mileage: 79,000

WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC MY CAR JUST STARTING SHAKING AND CUT OFF. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE JANUARY OF 2020 AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES AND THEY SAID THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY FIXED THE CANNISTER PURGE VALVE WHICH ACTUALLY MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE. I WAS DOING IT MAYBE ONCE A WEEK, NOW ITS DOING IT FOUR TIMES A DAY. THE FORD PLACE HAS TOLD ME THAT AT THIS POINT SINCE THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE JUST GUESSING WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE.

Mileage: 105,000

COOLANT CONSTANTLY INTO ENGINE. I HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED NUMEROUS WITH SAME PROBLEMS. TRUCK POWER CONSTANTLY FLICKERS AND IT'S SHAKES AND SOMETIMES CUTS OFF WILL I'M DRIVING

Mileage: 130,000

MY CAMERA HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME AS WHAT THEY ARE DESCRIBING HAS HAPPENED TO THE 2020 MODELS. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO CHECK ON THIS AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW CAMERA. I REALIZE THE 2013 IS MUCH OLDER BUT INTERESTING THAT IT IS THE SAME ISSUE. I DO NOT HAVE THE $700.00 REQUIRED TO REPLACE THIS CAMERA. [XXX]. [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NOTICE OTHER ESCAPES HAD THE SAME ISSUE AS MINE WHEN I STARTED GOOGLING SYMPTOMS MY CAR WAS HAVING. I HEARD A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK THE ACTUAL CAPLESS INTAKE COVER RATTLES VERY LOUDLY AND CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. WHEN GAS WOULD GET PUMPED INTO THE CAR IT WOULDN'T START RIGHT AWAY AND WHEN IT DOES IT IDLES HARD AND RUNS ROUGH ALONG WITH BLACK SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE PIPES WITH AN OLD DEAD LIKE GAS SMELL.... I RESEARCHED AND DECIDED TO HAVE A DIAGNOSIS DONE WHICH TOLD ME IT WAS THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE I WATCHED VIDEOS WHERE THE NARRATOR WOULD HAVE THE ISSUE SOLVED BUT EVEN AFTER I GOT THAT WORKED ON THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MAKE THE HUMMING NOISE ALSO CONTINUED TO DRIVE ROUGH... THERE HAS BEEN ONLY ONE SITUATION WHERE MY CAR ACTUALLY STALLED WHILE IN DRIVE AND IN MOTION. LITERALLY I WAS TURNING A CORNER USING MY BRAKE AFTER COMPLETING THE TURN I PRESSED THE GAS TO CONTINUE DRIVING AND ALL LIGHTS ON MY DASH CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT MADE IT CUT OFF...

Mileage: 178,000

REPLACE PURGE VALVE ECO BOOST ENGINE CODE # P1450. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE IT IS A SAFETY/EMISSIONS ISSUE AND SHOULD NOT FAIL. THIS IS IN FOR REPEAT RECALL FOR FAULTY DOOR LATCH.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FAILURE (RECALL); FRONT DRIVER WHEEL BEARING FAILURE WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING (2X) REVERSE CAMERA IMAGE, SPUTTERING, STALLING, ELECTRICAL FAILURE AFTER RE-FUELING ECOBOOST ENGINE

Mileage: 68,000

WHEN I WENT TO HAVE A TIRE REPLACED MY LUG NUTS WERE SWOLLEN. ALL LUG NUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 85,000

FORD ESCAPE 2013 WAS IDOLING AT BANK DRIVE THREW WAS IN PARK PUT IN DRIVE ROUGHLY LESS THEN 10MINS IDOLING PUSH THE GAS AND FORD ESCAPE GALLOP 3-4 TIMES DIES PUT IN PARK TURN KEY START UP THROW IN DRIVE PUSH GAS CAR FEELS SLUGGISH STILL IN BANK PARKING LOT HEADING TO MAIN BUSY HEAVY FLOW OF CARS FORD ESCAPE AGAIN GALLOP DIES DO THE SAME RESTART BACK UP NOT AN ISSUE CAR HAS NO MOMENTUM TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS GOT TO A NEAR BY FAMILY HOUSE TO LET THE CAR REST SINCE IT GAVE ME NO INDICATION PRIOR TO THE MALFUNCTIONING 3ND TIME FORD ESCAPE WAS IDOLING AT A FAST FOOD DRIVE THREW THERE WAS MORE THEN 6 CARS AHEAD OF ME HOT SUMMER AFTERNOON LUNCH TIME IDOLING RADIO OFF NO A/C RUNNING IN LINE LONGER THEN. A TYPICAL FOOD LINE WAIT PERIOD THE SYMPTOMS HAPPENED WHEN I REACHED THE ORDER MICROPHONE DIES THEN I RESTARTED GET TO WINDOW DIES 2 TIMES BEFORE I CAN SAFELY PULL AWAY

Mileage: 83,000

VEHICLE DROVE ABOUT 8 HOURS STRAIGHT, THEN SHOWED A MESSAGE STATING 'ENGINE FAULT: SERVICE NOW' WITHOUT ANY CODES OR OTHER LIGHTS SUCH AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT SHOWN ANY OTHER ISSUE, AND THE MESSAGE WILL DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR EVERY TIME YOU TURN OFF/START THE VEHICLE. ALSO, VEHICLE LEAKS COOLANT HORRIBLY. I'VE HAD THIS FIXED TWICE AND THE PLUG WILL DISLODGE ITSELF AND LEAK MORE COOLANT. I'VE PROBABLY PUT OVER 30 GALLONS OF COOLANT IN TOTAL IN THE PAST 3 YEARS.

Mileage: 92,000

I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM CLASSIC FORD IN GALVESTON TX. IN 2018. I RECEIVED A RECALL IN THE MAIL TWO DAYS AGO. THE RECALL SAID THAT THE DOOR HANDLES MIGHT COME OFF WITHOUT WARNING. SINCE THE TIME I HAVE HAD THE THE CAR A LIGHT CAME ON AND I CAN NOT GET IT INSPECTED. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE COOLING SYSTEM WAS LEAKING. THE CAR CHUGGED OUT AND STOPPED RUNNING,THIS HAPPENED INSIDE CITY LIMITS

Mileage: 63,000

VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND ENGINE WAS OFF. PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. I OPENED THE PASSENGER DOOR TO GET MY BAG OUT AND REACHED OVER TO REMOVE MY KEYS FROM THE IGNITION. MY ARM BUMPED THE GEAR SHIFT AND THE CAR BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I TRIED TO MOVE IT BACK IN PARK BECAUSE MY 18 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK SEAT (IN HER CAR SEAT) BUT I COULDN'T MOVE THE SHIFTER AND THE TIRE RAN OVER THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY BODY. THE CAR RAN INTO A TREE AND BENT THE PASSENGER DOOR OPEN TO THE FRONT FENDER. WE MOVED THE CAR BACK TO THE DRIVEWAY AND RECREATED THE EVENT. THE SHIFTER MOVES EASILY OUT OF PARK WITHOUT NEEDING TO ENGAGE THE BUTTON; EVEN WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED.

VEHICLE STALLED ON HIGHWAY DUE TO OVERHEATING WHICH WAS A COOLANT LEAK. I SEE THEY ARE ALREADY INVESTIGATING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. DRIVER'S SEAT HAS TEARS IN IT. ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT 107,000 MILES. VEHICLE JERKS WHILE TRYING TO PARK ON A HILL. TOUCH SCREEN GOES IN AND OUT. TRUNK LATCH ONLY WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AT 121,000 MILES, BUT HAS BEEN MAKING NOISE SINCE 107,000 MILES. THIS VEHICLE IS NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS!

Mileage: 121,000

TEMP GAUGE RUNS TO H AND CAR STOPS COOLANT FULL

Mileage: 66,000

TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD ONGOING ISSUES WITH SIGNIFICANT HESITATION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, COOLANT NEEDING REPLENISHMENT ON A REGULAR (EVERY 3-4 MONTHS) BASIS, VEHICLE STALLING AND SHUTTING DOWN SPORADICALLY, VEHICLE OVERHEATING, DOORS RANDOMLY POPPING OPEN AND NEEDING TO BE HELD SHUT BY MY CHILDREN UNTIL I CAN SAFELY PULL OVER. MOST RECENTLY AND JUST THIS MORNING ON 6/18/20, THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. THE DASHBOARD INDICATED THAT THERE ARE NOW TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I USED MY AAA MEMBERSHIP TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO COLONIAL FORD IN PLYMOUTH, MA AFTER STANDING WITHIN FEET OF SPEEDING TRAFFIC WHILE WAITING. THE CAR POTENTIALLY LETHALLY JUST STOPPED. IT IS NOW BEING "DIAGNOSED" BY COLONIAL FORD. MUCH PREVIOUSLY, I BROUGHT THE CAR TO JANNELL FORD IN HANOVER, MA TO INQUIRE ABOUT THESE ISSUES WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS STILL REASONABLY LOW. THE SERVICE MANAGER OF THAT BRANCH LIED TO ME. HE INFORMED ME THERE WERE NEVER RECALLS PERTAINING TO MY VEHICLE EVER. IN THE LAST 48 HOURS, I HAVE DISCOVERED THERE WERE IN FACT RECALLS FOR THE EXACT ISSUES DESCRIBED ABOVE. ISSUES THAT WERE NEVER PROPERLY REPAIRED WHEN THE FORMER OWNER OF THE VEHICLE BROUGHT IT TO THEIR PARTICULAR DEALERSHIP TO ADDRESS. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO SULLIVAN TIRE YESTERDAY ON 6/17/20 WHEN THE A/C STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR. THEY INFORMED ME THEY COULD NOT RECHARGE THE A/C BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED AN ENGINE CODE OF P2637 WHICH I HAVE DOCUMENTED FROM THEM. THIS CODE SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO RECALL 13S12 (COOLANT BYPASS VALVES). IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT I POINTED THIS OUT TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE EVEN THOUGH A TOTAL CUT AND DRY ISSUE RELATING SPECIFICALLY TO THE YEAR, MAKE, MODEL OF MY VEHICLE. THEY WILL NOT COVER THE EXPENSES OF REPAIRS. FORD HAS BASICALLY SAID IN SO MANY WORDS "WE KNOW THIS IS AN UNSAFE DEATH TRAP, BUT IT'S TOO LATE AND YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF LUCK!" *TR

Mileage: 125,000

MY CAR RUNNING HOT DAY I GOT IT NOONE ANSWERS MY CALLS I PUT A THERMOSTAT IN IT AN AT TIMES IT STILL RUNS HOT. 06/15/2020 MY DRIVE SHIFTER STRANDED ME. *TR

Mileage: 138,097

CAR WAS IN PARKED. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR, IT GOT STUCK IN REVERSE AND THE CAR CUT OUT AND WOULD NOT START. TOW TRUCK CAME TO ASSIST AND TOLD ME THAT THIS ISSUE WAS A RECALL ON FORD CARS. I CALLED LEXINGTON PARK DEALERSHIP TO VERIFY AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS RECALL DIDN'T APPLY TO MY VIN. NOT SURE WHY, IF THE RECALL SPECIFICALLY STATES 2013 AND 2014 FORD ESCAPES WHICH I HAVE. IF I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL, WHY AM I NOT COVERED. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

I HAVE A COOLANT LEAK SOMEWHERE WITH MY CAR. I HAVE BROUGHT THE ISSUE UP MULTIPLE TIMES WITH FORD AND THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. NOW, AFTER 2 YEARS OF DEALING WITH IT, I HAVE WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY EXHAUST WHEN I START UP MY VEHICLE. INDICATING THAT COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO MY ENGINE, WHICH CAN CAUSE A FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

MY WATER PUMP SUDDENLY DIED. NO WARNING. I WENT FROM LOW ON HEATING FLUID TO OVER HEATING IN ABOUT A MINUTE. I KEEP MY CAR UP TO DATE ON ALL SERVICES WITHOUT FAIL. THIS IS MUCH SOONER THAN IT SHOULD FAIL. PLUS THE FACT THAT FORD CHARGES 4 TIMES MORE THAN OTHER CARS.

Mileage: 57,022

WHILE DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE ON THE FREEWAY, MY CAR JUST LOST POWER. WE HAD JUST HIT THE TAIL END OF RUSH HOUR JUST SOUTH OF PORTLAND, OR (HEADING SOUTH TO A FUNERAL) SO TRAFFIC WAS FLOWING PRETTY GOOD BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR CRUISE CONTROL. I WAS GOING ABOUT 65-70 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STOP ACCELERATING AND STARTED COASTING. MY TACHOMETER WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE RED SINCE MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE GAS. I IMMEDIATELY HIT MY HAZARDS AND MERGED TO THE NEXT OFF RAMP. I NEVER HAD ANY INDICATOR LIGHTS COME ON SAYING THAT I NEEDED TO CHECK MY FLUIDS BUT WE FOUND A WAY TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH WAS FINE, LET THE CAR REST THEN STARTED IT BACK UP. CAR WAS FINE AFTER THAT BUT WE STILL TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK HOME TO WASHINGTON. DID NOT HAVE AN ISSUE THE WHOLE RIDE BACK HOME. SPORADICALLY MY CAR WILL HAVE ISSUES BUT CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE REASON FOR IT.

Mileage: 135,000

CAR TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING. MECHANIC FINALLY PULLED UP FORCED ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANT, SO I TOOK IT TO FORD. THEY CANT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. I HAVE NO LIGHTS ON. I AM LITERALLY AFRAID FOR MY LIFE. FORD STILL HAS MY CAR HOPING TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. FORD HEADQUARTERS ARE BARELY HELPFUL. PROVIDED ME WITH A CASE NUMBER AND THAT'S ALL. NO INDICATION THE CAR WOULD TURN OFF. HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN 2 WEEK SPAN. IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP I AM TOO SCARED TO TAKE IT OUT THIS TIME. LAST TIME I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN. IT STARTS BACK UP AGAIN WHEN I PRESS THE START ENGINE BUTTON BUT I HAVE TO REACT QUICK ENOUGH IN ORDER TO DAVE MY LIFE. NOT SAFE!

