2013 FORD ESCAPE Engine Problems

ENGINE FAULT - SERVICE NOW LIGHT HAS COME ON AT LEAST ONCE/YEAR. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CAR HESITATES AND RIDES ROUGH. I CONTACT THE FORD DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY TO HAVE THEM FIX THE PROBLEM. THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAS WORKED ON THE CAR BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. SHOULD I BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A POSSIBLE COOLANT LEAK IN THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF A COOLANT LEAK. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT LINKED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V431000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT'S WIFE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SOUTHGATE LINCOLN, LLC (16800 FORT ST, SOUTHGATE, MI 48195) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND COOLANT WAS ADDED. THE MECHANIC FOUND NO DEFECTS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000.

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.

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...

STARTING IN MAY OF 2020 MY FORD ESCAPE STARTED STALLING WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET AS WELL AS THE EXPRESSWAY IT HESITATES IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE THE MOMENT YOU TAP THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR STARTS TO SPUTTER AND THEN COMPLETELY STALLS OUT AND STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF WHEREVER YOU ARE THE STREET PARKING LOT IT DOESN'T MATTER IT ALSO HAS DONE THIS BACK-TO-BACK MULTIPLE TIMES OCCURRING MAYBE FOUR TO SIX TIMES IN A ROW BARELY ALLOWING ME TO MAKE IT FROM ONE DESTINATION TO THE OTHER. THE ESCAPE ALSO OVERHEATED REPLACED THE COOLANT SENSOR REPLACED THE FUEL REGULATOR AND IT STILL DOES THE SAME EXACT THING. IT JUST DECREASED THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THAT IT WOULD DO IT IN A ROW SO NOW IT DOES IT TO THREE TIMES. IT ALSO STALLS OUT AND DIES WHILE IT STOPLIGHTS MAKING LEFT OR RIGHT TURN AS YOU'RE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION COMING...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY VISUAL LEAKS WERE SHOWN ON THE DRIVEWAY GROUND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHILE IN MOTION OR IDLE RATE, THE FLUID PRESSURE REGULATOR TO LOW WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FLUID PRESSURE SYSTEM UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE REPLACED HIS OIL SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT MENTIONED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V431000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. AUTONATION FORD UNION CITY SERVICE CENTER 4355 JONESBORO ROAD, UNION CITY, GA 30291 (770) 674-6075 WAS CONTACTED HOWEVER THE CONTACT DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE...

LOW COOLANT FOLLOWED BY ENGINE OVERHEATING MESSAGE ON DASHBOARD. WONDERING WHY THIS VIN IS NOT PART OF THE 12V431000 RECALL ON OTHER 2013 FORD ESCAPES WITH SIMILAR SOUNDING PROBLEM.

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE CONTINUES TO LOSE ENGINE COOLANT. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO GARY SMITH FORD OF FORT WALTON BCH FL AFTER RESEARCHING AND FINDING THE VEHICLE HAD A RECALL 13S12. THIS RECALL WAS COMPLETED ON MY VEHICLE 23-JULY-14 BY AUTONATION FORD OF JACKSONVILLE FL AT THE TIME OF REPAIR THE VEHICLE HAD 42780. I'M NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER HOWEVER THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSE TO BE THE REMEDY TO FIX THE PROBLEM I'M NOW HAVING. I'M BEING TOLD I HAVE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE #3 CYLINDER AND WILL REQUIRE A ENGINE REPLACEMENT. NOT TO MENTION A POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT FORD'S FIX FOR THIS IS. I'M SURE CONSUMERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THEY ONLY HAVE LIMITED AMOUNT OF MILES ON THEIR ENGINES. MY VEHICLE HAS A 140K MILES AND WELL MAINTAINED ONLY TO FIND OUT IT NO LONGER ANY GOOD BECAUSE OF...

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE STALLS THEN SHUTS DOWN . THEN WHILE JUST DRIVING IT DOES THE SAME. THIS HAPPENS WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING THE CAR .

