2014 FORD ESCAPE Power Train Problems

WHILE IN MOTION I LOST ALL FORWARD GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION RESULTING IN ME NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.

IN THE 2013-2014 ESCAPE, AWD, THERE IS A KNOWN FAILING PART AND THEY HAVE A SERVICE ADVISORY, SSM 46965, TO ADDRESS THIS BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. MANY HAVE FAILED, INCLUDING OURS, JUST OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THEY GET TO CHARGE US $800 TO REPAIR. THIS FAILING PART IS THE "VISCOUS COUPLER" OR CLUTCH IN THE RDU OR REAR DIFFERENTIAL. IT IS A 1.5 HOUR REPAIR JOB THAT THEY CHARGE 3 HOURS LABOR TO DO. WHEN IT FAILS, YOU GET VERY LOUD POPS AND GRINDING NOISES FROM THE REAR END WHEN TURNING TIGHT TURNS IN A PARKING LOT. IF NEGLECTED, IT WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL COMPLETELY. THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM SINCE 2013 AND FORD CONTINUES TO MILK PROFITS OFF IT TO THIS DAY. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE RE-EMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE WAS ACCELERATING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH FROM A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY TOWED TO GIRARD FORD (LOCATED AT 450 W THAMES ST, NORWICH, CT 06360, (860) 889-2601). HOWEVER, DUE TO THE COST TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000. PIIR = Y.

2014 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY REVVED UP THEN LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*JS

MY 2014 FORD ESCAPE WAS EFFECTED BY A RECALL ISSUE IN NOVEMBER 2018, THE ENGINE OVERHEATS CAUSING THE COOLANT CONTAINER TO CRACK AND LEAK. I PAID $175 TO REPLACE THE COOLANT CONTAINER IN JUNE 2018. HOWEVER IN NOVEMBER 2018 MY CAR COMPLETELY TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY CITY STREET AT STOP LIGHT AND SMOKE STARTED COMING IN THROUGH THE VENTS AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. WE NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE OF A RECALL UNTIL AFTER THIS INCIDENT OCCURED. AFTER 30 DAYS FORD FINALLY ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY AND PAID $9500 TO REPLACE THE DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOTALLED. THE DAY I GOT IT BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP I HAD NOTICED A CHANGE IN THE TRANSMISSION. I MADE THE DEALERSHIP AWARE BUT THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T NOTICE A DIFFERENCE. MY TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY DIED 4 MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF SOMEONE FROM...

VEHICLE IN MOTION HAS A HARD TIME SHIFTING GEARS

2014 FORD ESCAPE 1.6L 80,000 MI. JUST LIKE HUNDREDS ON THIS SITE AND MOST LIKELY THOUSANDS ACROSS THE US - TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY DEADLY YET NHTSA AND FORD REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECURRING PROBLEM WITH A FAULTY TRANSMISSION RECALL. A 5 YR OLD VEHICLE WITH A YEARLY AVG OF 16,000 MI. SHOULD NOT REQUIRE A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $5000 TO THE OWNER. MY ONLY HOPE IS PEOPLE USE THIS SITE TO RESEARCH VEHICLE PURCHASES AND AVOID MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE AS ME AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF FORD ESCAPE - ONES THAT HAVE HAD PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND ONES THAT SOON WILL.

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON MY 2014 FORD ESCAPE WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET IT WITH NO INDICATIONS IT WAS GOING BAD.

I BEGAN LOSING COOLANT AFTER TAKING MY CAR IN FOR COOLANT LEVEL SENSOR RECALL. I ADDED WATER A FEW TIMES BEFORE I DECIDED NOT TO DRIVE IT ANYMORE. COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO MY 5 YEAR OLD LESS THAN 50,OOO MILE CAR. COULDN'T SEE ANY LEAK ON THE GROUND, DECIDED TO CHECK OIL, DIP STICK CAME BACK WITH WATER IN THE OIL. HAD IT TOWED TO FORD AND MY ENGINE IS BLOWN, WATER ALL IN TH ENGINE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AND THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER WITH MUCH EFFORT. GENE LATTA FORD (1565 CARLISLE ST, HANOVER, PA 17331, (717) 633-1999) STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED THE FAILURE HIMSELF AND FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE TO BE THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH AND THE SHIFT SOLENOID. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO BE OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED DUE TO PAST EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER REPAIRS. AFTER HEARING THE CONTACT'S CONCERNS WITH PAST DIAGNOSES, THE MANUFACTURER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