Mileage: 86,000

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE REQUIRES A COMPLETE UPGRADE OF THE EGR SYSTEM DUE TO COOLANT LEAKS. FORD ESCAPES BUILD AT THE LOUISVILLE PLANT ALREADY HAVE A RECALL IN PLACE FOR THIS ISSUE - RECALL #17S09. MY VEHICLE'S VIN NUMBER VERIFIES, PER FORD, THAT MY VEHICLE WAS BUILD IN DECEMBER 2012 AT THE LOUISVILLE PLANT; HOWEVER, THE RECALL WAS INITIATED FOR VEHICLES BUILT BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY 2013. MY VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES AS THE RECALL AND WAS BUILT AT THE SAME PLANT SO I AM REQUESTING THAT THE RECALL DATE BE MOVED BACK TO INCLUDE 2012 FORD ESCAPES.

Mileage: 77,000

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THEY WERE TWO WARNING LIGHTS THEY CAME ON THE ABS SENSOR AND THE HILL SIDE ASSISTS. WHEN THIS COMES ON IS THE CAR ALL THE ELECTRICAL STUFF CUTS OFF THE SPEEDOMETER NOTHINGS WORKS IN THE CAR THE STEERING WILL GET STIFF AND IT WILL DRIVE FOR A WHILE THEN IT RESET IT SELF I'VE NOTICED WHERE IT IS GONE AT LEAST TEN MINUTES BEFORE IT RESETS ITS SELF THIS MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS AND UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT SPEED I AM GOING OR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CAR ANYTHING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CAR MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FROM DEC 27 UNTIL JAN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS THIS IS MY ONE WAY TO GET AROUND CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I AM DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY OR AROUND TOWN I KNOW IT CANNOT BE SAFE.I WAS TOLD BY FIVE STAR FORD THAT THE ISSUE WAS FIX AND IT IS NOT.

I BROUGHT THIS 2013 FORD ESCAPE TRUCK IN AUGUST 21ST 2018 IT HAD 77095 MILES WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY STILL AFTER WE BROUGHT THE TRUCK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 I WENT UP THERE TO DON DAVIS NISSAN WHEN THIS TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND TOLD DON DAVIS NISSAN THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT ON THERE WAS ON THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF MY POCKET AND I TOLD THEM WHY SHOULD ME AND MY DAY PAY FOR SOMETHING AND THE TRUCK WAS UNDER THE WARRANTY STILL THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT I BEING CALLING THEM NUMEROUS OF TIMES FROM SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 AND 2019 ABOUT THIS TRUCK AND IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THAT TIME SO AROUND OCTOBER 28, 2019 I WAS LEAVING FROM THE LIBRARY DOING MY HOMEWORK AND I HAVE NOT EATEN ANYTHING THAT DAY SO I WENT TO GET ME SOMETHING TO BEFORE I WENT HOME AS I WAS DRIVING I HEARD THE BELT BROKEN OFF AS I WAS DRIVING I WAS ALMOST IN A ACCIDENT WHEN THE CARS WERE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET SO I PULL OVER ON A STREET I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR A TOW TRUCK SO I SLEPT IN MY TRUCK WHICH WAS OCTOBER 27, 2019 UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHICH WAS OCTOBER 28 2019 A GOOD SAMARITAN HELP PUSH MY TRUCK TO DON DAVIS DODGE SO THE PEOPLE AT DON DAVIS DODGE TOLD ME IT WAS ABOUT 450 TO FIX MY TRUCK WHICH MEANS THAT I HAD TO USE MY TRUCK NOTE MONEY TO GET THAT FIX SO AROUND IN NOVEMBER I BROUGHT A SENSOR THAT GOES ON THEIR WHICH WAS CAUSING MY TRUCK TO LEAK OIL WHICH THEY DIDN'T NOT REPLACE THE FIRST TIME WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TRUCK IN AUGUST 20, 2018 WHEN I TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT SO I BROUGHT THE SENSOR LAST MONTH AND PUT IT ON THEIR SO THIS YEAR OF JANUARY 7TH 2020 I AM ON MY WAY HOME AND I HEAR THE SAME RESPONSE OF THE BELT BROKEN OFF AGAIN AFTER I REPLACED THE BELT AND THE SENSOR NOW IT IS LEAKING OIL AGAIN AND I BEEN COMPLAINING TO DON DAVIS NISSAN NUMEROUS OF TIMES ABOUT THIS TRUCK

STALLS AFTER STARTING ... THE CAR WILL START JUST FINE BUT A FEW SECONDS OR MINUTES LATER WILL STALL ONCE I AM ALREADY ON THE ROAD. ALSO IF SITTING WITH OUT RUNNING FOR A WHILE CAR WILL STALL AND TURN OFF. IN TRAFFIC THIS IS ALSO AN ISSUE, FREEWAY CLOSED ONE TIME AND HAD TO SIT IN STANDING TRAFFIC IN HWY AND CAR JUST TURNED OFF. SEVERAL TIMES WHEN PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY OR THE SCARIEST PART A SHOOING STRIP PARKING LOT ONTO A BUSY FEEDER ROAD THE CAR WILL STALL AND TURN OFF.

Mileage: 15

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE STALLS AND CUTS OFF WHEN IT GET CLOSE TO A QUARTER TANK OFF GAS AND I GO TO TAKE OFF IN ITI HAVE TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND IT HAS HAD TWO THING FIXED ON IT NEITHER FIXED THE PROBLEM AND NOW THERE NO CODE ON IT SO THERE SAYING NOTHING WRONG WITH IT

Mileage: 85,000

MY CAR STARTED SHOWING ENGINE OVERHEATING AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO DEALER THEY CONFIRMED A CRACK LEAKING FLUID INTO ENGINE. RECALL WORK DONE IN 2014 WAS TO AVOID THIS FROM HAPPENING AND NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME I HAVE TO BUY A NEW $6000 ENGINE TO HAVE IT RUN AGAIN. THEY WON'T COVER IT UNDER THEIR RECALL. I WROTE THE BBB BUT THEY REFUSE TO HONOR IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE CAR JUST TURNED 6 YRS OLD. I'M THE ONLY OWNER AND PURCHASED IT NEW.

Mileage: 168,000

AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND STARTING TO PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED AND WOULDNT MOVE. THE GAS PEDAL WAS NO LONGER WORKING. THE CAR DID NOT SHUT OFF JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED.

THE VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND GOES AT A VERY SLOW SPEED. THE ACCELERATOR WILL NOT MOVE THE CAR FORWARD OR FASTER. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT IT MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING. THERE WAS A RECALL: 18S20 BUT WHEN I INQUIRED WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-866-436-7332 THEY STATED THE VIN TO MY CAR WAS NOT ON RECALL. REFERRED ME TO NHTSA OR A FORD DEALER DIRECTLY. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IF THE VEHICLE IS THE YEAR AND MODEL WHY MY CAR IS EXCLUDED FROM THIS RECALL

Mileage: 43,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER AND SHUT DOWN. THIS MOST RECENTLY HAPPEND WHILE GOING 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. THIS HAS HAPPEND 3 TIMES IN 2 WEEKS WHILE DRIVING. SOUND FORD SAYS THEY CAN NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 63,400

VEHICLE REPEATEDLY STALLS AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND TAKING OFF. THE VEHICLE WILL START AND THEN I BEGIN DRIVING AND IT WILL SHUTTER, LOSE ACCELERATION ABILITY, AND STALL OUT. THEN I HAVE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR PARKING LOT AND RESTART. SOMETIMES IT STARTS AFTER A LITTLE DELAY JUST FINE, AND OTHER TIMES I HAD HAPPENED BACK TO BACK TWO TO THREE TIMES. NO WARNING LIGHTS REMAIN. I ALSO HAD COOLANT LEAK OCCUR. JUST GOT ENGINE HOSES, SENSORS, A NEW FUEL PUMP IN HOPES OF FIXING THE COOLANT LEAK AND THE STALLING. TOO SOON TO TELL IF THE COOLANT PROBLEM IS GONE, BUT STALLING IS STILL OCCURRING! FEELS EXTREMELY UNSAFE IN A VEHICLE THAT RANDOMLY STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 108,000

ME AND MY DAD HAD BROUGHT THIS 2013 FORD ESCAPE WITH WARRANTY ON AUGUST 20, 2018 AT DON DAVIS NISSAN IT HAD 70,093 MILES ON THE TRUCK THE SALES MAN NAME MR. FREEMAN WAS THE ONE WHO HAD SOLD US THIS TRUCK HE HAD THIS TRUCK WAS AT DON DAVIS NISSAN FOR A WEEK THE SALESMAN MR. FREEMAN TOLD ME AND MY DAD THAT THE REASON THE TRUCK HAD TOOK LONG BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING WORK TO IT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING ON IT WOULD BE OK BEFORE THEY BROUGHT IT TOO ME AND MY DAD. SO WE HAD THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND EVERYTHING ON THEIR WAS GOOD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 5 2018 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD CAME ON I TOLD MY DAD WHAT HAPPEN HE TOLD ME TO TAKE IT BACK UP THEIR TO DON DAVIS NISSAN I TOOK BACK UP TO THEM THEY TESTED AND THEY CAME BACK AND TOLD ME THAT THE TURBO CHARGE NEEDS FIXING AND IT WAS GOING TO BE $500 DOLLARS SO WHEN I TOLD MY DAD HE TOLD THE PEOPLE AT DON DAVIS NISSAN THAT WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING OUT OF HIS POCKETS WHEN WE HAVE WARRANTY ON THIS TRUCK AND WE JUST GOTTEN THIS TRUCK SO MY DAD WAS PISSED BECAUSE WE JUST GAVE DON DAVIS $500 AND I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND I SEEN WERE THEY A HAD A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK SO I WENT OUT THEIR TO DON DAVIS NISSAN AND TOLD THEM THIS AND THEY COME TELLING ME THAT MY TRUCK DOESN'T HAVE A RECALL AND I TOLD THEM LIKE HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE AND I SEEN ON THE INTERNET THAT THE SAME THING THAT THE OTHER CUSTOMERS WHO HAD A RECALL ON THEIR TRUCK AND AS I LOOK AT THE COMMENTS AND I SEEN THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO MY TRUCK LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ENGINE TO WEAR MY TRUCK OVERHEATS TO WEAR I HARDLY DRIVE IT SOMETIMES I DO BECAUSE I GO TO SCHOOL AND TO MY DOCTOR AND RUN ERRANDS FOR MY MOTHER OR FATHER. AND I BEEN TELLING DON DAVIS NISSAN SINCE LAST AND NOW AND THEY ACTED LIKE THEY DON'T WANT TO HELP ME BUT ALWAYS BE LYING TO ME AND MY DAD I HAVE BEEN TELLING DON DAVIS NISSAN THIS AND THEY STRAIGHT IGNORE ME. *TR*JB

Mileage: 102,232

I DRIVE TO TOWN PARK TO GO IN A STORE COME BACK TO MY CAR START IT AND GO TO DRIVE AS I PULLING IN TRAFFIC IT DIES IT STARTS BACK UP AND DOES IT AGAIN FOR 4 TO 5 TIMES BEFORE FINALLY DRIVING NORMAL, ON HOT DAYS AS THE CAR IS DRIVING IT WILL READ AS IF IT IS OVER HEATING AND PULL REDUCE POWER IN WITCH AS U FINALLY GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND PULL OVER THE HEAT HAND DROPS BACK DOWN LIKE IT WASN'T HOT THIS REPEATS ON EVER SMALL HILL I GO UP AND THE INSIDE TEMPERATURE READING GOES UP AND DOWN WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING AND IT IS LEAKING COOLANT ON BACK SIDE OF ENGINE AS ALL THE OTHER FORD ESCAPE THAT WAS RECALLED THAT CAUSED THE FIRE

Mileage: 80,455

I AM EXPERIENCING STALLING AND THE VEHICLE DYING MUCH LIKE THE RECALL ON THE 2.0'S THAT I HAVE SEEN - MINE IS A 1.6. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I AM TAKING OFF.

Mileage: 130,000

VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTY WHILE UNDER LOAD AND HIGHER SPEEDS (ABOVE 50MPH), CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE, MAKING THE VEHICLE HARDER TO CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NO KNOWN CAUSE FOUND BY DEALERSHIPS OR IN ONLINE FORUMS.

Mileage: 80,000

VEHICLE STALLS IN GEAR AND/OR IDLE. STALLS IN DRIVE, REVERSE, SPORT MODE. VEHICLE DIED IN DRIVEWAY ON STREET AND IN MOTION. NEW BATTERY PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED.

Mileage: 119,000

THE COOLANT KEEPS GETTING LOW. I HAD A PRESSURE TEST DONE WITH NO ISSUE FOUND. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS FINE, HOWEVER I HAVE TO KEEP ADDING COOLANT ABOUT EVERY 10-14 DAYS. I HAVE DONE SOME INTERNET SEARCHING SINCE MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP WAS NO HELP. I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2013 FORD ESCAPES DUE TO A COOLANT ISSUE BUT MY VEHICLE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL. THE STICKER INSIDE THE DOOR HAS A MANUFACTURE DATE OF 8/2012.

Mileage: 92,000

CAR CAUGHT FIRE WHILE BEING DRIVEN

Mileage: 140,000

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN. I'VE TRIED FROM THE OUTSIDE AND TRIED TO PUSH IT FROM THE INSIDE AND JUST WONT OPEN. THAT DAY AROUND 3:15PM IT OPEN JUST FINE BUT LATER ON AROUND 11:15PM IT JUST WON'T OPEN AND STILL WON'T.

Mileage: 141,000

COOLANT LEVEL DROPS QUICKLY, BUT THERE IS NO STEAM OR PUDDLE VISIBLE. CAR OVERHEATS. IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER SAFETY RECALL 17S09, BUT 2013 FORD ESCAPES ARE NOT INCLUDED. OUR CAR HAS A 1.6 LITRE ECOBOOST ENGINE & WAS BUILT AT THE LOUISVILLE PLANT. FORD ALSO IDENTIFIED COOLANT AND OVERHEATING ISSUES WITH THE 1.6L ECOBOOST ENGINE FOR 2013 ESCAPES AND HAS ISSUED RECALLS. HOWEVER, USING THE VIN SEARCH, NONE OF THE 2013 OR 2014 MODEL RECALLS COVERED THIS VEHICLE. IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE 1.6L ESCAPE ENGINES AND THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE EXHIBITS ALL THE SAME ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN THE 2013 AND 2014 RECALLS, BUT YET SOMEHOW IS NOT TECHNICALLY COVERED BY ANY OF THE RECALLS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR APPROX 2 YRS.