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. IT ALSO WILL LEAK COOLANT SOMETIMES IM ABLE TO SEE THE PUDDLE UNDER THE CAR PARKED BUT SOMETIMES NO PUDDLE WHICH MEANS ITS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ALSO WILL GO HAYWIRE AND SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING THE NEEDLES WILL FALL TO THE BOTTOM SHOOT TO THE TOP AND IT WILL HAVE AN ENGINE WARMING AND SOMETIMES JUST SHUTS OFF ALL TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS STILL MECHANICALLY ON AND RUNNING. THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS THAT ALL COVER THESE ISSUES IM HAVING HOWEVER MY VEHICLE IS NOT LISTED IN THE EFFECTED VEHICLES. THESE ISSUES HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING IN ANY CAPACITY OR PARKED. IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY THE FREEWAY THE SIDE STREETS WHILE PARKED WHILE MOVING SLOWLY. IT HAS BECOME AN ISSUE THAT IM WORRIED TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE I DONT HAVE THE FUNDS TO FIX THE CAR...

MY SUV HAS SUDDENLY LOSS ACCELERATION WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A PARKING SPACE, STOP SIGN AND OUT OF A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT ONTO THE HIGHWAY. IT WILL SPUTTER LIKE IT'S NOT GETTING GAS AND TWO TIMES HAS COMPLETELY CUT OFF WHILE STILL IN DRIVE. I HAVE SMASHED THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO NO AVAIL NOTHING HAPPENED. THE SUV DIDN'T SPEED UP NOR START TO EVEN MOVE FAST. IT WOULD SLOWLY JERK ONTO THE ROAD, AND AS I SAID TWICE HAS CUT OFF ANOTHER TIME IT DID FINALLY GET GAS AND GO. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NO CODES SHOWED UP ON THE MACHINE THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SUV. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT, BESIDES ME BEING NERVOUS TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC WITHOUT GETTING HIT BECAUSE THE SUV WON'T ACCELERATE DOWN THE ROAD. IT HAS ALSO CUT OFF WHILE SITTING IN...

I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND BOUGHT USED FROM A DEALERSHIP SCOTT FORD. MY CAR HAD LOW MILES AND IT WAS IN MY BUDGET, PLUS GOOD ON GAS AND FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD FARLEY SAFE. THIS CAR HAS GIVEN ME SO MANY PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASING IT AND HAS LEFT ME OUT OF HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. MY LATEST ISSUE IS A HUGE ONE AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS CAR AFTER DOING MY RESEARCH AS SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SADLY HAD TO DEAL WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I PICK MY YOUNG CHILDREN UP FROM A CARLINE AT THEIR SCHOOL, AND ONE DAY WHEN I WAS THERE MY CAR STARTED TO REV UP SLIGHTLY THEN IT STALLED ON ME COMPLETELY. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED THE SECOND TIME WITH SLIGHT HESITATION ON THE ENGINES PART. LONG STORY SHORT...

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM AND LOOSES COOLANT ALWAYS NO MECHANIC CAN FIND THE ISSUES I'M SCARED FOR ME AND CHILDREN THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU

COOLANT LEAKING IN ENGINE 5/2017 COOLANT LEAKING IN ENGINE 10/2017 ON BOTH OCCASIONS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM DATED 2012 AND I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE. THEY TOLD ME MY VIN WASN'T AFFECTED. I SAY IT WAS. CAR IS DEAD NOW DUE TO COOLANT WARPING BOTTOM OF THE BLOCK. IT IS ON,Y 7YRS OLD! I HAVE DOCUMENTS FROM DEALERSHIP .I DON'T KNOW HOW TO UPLOAD. CAN SUPPLY RO #'S IF NEEDED

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...

ECOBOOST ENGINE HAS INTERNAL LEAKS. COOLING SYSTEM HAS LEAKS AND FAULTY SENSORS. CAR OVERHEATS OR THINKS IT'S OVERHEATING AND SHUTS DOWN. WHILE ON A DANGEROUS HIGHWAY WITH NO WHERE TO PULL OVER CAR OVERHEATED SO I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. FINDING SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES. SOME CARS EVEN CATCHING FIRE.

WE TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE MYRIAD OF RECALLS IN 2018 WHEN IT WAS NO LONGER SERVING AS OUR PRIMARY FAMILY VEHICLE AND WE COULD STAND TO BE WITHOUT IT FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS IT HAS SERVED AS A SECONDARY VEHICLE, TAKING SHORT TRIPS TO THE STORE OR PARK. ON 10/23 WE WERE DRIVING IN THE ESCAPE ON A LONGER TRIP (26 MILES TO DROP ME OFF AT THE AIRPORT). HE WAS MANEUVERING FROM THE AIRPORT CAMPUS DRIVING TOWARDS THE ON RAMP WHEN THE DASH CONSOLE INDICATED THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE WAS TOO HIGH AND TO SHUT IT OFF IMMEDIATELY. MY HUSBAND IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF ON THE INTERSTATE RAMP AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. IT NEVER CRANKED AGAIN FOR HIM, HE REPLACED THE COMPLETELY EMPTY COOLANT COMPARTMENT AND IT STILL DID NOT START. HE SPENT HOURS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH...

