NHTSA Complaint #11235140 — 2014 FORD ESCAPE

MY FORD GAVE OFF EXHAUST SMELL FROM TIME TO TIME AND OCCASIONALLY THE ENGINE LIGHT MAY COME ON. BUT DEALERSHIP DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS RECENTLY, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I DROVE MY CARD TO THE NEAREST FORDS DEALERSHIP BUT, NEEDED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. ADVISED COULD DRIVE HOME IF NO UNUSUAL SOUNDS. ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF BEFORE APPOINTMENT, SO I CANCELED. 2-3 WEEKS LATER ENGINE LIGHT, CAME BACK ON WITH SMELL OF FUMES. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. THE DAY OF THE APPOINTMENT, I STARTED THE CAR AND COOLANT LIGHT ALSO CAME ON AT START WITH THE SMELL OF FUMES. FEELING UNEASY DRIVING THE CAR, I HAD 2014 FORD ESCAPE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I FREQUENT AND DESCRIBE ENGINE LIGHT AND COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON DURING START, WITH A LOUD HUMMING NOISE. SINCE I HAD ALREADY SCHEDULED TO GET THE WORKS SYNTHETIC OIL CHANGE AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE ON THE SAME DAY, I ALSO REQUESTED DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CAR WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT. THERE IS ONLY 47746 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND TOO MANY ISSUES. I WAS ADVISED THE CAR HAD MISFIRED CODES AND OVERHEAT CODES. PRESSURED TESTED COOLANT PULLED THE SPARK PLUG, FOUND COOLANT IN A CYLINDER. THE CAR NEEDS A HEAD GASKET. CAR SMOKED DURING COLD START AND EXHAUST SMELLS LIKE COOLANT. MY CAR WAS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED FOR A DOOR HATCH AND OVERHEATING.. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE FOR ENGINE LIGHT, BUT, VEHICLE CHECK-UP ALWAYS SEEMS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ON ONE OCCASION, REQUESTED OIL CHANGE AND VEHICLE INSPECTION, WHEN ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM HOME ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON. HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE ISSUE SEEMED TO BE RESOLVED.