2014 FORD ESCAPE Power Train Problems

I WAS PARKED IN A LARGE PARKING LOT OF A GROCERY STORE. WHEN LEAVING MY VEHICLE WAS BEING PUT INTO DRIVE, TRANSMISSION WENT INTO REVERSE AND SHIFTER WAS IN PARK. THE KEY WAS ABLE TO BE REMOVED BUT UNABLE TO KEEP CAR SECURE W/O LEAVING PARKING BRAKE ON. THERE WAS NO WAY TO CRANK THE CAR SINCE IT WAS NOT IN PARK. CAR WAS COMPLETELY NON WORKING. MY VEHICLE HAD TO BE LEFT IN THE PARKING LOT AND TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. IN SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT, WITH A NON-FUNCTIONING CAR WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK, I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THE EXACT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WAS GOING ON UNDER RECALL 18S20. INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP OF THIS WHEN THE CAR WAS DELIVERED TO THEM. THAT WAS THE ONLY PART THAT WAS FIXED, SINCE IT WAS THE ONLY FAULTY PART. FORD REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS SINCE,...

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF DRIVE. I COULD HEAR IT CLUNK AND FEEL THE CAR JERK. I STOPPED AND DOWNSHIFTED BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. I PUT IT IN PARK, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I RESTARTED IT, SHIFTED TO DRIVE AND SLOWLY ACCELERATED. I GOT ABOUT 20 YARDS AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AGAIN. IT WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR EXCEPT PARK. THIS WAS AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 100 MILES. I HAD NO ISSUES PRIOR TO THIS. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON UNTIL ALL OF THIS HAPPENED AND AS I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY A WARNING CAME ON SAYING "TRANSMISSION FAULT SEE SERVICE STATION". IT HAS 124,000 MILES ON IT. I'VE HAD IT FOR JUST UNDER 2 YEARS, BOUGHT USED, AND HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE NOW. I RESEARCHED INFO ONLINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND THE "SERVICE NOW" WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE THE GEAR BETWEEN REVERSE AND DRIVE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KLABEN FORD LINCOLN OF WARREN (LOCATED AT 3853 YOUNGSTOWN RD SE, WARREN, OH 44484, (888) 428-3823). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,200.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V471000 (POWER TRAIN). WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT ROLLED DOWN A HILL AND OVER A CURB. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE BODY AND UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KING FORD (2450 E U.S. HIGHWAY 64 ALT, MURPHY, NC 28906, (828) 837-2121). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE "TRANSMISSION FAILURE" MESSAGE DISPLAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS- TRANSMISSION WENT BAD WITHOUT WARNING. SEE ATTACHED RECEIPT FOR WORK PERFORMED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ROLLED IN REVERSE WHILE THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN THE PARK POSITION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GOSCH FORD HEMET (LOCATED AT 150 CARRIAGE CIR, HEMET, CA 92545, (951) 396-7250) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHIFT CABLE BUSHING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

A DOZEN TIMES NOW WHEN WE START IT UP IT RUN REAL RUFF AND WILL LURCH, THE RPMS GO UP BUT NOT MPH BEING GAINED. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN IT OFF AND RESTART AND IT RUNS FINE. WE GET A MESSAGE THAT READS "ENGINE FAULT SERVICE NOW". WHEN WE TAKE IT TO THE DEALER THEY CAN'T FINE ANY ERRORS ON WHEN THEY HOOK IT UP TO THEIR COMPUTER. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST WEEK AND OVER THE ALMOST 4 YEARS I'VE OWNED THE CAR. I WAS DRIVING IT ON A CITY STREET AND HAD JUST BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY, OTHER TIMES IT'S HAPPENED HAS BEEN ON CITY STREETS SHORTLY AFTER PULLING FORWARD, AND THOSE TIMES I HAD NOT BACKED UP AT ALL PRIOR TO IT DOING IT. THIS MORNING WHEN IT HAPPENED I ALMOST HAD SOMEONE REAR-END ME BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD...