I HAVE HAD MY ESCAPE FOR ABOUT 1YR. AND FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN GETTING A CODE P0234 WHICH WAS READ AT A LOCAL AUTO ZONE WHICH READS WASTEGATE SOLENOID THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME AND MANY MANY OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THE SOLENOID ITSELF KEEPS GOING BAD AND CAUSING ISSUES SUCH AS ACCELERATION PROBLEMS, LOSING POWER AND DYING DOWN WHILE DRIVING EVEN ON AN INTERSTATE AND HIGHWAYS AND SOMETIMES IT'LL DO IT 2 OR 3 TIMES IN A ROW BEFORE FINALLY RUNNING AND GETTING ME WHERE I NEED TO GO SUCH AS WORK OR MY CHILD'S SCHOOL OR DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS OR TO THE STORE. THIS ISSUE SHOULD'VE BEEN RESOLVED BY FORD MAKING IT SO THE WASTEGATE CAN KEEP UP WITH THE TURBOCHARGE IN THE FORD ESCAPE 1.6L. OTHER PEOPLE USED THEIR POWER TRAIN WARRANTIES TO HAVE IT FIXED JUST TO HAVE TO PAY OUT OF...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KRAUSE FAMILY FORD OF WOODSTOCK (195 WOODSTOCK PKWY, WOODSTOCK, GA 30188; (770) 592-0090) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,414.

MY FORD ESCAPE 2013 SAID IT WAS OVER HEATING AND IT LEFT ME ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THE CODE TURNED OUT TO BE THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR MISFIRING. SENSOR WAS CHANGED, TWO DAYS LATER I DROVE MY CAR AND IT LEFT ME ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY DUE TO THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN, STATED IT WAS THE SAME ISSSUE. PAID FOR A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT AT FORD AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. IVE HAD THE SENSOR REPLACED, BOTH THERMOSTATS, WATER PUMP HAS BEEN CHANGED, BUT CAR KEEPS SAYING IS THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR. I DID READ THERE WAS A RECAL ON THE FORD ESCAPE 2013 DUE TO THE SAME ISSUE AND A SYSTEM UPDATE NEEDS TO BE DONE, HOWEVER FORD DOES NOT HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING AND COOLANT WAS BEING CONSUMED VERY QUICKLY. THERE WAS A MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING AND LOSING MOTIVE POWER. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

THE ENGINE STALLS OUT WHEN TAKING OFF AFTER NORMAL DRIVING AND IN ALL TEMPERATURES. IT WILL DRIVE FINE FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN IT WILL STALL OUT 4 OR 5 TIMES IN A SINGLE DAY AND FOR MULTIPLE DAYS. IT HAS STALLED OUT WHEN LEAVING A PARKING LOT INTO TRAFFIC, AS WELL AS WHEN ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY.

IT KEEPS STALLING ON ME. WHEN I BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY IT DIES. AT STOP SIGN, READY TO GO AND IT DIES. I'VE CALLED FORD AND THEY SAY IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE 3 GRANDCHILDREN AND IT DIED ON ME 3 TIMES WHEN THEY ARE N THE CAR WITH ME. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT BEFORE A FATALITY HAPPENS. LAWSUITS WILL BE COMING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON A HUMID DAY, THE VEHICLE KEPT OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED OR MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, AND STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND DRIVEN TO HER DESTINATION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. ALLAN VIGIL FORD LINCOLN (6790 MOUNT ZION BLVD, MORROW, GA 30260, (678) 355-8257) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO THE NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,306.

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

WHEN TAKING OFF AND OR IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING CAR WILL STALL OUT. I HAVE HIT MY HIT MY HEAD HEAD ON THE WINDOW FROM THE POWER STOPPING SO QUICKLY. I'M SCARED THAT ONE DAY THIS COULD COST ME, AND MY CHILDREN'S LIFE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AT A STOP LIGHT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RPM REVVED UP HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO RESPOND. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FOWLER FORD LOCATED AT 3400 S. SHERIDAN RD, TULSA, OK 74145, WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM, NO HELP WOULD BE PROVIDED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V583000 (ENGINE) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000.

I WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE. THE RPMS GO WAY DOWN AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRESS THE GAS, I CAN NOT GET CAR TO GO. I'VE HAD IT TO THE GARAGE SEVERAL TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED AIR COOLANT PARTS, AIR FILTER, AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS. CAR CONTINUES TO GO INTO LIMP MODE. NO WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. FORD DEALERSHIP I TALKED WITH SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON SUCH A THING. THEY DID OFFER TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, BUT WHY? NOTHING CAME UP ON DIAGNOSTICS TEST WITH OTHER GARAGE. FORD COMPANY- THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!! I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY A SEMI AS THE CAR DID THIS WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. MAYBE THE ANTIFREEZE LEAKING, THIS LIMP MODE, AND OTHERS HAVING THEIR CARS STALL COMPLETELY IS ALL ONE PROBLEM?? I'M HOPING...

VEHICLE LEAKS COOLANT. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODELS BUT MINE IS NOT INCLUDED AND IT SHOULD BE. THIS CAN BE A FIRE HAZARD. I FILL WITH FLUID EVERYDAY I DRIVE IT.

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE OCCASIONALLY GOES INTO "LIMP MODE" AKA "FAIL-SAFE MODE" WHEN I AM DRIVING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE- WE NEARLY CRASHED AS WE TRIED TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THIS HAS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE THEN AND WE ARE FEARFUL OF DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, WHEN I TRY TO PUSH ON THE GAS PEDAL MY CAR DOESN'T RESPOND AND IT WILL ONLY ACCELERATE UP TO 10-15MPH.

I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A COOLANT LEAK AND ALL OF THE MECHANICS I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO CAN NOT FIND THE LEAK. I'VE HAD HOSES REPLACED AND WASTED SO MUCH MONEY JUST TO KEEP HAVING THE SAME PROMISE.

VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN WITH NO OTHER ISSUES OR NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN VEHICLE PERFORMANCE/OPERATION. HAD CODE READ AT AUTO PARTS STORE AND DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS P0303; CYLINDER #3 MISFIRE DETECTED. HAD DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSE, AND DISCOVERED A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK ALLOWING COOLANT TO LEAK IN TO #3 CYLINDER. THIS WAS 3 MONTHS AFTER DEALERSHIP TROUBLESHOT A COOLANT ISSUE AND CHARGED TO REPLACE THE COOLANT PUMP DUE TO IT LEAKING.

IN MAY 2020, ENGINE BEGAN OVERHEATING WHEN ANY POWER WAS APPLIED AND ISSUE WOULD RESOLVE WHEN STOPPED. OVERHEATING WOULD CAUSE ENGINE PROTECTION SYSTEM TO SHUTDOWN ENGINE PREVENTING ANY SORT OF DRIVING. COOLANT LOW LEVEL ALARM WOULD ACTUATE DESPITE COOLANT RESERVOIR BEING IN NORMAL RANGE AND COOLANT PRESSURE SHOWING NORMAL ON GAUGE. AFTER INVESTIGATION, ISSUE WAS FOUND TO BE A LEAK IN THE WATER PUMP.

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE HAS AN ANTIFREEZE LEAK SOMEWHERE. THE MECHANIC AT INDEPENDENCE FORD CANNOT FIND THE LEAK. THE ANTIFREEZE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. WE HAVE BEEN REPLACING COILS RANDOMLY 1 THROUGH 4. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. THE ONLY CODE THAT COMES UP ARE THE CODES FOR THE COILS. HOW CAN THEY COILS BE BAD WHEN WE JUST REPLACED THEM AGAIN.

THE VEHICLE TURNS OFF WITH NO WARNING WHILE I AM DRIVING. I WILL BE DOING 45 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR WILL TURN OFF. TURNING INTO TRAFFIC IT WILL STALL TOO.