Mileage: 85,000

MY COOLANT IS LEAKING FAST AND I SEEN THERE IS A RECALL ON A FORD ESCAPE MINE IS A 2013 BUT MY VIN NUMBER ISN'T POPPING UP A RECALL.

2013 FORD ESCAPE SEL 08/12 STALLING PROBLEMS. STALLED 4 TIMES ON A BUSY STATE HIGHWAY. HESITATED TO RESTART THEN WOULD STALL OUT AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS. CALLING FORD DEALER TOMORROW TO SEE IF IT'S CIVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO BEING BOUGHT USED FROM A DEALER

CAR CUTS OFF UNEXPECTANTLY AND TRANSMISSION LITE COMES ON THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AND TRANSMISSION PEOPLE SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION

Mileage: 56,000

CAR KEEPS LOSING COOLANT. HAD LEAKS BUT WERE REPAIRED BEEN PRESSURED TESTED BUT CANT KEEP COOLANT CAR OVERHEATS HAD ABOUT 30,000 MILES WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR AND HAVE HAD THIS TROUBLE EVERY SINCE CAR HAS 63000 MILES NOW

I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO SHEEHY FORD ASHLAND SEVERAL TIMES IN REGARDS TO IT LOSING COOLANT BUT THEY CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM BUT NOW MY CAR WILL NOT START. I'VE RESEARCHED MY VEHICLE AND APPARENTLY THAT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR 2013 FORD ESCAPES.

MOVED THE GEAR SHIFT ON THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE BACKED UP THE VEHICLE 5 FEET WENT TO PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT WAS STUCK IN REVERSE, THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE CAME OFF OF THE LEVER ON THE TRANSMISSION TO SWITCH GEARS BECAUSE OF THE BUSHING BREAKING. THIS IS A RECALL ON OTHER VEHICLES LIKE MINE BUT NOT FOR MY VIN, DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE

Mileage: 65,000

MY SCREEN DISPLAY SYSTEM IS WORKING BUT NO SOUND IS COMING OUT , NO GPS, PICKS UPS CALLS BUT NO SOUND. THE DISPLAY SOUND IN THE SUV IS NOT WORKING

Mileage: 1,190,000

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE WORE DOWN AND BROKE OFF SEVERAL FORD ESCAPES ARE ALREADY RECALLED FOR THIS BUT MINE IS NOT ON THE LIST. MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET AND WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO MOVE I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND I AM PREGNANT THIS WAS A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION

Mileage: 100

I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN MULTIPLE TIMES TO A DEALER AND OTHER MECHANICS TO HAVE PARTS REPLACED. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO HAVE AN ISSUE DESPITE HAVING NO LEAK OF OVERHEATING DESPITE HAVING REPLACED NEARLY EVERY PART IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE SECOND VERSION OF THIS MODEL I AM ON WITH THE SAME ISSUE FOR A FORD ESCAPE. THE ENGINE HAS NOW OVERHEATED AND REQUIRED AROUND 1-3K IN REPAIRS (FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TIME) FOR THE 9TH TIME IN UNDER A YEAR.

Mileage: 86,000

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN IN MULTIPLE TIMES TO EVACUATE AND REPAIR AC COMPRESSOR LINE. EACH TIME, THE LINE BREAKS IN EXACT SAME SPOT. HAS BEEN TAKEN IN TWICE TO FORD DEALER, 3 TIMES TO A MIDAS, AND 4 TIMES TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. LINE HAS BROKEN SAME PLACE EVERY SHOP. AUDIBLE HISSING AND SLIGHT VEHICLE SHAKING OCCURS WHEN LINE SNAPS. LEAKS THE GAS OUT INTO ENGINE WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

Mileage: 86,000

THIS VEHICHLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, SWAY BAR REPLACEMENTS X3, I HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE AGAIN, LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WOULD LITERALLY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ALMOST CAUSING ME TO BE HIT A FEW TIMES, FORD TOOK CARE OF THAT, NOW I HAVE A GAS LEAK IN THE LINE SOMEWHERE, ENGINE LIGHT ON, GAS FUMES SO BAD HAVE TO DRIVE WITH MY WINDOWS OPEN, NO LEAKING ANYWHERE. THIS VEHICLE HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF RUST INSIDE THE DOORS AND THE CAMERA DOES NOT WORK ALL THE TIME. I HAVE HAD A FEW FORDS, VIA LEASE, I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM AND WAS NEVER AFRAID TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. I ALMOST FEEL LIKE IT WAS NOT CHECKED PROPERLY. I NOW HAVE TO TAKE THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AGAIN TOMORROW , LAST TIME THEY TOLD ME THE WRONG THING WAS WRONG, HAD I NOT GOTTEN A SECOND OPINON I WOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE WRONG REPAIR, I THEN BROUGHT I BACK INTO THEM AND FELT LIKE I HAD TO DEMAND THE REPAIR, AFTER THEY LOOKED AT MY VEHICLE THAT TIME THEY FOUND THE SAME THING WRONG THAT I ALREADY KNEW. I DID FILL OUT MY SURVEY WITH FORD AND THEY DID COVER THE PROBLEMS. THERE IS NOTHING LEAKING ANYWHERE UNDER THE VEHICLE SO FROM MY RESEARCH I AM ASSUMING IT IS SOMEWHERE IN THE LINES, HOPEFULLY I WONT BLOW UP . I AM JUST UNSURE IF IT IS JUST MY TRUCK OR OTHER FORD ESCAPES HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. THANK YOU

WE WERE CAMPING FAR IN THE COUNTRY. NO CELL SERVICE OR SIGNAL. WE LOADED UP OUR CAR WITH OUR GEAR TO HEAD BACK TO TOWN. BACKED OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE THEN MOVED SHIFTER TO DRIVE FORWARD. NOTHING HAPPENED OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE DRIFTING FORWARD DUE TO THE INCLINE. NOW NO REVERSE OR DRIVE. WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IT TO REGISTER PARK IN ORDER TO GET KEY OUT. PUT PARKING BRAKE ON AND HIKED UNTIL WE RECEIVED SERVICE TO CALL FOR A TOW. TOW DRIVER CONNECTED SHIFTER CABLE TO BUSHING AND WE WERE FINE TO DRIVE OURSELVES DIRECTLY TO REPAIR SHOP IF WE PARK USING E-BRAKE. OUR REPAIR GUY LOOKED AT IT AND TOLD US IT WAS A RECALL ITEM UNDER #18S20. CALLED FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO RAN VIN NUMBER, AND THEY SAID IT ISN'T INCLUDED ON THAT RECALL. IT IS STILL CURRENTLY AT OUR MECHANIC BEING WORKED ON.

Mileage: 108,000

TRANSMISSION- SHIFT PROBLEMS

Mileage: 151,841

INFORMATIONAL DISPLAY BEHIND STEERING STARTED FLICKERING AND NOW DOES NOT LIGHT UP SO I CANNOT SEE MILEAGE OR ANYTHING ELSE THATS GOING ON WITH VEHICLE. I HAVE ATTACHED A PIC OF WHAT MY DISPLAY SHLD LOOK LIKE, HOWEVER THE MIDDLE DISPLAY IN MY VEHICLE IS BLACK, NOTHING WILL DISPLAY. THE FLICKERING STARTED LAST MONTH AND NOW MY DISPLAY IS COMPLETELY BLACK/BLANK

THE ESCAPE HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. FIRST TIME IT STALLED AND STOPPED WITH NO INDICATION OF ISSUE ON INTERSTATE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT MOVED TO PARKING LOT AFTER SEVERAL TIMES WAITING FOR IT TO START. HAD CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC. THE CAR NEVER STOPPED FOR HIM. WE PICKED IT AND DROVE IN THE MORNING TO CHURCH AND BACK WITH NO ISSUES. I DROVE IT IN AFTERNOON TEMP AROUND 85 DEGREES FOR ABOUT 3 MILES. CAR STOPPED RUNNING WITH NO INDICATION OF PROBLEM WHILE PULLING UP TO STOP LIGHT. AFTER ABOUT 2 MINUTES CAR RESTARTED AND QUIT RUNNING AGAIN LESS THEN 1/4 MILE WHILE TRYING TO GET OFF STREET.I TRIED REPLACING IGNITION RELAY AS NOTED BY SEVERAL WEBSITES BUT NO CHANGE. HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS CAUSING THE UNSAFE SUDDEN STALLING. CAR GOING BACK TO MECHANIC. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 3

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING PULLED OVER WITHIN 5 MIN. VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, WITHIN 15 MIN VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES THERE WHERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. WE HAD NO OTHER INDICATIONS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. COOLANT WAS FULL.

Mileage: 115,000

I HAVE A TRANSMISSION FAULT SERVICE SOON ERROR ! THE CAR SEEMS TO THINK ITS IN PARK WHILE DRIVEN. IT STAULES SEEMS THAT IT IS SLIPPING OUT OF GEARS BY ITS SELF

Mileage: 93,000

HAVING ISSUE WITH ENGINE HARNESS-ALMOST GO INTO ACCIDENT TWICE- MY CAR IS NOT UNDER RECALL HOWEVER ALL OTHER FORD ESCAPES IN 2013 WERE UNDER RECALL FOR ENGINE WIRING/HARNESS. I GOT IT FIXED AT FORD FOR A COST OF $1000.00. 2 WEEKS LATER I WAS TRAVELING TO ANOTHER STATE AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN, ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS ISSUE! THIS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THAT YOU ALREADY MADE FOR ALL THE OTHER 2013 ESCAPES! CAR WAS MOVING THEN STARTED TO BUCK AND SLOW DOWNM, ALMOST STALL-THEN WOULDNT MOVE, ALL LIGHTS CAME ON...

Mileage: 73,000

I JUST PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE ABOUT A MONTH AGO. RECENTLY, THE CAR WOULD JUST STOP OUT OF NO WHERE. WHEN ENGINE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF AND ON. WHEN I NOTICE IT ON ONE TIME, I WENT TO AUTO ZONE IT SAID IT WAS A COOLANT BYPASS WHICH MEANS MY CAR IS GETTING TOO HOT HOWEVER I KNOWN WHEN I START UP THE CAR IN THE MORNING, IT WOULD GET HOT FAST WHICH IS NOT NORMAL. THE CAR WOULD BE STILL AND IT WOULD OR IM DRIVING IT WOULD JUST SHUT OFF...

Mileage: 76,200

CAR STALLS SOMEWHAT AFTER STARTING UP. RPMS GO TOWARDS ZERO.

Mileage: 70,000

THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR BECOMES 'LOCKED'AND CANNOT OPEN EVEN WHEN CAR IS IN UNLOCK DOORS MODE. CANNOT OPEN PASSENGER REAR DOOR FROM EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. TO THIS DAY THE PASSENGER BACK DOOR STILL CANNOT OPEN..

Mileage: 87,000

COOLANT LEAK

MY ESCAPE LIKES TO STALL GOING LIKE 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE STARTS TO HESTISTATE AND WONT GO ANYWHERE. IT STALLS AND LIKE IT SHUTTING OFF WITH THE OIL LIGHT AND THE BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON. I RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT DOES IT AGAIN LIKE IT DONT WANT TO MOVE. IT STALLS LIKE THREE TO FOUR TIMES AND IT WOULD RUN LIKE NORMAL. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS CAUSE IT STALLED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A INTERSECTION. IF THERE WAS CARS COMING WHICH I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T I WOULD HAD HIT ON BOTH SIDES. THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR A CAR TO DO THIS. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE AND THIS IS A VERY SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS TO A POINT WHERE I AM SCARE DRIVING MY ESCAPE CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. THE STALLING AND HESITATION ISSUE. I WAS IN MOTION WHEN THIS DOES THIS. YOU CAN HAVING IDLE AND IT WONT STALL ONLY WHEN YOU PUT IT IN DRIVE. THE TURBO IS ALSO LOSING POWER WHEN THIS DOES THIS.

Mileage: 1

THE VEHICLE WILL RANDOMLY STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR WITHOUT WARNING. IT'S BUTTERS LIKE IT'S OUT OF FUEL THE ENGINE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND THEN TURNS OFF. ONCE THE CAR SITS UNTIL THE ENGINE GETS COMPLETELY COOL IT WILL RUN NORMAL. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A THOUSAND MILES SOMETIMES IT TAKES 10. IT STALLS UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES BUT WILL NOT STALL IF IT'S IN PARK IDLING. AS SOON AS YOU PUT IT IN DRIVE IT SHIFTS INTO SECOND AND THEN STALLS. TAKING IT TO SEVERAL PLACES AND IT'S NEVER ACTED UP WHEN THEY TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE SO NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. IT IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN IF I PULL OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY AND THE CAR STALLS I COULD POTENTIALLY BEING A FATAL CRASH. HERE IS THE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE EXACT SAME SITUATION, IN THE COMMENTS IT'S SUGGEST REPLACING A FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR. THE SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED. STILL EXPERIENCES THE SAME ISSUE. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/CNHRG4PEORU. I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE ON AND OFF FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS. IT'S THE ONLY VEHICLE MY WIFE AND I OWN AND WE ARE AFRAID TO TAKE OUR CHILD ANYWHERE DUE TO THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 90,000

VEHICLE HAS REPEATEDLY LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING, ON MORE THEN ONE OCCASION WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC IN TOWN

Mileage: 120,000

THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP IN A KROGER PARKING LOT GOING 5 MILES AN HOUR. ONLY 81,000 MILE AND JUST HAD 80,000 MANUFACTURERS CHECK UP THREE WEEKS EARLIER. WOULD NOT GO INTO NEUTRAL AND SOUNDED LIKE CRUMPLING PAPER UNDERNEATH. TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP PUTTING REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION INTO ESCAPE. DOES NOT HAVE A TIMELINE ON WHEN IT WILL BE FINISHED.

Mileage: 81,500

CAR IS COMPLETELY DEAD WHEN IT RAINS AND IT TAKES SEVERAL TRY'S AND IT FINALLY STARTS. GOING DOWN THE ROAD ALL DASH LIGHTS INCLUDING RADIO GOES OUT AND THE OFF AND ON. THIS HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS. WHEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF AND THEN START BACK UP. HAPPENS ON CITY AND HWY. HIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS NOW.