SHIFTER CABLE BROKE. WE WERE UNABLE TO SHIFT TRANSMISSION AFTER PULLING VEHICLE IN PARKING SPOT. WE HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY AND HAVE SHIFTER CABLE REPLACED AT A COSTS OF $526.40. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER OUTSTANDING COMPLAINT FILED FOR WIRING HARNESS BEING TOO SHORT AND WE HAD TO PAY FOR NEW SPLICES THAT OUR VIN WAS NOT COVERED BY A CURRENT RECALL. WE ASK THAT NHTSA LOOKING INTO THE STATUS OF THAT COMPLAINT FOR OUR REFUND AS WELL AS THIS ONE THAT THERE AGAIN APPEARS TO BE A CURRENT RECALL FOR, JUST NOT FOR OUR VIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING FORWARD AND ALSO WOULD NOT DRIVE IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BOB THOMAS FORD (310 W. COLISEUM BLVD, FORT WAYNE, IN) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FAULT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HENNESSY FORD LINCOLN ATLANTA (5675 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD, ATLANTA, GA 30341) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT "PULL WHILE HOT". THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,622. *TT*JB

THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING WELL, THE CAR HAS NO POWER, BETWEEN THE R AND THE DRIVE IT MAKES A NOISE

SHIFTER CABLE DISCONNECTED FROM TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS PARK AND WOULD NOT MOVE DUE TO CABLE BEING DISCONNECTED. TOWED VEHICLE TO DEALER AND SHIFTER CABLE REPLACED TO REPAIR IT. FORD SAYS MY VEHICLE NOT COVERED UNDER CURRENT RECALL SO I WAS FORCED TO PAY FOR REPAIR. SHAME ON FORD FOR NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS PROPERLY.

SHIFTER CABLE BUSHINGS. 2014 FORD ESCAPE. NHTSA RECALL # 18V471. FORD RECALL # 18S20. GEAR SHIFTER MOVES TO PARK, BUT DOES NOT REGISTER ON DRIVERS CONSOLE. CANNOT START CAR CAR DRIFTS WITHOUT EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLIED. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED IT WAS THE RECALL ISSUE, BUT SINCE FORD HAS NOT ISSUED THE PARTS YET THERE ARE MAKING ME PAY FOR THE REPAIR UNTIL FORD SENDS OUT A LETTER INFORMING CONSUMERS THAT PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. I SPOKE WITH FORD THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO KEEP THE REPAIR INVOICE AND GET REIMBURSED WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. MY QUESTION IS, IF THE DEALER CAN FIX IT, WHY CAN'T FORD AUTHORIZE PAYMENT, SO I DO NOT HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. IF FORD ISSUED A RECALL AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY HAVING AN ISSUE WHY DON'T THEY JUST PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED. THE DEALER WANTS $1000 TO FIX...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE "TRANSMISSION NOT IN PARK" WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND SCHEDULED THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED TO PREMIER FORD INC (5001 GLENWOOD RD, BROOKLYN, NY 11234, 888-381-4515) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. MEANWHILE, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V471000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000.

2 ACTIVE RECALLS-NO TIMEFRAME OF WHEN IT WILL BE REMEDIED. ADDITIONALLY, VEHICLE DIES WHEN PUT INTO D FROM R. VEHICLE HAS 52K MILES, WELL MAINTAINED, SHELL FUEL IS USED. THIS HAPPENS WHEN BACKING UP AND PUTTING INTO DRIVE. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE NEITHER MOVED NOR WENT INTO ANY GEAR. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GARY YEOMANS FORD LINCOLN (1420 N TOMOKA FARMS RD, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32124, 386-310-2342) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BUSHING CABLE FRACTURED AND THE ENTIRE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V471000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE RECALL PART WAS UNAVAILABLE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT WAS THEN REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE...

PARKED CAR ON DRIVEWAY FACING HOME. DRIVEWAY IS UPHILL FROM STREET TO HOUSE. PUT CAR IN "PARK" AND UPON GETTING OUT THE CAR IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP CAR AND IT ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVE & PART OF THE YARD, KNOCKING DOWN A TELEPHONE POLE GUIDE WIRE, CROSSED THE STREET & STOPPED WITH HALF OVER THE OPPOSITE CURB & DAMAGING A MAIL BOX.

