NHTSA Complaint #11373084 — 2013 FORD ESCAPE

MY ENGINE STARTED OVERHEATING AND THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND SMOKE EMERGED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. UPON INSPECTION THERE WAS ANTIFREEZE LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE FROM WHAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE RESERVOIR AREA. I TOOK MY FORD TO FIRESTONE AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW HEATER HOSE. I HAD THE HEATER HOSE REPLACED LAST WEEK AND TODAY I HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN, ENGINE OVERHEATED LIGHT CAME ON AND SMOKE EMERGED. I THINK MY 2013 MODEL ESCAPE SEL MAY HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS BEFORE BUT THE ISSUE WAS NEVER ADDRESSED WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND I FEAR FOR MY LIFE AND ANY PASSENGERS THAT MAY BE RIDDING WITH ME DUE TO THE RISK OF FIRE IN MY ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION IN BOTH OCCURRENCES BEFORE AND AFTER THE HEATER HOSE REPLACEMENT. BOTH INCIDENTS WERE GOING APPROPRIATELY 40 MILES PER HOUR ON A CITY STREET.