Mileage: 189,000

CONSTANTLY FILLING WITH ANTIFREEZE AND CANNOT FIND A LEAK. REPLACED WATER PUMP HOPING TO SOLVE PROBLEM DID NOT. NOTICED MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAME PROBLEM ON GOOGLE SEARCH AND FOUND SOME CARS DID HAVE RECALL FOR THIS REASON. NOT SURE WHY MINE WAS NOT

Mileage: 60,000

AFTER STOPPING IN MY GARAGE AND EXITING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, I ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED AND BASICALLY JUST BOUNCED OPEN AGAIN. I ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE IT AGAIN AND IT DID THE SAME THING. I OPEN AND CLOSED THE HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE AND ON THE INSIDE. AFTER THIS I COULD CLOSE THE DOOR. THIS PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED FOR OVER A MONTH.

Mileage: 38,000

ENGINE AND COOLANT LIGHT ON AND THE VEHICLE IS STALLING AT IDLE STATE AND WHILE PULLING OFF AFTER WAITING ON TRAFFIC THEN PROCEEDED TO PULL OUT, SITTING AT LIGHT AND STALLED WHEN LIFT TURN GREEN, AND STALLED WHILE MERGING ON INTERSTATE. VERY DANGEROUS!! DUE TO STALLING I ALMOST GOT HIT! STARTED TO HAPPEN IN DECEMBER TOOK TO DEALERSHIP IN JANUARY HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY 2/6/19

Mileage: 122,000

THE 3RD TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS ON FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 2019. COLD MORNING. WARMED CAR AT 4 A.M. NO DELAY IN START UP. DROVE ABOUT 3 MILES. WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTO A VALLEY CAR MADE A DING NOISE. LOWERCASE I APPEARS IN CENTER OF DASH SCREEN. IT IS ORANGE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND A MESSAGE FLASHES ACROSS DASH STATING SERVICE ENGINE...SOMETHING ABOUT FLUID. I PROCEED ABOUT 1 BLOCK LIGHTS TURN RED CAR SHUTS DOWN. FOOT ON GAS DOES NOT WORK. NO TIME TO PULL OFF ROAD. I SHUT CAR OFF. SITTING IN CAR IN VALLEY NO CELL RECEPTION. ISOLATED. 5 BELOW ZERO. I PUT FLASHERS ON. AFTER 4 MINUTES I DECIDED TO TRY TO START CAR AND IT DID ONLY SHOWING ORANGE LIGHTS. CAR MOVED I DROVE TO SAFE PLACE AND HAD TOWED TO DEALER. THIS EXACT THING HAPPENED 2 OTHER TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED IN FEB 2015. EACH TIME REPAIRS WERE MADE AND YET THE SAME THING WHEREBY THE CAR ACTS LIKE IT IS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE OR SOMETHING AND SHUTS DOWN WITH ONLY A FEW SECONDS TO RESPOND. AT NO TIME WERE THERE ANY SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. HIGH READINGS STEAM ETC. SPECIFIC DATES FOR THE FIRST 2 INCIDENTS WILL BE RESEARCHED BY ME AND REPORTED. EACH INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE SAME MANNER. ONE IN 2016, ONE IN 2017 AND NOW IN 2019. INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN CAR WAS MOVING, LESS THAN 5 MILES FROM HOME. IN THE MORNING, WINTER WEATHER. 2 LANE ROAD CITY DRIVING SNAKE LIKE ROAD GOING DOWN HILL. CAUSE NATURE NOT CLEAR. SERVICE STAFF EACH TIME FEEL THEY FIXED IT...HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN. IS IT A SENSOR, COMPUTER ERROR, ENGINE????

Mileage: 59,000

VEHICALL ENGINE STALLS OUT QHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY. HAS DONE THIS MANY TIME IS LAST 6 MONTHS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.

Mileage: 122,000

MY CAR IS EXHIBITING THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 12V-551, FORD RECALL 12S41 AND THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD AS OTHER 2013 FORD ESCAPES WHICH ARE AFFECTED YET FORD IS TELLING ME THIS HAS NOTHING TO MY VEHICLE. SAME TIME FRAME, SAME SYMPTOMS BUT NOT AFFECTED? HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE TO ANYONE WITH A SHRED OF COMMON SENSE? THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DRIVING HOME FROM THE IGA STORE WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM MY HOME. THE DRIVE THERE WAS FINE, DRIVING BACK THE CAR STATED HIGH TEMPERATURE STOP SAFELY, ALONG WITH IT TRYING TO SHUT DOWN. SHUT THE CAR OFF, WAITED APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES STARTED THE CAR, DROVE HOME, PULLED IN THE DRIVEWAY SAME MESSAGE. PARKED THE CAR, NOW UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE DUE TO READING THIS ERROR IT IS A FIRE HAZARD. THIS MODEL AND YEAR IS IN THE TIME FRAME THIS PARTICULAR RECALL WAS PUT IN PLACE.

Mileage: 102,223

MY ESCAPE HAS STALLED 2-3 TIMES WITHIN A 12 HOUR WINDOW WHILE MOVING. I WAS ABLE TO STOP IN THE PARKING LOT AND RE-START THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 48,000

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE SEL TITANIUM 4X4 HAS LESS THAN 69,000 MILES. THE SUV STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WITHOUT WARNING RIGHT AFTER STARTING IT UP DURING WARN STARTS. IT NEVER SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IT HAPPENS AFTER YOU'VE DRIVEN IT FOR A WHILE AND STOP AT A STORE, POST OFFICE OR GAS STATION START IT UP AND DRIVE ABOUT 15 TO 20 FEET AT LOW SPEED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, PARKING LOT, AND WITHOUT NOTICE IT STALLS. I RECENTLY PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC, AND IT STALLED ON ME I PUSHED TURNED ON MY FLASHERS AND STARTED HONKING MY HORN TO GET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN SO I WOULDN'T GET HIT. I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A DEATH TRAP. THE FIRST DAY IT HAPPENED TO ME WAS ON DECEMBER 9, 2018, WHICH WAS FOUR DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE FAULT, PROBLEMS AND COMPONENT PARTS ARE UNKNOWN! ALSO, I KEEP GETTING A COMPUTER MESSAGE. IT'S RANDOM ALSO BUT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN BEFORE OR AFTER THE STALLING ISSUE. "BATTERY SAVER _ SYSTEM OFF PLEASE TURN IGNITION OFF OR START THE ENGINE.

Mileage: 67,868

MY 2013 HAS EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUES AS MY OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE READ ON THIS WEBSITE. SOON AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON THE VEHICLE STALLS AND IT TELLS ME THE ENGINE IS OVERHEATING. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 SEPARATE TIMES NOW AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 5 DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS. NONE HAVE FOUND ANYTHING WRONG. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.

Mileage: 142,150

2013 FORD ESCAPE HAS BEEN LEAKING COOLANT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. I HAVE BEEN FILLING IT AND THE COOLANT LOW INDICATOR CONTINUES TO COME ON IN INCREASING FREQUENCY. TODAY(12/20/2018) IT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, STARTED TO SHAKE, DISPLAYED OVERHEATING, AND THEN STALLED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. FILLED IT WITH COOLANT AND IT WAS DRIVEABLE AGAIN. I READ THAT THIS IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION AND BEG THAT A RECALL WILL BE ISSUED TO INCLUDE THE 2013S ALONG WITH THE 2014 AND NEWER ESCAPES.

Mileage: 60,000

COOLANT LEAKING FROM UNKNOWN LOCATION WITH NO DAMPNESS OR RESIDUE FOUND. LOW COOLANT IN THE RESERVOIR IS THE ONLY INDICATOR OF LOSS.

Mileage: 142,000

ESCAPE SHUDDERS AND STALLS SOON AFTER STARTING CAR, WHEN PULLING FORWARD AFTER BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE. SHUT OFF COMPLETELY TWICE, LIGHTS REMAINED ON ONCE. FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO ERROR CODES, BRAND NEW BATTERY. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES.

Mileage: 38,700

GAS SMELL IN CABIN. FROM THE TIME ITS TURNED ON TO THE TIMELINE ITS TURNED OFF. SOMETIMES ITS OVERWHELMING. HEADACHES AND EVEN BLOODY NOSES APPEAR TO BE THE SIDE EFFECTS. RESEARCH INDICATES IT IS A PCV HOSE AND IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH VEHICLES LIKE MINE. SOME SORT OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE SAFETY AND SOLUTION TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE AVAILIABLE BUT INSTEAD IT TAKES A 40+ PAGE THREAD ON AN NON-AFFILIATED WEBSITE TO KDISCUSSES THE SOLUTION. IF THAT IS EVEN THE OFFICIAL SOLUTION AND I HAVE KIDS, SOMETHING OFFICIAL REGARDING THE SAFETY IS A BARE MINIMUM. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS. THANK YOU.

PENNY NOVEMBER 2, 2018 AT 3:06 PM MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE HAS QUIT RUNNING WHILE DRIVING ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASION AND HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES ONCE I HAD MY DAUGHTER WITH ME PULLING OUT INTO THE HIGHWAY BARELY COASTING OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC THEN AGAIN TURNING AT A INTERSECTION. JUST THIS WEEK LEFT ME STRANDED OUT OF TOWN PULLING OUT AGAIN INTO A HIGHWAY THEN QUITTING AND HAD TO BE TOWED THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS ONLY CHANGED OIL AND FILTER BECAUSE COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM OUT SEVERAL HUNDRED $ FOR TOW BILL AND RENTAL CAR FOR FOUR DAYS AND I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT PLEASE HELP I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE WHAT WAS E EXPENSIVE PURCHASE AND I NOT FEAR FOR MY LIFE EVERY TIME I LEAVE HOME OR TO BE STRANDED AND OUT $ AND MY CHILDREN HAS DROVE MY CAR THAT WON'T HAPPEN ANYMORE

Mileage: 80,000

CAR HAD PROBLEMS SHIFTING. TRANSFER CASE WAS REPLACED. AFTER ABOUT 3 MONTHS, THE CAR HAD PROBLEMS SHIFTING AGAIN. A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WARNING CAME ON THE SCREEN AND THE CAR WOULDN'T SHIFT. THE SHIFTING PROBLEM OCCURRED COMING OUT OF PARK AND THEN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 GEAR. THEN, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT PAST 3RD OR 4TH GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WARNING CAME ON WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE GOING 50MPH. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES FROM HOME AND ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT.

Mileage: 66,000

TEMPERATURE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE ISSUE IS OCCURRING NOW AGAIN. THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF AND THE CAR TURNS OFF NO MATTER WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING OR WHERE YOU ARE. THE DEALERSHIP IS REQUIRING A NEW ENGINE OR CYLINDER HEAD

Mileage: 71,000

COOLANT LEAKS, SINCE TO BE COMING FROM INSULATED HOSE CONNECTED TO HEATER

CPSC: WE WERE CALLED TO A VEHICLE FIRE OF A 2013 FORD ESCAPE SE. CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR 4 HOURS AND HAD BEEN SITTING IN A PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT 2 AND THE LEFT REAR LOWER TAIL LIGHT AREA BURNED. *DT *JS

WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE ESCAPE THE TRUNK HANDLE FELL OFF INTO MY HAND, IT WAS REPLACED. THE PASSENGER DOOR OPENER HANDLE APPARENTLY IS WRAPPEND IN SILVER PLASTIC, THAT CUT A PASSENGER, I HAVE SPENT YEARS ASKING THEM TO REPLACE IT, THEY FINALLY DID LAST MONTH, OF COURSE NOW OUT OF WARRANTY SO I HAD TO PAY FOR IT. I HAVE HAD A RECURRING ISSUE WITH MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR INTERIOR PANEL SEPARATING FROM THE METAL EXTERIOR PANEL, RENDERING THE DOOR USELESS. MY 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CANNOT GET INTO OR OUT OF THE VEHICLE ON HER SIDE. THE CLIPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE SUGGESTING REPLACING THE INTERIOR BECAUSE IT IS "WARPED" HOW DOES A GARAGED VEHICLE'S INTERIOR BECOME "WARPED" TO AN EXTENT WHERE THE CLIPS CANNOT HOLD THE PART IN PLACE AND REPEATEDLY SNAP? THE CLIPS ARE PLASTIC AND SIMILAR TO THE INTERIOR OF THIS MODEL PLASTIC IS WEARABLE, AND FORD SHOULD BE REPLACING THIS ITEM, NOT ME. I HAD A 2001 EXPLORER FOR 14 YEARS THAT I NEVER HAD ISSUES WITH, PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT WASN'T CONSTRUCTED WITH PLASTIC.THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFTEY ISSUE AND MY CHILD SHOULD NOT BE TRAPPED IN A VEHICLE. I HAVE ALSO HAD A RECURRING ISSUE WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION, THE SHOCKS WERE REPLACED AND THE MATTER HAS GOTTEN WORSE. THIS ISSUE TOOK PLACE AFTER THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BECUASE OF A NAIL PUNCTURE. I AM RESPONDING TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY 10/16/2018 TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, THAT I DID NOT CREATE AND HAVE ATEMPTED TO HAVE REPAIRED SINCE JULY 2018. WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION THE PASSENGER SIDE SIMPLY SEEMS AS IF IT GOING TO FALL OFF, A LOUD CLANKING SOUND AND THE STABILITY IS THEN OFF AFTER THE VEHICLE GOES OVER ANYTHING, MAN HOLE OVERS SMALL FISSURES IN THE GROUND OR LARGE BUMPS. THIS CAN'T BE SAFE AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

Mileage: 115,000

RANDOM STALLING WHEN CAR IS WARM. ONCE IT HAS BEEN TURNED OFF FOR AN HOUR OR MORE, IT WILL WORK BUT A LITTLE HEISTANT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN CAR HAS BEEN TURNED ON AND OFF TOO MANY TIMES WITHIN IN AN HOUR (ABOUT 6 TIMES). CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT STAY ON, IT EVENTUALLY GOES OFF. LEFT PET STORE, STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN TO CROSS OVER AN INTERSECTION AND WHEN IT WAS MY TURN TO GO CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO DRIFT ACROSS THE OTHER HALF OF THE INTERSECTION OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC BEFORE CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY. CAR STARTED BACK UP BUT WAS HESITANT TO START. STALLED A COUPLE OF MORE TIMES UNTIL I GOT HOME (ABOUT 2 BLOCKS FROM INTERSECTION).