PARKED MY CAR PUT IT IN PARK BUT WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF BRAKE AND STARTED OPEN THE DOOR THE CAR ROLLED FORWARD. I PUT ON THE BRAKE AND PARKING BRAKE BUT SHIFTER WAS FROZE IN PLACE. CONTACTED LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND FORD CORP BOTH SAID THERE AREN'T ANY PARTS TO FIX CAR AND DIDN'T OFFER A LOANER. LOCAL FORD SHOWED ME HOW TO PUT BUSHING BACK ON PEG SO CAR COULD BE DRIVEN. I'M 63 YEAR OLD WOMAN CAR REPAIR NOT MY WHEELHOUSE. I FEEL CAR IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULDN'T BE DRIVEN. FORD IS PUTTING ME AT RISK PHYSICALLY AND OPEN TO ACCIDENTS AND LAWSUITS BY NOT OFFERING A REPAIR OR A LOANER CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO MOVE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER (WARREN MIDTOWN MOTORS, 1995 MARKET ST, WARREN, PA 16365 (814) 723-5400) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS-15433231. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,123.

THE CAR WAS PARKED AT A GAS FILLING STATION TO FILL THE GAS TANK. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE GAS STATION, THE CAR REGISTERED BEING IN REVERSE AND WOULD NOT START. UPON EXAMINATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE BUSHING ON THE TRANSMISSION AND WOULD NO LONGER SHIFT GEARS. IN ORDER TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE SHIFTED WITH ONE PERSON MANUAL HELD THE SHIFTING CABLE ONTO THE TRANSMISSION WHILE SOMEONE IN THE VEHICLE MOVED THE GEAR SHIFT. AS THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED, THE PERSON HOLDING THE CABLE IN PLACE MADE SURE THAT IT DID NOT POP OFF SO THAT IT COULD BE MOVED INTO GEAR. IF THE PERSON DID NOT HOLD THE CABLE DOWN, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME AND REPEAT THE PROCESS TO GET IT INTO PARK. THE CAR IS NOT SAFELY ABLE TO BE DRIVEN IN THE CONDITION...

MY CAR, A 2014 FORD ESCAPE [XXX], IS SUBJECT TO RECALL FOR SHIFTER PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF 'PARK' ON JULY 22 , 2018 AT THE CHURCH PARKING LOT WHILE IN MOTION AND IT NEEDED TO BE TOWED SINCE IT TURNED OFF AND WOULDN'T TURN ON. I HAD THE CAR TAKEN TO THE DEALER, GALPIN FORD IN VAN NUYS, CA AND DISCUSSED THIS WITH [XXX], AND [XXX] THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE SAID THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHINGS IN WHICH THERES A RECALL FOR. HE ADVISED ME THAT THAT REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THE RECALL ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE. HE SAID THAT THEY CAN DO A TEMPORARY FIX OF THE SHIFTER CABLE, BUT THAT I NEED TO PAY $600 FOR THAT TEMPORARY REPAIR WHICH HE ADVISED IS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE CAR OPERATIVE UNTIL THE PARTS ARRIVE. IN MY DISCUSSION WITH FORD CHAT EARLIER TODAY,...

TRANSMISSION OFTEN SUFFERS FROM SLUGGISH TAKE-OFF AND ROUGH SHIFTING. OCCASIONALLY WHILE ACCELERATING, THE TRANSMISSION WILL ABRUPTLY LOSE POWER AND ABRUPTLY REGAIN IT, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV AT HIGH REVOLUTIONS.

POSTING DATE: JULY-29, 2018 (SUNDAY) VEHICLE : 2014 FORD ESCAPE TITANIUM 4X4 (4-CYLINDER TURBO ENGINE, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) VEHICLE LOSES TRANSMISSION POWER. THREE WEEKS AGO I CAME OUT OF A FREEWAY AND TRIED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON A FAST MOVING LOCAL ROAD. I MADE THE TURN AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THE ENGINE REVVED UP BUT THERE WAS NO MOTION. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY TURN ON THE HAZARD FLASH LIGHTS TO WARN APPROACHING VEHICLES BEHIND. FINALLY I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR "SLOWLY" AND THE CAR DID MOVE AND PICK UP SPEED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER ISSUES THAT DAY. I HAD SENSED "BUMPY GEAR SHIFTS" AND "JERKY ACCELERATIONS" EVEN BEFORE THE ABOVE INCIDENT. I INSTINCTIVELY "KNEW" THAT THINGS WERE NOT RIGHT BUT DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. TWO DAYS AGO MY WIFE CALLED ME AT WORK AND SAID THAT AFTER BACKING OUT FROM THE...