IN JANUARY 2019 MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND IT STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND IT WOULD NOT GO BACKWARDS OR FORWARD AND THERE WAS A LOUD WHINING NOISE COMING UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. IT WAS TOWED TO A SHOP WHERE WE WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE BAD AND WE HADN'T HAD IT A YEAR. I WORK IN A CALL CENTER ON BEHALF OF DEALERSHIPS AND I HEAR THE SAME PROBLEM FROM CUSTOMERS ABOUT THE FORD ESCAPE AND FORD FOCUS ABOUT TRANSMISSIONS GOING BAD SKIPPING GEARS SEEMS LIKE WHEN YOU MASH THE ACCELARATOR WHICH IS WHAT WE EXPERIENCED AS WELL THE VEHICLE IS PARKED BECAUSE WE CAN'T DRIVE IT NEED A TRANSMISSION AND WE DONT5HAVE THE MONEY.

FORD ESCAPE WITH 77,000 STOPPED MOVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE TRAVELLING OVER 30 MPH, TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHO IS INDICATING THAT IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION.

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2014 FORD ESCAPE SE SHORTLY AFTER BEING SERVICED AT OUR LOCAL COGGIN FORD FOR A MAINTENANCE INCLUDING A TRANSMISSION FLUSH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXHIBIT PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PLAGUED WITH PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE FROM A USED DEALER AND EACH TIME IT WAS BROUGHT TO FORD WHO CLAIMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM EVERY TIME. DESPITE THE VEHICLE BEING BROUGHT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IT CONTINUED TO HAVE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WHICH SEEMED TO BE MISDIAGNOSED SUCH AS A WASTEGATE AND TURBO THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHEN THE INTAKE HOSE WAS SIMPLY NOT RECONNECTED AFTER RECALL ISSUES WERE SUPPOSEDLY ADDRESSED. THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SIGNAL THAT THE COOLANT LEVEL WAS LOW. WHILE SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT AFTER NORMAL OPERATION THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ENGAGE THE DRIVESHAFT ONCE THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED. AFTER FAILING TO HEAR THE GEARS ENGAGE THE ACCELERATOR WAS RELEASED FOLLOWED BY A LOUD THUD...

PULLED INTO A GAS STATION PARKING LOT AND PLACED VEHICLE INTO PARK. DRIVER REMAINED IN VEHICLE TO MAKE PHONE CALL AND REALIZED THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS DESPITE VEHICLE BEING IN PARK. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE IT THEY DISCOVERED THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING WAS BROKEN. HUSBAND CALLED FORD DIRECTLY TO DISCUSS THE SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY STATED THAT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ASSEMBLED IN THE SAME FACTORY.

FORD HAS RECALL #18S20 THE BUSHING DENIGRATES CAUSING THE CAR NOT TO PROPERLY SHIFT. THE DASH READS PARK BUT THE CAR IS IN REVERSE. THIS ALMOST CAUSE ME TO HIT ANOTHER CAR. VERY DANGEROUS. MY VIN# NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL IT SHOULD BE ITS THE VERY SAME ISSUE THE RECALL COVERS. IN A CVS PARKING LOT. FORD REFUSES TO REPAIR BECAUSE THE VIN NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. HAD TO MANUALL PUT IN DRIVE BUT COULD NOT LEAVE CAR UNTIL SOMONE CAME TO HELP ME MANUALLY PUT IN PARK UNDER THE HOOD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. ALSO, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO ENGAGE IN REVERSE OR DRIVE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING GEAR SHIFTER FAILURE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

MY CAR OVER HEATED WHILE DRIVING. SO I PULLED OVER AND LET IT COOL DOWN. I THEN TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW CYLINDER HEAD WHEN ASKED WHY IT OVER HEATED THEY REFEREED TO THE COOLANT SYSTEM BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHY THE COOLANT WAS GETTING THERE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE THE WAY THEY EXPLAINED EVERYTHING SEEMS VERY SIMILAR TO THE RECALL NUMBER 17V209000 OR FORD RECALL NUMBER 17S09