Mileage: 113,000

HOSE CLAMP RUBBED HOLE IN AC LINE WAS REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP AND IS DOING IT AGAIN. CAR IS LEAKING COOLANT AFTER BEING TESTED AT DEALERSHIP CAR KEEPS LEAKING COOLANT HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING COOLANT IN CAR EVERY OTHER DAY NO LEAK IS BEING SEEM RECALLS HAVE BEEN DONE FOR THIS ISSUE BUT MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR THEN THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AND SAID LOW COOLANT THEN THE CAR JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OR THE ROAD 4 DAYS AFTER GETTING CAR TESTED AND COOLANT ADDED TO THE CAR. ONE OF THE HOSE CLAMS RUBBED A HOLE IN THIS AC LINE THAN I STARTED HAVING COOLANT PROBLEMS REPLACED AC LINE AT DEALERSHIP FOR IT TO BE RUBBING HOLE IN LINE AGAIN. CAR IS CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP AGAIN.

Mileage: 65,000

MY AIR CONDITIONING TURNS FROM COLD & THEN INSTANTLY TO WARM. THE BLOWER IS STILL ON BUT NOT AS STRONG WHEN IT TURNS WARM. IF ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE AIR COMES ON COLD. SPEED DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A FACTOR FOR IT HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT TIMES, IN TOWN DRIVING SPEEDS AND ALSO ON THE HIGHWAY/FREEWAY AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE FASTEST I GO IS 80 ON THE HIGHWAY. I DRIVE 110 MILES FROM LAS VEGAS TO MESQUITE, NV EACH WEEK AND HAVE TO STOP AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE OFF & TURN IT RIGHT BACK SO THE COLD COMES BACK ON. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR I LIVE IN THE DESERT AND DRIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, NV 110 MILES ACROSS THE DESERT EACH WEEK. I DID TAKE IT INTO FORD AND THEY CHARGED ME $240.00 DOLLARS TO DIAGNOSE THE AC BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE & FIND THE PROBLEM. THEY STILL CHARGED ME. SYSTEM PRESSURE AT 30/160. ANOTHER MECHANIC, WHO USED TO WORK FOR FORD TOLD ME FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, HAS HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME SITUATION. I AM AFRAID EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS 100 + DEGREES OUT. THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED STARTING IN MAY WHEN IT TURNED WARM HERE IN THE LAS VEGAS AREA AND I STARTING USING THE AIR CONDITIONER.

Mileage: 55,000

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING, ONLY TO RESTART AGAIN AND SEEM FINE. RECENTLY IT STALLED AND WOULD NOT START UP.

Mileage: 79,000

ON WED AUGUST 22ND, 2018, I WAS RUNNING ERRANDS. I LEFT A STORE, ENTERED MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE TITANIUM, AND BEGAN TO SLOWLY BACK OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE. AFTER BACKING OUT OF THE SPACE, I PUT THE SHIFTER INTO D AND BEGAN TO TRY TO DRIVE FORWARD, BUT MY VEHICLE INSTEAD CONTINUED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I IMMEDIATELY PRESSED MY BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH STOPPED IT FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS, AND PUT THE SHIFTER INTO P. THOUGH MY VEHICLE SHOWED THAT IT WAS IN PARK, IT CONTINUED TO ROLL BACKWARDS IF I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. I WAS ABLE TO REVERSE MY CAR DOWN THE PARKING LOT AND BACK INTO A PARKING SPACE AT THE END OF THE LOT. ALL THE WHILE, MY 2013 ESCAPE SHOWED THAT IT WAS IN PARK. I TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF, BUT HAD TO ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO ENSURE THAT IT WOULD NOT CONTINUE ROLLING BACKWARDS. WHEN I TRIED TO TURN THE VEHICLE BACK ON A MINUTE LATER, I WAS NOT ABLE TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN. IT BECAME LOCKED, AND I COULDN'T TURN THE ENGINE ON, SHIFT, OR DO ANYTHING EXCEPT TURN PRESS THE IGNITION BUTTON TO TURN ON/OFF THE RADIO/AC/LIGHTS/ELECTRICAL, ETC. (DURING THIS WHOLE TIME, THERE WAS NEVER ANY WARNING LIGHTS LIT OR ANY INDICATION AT ALL THAT A PROBLEM WAS ABOUT TO OCCUR OR CURRENTLY OCCURING.) I HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY/CABLE THAT BROKE, WHICH IS THE EXACT ISSUE IN THE RECALL FORD ISSUED ON OVER 500,000 2013 FORD ESCAPES IN JULY 2018. HOWEVER, DESPITE MY VEHICLE HAVING THE EXACT MECHANICAL FAILURE AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL NOTICE, I WAS TOLD BY FORD WHEN I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER DIRECTLY, THAT MY VEHICLE WAS ASSEMBLED AT A PLANT THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDED TO THE RECALL. OBVIOUSLY THIS ISSUE IS MORE VAST AND WIDESPREAD THAN FORD IS WILLING TO ADMIT. BECAUSE MY ESCAPE IS FROM A FACTORY THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDED TO THE RECALL YET, FORD REFUSES TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. THIS IS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING.

Mileage: 71,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT SHUT FLUSH TO THE DOOR FRAME. I DISCOVERED THIS WHEN I WAS WASHING MY CAR. BELOW YOU ASKED WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? NOTHING HAPPENED THIS IS JUST THE WAY THE IS. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE WINDOW WAS NOT SHUTTING COMPLETELY BECAUSE WHEN YOU SIT IN THE PASSENGER YOU CAN HEAR A WHISTLE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DOOR. MAYBE IT DIDN'T WORK?

Mileage: 47,000

IN MAY 2018 I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE, PULLED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT ONCE THE VEHICLE CORRECTED TO PULL AWAY I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT MOVE HOWEVER THE GEAR SHIFT WAS READING THE VEHICLE IN PARK. DUE TO READING I WAS IN PARK I BELIEVED IT SAFE TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPT TO RESTART IT HOWEVER IT WAS NOT IN CORRECT GEAR AND WOULD NOT START. I BELIEVING THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND QUICKLY REALIZED I DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL ANY LONGER, AND TO PREVENT AN ALMOST ACCIDENT WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN ROLLING DOWN A STEEP HILL IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TN AND AS I ONE THIS WAS DONE, I PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BEFORE COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER CAR AND MY VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. IT WAS WHEN IT WAS AT THE MECHANICS THAT IT WAS DISCOVERED THE SHIFT CABLE BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I SAW IN LATE JUNE 18 OR EARLY JULY 18 THAT THEIR WAS NUMEROUS RECALLS FOR THIS SAME EXACT THING THAT HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE HOWEVER MY VIN IS NOT PART OF THAT.

Mileage: 87,000

MY VEHICLE WAS GOING 45 MPH IN MOTION DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ABOUT 4 MILES DOWN THE ROAD MY CAR FLASHED THE "ENGINE OVERHEATING" SIGNED AND WITHIN 5 SECONDS THE CAR CAME TO A STOP AND STALL IN LIMP MODE. THIS IS NOT SAFE ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS ON A HIGHWAY, AND WHERE I LIVE THERE ARE HIGHWAYS EVERY WHERE THAT TAKE ME WHERE I NEED TO BE. TOOK TO FORD DEALER A MILE OR SO DOWN THE ROAD, AND THEY TESTED IT FOR EVERYTHING AND THEY SENT ME ON MY WAY WITH NO WORK DONE, JUST CONDUCTED A ROAD TEST AFTER RESETTING THE CODES AND LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON. ABOUT 15 MILES LATER, THE CAR DID THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN ON THE SAME HIGHWAY, GOING 45, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE AGAIN. TOOK TO THE FORD DEALER NEXT DAY AND TOLD ME THAT THE STANDPIPE IS MALFUNCTIONING CAUSING THE OVERHEATING IN THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM. BUT, FIXING THIS PIECE DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. MY CAR WAS FIXED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE IN 2014, BY THE 13S12. AND YET, THIS ISSUE IS HAPPENING AGAIN. I DO HAVE THE 2013 FORD ESCAPE WITH THE 1.6L ENGINE THAT HAS FREQUENTLY DEALT WITH THIS PROBLEM. DRIVING THIS CAR IS VERY UNSAFE DUE TO THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPPING IF THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS, THE CAR STALLS AND CAN EASILY OVERHEAT. AS THE DEALER HAS ONLY SUGGESTED INSTALLING A NEW COOLANT LEVEL SENSOR (STANDPIPE) WITH NEW HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, WE SEE THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT WORKED IN PREVIOUS 2013 FORD ESCAPES. HAVING THIS CAR ON THE ROAD IS A SAFETY HAZZARDS. WITH OVER 3 PAGES OF MY FORD ESCAPE ALONE WITH FACTORY RECALLS, THIS CAR SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE ROAD. I HOPE THIS GETS FIXED, OR AT LEAST A RECALL FOR THIS CAR OR AN INVESTIGATION IS PUT IN ACTION. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE IN ANY TERMS OR CONDITIONS AND I DO NOT WANT THIS CAUSING ANY POTENTIAL FATALITIES.

Mileage: 107,000

CAR RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF HAS SHUT OFF 3 TIMES SINCE GETTING IT BACK FROM DEALER... CAR WAS PARKED FOR 4 HOURS AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND WAITING FOR THE RPM TO DROP WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE AND ACCELERATED THE ENGINE SHUT OFF POWER WAS STILL ON . THE SECOND TIME THE ENGINE SHUT OFF CAR WAS IDLING FOR 10 MINS AFTER A 25 MIN SRIVE FROM WORK WHWN I DROVE OFF MADE A TURN A BLOCK AWAY ENGINE SHUT OFF HAD HIT HAZARDS THROW GEAR INTO NEUTRAL ROLING TO A SAFE DISTANCE FROM CORNER YO STOP. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPEN CAR WAS NOT IDLE AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL BLOCKS AFTER A ROLLING STOP SIGN MY CSR SHUT OFFF IN THE MIDDLE DFLE OFF INTERSECTION. CAR HAS SAID TO BE FIXED BY DEALERSHIP BUT ITS NOT AUR BAG LIGHT STAYS WENT OFF AFTER TAKING IT IN BUT IS NOW LIT AFAIN

Mileage: 66,000

I CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN IN MY SUBDIVISION, AND MY CAR STALLED OUT. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS THE BATTERY SO I TRIED TO RESTART, BUT IT FAILED. I SMELLED GAS SO I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND STARTED SEEING SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. THE SMOKE GOT WORSE QUICKLY AND CAUGHT FIRE WITHIN 2 MINUTES. THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES SHORTLY AFTER, FOR ROUGHLY FIVE MINUTES, AND IT WAS EVENTUALLY TOTALED.

Mileage: 88,000

FUME SMELL INSIDE MAIN CABIN WHEN ACCELERATES

Mileage: 94,500

2013 FORD ESCAPE SE BOUGHT 3/29/17AT THE TIME THE 12V DC POWER OUTLET, AUX PORT & USB PORT DID NOT WORK. 4/22/2018 THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE PA TURNPIKE IMMEDIATELY AFTER I RECEIVED A WARNING 'HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURE, PLEASE STOP VEHICLE SAFELY'. SERVICE APPOINTMENT FOR 4/25/18 & WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ENGINE COOLANT BYPASS SYMPTOMS, ISSUES WITH THE WATER PUMP & 2-3 OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE ALL COVERED UNDER FORD RECALLS &FORD WEXFORD WOULD FIX IT ON 4/30/18. 5/4/18 INFORMED THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT FORD WEXFORD FOR AN UPDATE. I CONTACTED FORD WEXFORD & WAS INFORMED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A 2013 FORD ESCAPE TO REPAIR. I RECEIVED A CALL BACK INFORMING ME THAT FORD WEXFORD WAS UNAWARE THAT THE SUV WAS AT THEIR LOT SINCE 4/30/18 & THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SERVICE IT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK. 5/10/17 I PICKED UP THE SUV AND WITHIN 24 HOURS STARTED HAVING ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS/SIGNALS INCLUDING THE SERVICE ENGINE, SEATBELT, BATTERY, BRAKES, HILL ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE, HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURE STOP SAFELY AND THE SPEEDOMETER NOT FUNCTIONING. I CONTACTED JD BYRIDER WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE BATTERY, STARTER OR ALTERNATOR. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO AUTO ZONE TO HAVE A COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE 5/17 & WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO FORD WEXFORD. I SPOKE WITH ANDY AT FORD WEXFORD AND HE INFORMED ME THAT THE SUV HAD A WIRING ISSUES THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FIX, THAT THE SUV WOULD NEED A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THAT THIS WOULD BE 1-2 WEEKS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THEY HAD A CALL OUT TO FORD CO. TO DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS. ON 5/31/18 I RECEIVED A CALL INFORMING ME THAT THE SUV NEEDED A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM, THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY AND THAT THE COST WOULD BE $1100.

Mileage: 143,955

ENGINE OVERHEATING. ON MAY 14, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 71102 MILES, MY VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS "OVERHEATING" DUE TO WATER PUMP FAILURE. THE WATER PUMP FAILED BECAUSE 2 OUT OF 4 BOLTS WERE NOT THERE. THIS RESULTED IN THE PULLEY BENDING AND SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES. IT WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY WARNING OF SUCH A PROBLEM. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 1 YEAR (PURCHASED USED). I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE FRONT AXLE REQUIRES REPLACING (CLICKING NOISE). RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT SEVERAL OTHER 2013 FORD ESCAPE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. MY QUESTION IS HOW FORD GOT AWAY WITH ONLY BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS ON LESS THAN 7000 VEHICLES.

Mileage: 71,102

WINDSHIELDS WITH NO SEAL CAUSING LOTS OF AIR NOSIES LIKE THE WINDOWS ARE DOWN

THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY STALL AND DIE WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. IT CAN BE AFTER REVERSING AND PULLING FORWARD, OR WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT AND START MOVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO 2 DEALERSHIPS AND NEITHER OF THEM CAN FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG OR HOW TO FIX IT.