I HAVE A 2014 FORD ESCAPE WITH 111,000 MILES AND WAS JUST TOLD ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CURRENT ESCAPE VEHICLES NEEDING TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS WITH LOW MILEAGE. I UNDERSTAND THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, BUT FOR A TRANSMISSION TO LAST NO LONGER THAT 4 YEARS 111,000 MILES IS A DIS-SERVICE TO THE CONSUMER AND THEIR NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS MODEL. VEHICLE STARTING HESTITATING DURING ACCELERATION A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO HAVING IN LOOKED AT BUT NO ERROR CODES WERE FOUND ON THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION. THE DAY AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE STARTING SHIFTING ERRATICALLY AND THEN A TRANSMISSION FAULT LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP ON FRIDAY 7/20 AND WAS TOLD TODAY 7/23 THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF AROUND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE SYNC SYSTEM DISPLAYED 'DO YOU WANT TO RUN A VEHICLE HEALTH REPORT?' TO WHICH THE CONTACT INDICATED "YES". THE MESSAGE 'DO NOT STOP KEEP ENGINE RUNNING IN ORDER TO RUN THE HEALTH REPORT' WAS DISPLAYED AS THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOB UTTER FORD-LINCOLN (2525 TEXOMA PKWY, SHERMAN, TX 75090, 903-892-3555) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000.

BACKED VEHICLE OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTED INTO PARK ON CURB. WITHOUT TURNING VEHICLE OFF ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE A SHORT TIME LATER AND SHIFTER WAS LOOSE/HAD NO RESISTANCE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR OR MOVE. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED TO TOW VEHICLE TO DEALER AND FOUND THAT SHIFTER CABLE END HAD COME OFF OF LINKAGE ON THE TRANSMISSION. CABLE WAS TEMPORARILY REATTACHED AND VEHICLE DRIVEN TO DEALER WHERE CABLE WAS REPLACED TO REMEDY ISSUE.

ON 6/6/2017 MY WIFE'S ESCAPE WAS IN PARK ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND IT ROLLED BACKWARDS AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. WE CONTACTED FORD ABOUT IT NEVER HEARD FROM THEM. NOW WE HEAR ABOUT A RECALL ON THE ESCAPE AND FORD IS SAYING THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF A RECALL ON HER VEHICLE WHEN EVERYTHING I FIND ONLINE IT IS UNDER THE TIME THAT FORD HAD BAD PARTS. YOU ARE MY ONLY HELP WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT INADVERTENTLY REVERSED DOWN A DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT STRUCK A STOP SIGN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT CALLED BELL FORD LINCOLN AT (517) 265-8187 (LOCATED AT 4510 US-223, ADRIAN, MI 49221), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000.

I PARKED MY CAR AT A RESTAURANT, COUPLE HOURS LATER IT WOULDN'T START BECAUSE IT SAID CAR IN GEAR ON THE DASHBOARD. EVEN IF IT WAS IN PARK THE CAR SAID STILL IN GEAR CAN'T START. I HAD TO TOW IT TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THEY SAID THE SHIFTER CABLE WAS BROKEN AFTER 3 DAYS. EVEN UNDER 49,000 MILES THEY MENTIONED IT WASN'T COVERED BY THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY SO I HAD TO PAY $940.60 FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR OUT OF POCKET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, ABNORMAL NOISES WERE HEARD COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY TO WORK IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. I COULD FEEL AND SEE THE RPMS INCREASING MUCH TOO HIGH BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD FINALLY SHIFT, CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT JERKING MOTION. THEN, AN ENGINE WARNING APPEARED STATING 'TRANSMISSION FAULT. SERVICE NOW'. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF OF THE FREEWAY AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME. I HAD THE VEHICLE TAKEN INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE, WHICH THEY DID SAYING THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY SHOT. ZERO INDICATION THERE WAS AN ISSUE BEFORE IT FAILED.

WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ON CRUISE CONTROL. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH. NOTICED THE RPM'S CLIMBING WHILE THE SPEED REMAINED CONSTANT. TOOK THE CAR OFF OF CRUISE CONTROL. THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE. THE RPM WOULD CLIMB WHILE THE SPEED WOULD NOT. WE PULLED OFF AT THE NEAREST EXIT. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR. BASICALLY THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING WITH NO WARNING. CAR HAD 74,000 MILES WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. UPON ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO PARK, IT FAILED TO ENGAGE AND THE BACK UP CAMERA WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (WALT SWEENEY-WEST HILLS FORD IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, 513-922-4500) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PLASTIC PIECE THAT ATTACHED THE TRANSMISSION CABLE TO THE SHIFTER WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

STEARING WHEEL LOCKED AND WILL NOT TURN THE VEHICLE HAD TO TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON.