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING, BUCKS, JERKS AND SHAKES WHILE ACCELERATING. RPMS RANDOMLY ACCELERATING, NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH POWER TO ALLOW VEHICLE TO GET UP HILL. ENGINE OVERHEATING, ENGINE SERVICE SOON LIGHT FREQUENTLY COMING ON, ESPECIALLY AFTER SITTING OUT IN HOT/COLD WEATHER FOR A WHILE. MY RADIO HAS COMPLETELY JUST STOPPED WORKING, NO SOUND WHATSOEVER. I HAD HIT A DEER BACK IN MARCH OF 2020, TOOK IT TO MY DEALER FOR REPAIR. WHEN I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE I ASKED IF IT WAS STILL 'SHIFTING HARD.' I ASSUMED SINCE MY COMPUTER TO MY CAR WAS JUST DANGLING AFTER THE ACCIDENT I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG THERE. BUT APPARENTLY THERE HAS BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS AS FAR BACK AS 2018. NOW, HERE I AM MONTHS LATER AND AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE MY CAR. WILL NOT HAVE MY DAUGHTER IN IT, WHICH MAKES IT HARD BEING A SINGLE MOM. TOOK IT TO MULTIPLE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPON OPENING THE HOOD, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE COOLANT RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE COOLANT LEVEL WAS LOW AND WAS TOPPED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A LEAK. THE CONTACT CALLED KOONS FALLS CHURCH FORD (1051 E BROAD ST, FALLS CHURCH, VA 22044 HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

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...

THE COOLANT LEAK RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE MY BUILD DATE BUT I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS WHAT THE RECALL FOR THE LOOSE FREEZE PLUG HAS.

IT WILL CHUG THEN STALL WHEN STOPPED. I HAVE TO START IT, REV THE ENGINE DROP IT INTO NEUTRAL, REV IT AGAIN AND DROP INTO DRIVE TO GET MOVING AGAIN. SOMETIMES IT STALLS NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE BEING ABLE TO MOVE.

CAR HAS BEEN LOSING COOLANT(NO VISIBLE LEAKS), SMELLS OF GAS, HAS A HARD START AND POOR IDLE/SHAKES. ERROR CODE P0304 SHOWING 4TH CYLINDER MISFIRE. HAD IGNITION COILS AND SPARK PLUGS REPLACED. STILL THROWING CODE, STILL LOSING COOLANT. KEPT HAVING TO TOP OFF COOLANT. NO LOW COOLANT INDICATOR LIGHT. BROUGHT TO FORD, COOLANT LEAKING INTO CYLINDER AND NOW NEEDS NEW ENGINE. FORD WILL NOT COVER, DEALER WILL NOT COVER EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM MATCHES TO THE LETTER OF A RECALL FOR THE FREEZE PLUG. 'YOUR VIN ISN'T GETTING FLAGGED' BUT THE PROBLEM IS EXACTLY MATCHING THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND OF VEHICLES FROM 2013 WITH 1.6L ENGINES. CAR HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING SOMETIMES BUT IS STILL DRIVABLE AND MUST BE AS NO HELP FROM FORD OR THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM IS IN SIGHT. TRYING TO GET THIS FIXED FOR A MONTH.

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.

WITHOUT WARNING, MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING. ERROR MESSAGE COMES UP SAYING ENGINE FAULT SERVICE NOW. I'VE TAKEN IT IN MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY HAVE A THROTTLE STUCK OPEN CODE THAT SHOWS AND THEY CLEAR IT EACH TIME. NOT 3 MIN AFTER LEAVING THE SHOP, IT DIES AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS AS I HAVE BEEN ON MAJOR ROADS WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED. EVERYTHING STAYS RUNNING BUT I HAVE ZERO GAS PEDAL POWER. I COAST INTO A SAFE PLACE AND TURN IT OFF AND START IT BACKUP FOR IT TO HAPPEN ALL OVER AGAIN. SHOP HAS RUN DIAGNOSTICS ON IT SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME CODE COMING UP. IF I'M CROSSING AN INTERSECTION AND ANOTHER CAR IS COMING AT ME, I'D BE HIT WITHOUT A DOUBT. IT'S INSTANTANEOUS, NO WARNING AND VERY RANDOM. THERE IS NOTHING IN PARTICULAR HAPPENING THAT I CAN ATTRIBUTE IT TO.

THE COOLANT IS LEAKING. IT REQUIRES ME TO FILL IT UP MULTIPLE TIMES WEEKLY. I HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP TO GET THIS 'FIXED' AND IT HAS CONTINUED TO PERSIST. I CAN'T SEE WHERE IT IS LEAKING. IT DOES NOT END UP ON THE GROUND WHERE I PARK IT. MY COOLANT LEVEL LOW ALERT POPS UP WHEN I AM BOTH ACTIVELY DRIVING AND WHEN I TURN THE CAR ON AT TIMES. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME IT HAPPENS WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN THE CITY. THE ACCELERATOR SEEMS OFF. IT HESITATES WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE ALSO BROUGHT THIS IN TO AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY. THEY REPLACED MY LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD BATTERY WITH A BRAND NEW ONE. THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED EVEN AFTER BATTERY REPLACEMENT. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ACCELERATING AND CAN HAPPEN ON...