Mileage: 60,000

COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE AND CRACKED THE ENGINE BLOCKS BACK IN JULY OF 2017. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. MARCH 5TH 2018 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE CODE IS FOR A COOLANT BYPASS VALVE THAT THEY'RE NOT COVERING UNDER WARRANTY. WE MISSED THE RECALL BY 10 DAYS PRODUCTION DATE. THIS PART WAS RECALLED FOR A REASON AND OUR CAR SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT RECALL DESPITE THE PRODUCTION DATE.

Mileage: 57,000

FIRE HAZARD. I HEARD STRANGE VIBRATING SOUNDS INSIDE THE CABIN. FROM THE OUTSIDE I NOTICED A PIECE OF ALUMINUM TOUCHING THE GROUND. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HEAT SHIELD THAT BECOME COMPLETELY UNWRAPPED. THE FLIMSY HEAT SHIELD IS MADE OF FIBER GLASS INSULATION AND ALUMINUM FOIL. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS EXPOSED NOW TO THE FLOOR AND CAN START THE CARPET FIRE INSIDE THE CAR. THIS ISSUE WAS KNOWN IN 2014 AND CAR MAGAZINES REPORTED THEN THAT THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED BY FORD, BUT FORD DECIDED NOT TO ISSUE RECALL.

Mileage: 106,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HOOD. SHE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. SMOKE STARTED FILLING THE CAR SO SHE AND OUR DAUGHTER EVACUATED THE CAR. THIS CAR CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR A DOOR LATCH BUT NEVER FOR AN ENGINE FIRE.

Mileage: 120,000

ENGINE COOLANT WAS LEAKING MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW .KEPT GETTING ENGINE COOLANT LOW.FORD COULD NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE SEVERAL OTHER TIMES I TOOK IT IN SAME ISSUE DEC 2016 THEY SAID THEY FIXED. ISSUE AGAIN DECEMBER 2017 SAYING NOW IT IS PART CV6Z 18472-S AND ON A MONTH BACK ORDER. THIS ISSUE WITH ENGINE COOLANT GOING ON SINCE ALMOST DAY 1 AND EACH TIME THEY FIND A DIFFERENT ISSUE TO FIX NEVER RESOLVING ISSUE. NOW THIS PART ON A MONTH BACK ORDER

Mileage: 55,237

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED SEPTEMBER 19, 2017. IT WAS A USED VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 65K MILES. ON JANUARY 5, 2018, I RECEIVED A LOW COOLANT WARNING. I CHECKED THE RESERVOIR AND NOTICED SUBSTANTIAL COOLANT DEPLETED. THE RESERVOIR WAS REPLENISHED WITH COOLANT. ON JANUARY 11, 2018, UPON PARKING THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED A STRONG COOLANT ODOR. UPON CHECKING THE RESERVOIR, THE LEVEL WAS OK! I BECAME AWARE ON JANUARY 6, 2018, THAT THERE IS AN UPCOMING FORD RECALL REGARDING COOLANT ISSUE.

Mileage: 65,999

THE BACK WINDOW HAS NOW SHATTERED TWICE ON OUR VEHICLE AND WE HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED, BUT THERE IS APPARENTLY NO KNOWN PROBLEM.

Mileage: 89,000

STRONG EXHAUST ODOR INSIDE OF VEHICLE CAUSING HEAD ACHES AND NAUSEA WITH LIGHT HEADEDNESS. DEALERSHIP SAIS THEY DON'T SMELL ANYTHING BUT ME AND MY PASSENGERS DEFINITLY DO.

Mileage: 65,000

A COUPLE DAYS AGO MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I STARTED MY CAR AND I FOUND OUT MY PCV VALVE NEEDED REPLACED. I WAS READING ONLINE AND I SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2013 FORD ESCAPES BECAUSE OF COOLANT PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 73,000

MY ANTIFREEZE HAS BEEN LEAKING AND IT'S WORSE WHEN IT'S COLD OUT. MY MECHANIC DIDNT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WHEN HE TOOK ALL QUICK LOOK.. AND THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER LOOK HERE IN 7 DAYS. I HAVE NOTICED THAT EVER SINCE THE WEATHER HAS GOTTEN COLDER... IT LEAKS FASTER... LIKE I HAVE TO REFILL IT EVERY 24 HOURS. WHEN I WAS GETTING MY OIL CHANGED ..THE SERVICE WORKER SAID HIS WIFE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2013 FOR ANTIFREEZE SENSOR MALFUNCTION... BUT WHEN I ENTER MY BIN NUMBER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I NOTICED THIS AT THE END OF THE WINTER LAST WINTER... AND IT WASN'T TOO BAD UNTIL ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO THE TEMPERATURE GOT SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AND IT REAL BAD NOW AND COSTS SLOT TO KEEP UP ON ANTIFREEZE. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME IF YOU NEED MY VIN NUMBER. THANKS.

Mileage: 98,000

THE VEHICLE WILL SHUTDOWN DURING OPERATION AND LOSE ELECTRICAL POWER. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR. THE VEHICLE'S ECU WILL SHOW OVERHEATING AND ENGINE OVERHEATING DURING OPERATION AND SHUTDOWN. THE DTC HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND CLEARED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO ANSWERS FOR THE ISSUES.

WINSHIELD WIPERS GETTING STUCK AND MISALLIGNED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. I NOTICED THE PASSENGER ONE WANTS TO WORK BUT THE FRIVER SIDE JUST GOT STUCK ON THE UPRIGHT POSITITON AND WHEN I PUT IT DOWN IT OFF THROWS THE ALLIGMENT AND WILL NOT LET THE PASSENGER SIDE MOVE EITHER

Mileage: 52,000

I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD, MY BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON THEN MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN IT STARTED BEEPING AND SAID MY ENGINE WAS OVER HEATING. GOT PULLED OVER AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED. CAR WOULD START BUT WOULD NOT MOVE. MECHANIC TOLD ME THE WATER PUMP LOCKED UP AND BROKE A BELT. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMMENTS OF PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS

Mileage: 105,000

TAKATA RECALL: ENGINE LIGHT ON MESSAGE ENGINE FAILURE!!! KIT-TERM AB PART # 3U2Z.14A088 PART $17.40 WIRE $1.74 LABOR $558.00 TOTAL AT FORD DEALERSHIP $577.14 + $99 TO RUN THE TEST! THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. FORD NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. IT'S A FAULTY PART. I TOOK IT IN RIGHT AWAY AS YOU SHOULD WITH ANY ENGINE LIGHT. THE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I STARTED IT ONE DAY AND ONLY DROVE IT TO DEALERSHIP.

Mileage: 54,900

FIRST INCIDENT: AUGUST 3RD 2016 WHILE DRIVING 50MPH CAR DISPLAYED A ENGINE OVERHEATING WARNING MESSAGE AND SLOWED DOWN AS I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN AND THE MESSAGE DID NOT REAPPEAR, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO KEARNEY PERSON FORD 7303 CLAIREMONT MESA BLVD SAN DIEGO, CA 92111 THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND TURNED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OFF. SECOND INCIDENT: DRIVING TO WORK EARLIER THIS YEAR 2017 I GOT THE SAME MESSAGE THAT MY ENGINE COOLANT WAS LOW, AND TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE OF CRITICAL OVERHEATING, EVEN THOUGH I HAD JUST HAD THE CAR SERVICED FOR A REGULAR MAINTENANCE CHECK, ONCE AGAIN AT KEARNY PERSON FORD. I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY ON A ROAD AT AROUND 30-40MPH BUT ACCELERATING WHEN THE MESSAGE POPPED UP. I REFILED THE COOLANT AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT TURN ON. THIRD INCIDENT: THIS WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME. CRITICAL ENGINE OVERHEATING MESSAGE AND LOW COOLANT MESSAGE POPPED UP WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING UP HILL IN TRAFFIC GOING ABOUT 20MPH ON THE I-5S AT THE IN CALIFORNIA GRAPEVINE. THE ENGINE NEARLY SHUT OFF AND LIMPED ON JUST A COUPLE CYLINDERS AS I TRIED TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE WAS HOT. IT ALL HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE TEMP GAUGE WAS NORMAL AND THEN BAM! OVERHEATED WITH WARNING MESSAGES CRIPPLING THE CAR. DRIVING SLOWLY BUT THE WEATHER WAS HOT IT WAS NEARLY 110 DEGREES OUTSIDE. SEEMS SUPER DANGEROUS. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF WARNING WHEN THESE INCIDENTS HAPPEN. THE WAY THAT THE COOLANT JUST DISAPPEARS, AND THE SMOKE AND CHANCE OF FIRE.

Mileage: 75,000

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED IN JUNE, IT WAS REBUILT AND HAS ALREADY STARTED TO SHIFT HARD. SO, ONCE AGAIN BACK IN THE SHOP. THE A/C HAS BEEN ACTING FUNNY. THE REAR VENTS BARELY WORK, BLEND DOOR DOESNT ENGAGE PROPERLY. DEALER HAS ANOTHER VEHICLE IDENTICAL TO MINE AND IT DOES THE SAME THING.

NHTSA SITE AND CHECKED VIN TO SEE IF RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND THERE WAS ONE 9/16 FOR DOOR LATCH. I NEVER RECEIVED CONTACT ABOUT THE RECALL. JUST FOUND THIS OUT TODAY 7/28/17 BY LOOKING FOR MYSELF.

RECALL # 12M02 PROTOCOL INTERFACE MODULE APIM DOESN'T WORK ALL THE TIME. NAVIGATION BACKUP REVIEW DOESN'T WORK ALL THE TIME . PROTOCOL INTERFACE MODULE APIM #12M02 RECALL. RECALL # 14N02 NEEDS TO BE CHECKED. BACKUP REVIEW ON THE NAVIGATION DOESN'T WORK.

Mileage: 53,000

THIS VEHICLE HAS SOME SORT OF A COOLANT ISSUE.I HAVE BEEN PLAGUE WITH THIS AT LEAST 4 TIMES, IT NOTIFIES THE ENGINE THAT IT IS RUNNING HOT AND THEN IT GOES INTO A LIMP MODE PHASE IN WHICH IT STOPS RUNNING.IT HAS DONE THIS ON THE EXPRESS WAY WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK,TWO TIMES ON THE NEIGHBOR STREET AND MY DRIVEWAY,,,EACH TIME ON MY WAY TO WORK.WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN AND IT TAKES 8HRS FOR THE VEHICLE TO UNLOCK BEFORE ANYONE CAN WORK ON IT.IT IS NOW AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN WHICH IT IS AWAITING REPAIRS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.HOWEVER NOW THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING US, MY WIFE AND I THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO BREAK THE WHOLE ENGINE DOWN IN ORDER TO FIND WHATS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.MY QUESTION IS WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE AT FIRST?

APRIL 2015 FORD BAGAN RECALLING VEHICLES FOR DOOR LATCH PROBLEMS. IN THE INTERVENING 2+ YEARS, FORD HAS, MULTIPLE TIMES, EXPANDED THE NUMBER AND MODELS OF VEHICLES INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. AUGUST 2016, IS WAS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED (HTTP://AUTOWEEK.COM/ARTICLE/RECALLS/FORD-RECALLS-830000-CARS-DOOR-LATCH-ISSUE) MY 2013 ESCAPE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. MID-AUGUST 2016, MY LEFT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH BROKE. HAD TO TIE BOTH BACK DOORS CLOSED WITH ROPE. SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 THAT FORD ACKNOWLEDGED MY VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND AN OFFICIAL RECALL NOTICE (SEE ATTACHED). TO DATE, FORD IS NOT ABLE TO SATISFY THE RECALL ACTION DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IS ALLOWING UNSAFE VEHICLES TO BE OPERATED ON AMERICAN ROADWAYS WITHOUT REMEDY.

Mileage: 53,150

ANTIFREEZE NEEDS TO BE ADDED EVERY COUPLE WEEKS. NO SIGN OF LEAKAGE.

Mileage: 50,000

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET AND THE ENGINE RUNNING TO HOT STOP SAFELY ALERT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPING. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. HAD MY MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT. HE DID A SCAN AND 2 CODES CAME UP P1299 CYLINDER HEAD OVER TEMP AND P1940 ENGINE COOLANT LEVEL SIGNAL NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO DRIVING CONDITION.. HE DID AN INSPECTION AND CONFIRMED ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING FROM THE WATER PUMP. THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2013 FORD ESCAPES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 10/5/2011-8/31/2012. MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED 12/12.

Mileage: 45,700

WHEN STOP FOR LIGHT OR STOP SIGN CAR HESITATES LIKE STALLING - HAVING PROBLEMS SINCE 2016 BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. TOOK CAR TO LOCAL MECHANIC CODE CAME UP FOR MAP SENSOR. REPLACED MAP SENSOR 11/16. EXACTLY 5 MONTHS TO THE DAY CAR IS ACTING UP AGAIN STARTING ON 4/15. I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH FORD

Mileage: 59,000

IF THE ENGINE IS HOT AND YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF STOPPING AND TUNING THE VEHICLE OFF THEN RESTATING IT, IT WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. THANKFULLY I'VE ONLY BEEN GOING AT A SLOW SPEED. THE DATE OF WHEN IT HAPPENED WAS THE FIRST IMW.

Mileage: 4

COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND AFTER COOLANT WAS ADDED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WHAT NOT GO OUT. ALSO EVERY TIME I ADDED FUEL MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. EACH TIME I WOULD ADD FUEL IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIES TO START THE ENGINE. EVERY OTHER DAY I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO START THE ENGINE FOR HOURS. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION I HAD SEVERAL CODES COME UP. A FAILED COOLANT BYPASS VALVE WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS A FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR. CODES (P 0087) (P 018 C) (P 26 B 7) (P 1450) THE RESTRAINTS MODULE CONTROL REPLACEMENT AND DID A COOLANT SYSTEM FLUSH. AFTER EXTENSIVE WORK AND OVER ALMOST $2,000 SPENT MY VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND I CONTINUE TO HAVE TROUBLE STARTING MY VEHICLE AFTER ADDING FUEL EVERY SINGLE TIME. THE FUEL ISSUE REALLY WORRIES ME BECAUSE WHENEVER I GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE I SMELL GAS AND DON'T THINK THAT IS NORMAL. I REALLY HOPE I CAN GET THIS RESOLVED SOON BECAUSE I CANNOT GO WITHOUT DRIVING BUT I AM LOOSING SLEEP AS WELL AS BEING VERY NERVOUS WHEN I HAVE TO REFUEL. PLEASE HELP ME RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I AM STARTING TO REGRET CHOOSING A FORD!!!!!!