AT FREEWAY SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION ON OUR 2014 FORD ESCAPE FAILED, CAUSING THE CAR TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN. MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR ONTO THE FREEWAY SHOULDER. PER THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CAR WAS TOWED, THEY SEE A LOT OF THESE TRANSMISSIONS FAILING. THE CAR HAD AROUND 60,000 MILES, WHICH IS FAR TOO EARLY FOR A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. FORD CLAIMS THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL FOR FAILING TRANSMISSIONS. THE NHTSA MUST ACT BEFORE A SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH OCCURS AS A RESULT OF THE POOR DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE OF THESE TRANSMISSIONS. MANY OF THESE CARS ARE COMING INTO THE SAME MILEAGE AS OUR VEHICLE, SO THE NUMBERS OF THESE FAILURES WILL BEGIN TO SURGE.

LOW COOLANT LIGHT APPEARED. HAD OIL CHANGED/FLUIDS TOPPED. A WEEK LATER, COOLANT LIGHT APPEARED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT BACK TO PLACE THAT CHANGED MY OIL. COOLANT WAS NOT LOW. THEY USED A DIAGNOSTIC CODE READER THAT INDICATED CYLINDER 2 HAD MISFIRED 3 TIMES (I WAS UNAWARE). A FEW DAYS LATER, TOOK IT TO HAVE CHECKED (FIRESTONE). THEY USED A DIAGNOSTIC CODE THAT SAID THE SAME THING BUT ONE OF THE MECHANICS RELATED HE HAD JUST FIXED A FORD ESCAPE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND THAT THEY HAD THEN FIGURED OUT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM. FORD SAYS MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THERE HAS BEEN NO LEAK NOTED THIS ENTIRE TIME. THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. I DROVE IT APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES, WENT IN TO A BUSINESS FOR 2 HOURS, CAME BACK OUT AND STARTED THE CAR, PULLED OUT OF THE...

A WEEK AFTER PURCHASING 2/21/2017. THE ESCAPE STARTING RUNNING HOT THEN IT SHUT DOWN THE CAR ACCELERATION . TOOK IT BACK BECAUSE IT UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY, THEY SAID THE HEAD GASKET WERE BLOWN AND LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. MIND YOU IT ONLY RAN HOT FOR ONE MINUTE. THEY REPAIRED IT. A YEAR LATER IN FEBRUARY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY 2/26- I SAY 2/19. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, THEY REPAIRED THAT. A RECALL ON OWN COOLANT VALVE WAS FIXED BY DEALER. NOW IN THE BEGINNING OF MARCH THE WATER PUMP AND ENGINE PROBLEM HAS COME BACK. IF FILL THIS MODEL OF 2014 FORD ESCAPE IS A LEMON AND I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR ALL MY INCONVENIENCE. IT BEEN NOTHING BUT A MONEY DRAIN AND THE DEALERSHIP IS ROBBING ME. I TOOK IT UP THERE TO SEE IF THEY COULD REPAIR THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY SAID MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THE...

OUR 2014 FORD ESCAPE WAS RECENTLY UNDER REPAIR FOR THE JAN 2018 COOLANT RECALL. IT WAS COMPLETED ON MAR 15, 2019. ON MAR 16, 2019. OUR VEHICLE HAD DRIVEN ON THE FREEWAY FOR 3 HRS FOR A DISTANCE OF 200 MILES AND UPON EXITING THE FREEWAY AND STOPPING AT A STOPLIGHT. MY VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING AND MANAGED TO GET IT ONTO A GAS STATION PARKING LOT.. I HAD IT TOWED THE NEAREST CAR DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD DIAGNOSED IT AND CAME BACK WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT BEING THE ISSUE. THEY ARE CURRENTLY WANTING TO CHARGE US A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FOX THE REPAIRS AND TRANSMISSION. I NOTICED THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION AS OF SEPT 2018. NO RECALL MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT OUT YET. HOWEVER. I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE IS AFFECTED AS IT WOULD MAKE AN UNUSUAL SOUND FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN SHIFTING...