I PURCHASED MY 2014 ESCAPE ECO BOOST USED IN MID 2015. IT WAS 1.5 YEARS OLD WITH 74K MILES. IN DECEMBER OF 2017 THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY STOPPED SHIFTING WITH NO WARNING OR INDICATION PREVIOUSLY. I STOPPED TO GET GAS ONE NIGHT AND TOOK BACK OFF AND IT SLIPPED IN SECOND GEAR AND NEVER REENGAGED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR CODE INDICATORS SHOWING ON THE DASH AND THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE WAY IT WAS DRIVING AND SHIFTING PREVIOUSLY TO MAKE ME THINK THERE WAS AN ISSUE. IT LITERALLY JUST HAPPENED ALL AT ONCE. THE REPAIR CONSISTED OF A COMPLETE REBUILD. THE PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID, TCC SOLENOID, BUSHING AND BEARINGS WERE REPLACED TOTALING AN OUT OF POCKET $2900.00 ON A VEHICLE THAT WAS LESS THANK 4 YEARS OLD. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE ECO BOOST AND THERE IS EVEN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY SHIFTING GEARS. ONCE THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE JERKING. IN ADDITION, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INDEPENDENTLY CEASED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000.

TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING A SHUTTERING SOUND IN BETWEEN 4 & 5 GEAR, THIS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO 05/01/18, THE CAR HAS 153,000 MILES.

BOUGHT VEHICLE USED AT 73200 MILES. TRANSMISSION WENT BAD AND REPLACED AT 74000 MILES, UNDER DEALER WARRANTY. CODE READY INCORRECT GEAR. CAR SAID TRANSMISSION FAULT SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. AT 78690 MILES VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIFT IRREGULARLY AGAIN AFTER DESCENDING A LARGE HILL (800+ FOOT ELEVATION OVER 2-3 MILES) AND THE TRANSMISSION FAULT ALERT OCCURRED AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO MOVE BUT HAD NO POWER TO ASCEND A SMALL HILL (~50 FOOT). HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER.

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2014 ESCAPE HAS GONE OUT. THERE SHOULDN'T BE TRANSMISSION ISSUES IN A 4 YEAR OLD CAR. WHEN THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE, IT WOULD REV UP TO 4-5 RPMS LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL BEFORE IT WOULD MOVE. IT WOULD INCREASE SPEED VERY SLOWLY. IT WOULD JERK LIKE IT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE FULLY REPLACED. I SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM OR EXPENSE IN A 4 YEAR OLD CAR. IT IS AT J.O. FORD DEALERSHIP IN GLADEWATER, TX. GETTING REPAIRED NOW.

CAR WAS OCCASIONALLY JERKING, MAKING A CLUNKING SOUND WHEN SHIFTING UP/DOWN. THEN THE "TRANSMISSION FAULT." WARNING CAME ON. TOOK IT TO GOLDEN FORD LINCOLN IN CAMDEN ARKANSAS. THEIR DIAGNOSTICS SHOWED "TORQUE CONVERTER INPUT SHAFT RETURN WAS RESTRICTED AND BURNT UP TRANSMISSION." COST US $4962.62 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, RIDICULOUS! HAVING A TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH ONLY 71250 MILES ON A MODERN CAR IS TERRIBLE.AT LEAST IT DIDN'T FAIL AT SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY.

THE VEHICLE'S GEAR SHIFT CABLE "BREAKS" LEAVING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE UNABLE TO GO INTO GEAR, DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE VEHICLE DRIVE OK THEN PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PUBLIC GARAGE WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR.