COOLANT LEAKING INTERNALLY, BLOWN HEAD GASKET, OVERHEATING AND HESITATION, SMELL OF GAS. IT APPEARS THAT THIS CAR ALREADY HAD RECALLS FOR ALL THESE SIMILAR ISSUES BUT NOT SURE IF IT WAS FIXED OR DONE CORRECTLY BECAUSE HERE I'M WITH A CAR THAT I HAVE OWNED 2 MONTHS AND HAS ALL THESE PROBLEMS, PROBABLY ALREADY PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE. CYLINDER 3 MISFIRE CODE, CYLINDER HEAD OVERHEATING CODE ETC.

OUR VEHICLE OFTEN EXPERIENCES A ROUGH IDLE OR SHUDDER AT LOW SPEEDS, SOMETIMES RESULTING IN A COMPLETE STALL WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE CAUSE CAN BE TRACED VIA AN OBD CODE READER TO THE MAP SENSOR - WHICH HAS BEEN CLEANED AND REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT THE RECALL ISSUED BY FORD (14S17-S1) FOR FAULTY MAP/ENGINE HARNESS WIRING AND SUBSEQUENT REPAIR (NOT PERFORMED BY AN AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER - PRIOR TO OUR OWNERSHIP) WERE NOT PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED AGAIN BY AN AUTHORIZED REPAIR FACILITY (A FORD DEALER). THIS ISSUE CAUSES MANY SAFETY CONCERNS, AS THE VEHICLE CAN SHUT OFF WHILE IN GEAR AND MOVING. FORD REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE RECALL HAS "ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED" AND WAS A ONE-TIME ONLY SOLUTION. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND HAS RESULTED IN A FEAR OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, DUE TO THE...

I HAVE HAD MANY ISSUES WITH MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE AND IT SEEMS EVERYTHING THAT KEEPS HAPPENING IS A RECALL BUT FOR SOME REASON NEVER APPLIES TO MY VEHICLE. MY FORD STALLED FOR THE FIRST TIME A FEW MONTHS AGO. I WAS AT AN EVENT THAT I MADE IT TO WITH NO ISSUES. IT SAT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. WHEN I TRIED TO LEAVE, IT WOULDN'T TURN ON. I SAT IN THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES UNTIL IT FINALLY STARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY. EVER SINCE THIS, IT HAS BEEN STALLING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. SOMETIMES IT WILL START AND I CAN DRIVE A FEW YARDS AWAY BEFORE IT STALLS AND I AM FORCED TO TURN THE KEY OFF AND TRY AGAIN. IT WOULD DO THIS A FEW TIMES THEN I WOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN. ANOTHER ISSUE I'VE HAD IS...

CONSTANT COOLANT LEAK CAUSED VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND ENGINE BLEW. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON, THEN SUDDENLY CAR LOST ALL POWER. WHEN I PULLED OVER THE ENGINE WAS SMOKING. I HAD ONLY DRIVEN ABOUT 4 MILES. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AFTERWARDS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND THE SERPENTINE BELT FRACTURED. THE BELT RIPPED APART THE HEAT SHIELD AND IGNITED THE SOUNDPROOF FOAM. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (J.C. LEWIS FORD HINESVILLE 309 W OGLETHORPE HIGHWAY HINESVILLE, GA 31313 912-876-3673) AND THEY INFORMED THE DAUGHTER THAT IT WAS THE SERPENTINE BELT AND THE BELT TENSIONER THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT TOLD THE DEALER TO HOLD OFF INITIALLY ON REPAIRS UNTIL SHE CONSULTED WITH HER FATHER. THE DEALER CALLED HER BACK AND PERFORMED THE REPAIRS ANYWAY AND QUOTED A REPAIR COST OF $300. THE CONTACT PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT THE NEXT DAY AND THE HEAT SHIELD WAS DAMAGED AND STARTED TO SMOKE AND POSSIBLY CATCH FIRE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BACK AFTERWARDS AND THEY HAVEN'T...