TRANSMISSION FAIL: WE WERE DRIVING OUR 2014 FORD ESCAPE AT TIME OF THE FAIL. TURNING INTO TRAFFIC AND THE CAR WOULDNT GO ALMOST CAUSED A CAR TO HINT US CAUSE WE COULDNT GO WE COULDNT GET OUT OF THE WAY. FORD IS SAYING ITS THE TRANSMISSION LINE NOT BUILDING ENOUGH PRESSURE TO CHANGE GEARS. WE TOOK IT FORD ONE YR AGO BECAUSE IT WAS SHIFTING RIGHT FROM 2ND GEAR, THEY CHANGED THE FLUIDS SAID IT TESTED FINE AT THOS TIME. ONE YR TO THE DAY TRANSMISSION FAILS.

THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE COOLANT SYSTEM, TO ADD A SENSOR DUE TO FORD HAVING CARS BLOWING MOTORS. AFTER THIS RECALL WAS DONE, I HAD THE CAR IN THE GARAGE ON AND OFF FOR OVER A MONTH, TO FIND OUT THAT TH COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER. SO, THEY REPLACE THE MOTOR, NOT SURE ABOUT THE HEADS. THEN WITH IN WEEKS TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE "SERVICE THE ENGINE" INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FLAMES UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONTACT CALLED 911 AND TWO POLICE VEHICLES AND A FIRE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT AND A FIRE REPORT WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V209000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND 18V471000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

CAR LOSSES ALL POWER WHILE ACCELERATING OVER 40 MPH. GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY IS THE WORST. MOTOR WILL REV UP ALMOST REDLINING BEFORE SLAMMING INTO A RANDOM GEAR WITH AGAIN NO POWER SO I'M NOT GAINING ANY SPEED. JUST RPMS ARE SCREAMING LIKE I'M IN NEUTRAL. IT'S VERY UNSETTLING TO HAVE MY CAR PRACTICALLY STOPPING IN THE HIGHWAY.

ON FEB 22 2019 I WAS DRIVING GO WORK ON A SMALL HILL. I LOST ALL POWER THE RPMS SHOT UP AND THE SUV SLOWED DOWN.I MADE IT TO FLAT GROUND AND THE SUV STOPPED. I PUT THE SUV IN PARK FOR A COUPLE SECONDS THEN I PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE IT WOULDN'T MOVE SO I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT STILL WOULDN'T MOVE I PUT IT BACK IN PARK AND TURNED OFF. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES TURNED IT ON IT MOVED ENOUGH FOR ME TO PARK IT AT A GAS STATION.

WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH WHEN VEHICLE RPM SUDDENLY REDLINED AND VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF. VEHICLE STEERING WAS HARD AND VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH.

THE VEHICLE HAS 109K MILES ON IT AND IS CONSUMING TOO MUCH COOLANT. IT HAS UNDERGONE PRESSURE TESTING AND THERE ARE NO LEAKS OR CRACKS IN THE RADIATOR. THE ONLY SOLUTION THE MECHANICS CAN THINK OF IS THAT THIS MAY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2013 MODELS WITH COOLANT CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE ENGINE COOLANT LOW APPEARS ON THE DASH. WHEN IT APPEARS THE COOLANT IS IN FACT LOW AND EACH OF THE THREE TIMES IT HAS BEEN REFILLED. IT CAN USUALLY GO ANOTHER 1,000 MILES AND THEN COOLANT HAS DISAPPEARED AGAIN.

ENGINE CYLINDER LEAK AND OTHER RECALLS. NO RECORDS ON CAR VIN NUMBER TO BE FOUND. FORD DENIES RECALLS BUT DID FIX 2 RECALLS BEFORE BLOCKING OTHERS. THE BLOCK WAS DONE WHEN I FILED LEMON LAW FOR OTHER PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION REPLACED 2 TIMES. SEVERAL RECALLS WITH NO NOTICE OR RECORDS.