Mileage: 105,724

HAD TO TOTALLY REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE IS UNDER 100,000 MILES ANS ONLY 4 YRS OLD. WHEN IT STARTED HESITATING GOING INTO FIRST GEAR I TOOK IT TO FORD THEY SAID TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNT. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?I CANT BELEIVE IM THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS HAD THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. I HAVE ONLY PUT 10,000 MILES ON VEHICLE AND I HAVE ALL MAINTENANCE RECORDS. REPLACE TRANSMISSION THATS WHAT FORD SAYS TO THE TUNE OF $ 4,500. TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN FORD DOES NOT STAND BEHIND ITS PRODUCTS.THE DAY THE CAR STARTED HESITATING I TOOK DIRECTLY TO SHOP MEANWHILE THE FIRST HESITATION INTO FIRST WAS THE SAME TIME ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.

Mileage: 94,000

I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM SEATTLE TO OLYMPIA ON FEB 8, 2017. IT WAS AROUND 40 DEGREES AND RAINY ON AND OFF ALL DAY. AS I WAS MAKING IT INTO TACOMA, I SUDDENLY HEARD A HUGE BOOM, LIKE AN EXPLOSION OR SHOT GUN SOUND WHICH MADE ME PANIC. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS COVERED IN GLASS. I LOOKED AROUND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED WHILE STILL ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELLING 55 MPH. THERE WERE AND ON RAMP AND OFF RAMP NEAR BY SO CARS ARE PASSING ME; MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO EXIT. I WAS TERRIFIED OF GETTING HIT. I LOOKED UP AND SAW IT WAS THE SUNROOF MISSING A WHOLE BUNCH OF CLASS. SO MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS CLOSING THE COVER TO PROTECT MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACKSEAT. THE MOMENT I GOT IT CLOSED, MORE GLASS FLEW DOWN AND HIT THE COVER. I SIGHED IN RELIEF. EVENTUALLY I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND PARKED. I INSTANTLY RAN BACK TO MY DAUGHTER (8 MONTHS OLD) TO SEE IF SHE WAS OK AND SHE ONLY HAD A TINY SCRATCH. I HAD A BUNCH OF SCRATCHES ALL OVER MY HANDS. I THEN TOOK A PICTURE OF THE DAMAGE AND IN A PANIC CALLED MY HUSBAND WHO ADVISED ME TO GO TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN OLYMPIA. I WAITED FOR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR TO SETTLE DOWN BUT WAS STILL IN SHOCK THE WHOLE DRIVE. FORD WOULDN'T HELP ME SINCE I WAS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND WAS SENT TO THEIR GLASS PEOPLE. I FILED A CLAIM WITH MY INSURANCE AND THE VEHICLE WAS EVENTUALLY FIXED.

Mileage: 59,000

VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE STOPPED DRIVING FORWARD EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THE ENGINE DID NOT REV. THE DASH LIGHT INDICATING THE TRANSMISSION DISAPPEARED. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JUMPED INTO GEAR SO HARD I SUFFERED WHIPLASH. IT DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES AS I ATTEMPTED TO GET CLEAR OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. I LITERALLY THOUGHT I HAD BEEN REAR ENDED AT ONE POINT AS THE CAR JOLTED SO HARD. AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE ROADWAY, THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE SERVICE NOW LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IS CONSISTANT WITH THE PCM WIRING HARNESS RECALL DONE ON OTHER 2013 ESCAPES BUT WAS NOT COVERED FOR MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE. THE JOLTS TO THE VEHICLE KICKING IN GEAR DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS IN MOTION AT THE TIME, IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. I WAS LUCKY NOT TO STRIKE OR BE HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD BUT THEY STATE MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL AND THAT THEY WILL NOT HELP ME.

Mileage: 145,000

MESSAGE: 2013 FORD ESCAPE... TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. CAR HAS UNDER 70K MILES. WENT TO FORD AND GOT ESTIMATE AND GOT ONE FOR OVER $6,200.00. I STILL AM PAYING FOR MY CAR LOAN WHICH IS ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT. I WENT TO 2 OTHER TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND BECAUSE THE CAR IS SO NEW THEY CAN'T REBUILD THE TRANS SINCE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET PARTS. I CALLED FORD, GOT CASE NUMBER, AND THEIR DECISION WAS THAT THEY CANNOT ASSISTANT WITH LOWERING THE COST EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW ABOUT 2013 MODELS THAT HAVE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED, FORD CLAIMS THAT I DO NOT HAVE OWNERSHIP LOYALTY AND CANNOT ASSIST WITH COST OF NEW TRANSMISSION. I'M STUCK AND UNTIL I CAN SAVE FOR ANOTHER TRANSMISSION, DRIVING AN UNSAFE CAR.

THE DOORS ON THIS CAR DO NOT STAY OPEN & FREQUENTLY CLOSE ON YOU WHEN YOUR ENTERING OR EXITING THE CAR (EVEN ON LEVEL GROUND). AFTER OPENING THE DOOR TO GET IN, IT CLOSED BACK ON MY HIP BONE CAUSING AN INJURY. NHTSA NEEDS TO MAKE FORD REPLACE DOOR HINGES ON THIS CAR.

Mileage: 80,000

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR COOLANT LEAK ONLY TO FIND OUT THE WATER PUMP HAD A LEAK. I AM ONLY AT 70,000 MILES. THIS SEEMS VERY SUSPECT. DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE? THIS WAS THE 3RD CHECK UP IN LESS THAN 21 DAYS FOR THE SAME LEAK BEFORE IT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEALER.

ON AT LEAST FOUR OCCASIONS LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE CAR. FIRST TWO TIMES IT WAS SELF LIMITING. THE THIRD TIME CAR STALLED WAS STARTED AGAIN I DROVE IT AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND IT ALSO SEEMED THAT THE CAR IN MOTION WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. FOR THE THIRD OCCURRENCE I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY COULD FIND NO ISSUES WITH THE CAR AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE BEHAVIORS I HAD DESCRIBED. THE FOURTH TIME I HAD JUST THAT DAY PICKED THE CAR UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP AFTER BEING SERVICED FOR A LEAK IN THE COOLANT HOSE, MY 60,000 MILE CHECK UP AND FOR MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT WAS ON. THE HOSE BEING REPLACED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS RESET AND FOUND TO HAVE NO REASON FOR THE ENGINE LIGHT TO BE ON. I DROVE THE CAR HOME AND WHILE IN PARK IT STALLED. I STATED IT BACK UP AND IT KEPT EXHIBITING THE SAME INABILITY TO EXCEL, I SEEMED TO HAVE LITTLE CON TROLL OF IT , IT STALLED AGAIN, STARTED AGAIN AND I PRESSED ON THE GAS UNTIL I WAS HOME THREE BLOCKS AWAY. I FELT THE CAR NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM SEND A TOW TRUCK TO PICK UP MY CAR AND BRING IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT IS NOW. WHEN IT STALLED I WAS ON A CITY STREET AND ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH NO HARM.

Mileage: 63,000

THE MYFORDTOUCH SYSTEM WILL SPORADICALLY SHUT DOWN. AT TIMES THIS SHUT DOWN IS EVIDENCED BY A LOUD POP THROUGH THE AUDIO SPEAKERS, THEN THE AUDIO GOES OUT AND THE BLUETOOTH PHONE CONNECTION RESETS. OFTEN IT WILL DISPLAY AN ERROR SCREEN SAYING "SHUTTING DOWN TO SAVE BATTERY" WITH A PROGRESS BAR. THAT PROGRESS BAR NEVER FINISHES TO THE RIGHT BEFORE THE SYSTEM RESTARTS. THIS WILL HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES DURING A TRIP, WITH NO SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN TRIPS WHERE THIS ISSUE OCCURS (DAY/NIGHT, HIGHWAY/CITY, WARM/COLD, DRIVING OR STOPPED, NONE OF IT MATTERS) AND I CAN'T RECREATE IT ON DEMAND. IT WILL HAPPEN ONE DAY AND THEN NOT FOR A WEEK OR TWO. THE LACK OF ABILITY TO RECREATE MEANS THAT THE FORD DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR IT. THE FORD SERVICE REP SUGGESTED I REPLACE THE BATTERY AND ON HIS ADVICE I DID. HOWEVER, THIS NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. HE TESTED THE ALTERNATOR, AND CHECKED FOR ERROR CODES ALL WITH NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION. ULTIMATELY IT HAS BEEN WITH THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR SERVICE, WITH NO RESOLUTION. I HAVE VIDEO OF IT OCCURRING ON 11/6/2016. IT HAS HAPPENED AS FAR BACK AS JULY 2016. MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS TODAY, 11/10/2016 DATE ENTERED IN FIELD BELOW IS LAST TIME IT HAPPENED.

Mileage: 42,200

TAKATA RECALL WHEN I ACCELERATE A STRONG FUME SMELL GETS INSIDE THE CABIN.

Mileage: 66,000

RECALL-DOORS OPEN WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING

TODAY I HURT A POP SOUND AND L LOOKED UNDER MY CAR AND SAW SOMETHING HANGING. MY LOCAL CHEVRON STATION MECHANIC SAID IT WAS MY "HEAT SHIELD". IT HAD RIPPED TO SHREDS. LAST NOV. AT SANTA MARGARITA FORD I HAD MAJOR TRANSMISSION WORK DONE ON MY 2013 ESCAPE. MY MECHANIC DOESN'T THINK THE HEAT SHIELD WAS PUT BACK ON CORRECTLY. SAME DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE ME OVER $400 TO REPLACE IT. NO WAY!

Mileage: 45,500

DOOR LATCHES BROKE ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. 04/17/14, 04/02/15, AND 10/31/15. FIRST ONE HAPPENED WHEN I OPENED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND THEN CLOSED IT. IT WAS LIKE METAL HITTING METAL, NO WAY TO CLOSE AND LATCH DOOR. SECOND TIME CLOSED AND LOCKED DOOR, WHEN I CAME OUT OF GROCERY STORE, DRIVER DOOR WAS OPEN ABOUT 1/2 INCH. TRIED TO CLOSE DOOR BUT IT WAS AGAIN METAL HITTING METAL. HAD TO DRIVE HOME HOLDING DOOR SHUT AND DRIVE WITH ONE HAND,RIGHT TURNS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. THIRD INCIDENT PASSENGER REAR DOOR, OPENED DOOR, WHEN CLOSING IT, IT WAS METAL HITTING METAL AGAIN. ALL THREE TIMES I HAD MY 2 SMALL GRANDCHILDREN IN CAR SEATS IN THE BACK. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION FROM FORD TO CORRECT THESE DOOR LATCHES. BESIDES THE DANGER IT IS AN EXPENSIVE FIX. IT HAS COST ME ALMOST $900.00 FOR THESE REPAIRS. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS BEFORE SOME ONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. THE ONLY ONE LEFT TO BREAK IS THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. THIS IS A BIG CONCERN FOR ME!

Mileage: 56,754

THE LATCH SYSTEMS ON BOTH REAR DOORS HAVE BROKEN CAUSING THEM TO FLY OPEN. THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR BROKE IN JANUARY OF 2016 UPON OPENING IN THE GARAGE, THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. THE SECOND REAR DOOR BROKE 6 MONTHS LATER, IN JUNE OF 2016, ALSO WHEN THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. IN BOTH CASES A PASSENGER HAD TO HOLD THE DOORS CLOSED ON THE INSIDE TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT THEM FLYING OPEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. EACH DOOR COST OVER $300 TO REPAIR.

Mileage: 40,000

DRIVER REAR DOOR LATCH BROKE, DOOR WILL NOT SHUT. FLEW OPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. DESPITE THIS SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER FORD MODELS, DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO GET FORD TO WARRANTY THIS. COST ME $340.

Mileage: 47,700

LOOSES POWER, UNABLE TO ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN GAS PEDAL PUSHED TO FLOOR. IT'S BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE. NO PROBLEMS DETECTED. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. SEEMS TO OCCUR WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS 55-45 MPH, CITY DRIVING, STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. USUALLY OCCURS AFTER A STOP/GO TRAFFIC LIGHTS, RIGHT HAND TURNS. OCCURRED AFTER FIRST TIME BETWEEN 25K?-30K MILES. 2013 FORD ESCAPE 1.6 ECOBOOST ENGINE.

Mileage: 33,000

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY THE FROM OF THE BOTTOM HEAT SHIELD ON MY CAR JUST DROPPED AND STARTED SCRAPPING ON THE PAVEMENT. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER THE SHIELD WAS PRETTY SCRAPED UP. IT APPEARED THAT WHATEVER WAS SUPPOSE TO HOLD IT UP, WAS NOT THERE. I KNOW THAT I DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING OR HAVE ANYTHING HIT THE UNDERSIDE OF MY CAR. THAT AFTERNOON I BROUGHT IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN RUTHERFORD, NJ WHERE I WAS CHARGED $368.84 FOR REMOVE AND REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAT SHIELD. THIS ESCAPE IS GARAGE KEPT AND THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NO REASON FOR THIS HAPPENING.

Mileage: 53,000

LATCHES LOCKS LINKAGES THIS IS THE SECON DOOR WITH PROBLEMS. FIRST THA BACK DOOR AND NOW THE DRIVER DOOR DOENT CLOSE. IT OPENED DURING DRIVING AND DOESNT CLOSE. 3/28/16.

