NHTSA Complaint #11330219 — 2014 FORD ESCAPE ENGINE

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11330219
Vehicle	2014 FORD ESCAPE
Component	ENGINE
Date of Incident	May 28, 2020
Date Filed	June 22, 2020
Mileage	54,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	WI

Consumer Description

BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN 2019 35000 MILES DROVE TO 54000 ,THEN THE DAUGHTER TOOK TO NEVADA WHERE THE LOW COOLANT CAME ON THEN THE VEHICLE TO STOP AND STRAND HER IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE , HAD IT TOWED TO GALLAGHER FORD WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THE #3 CYLINDER HAD ANTI FREEZE IN AND I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE FORD WOULD NOT STAND BY THEIR MOTOR EVEN THOUGH AFTER INSTALLING USED MOTOR AND GETTING THE BILL RIGHT ON THE STATEMENT FROM FORD THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WHERE IT STATES THESE ENGINES HAVE PROBLEMS LEAKING ANTI FREEZE INTO THE ENGINE PER THE PHOTO OF STATEMENT. *TR

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