THIS CAR HAS HAD 13 RECALLS SINCE MANUFACTURED FOR DIFFERENT MECHANICAL AND SAFETY ISSUES SOME EVEN RESULTING IN SPONTANEOUS ERUPTION OF FIRE TO THE ENGINE BAY. WHILE REPLACING MY BATTERY THE DELEARAHIP NOTIFIED ME OF SEVERAL RECALLS THAT REQUIRED ATTENTION, SO I HAD THEM REPLACE EACH ITEM THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED, ONE OF WHICH WAS A SENSOR WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE IT REPLACED SUBSEQUENTLY, MAYBE 6 MONTHS LATER I HAD DRIVING ISSUES WHILE OPERATING IT ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THE VEHICLE WOULD GO IN AND OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING AND I COULD NOT CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. THIS OCCURRED THE ENTIRE DRIVE HOME TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD TO DRIVE WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON SO THAT I WOULD NOT GET REAR ENDED FOR HAVING INTERMITTENT SPEED/DRIVING ISSUES. THE CAR WOULD LITERALLY OVER REV THE THE ENGINE AS IF I WAS FLOORING...

AS I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED DOWN HARSHLY. AT THE NEXT EXIT, I GOT TO THE FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT WHERE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED DOWN, AGAIN EXTREMELY HARSHLY. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, THE CAR WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE INTERSECTION BUT FAILED TO SHIFT UP, AND WOULD NOT PUT ANY POWER DOWN IN FIRST GEAR EITHER. THE STOPPED MOVING IN THE INTERSECTION. I TURNED OFF THE CAR, AND TURNED IT BACK ON AGAIN. THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY JARRING MOTION AS IT WENT FROM PARK TO FIRST, AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD INTO A PARKING LOT. IN THE MORNING, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT, AND I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNT AND METAL SHAVINGS HAD COLLECTED IN THE FLUID FROM A FAULT INTERNAL TO THE...

ALL OF A SUDDEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY CAR WON'T GO I GIVE IT GAS BUT IT WON'T MOVE I TRY TO PUT IN REVERSE WON'T MOVE BUT IT TAKES THE GAS BUT ITS LIKE YOU HAVE IT IN PARK AND YOU REV UP MOTOR BUT THIS HAPPENS WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY NO WARNING OF ANY KIND WAS RUNNING FINE A FEW HOURS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED

THE VEHICLE TREMORS AND SHUDDERS WHILE DRIVING. IT STARTED JUST A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES. IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE DRIVING ACROSS A RUGGED OR BUMPY ROAD, BUT IT'S THE ENTIRE VEHICLE THAT SHAKES. FORDS DIAGNOSTIC WAS CONCLUDED WITHOUT THE TRANSMISSION FAULT LIGHT OR CE LIGHT ON ACKNOWLEDGING AN ISSUE. THEY KEPT FOR DAYS AND RAN SEVERAL TESTS. THE MECHANIC COULD TELL BY DRIVING IT A FEW TIMES THAT IS HAS WHAT HE CALLED THE 'TRANSMISSION SHUDDER.' IF HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS AND MENTIONED HOW COMMON IT WAS ON MY MODEL, THEN WHY IS IT NOT UNDER A RECALL? AFTER RESEARCH, I HAVE READ OTHER EXPERIENCING THE SAME COMPLAINTS. ALSO, WHY AFTER DRIVING 12,000 MILES AFTER THE DIAGNOSTIC NOT A SINGLE LIGHT HAS INDICATED AN ISSUE. IT JUST CONTINUALLY SHAKES AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO TRUST FOR IT TO TAKE MY FAMILY AND I ANYWHERE. IT'S MY DAILY DRIVER BUT...

I WAS TOLD IN APRIL OF 2018 BY MY FORD DEALERSHIP THAT MY VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSFER CASE. AFTER DOING MY RESEARCH, I LEARNED THAT THE ESCAPE HAS HAD TRANSFER CASE ISSUES FROM THE MODEL YEAR 2002 UNTIL 2014 YET FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. I HAVE EMAILED AND POSTAL MAILED THE CEO OF FORD WITH NO RESPONSE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW A COMPANY CAN LET SOMETHING AS SIGNIFICANT AS THIS REPAIR GO ON FOR TWELVE YEARS AND NOT RECALL THE VEHICLE? EVENTUALLY THIS WILL BE A $3000 REPAIR ON A FOUR YEAR OLD VEHICLE. THAT IS MONEY I DO NOT HAVE. THE CAR CONTINUES TO MAKE A WHINING NOISE WHEN DRIVING ON ANY TERRAIN AT ANY SPEED.

THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL AT 76,032 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE.

THE VEHICLE, WHEN DRIVING IT, HAS STALLED OUT COMPLETELY ON A BUSY CITY STREET. WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY START IT. WHEN MERGING ONTO A FREEWAY, I COULD NOT GAIN SPEED, SUV WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO A HIGHER GEAR AND A VERY LOUD SOUND WAS HEARD. AGAIN, I COULD NOT ACCELERATE IN A SAFE MANNER WHEN MERGING ONTO A US HIGHWAY. THE NEXT DAY THE SAME PROBLEM WAS NOTED ON A VERY BUSY CITY STREET. COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND LUCKILY WAS NOT REAR ENDED. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSTIC REPORT RESULTED IN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 68,700 MILES.

I WAS TAKING MY PREGNANT DAUGHTER TO THE DOCTOR AND AND WAS CROSSING TRAFFICAT A LIGHT AND WITH NO WARNING I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO,I PUSHED ON THE GAS AND NOTHING LUCKILY IT WAS GOING DOWN HILL SO I COASTED TO A SHOP WHICH WAS VERY NEAR BY AND THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION SO I HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMING APART AND WOULD BE VERY COSTLY TO REPAIR

TAKATA RECALL THE TRANNY WILL OFF AND ON SLAM INTO GEAR THIS HAPPENS IN ALL ROADS AND IN TOWN AND OUT OF TOWN

MY CAR DOESN'T SHIFT RIGHT WHEN DRIVING. SOMETIMES IT WON'T SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS AND SOMETIMES THE CAR LAGS IN POWER THEN IT WILL SUDDENLY GET A BURST OF POWER AND THE CAR SPEEDS UP QUICKLY. THIS SHIFTING ISSUE HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THE GEAR SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR INDEPENDENTLY. ALL OF THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CABLES FAILED AND A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER (PORTER FORD, 600 OGLETOWN RD, NEWARK, DE 19711, 302-738-0800) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

"TRANSMISSION FAILURE, SERVICE NOW" COMES UP ONLY WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH ON HIGHWAY. IT FIRST HAPPENED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS JUST OVER 2 YEARS OLD. THE DEALERSHIP RESET THE COMPUTER AND I WAS FINE FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER (I HAD MOVED TO ANOTHER STATE) AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT BECAUSE THEY COULD'T FIGURE OUT WHY IT WAS THROWING THIS CODE. THIS WAS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2014. THE CAR STILL DROVE FINE. THEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2018, IT BEGAN OVERHEATING. I NOW LIVE IN THE DESERT SO THIS IS COMMON HERE. I TOOK IT IN AND HAD THE HEAD GASKET, ENGINE BLOCK AND TEMP. GAUGE REPLACED. ALL WAS WELL UNTIL I STARTED DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN. THEN THE SAME CODE CAME UP. THE PROBLEMS AND...

I PURCHASED MY 2014 FORD ESCAPE IN APRIL 2017. I ALSO PURCHASED THE FORD PROTECT 75000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY. FROM TIME TO TIME I WOULD NOTICE A HARD SHIFT OR SLIP. I WAS GETTING CLOSE TO MY WARRANTIES END AND BRANG THE VECHILE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FROM WHICH IT I HAD PURCHASED IT FROM. THEY SAID THEY UPDATED THE PCU (WHICH AFTER RESEARCHING IS FORDS RECOMMENDED FIX). COUPLE WEEKS PAST AND ITS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. WARRANTIES OVER NOT MY PROBLEM IS WHAT IM TOLD. BOTH FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD. I HAVE A RECALL FROM FORD DO TO SHIFTER CABLE BUSHINGS BEING FAULTLY. WERE YOUR CAR COULD ROLL AWAY DUE TO BEING IN THE WRONG GEAR. BUT THE KICKER IS THEY HAVE NOT YET PROVIDED A PART AND YOU CAN GET IT FIXED AND BE REIMBURSED OR ALWAYS USE YOUR PARKING BRAKE. WHICH IM SURE IS GREAT...