Mileage: 53,143

CORRESPONDENCE WITH FLOOD FORD OF EAST GREENWICH, RI TO: MICHAEL WHYTE (FORD SERVICE ADVISER), RE: CRASH RISK WITH 2013 FORD ESCAPE (STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO LACK OF BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE VEHICLE WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING). VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO 2 DIFFERENT FORD DEALERS FOR SAME PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD DIAGNOSE AND/OR REPLICATE PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE AND CIRCUMSTANCE HAS BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES UPON GOGGLE SEARCHES (PLEASE SEE BELOW). I CONTACTED THE FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AGAIN TODAY TO DOCUMENT THE SITUATION SURROUNDING OUR VEHICLE (CASE # 8980601). PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAD CONTACTED THEM ORIGINALLY ON FEBRUARY 29TH (CASE #8916920) AND THEY REFERRED ME TO THE FLOOD DEALERSHIP AFTER WE HAD BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE TASCA DEALERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 28TH AND 29TH. THEY TRIED TO CONTACT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT FLOOD FORD AT 4:00PM TODAY BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH. I ALSO CONTACTED THE CONSUMERS FOR AUTO RELIABILITY AND SAFETY AND THEY RESPONDED BACK WITH THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE AND STRONGLY EMPHASIZED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL CRASH RISK. I AM ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF REPORTING THE DEFECT TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND HAVE ALSO CONTACTED THE WJAR CONSUMER ADVOCATE DEPARTMENT SURROUNDING OUR DILEMMA TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP US AS WELL. HOPEFULLY THE EXPERTS AT FORD CAN HELP PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS AS TO HOW TO BEST ADDRESS THIS SITUATION. WITH BEST REGARDS, VICTOR HTTP://WWW.AUTONEWS.COM/ARTICLE/20140815/OEM11/140819918/FORD-RECALLS- > 2013 -ESCAPE-FOR-11TH-TIME-THIS-TIME-FOR-WIRING-PROBLEM > > > HTTP://M.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/ESCAPE/2013/ENGINE/ENGINE_STALLS_SHUTS > _DO > WN_WHILE_DRIVING.SHTML > > HTTP://WWW.LEMONLAW.COM/WORDPRESS/FORD-ESCAPE-STALLING-PROBLEMS-CONTIN > UE- > 160000-VEHICLES-RECALLED/

Mileage: 50,500

CAR STALLS WHEN DRIVING VERY DANGEROUS! FORD HAS NO IDEA WHATS WRONG!

Mileage: 47,000

USING THE OVER DOOR HANDLE ASSIST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE, BOTH ENDS SNAPPED OFF (BROKEN AT THE BASE) CAUSING ME TO HIT MYSELF IN THE FACE AND CUT MY NOSE WITH ONE OF THE BROKEN ENDS. MY GLASSES DID PREVENT THE BROKEN END FROM HITTING MY EYE.

Mileage: 31,000

MAJOR PROBLEM WITH FORD VEHICLES SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERING LIFT GATE GLASS. 2013 ESCAPE'S REAR GLASS SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED TWO TIMES IN 10 DAYS. IN BOTH INCIDENTS THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR WAS IN FREEZING TEMPS, WARMING UP W/DEFROST ON. THE SECOND TIME THE CAR WAS IN FREEZING TEMPS BUT NOT STARTED.

Mileage: 25,673

MY CAR RUNS FINE WHEN I START IT AFTER IT HAS BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE. IF I MAKE A STOP AND TURN MY CAR OFF, AND THEN RESTART IT WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, IT BEGINS TO STALL AS I AM DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I HAVE TO SHUT MY CAR OFF AND RESTART IT . MOST TIMES I HAVE TO RESTART IT 3 TO 4 TIMES BEFORE IT STOPS STALLING. THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE I AM TYPICALLY IN TRAFFIC WHEN IT STALLS. SO I HAVE TO STOP WHEREVER MY CAR STALLS IN ORDER TO RESTART IT. THIS NORMALLY HAPPENS ON CITY STREETS.

Mileage: 50,000

MY CAR HAS HAD A TOTAL OF 12 RECALLS. IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS I HAVE HAD THE CAR TO WILSON FORD FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING TO WORK. THE CAR STUTTERED, ACTING LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ANY GAS AND WANTED TO STALL. I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO GET HIT FROM BEHIND. THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT 30-40 MILES AN HOUR. WILSON FORD SAID THEY REPLACED A MAP SENSOR. I DROVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT A WEEK. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED . WILSON'S TOLD ME THE SENSOR WAS BAD. THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. THEY THEN SAID THEY HAD TO RESET THE COMPUTER AND FIX A FRACTURED WIRE. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR LAST THURSDAY. MY GRANDSON WAS A PASSENGER. THIS PROBLEM AGAIN OCCURRED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ALSO FORD COMPANY WITHOUT ANY SATISFACTION. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA ON SEPT 28 VIA TELEPHONE. I SPOKE WITH AMY AROUND 7PM. I GAVE HER ALL MY INFO. WE WERE CUT OFF BY HER LINE. I'M NOT SURE ALL INFO WAS RECORDED. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED THE WV STATE ATTORNEYS OFFICE. MY CAR IS STILL AT WILSON FORD. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM.

Mileage: 24,000

THE LATCH ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BROKE. I DID NOT SLAM IT OR EVEN SHUT IS HARD. I WAS ABLE TO BUNGIE THE DOOR CLOSED AND GOT IT TO THE DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WENT TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AFTER THE WORK WAS COMPLETE AND WHEN THEY WENT TO GET IT THEY SAID THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT. THE ATTENDANT WHO WENT TO GET IT SAID THE DOOR WAS OPEN SLIGHTLY WHEN HE GOT IN. SO I HAD TWO LATCHES BREAK WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS, AND I STILL DON'T HAVE THE VEHICLE WITH ME. I CAME HOME AND SAW THAT THERE WERE RECALLS ON SOME OF FORD'S OTHER MODELS. THIS IS CONCERNING BECAUSE IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THESE LATCHES BREAK FOR NO REASON AND AT RANDOM TIMES. I HAVE A YOUNG DAUGHTER AND NOW IT WILL BE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND WILL ANOTHER LATCH BREAK WHEN SHE IS IN THE VEHICLE, OR WILL MY WIFE OR I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FALLING OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. FORD HAS RECALLED LATCHES ON OTHER VEHICLES AND FROM THE PICTURES I HAVE SEEN LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE THE ONES THAT BROKE ON OURS.

Mileage: 52,000

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH, THE PART WHICH CATCHES THE METAL BAR WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE VEHICLE, DOES NOT CLOSE AND SECURELY SHUT THE PASSENGER DOOR. IT WILL REMAIN OPEN AND OPEN UP IF I MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. THE LATCH MECHANISM IS MALFUNCTIONING AND DOES NOT KEEP THE REAR DOOR CLOSED.

Mileage: 56,500

DOOR LATCH BROKE TWICE WHILE CAR WAS PARKED. BOTH TIMES I WAS SHOPPING AND CAME OUT TO FIND DOOR LATCH POPPED OPEN. FIRST TIME WAS 04/17/2014, REAR DRIVERS SIDE AND SECOND TIME WAS 03/28/15, DRIVER SIDE DOOR. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU CAN NOT CLOSE THE DOOR OR LATCH IT IN ANYWAY. I HAD TO FIND ROPE AND BUNGY CORDS TO TRY TO SECURE IT SHUT. I WAS TRANSPORTING MY GRANDCHILDREN AT THE TIME, ONE PRESCHOOLER AND ONE INFANT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER 2ND LATCH BROKE I TALKED WITH A FORD CAR SALESMAN WHO INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE DOOR LATCHES.HE INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RECALLED ON CERTAIN FORD VEHICLES.THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD! CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF DOOR SUDDENLY SWUNG OPEN WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU TURN A CORNER AND HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE BACK DOOR.

Mileage: 37,473

THE BACK LEFT REAR DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY, WITH MY 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT. THANKS GOD NO ONE GET HURT. BUT IT WAS A VERY TRAUMATIC MOMENT FOR US. THEN WHEN I VISIT THE DEALER FORD MAYAGUEZ PUERTO RICO THEY SAID THAT I MUST PAY FOR REPLACEMENTS OF LATCHES. I LOOK FOR THE SAFETY RECALLS OF MY VEHICLE FORD ESCAPE 2013 AND IT WAS THE SAFETY RECALL #NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V-085 LATCHES/LOCK/LINKAGES. THE DEALER SAID THAT MY UNIT BY VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I HAVE A CONCERN, IT HAPPEN TO MY UNIT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FORD ESCAPE VEHICLES AFFECTED, IT COULD BE WORST, I ASK FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER. IS NOT FAIR THAT MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL WHEN THAT PROBLEM HAPPEN TO IT, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. I CAN NOT USE IT IF I HAVE TO PARK IT BECAUSE THE DOOR DOESN'T CLOSE. HELP ME PLEASE.

Mileage: 44,000

99% OF THE TIME I PUT MY FOOT FROM THE GAS TO THE BRAKE , MY FOOT ENDS UP UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL ON THE UNDERCORNER BEFORE I MAKE A QUICK ADJUSTMENT TO GET MY FOOT ON TOP OF THE BRAKE WHERE IT BELONGS. THIS HAPPENS EVERYDAY SINCE I GOT THE VEHICLE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THERE IS A WORN SPOT UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ON THE VERY MOST RIGHT SIDE OF IT. I CURSE IT EVERY SINGLE TIME, EVERY SINGLE DAY. ONE OF THESE DAYS I CAN SEE IT COMING. I WOULD SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS BUILT.

Mileage: 58,000

THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE, AFTER BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO FORD MARGATE THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE LATCH ON THE BACK DOOR WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED ON OTHER FORD VEHICLES AND WAS ON RECALL FOR SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES TYPES BUT NOT YET FOR THE FORD ESCAPE 2013. I WAS TOLD TO KEEP MY RECEIPT SO IF THIS DOES BECOME A RECALL I WILL BE REIMBURSED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CERTAIN SINCE IT HAD HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OTHER VEHICLES IT WOULD ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL IT BECAME A RECALL ON THE FORD ESCAPE. I AM GRATEFUL THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND THAT THE LATCH DIDN'T BRAKE WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION BECOMING A SEVERE ENDANGERMENT FOR MYSELF, FAMILY AND OTHERS.

Mileage: 46,874

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND SUDDENLY MY REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN THE TIRE WAS CHANGED BY AAA, I NOTICED THE INNER SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE WAS BLOWN OUT. ALL OF THE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A HOLE BLOWN OUT IN A TIRE LIKE I HAVE WITH THIS ONE. I DECIDED TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND I'VE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING. I BELIEVE THERE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THESE TIRES AND I BELIEVE SOME ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST THIS COMPANY; IT IS WORTH AN INSPECTION ANYWAY. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE CONTINENTAL TIRE COMPANY MYSELF TO VOICE MY CONCERN. I'VE DRIVEN MANY VEHICLES AND I HAVE NOT HAD TIRES FAIL SO SOON, ESPECIALLY BEING MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES.

Mileage: 34,400

MY HUSBAND SET OUT TO CHANGE AND ROTATE MY TIRES THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER VERIFYING THE ARROWS ON MY CAR FOR PLACEMENT OF THE JACK, AND CHECKING WITH MY CAR MANUAL, HE WENT TO WORK. WHILE HE WAS REMOVING THE BACK PASSENGER TIRE, AFTER JACKING THE CAR, I DISCERNED CAR MOVEMENT. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO WARN MY HUSBAND BEFORE THE DEFECTIVE FORD ESCAPE JACK BENT AND CRACKED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COME DOWN HARD ON THE GROUND. MY HUSBAND'S HANDS WERE ALMOST PINNED BENEATH THE CAR AND I AM LIVID. THIS WAS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING TO US BOTH! HE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FORD ESCAPE 2013 HAS BEEN NO PICNIC, WITH THE SEVERAL RECALLS SINCE 2012, ONE OCCURRING IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE PURCHASED WITH VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP IN 11/17/12. WE LOST THE CAR FOR ABOUT A MONTH, WHILE THEY KEPT IT AT THE DEALERSHIP, UNTIL THE PARTS HAD ARRIVED THAT WERE NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR. THIS IS THE FINAL STRAW. WE ARE GOING TO TRADE IN THIS POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS VEHICLE, BEFORE SOMEONE IN OUR FAMILY DOES GET INJURED. IT HAS BEEN (SEEMINGLY) ONE RECALL AFTER ANOTHER, TOO. NOW, THERE IS A RECALL FOR MY CAR REGARDING THE BACK PASSENGER DOORS APPARENTLY OPENING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AND COULD PROVE DEADLY FOR CHILDREN, IF IMPROPERLY HARNESSED. WE HAVE 2 CHILDREN, BOY, 9 AND GIRL, 5. THAT IS NOT ANOTHER RISK I AM WILLING TO TAKE EITHER. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THIS EXPERIENCE. SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB

Mileage: 36,000

WHEN STARTING, CAR SHOWS "ENGINE FAULT, SERVICE NOW" LIGHT. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES, HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. RECENTLY, WHEN BRAKING FOR A STOP LIGHT, ENGINE FAULT REAPPEARED AND LOST ALL POWER TO THE TRANSMISSION. HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 26,000

TWICE THE PASSENGER INTERIOR DOOR FRAMES HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE DOOR AND BECAME CAUGHT ON ITEMS INSIDE THE VEHICLE SUCH AS THE SEAT ETC. THIS CAUSES THE DOOR TO BECOME STUCK AND UNABLE TO OPEN. BOTH TIMES IT TOOK WE WELL OVER 30 MINUTES TO DISLODGE THE FRAME AND REATTACH TO THE FRAME TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. BOTH TIMES, THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN JUST PARKED AND I WAS TRYING TO RETRIEVE MY INFANT DAUGHTER FROM THE BACK SEAT. I FEAR THAT IF I HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SAFELY RETRIEVE MY DAUGHTER FROM THE VEHICLE. IF THIS OCCURS WITH NO IMPACT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN CASE OF AN IMPACT? WOULD ALL 4 DOORS BECOME LODGED?

WHEN THE START BUTTON OF THE VEHICLE IS PRESSED, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND SYNCH PANEL OF THE VEHICLE WILL ENERGIZE BUT THE STARTER MOTOR WILL NEITHER TURN OVER NOR ENGAGE. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND HAS NEITHER BEEN REPRODUCED NOR CORRECTLY DIAGNOSED AT A FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. NO ERRORS CODES HAVE EVER BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE MALFUNCTION WHEN A FORD MECHANIC HAS SEARCHED THE SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NONE OF THE ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BEING SUCCESSFUL.

Mileage: 4,580

RECALL NOTHING IS BEING DONE. *TR