LOW COOLANT CHECK SYSTEM LIGHT ON RANDOMLY, DIAGNOSED AS DEFECTIVE WATER PUMP AT 56,000 MILES. WATER PUMP ON BACK ORDER AND NOT AVAILABLE FOR 2 WEEKS, THEN 3 -5 DAYS SHIPPING AND 2 - 3 DAYS REPAIR. I HAVE SCHEDULED A LONG VACATION AND HAVE ALREADY MISSED A WEEK OF IT. FORD HAS AUTHORIZED A RENTAL CAR UNTIL THE REPAIR, BUT MY VACATION DESTINATION IS 11 HOURS AWAY. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NOT A WATER PUMP AVAILABLE WITHIN A MORE REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. IT WILL BE A TOTAL OF 3 - 4 WEEKS UNTIL THE REPAIR CAN BE MADE UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

STOPPED WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH ON HIGHWAY AT A BLIND SPOT. MOTOR JUST REVVED IN DRIVE. AFTER PLAYING WITH IT FOR 10 MINS WAS ABLE TO CRAWL OFF THE ROAD.. AFTER BEING TOWED TO DEALER IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING NOT TOWING OR HAULING IT SHOULD NOT DO THIS AT 87K .. FIRST MAINTENANCE CALLS AT 150K

WE TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL REPAIRS AT FORD DEALER. WHEN WE DROVE IT HOME ON CITY STREET AT 35 MPH THE REAR OF THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND TRANSMISSION FAULT LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A BAD REAR DRIVE SHAFT BEARING. IT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN DRIVING. THE COST OF REPAIR WAS $500. AFTER THE REPAIR WE DROVE IT HOME ON CITY STREET AT 40 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAULT LIGHT CAME BACK ON. FORD DEALER SAID IT COULD BE A SHIFT SOLENOID REPAIR FOR $500 IF THAT DOES NOT WORK IT WOULD BE A TORQUE CONVERTER REPAIR AT A COST OF $3500. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN DRIVING. THE CAR HAS 40000 MILES AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

CAR SUDDENLY DEVELOPED A HIGH-PITCHED HUM. AFTER COMING TO A STOP, CAR ENGINE REVVED AS IF IN NEUTRAL. MANAGED TO MOVE CAR OFF ROAD AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP. REPAIR ORDER SAYS 'CONVERTER CAME APART INTERNALLY.' VEHICLE HAD 64,270 MILES.

PURCHASED VEHICLE ON 2/17/2018 WITH 73,600 MILES ON THE VEHICLE ON 2/20/2018 DROVE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS (PITTSBURGH TO CLEVELAND AND BACK) NEAR THE END OF THE RETURN TRIP, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFT AND UP SHIFT ON RELATIVELY LEVEL GROUND WHILE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON AT ABOUT 67 MPH. WITHIN A MINUTE OF THIS BEHAVIOR, THE INFORMATION DISPLAY INDICATED A TRANSMISSION FAULT: SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN. THE FAULT CLEARED. CALLED DEALER AND STATED MY ISSUE. TOOK CAR TO DEALER (SMAIL HONDA GREENSBURG, PA) ON 2/21. ON THE TRIP TO THE DEALER, THE FAULT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES. ONE OF THOSE TIMES I HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE.WHILE I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. DEALER FOUND A WRONG GEAR RATIO FAULT ON THE TRANSMISSION AND IS REPLACING THE UNIT WITH ONE THAT HAS 46000 MILE ON IT. ALL OCCURRENCES OF...

THE TRANSMISSION BLEW ON THIS CAR AFTER 3 1/2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, 87,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING (I.E., LOSS OF POWER UPON SHIFTING TO ACCELERATE) AFTER ABOUT 1 YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. I ASKED OUR LOCAL DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR TO CHECK AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE. THE SLIPPAGE KEPT HAPPENING PERIODICALLY, BUT NOT OFTEN ENOUGH THAT I COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. IT WAS AFTER THE TRANSMISSION BLEW AND I RESEARCHED "BLOWN TRANSMISSION" ONLINE THAT I REALIZED WHAT HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS IN A NEW CAR. WHEN IT DID BLOW, I WAS DRIVING, RUNNING ERRANDS AROUND TOWN, AND WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT. AS I TRIED TO PUT IT BACK INTO GEAR AND DRIVE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO A GEAR TO MOVE THE CAR. LEFT ME STRANDED. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS RUNNING, INCLUDING THE SYNC...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER (RANDALL FORD, 5500 ROGERS AVE, FORT SMITH, AR 72903), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (SCHULTZ FORD, 1300 GOLF LAB RD, PITTSBURGH PA), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,500.