3 YR OLD CAR TRANSMISSION WENT OUT COMPLETELY WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I HAD TO DODGE SPEEDIG CARS TO ROLL OFF THE FREEWAY SINCE I HAD NO USE OF THE GAS PETAL OR SPEED. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. ERROR CODES P0732-GEAR 2 INCORRECT GEAR RATIO CAME BACK TO NEEDING A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. HAD THEM FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION FOR $300 TO TRY AND SAVE IT TO NO AVAIL. THE SHIFTER CABLE IS ALREADY ON RECALL NOTICE 18S20/NHTSA RECALL 18V471 AND MY FORD DEALER CANT GET THE PART FOR MONTHS NOW BECAUSE ITS ON BACK ORDER. I BELIEVE THIS LED TO THE TOTAL DEMISE OF THE TRANSMISSION. A USED PART FOR $3000 IS NOT AN OPTION BECAUSE THE DEALERS CANT FIND ONE ANYWHERE. IM ASSUMING ITS DUE TO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE. MY ONLY OPTIONS ARE SPENDING $5400 ON A NEW TRANSMISSION OR GETTIG RID...

WHEN I FIRST START UP MY FORD ESCAPE IN THE MORNING AND PUT IT IN THE DRIVE GEAR , A SEVERE JERKING MOTION TAKES PLACE. IT ONLY DOES IT AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SETTING FOR A WHILE.

FORD FIXED A RECALL ON MY CAR REGARDING THE COOLANT SENSOR AND MY CAR HASN'T BEEN RIGHT EVER SINCE. SAME DAY THAT I BROUGHT IT HOME THE COOLANT SENSOR SAID COOLANT LEVEL LOW EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD JUST FILLED IT UP AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF COOLANT IN THE CAR. YESTERDAY ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK MY CAR OVER HEATED AND, LIGHTS ON THE DASH SAID FOR ME TO PULL OVER SAFELY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY SLOWED DOWN TO BARELY 5MILES/HOUR ON IT OWN, IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. NOW THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE AS IT OVERHEATS WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF STARTING THE CAR UP. DEALERSHIPS NEAR ME WILL NOT SERVICE MY CAR FOR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A LOANER CAR THAT I CAN USE IN THE MEANTIME, AND ON TOP OF THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, A WHINING NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ERRONEOUSLY SWITCH GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,632. *TT*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STATIONARY, IN THE PARK POSITION, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CRASHED INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE ROLLAWAY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S DOOR CLIPPED ONTO THE CAR PORT HOUSING, IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED UNDER, AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR HINGE FRACTURED. UPON IMPACT WITH THE REAR SPARE TIRE MOUNT OF THE NEIGHBOR'S VEHICLE, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED, AS THE CONTACT WAS NOT IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH AND NEITHER WAS THE NEIGHBOR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND REMAINED IN POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE THEREAFTER. IN ADDITION, AN AUTOBODY REPAIR SHOP WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ROLLAWAY. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF...

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 2014 FORD ESCAPE. THE WARNING ONLY HAPPENED WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE PARKING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ON A SECOND OCCASION, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AGAIN AND PINNED THE CONTACT'S FRIEND, WHO SUFFERED AN INJURED LEG. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT RECEIVED. THE CONTACT CALLED AIRPORT MARINA FORD (5880 W CENTINELA AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90045, (310) 574-2641) AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PLACED IN PARK PROPERLY. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER AND RECOMMENDED THE VEHICLE BE SERVICED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE BUSHING MAY HAVE DETACHED FROM THE TRANSMISSION CABLE AND THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD AN EXISTING POWER TRAIN WARRANTY FOR FIVE YEARS OR 60,000 MILES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE RPMS INCREASED RAPIDLY. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 55 MPH. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE AWAY. FOLSOM LAKE FORD (12755 FOLSOM BLVD, FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA, (916) 353-2040) DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLANT LEVEL SENSOR SYSTEM WAS FAULTY. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V209000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,853.