2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR IT LUNGE FORWARD, WHICH IT HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A RED LIGHT, WHEN I PUSH ON THE GAS PEDDLE TO CONTINUE ON MY WAY THE CAR STALLED, THEN LUNGE FORWARD AGAIN. I WAS SCARED THAT THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS GOING TO HIT ME. PLEASE HELP ALL THE FORD ESCAPE OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE FORD DEALER, HOPING THEY CAN RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. I HAVEN'T HAD MY VEHICLE FOR A YEAR YET, JUST BROUGHT IT LAST YEAR.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE STATIONARY AS I WAS FIXING TO LEAVE ON AN IN TOWN TRIP

AFTER APPROX. 10 MINUTES OF STOP AND GO DRIVING AT <5MPH A TONE SOUNDED, A RED TRIANGLE LIT, AND THE LED INDICATED "STOP SAFELY NOW." THE ENGINE DID NOT STALL, SHUT DOWN, OR GIVE ANY OTHER INDICATION OF A FAULT, THEREFORE I CONTINUED DRIVING AT <15MPH TO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER I RETURNED SEVERAL HOURS LATER THE ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY WITH NO FAULT INDICATION, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME WITHOUT ANY FURTHER FAULT INDICATION. I READ ON THE WEB THAT THIS HAD OCCURRED WITH OTHER 2008 ESCAPE HYBRIDS AND WAS DUE TO A FAULTY HYBRID SYSTEM ELECTRONICS COOLING PUMP. ONE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE 2008 ESCAPE HYBRIDS HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT THE RECALL DOES NOT SHOW ON YOUR, OR ON FORD'S, DATABASE FOR THIS VEHICLE. HAS THIS BEEN REPORTED PREVIOUSLY, AND WAS THERE A RECALL?

I HAVE MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE RECALL 14S05 CORRECTED. THE DEALER STATED THEY ONLY NEEDED TO UPDATE THE SOFTWARE AND SEND ME ON MY WAY. THEN AS I WAS DRIVING INTO WORK THREE WEEKS LATER, I LOST ALL POWER STEERING CONTROL. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THE TORQUE SENSOR AND STEERING COLUMN REPLACED TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. THE TWO PARTS THAT I AM BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR ARE PARTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN RECALL 14S05. AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS TO THE DEALER AND FORD, I'M STILL BEING TOLD THAT THE RECALL FOR MY VIN HAS BEEN CLOSED. IF YOU NEED ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO MY SITUATION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

TRUCK HAS 87,000 MILES ,RIDING DOWN THE ROAD TRANNY NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY,ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HIT ANOTHER CAR WHEN I TRIED TO ACCERLATE.TOOK TO SHOP,TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. MY GOD YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.TERRIBLY DESIGNED SUV. NO MORE FORDS FOR ME.UNHEARD OF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN WITHOUT POWER STEERING CAPABILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS AND BOTH CONFIRMED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND HOUSING WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

CAR LOST ALL POWER STEERING WITH NO WARNING WHILE CROSSING 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TURNING ONTO A SIDE STREET. WE DETERMINED THIS ISSUE WAS INCLUDE IN RECALL 14S05 AND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED. DEALER SAYS FORD REPROGRAMMED THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE AND CONSIDERED THE RECALL CLOSED ON MY VEHICLE. THE SUPPOSED REPROGRAMMING OF THE MODULE WAS SUPPOSED TO WARN US IF THE POWER STEERING HAD A FAILURE. NO WARNING LIGHT OR SOUND APPEARED BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER THE COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. FORD WOULD HAVE REPLACED THE TORQUE SENSOR OR THE STEERING COLUMN HAD THERE BEEN A POWER STEERING ISSUE AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO ADDRESS THE RECALL. SO BASICALLY IF WE HAD IGNORED THE RECALL WE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER OFF. WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE PARTS REPLACED BY FORD BUT A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THE PARTS THEY KNEW WERE GOING TO FAIL ARE NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. THE ONLY DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE SHOWING UP WAS B2278. FORD'S SERVICE ACTION DOCUMENT SENT TO DEALERS SAYS IF CODE B2278 APPEARS YOU ONLY REPLACE THE TORQUE SENSOR. OUR MECHANIC FOLLOWED FORD'S INSTRUCTIONS AND WE HAD A DEALERSHIP CALIBRATE THE STEERING SENSOR. UNFORTUNATELY THE POWER STEERING STILL DOES NOT WORK. NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES ARE PRESENT AT THIS TIME AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS NOW TURNING ALL THE WAY TO ONE SIDE WITHOUT ANY INPUT. THE DEALERSHIP THAT CALIBRATED THE SENSOR HAS CHARGED US $110 TO CALIBRATE A SENSOR WHICH DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, WANTS ANOTHER $110 TO DIAGNOSE WHAT ELSE COULD BE WRONG, AND IF WE NEED TO REPLACE THE $955.00 STEERING COLUMN WILL CHARGE $275 TO INSTALL IT. HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE LEGAL FOR FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR OVER 700,000 VEHICLES AND NOT FIX THE ISSUE? AND THE FIX THEY SAY THEY DID ON MY VEHICLE FAILED TO GIVE ANY WARNING OF THE POWER STEERING FAILURE.

AUGUST 2014 TOOK MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE INTO LOCAL FORD DEALER FOR RECALL NOTICE RECALL 14S05 - POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT ISSUE WITH TORQUE SENSOR REPLACEMENT - LINDQUIST FORD DEALERSHIP JUST UPGRADED A PROGRAM INTO MY ESCAPE FOR ABT 20-30MINS, DIDN'T CHECK ANY PARTS FOR REPLACEMENT, TOLD ME NO PARTS WERE REPLACED THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT SO THEY DIDN'T PHYSICALLY TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK. FEBRUARY 2016 - NO ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON BUT WHEN I TURN THE KEY OVER FOR THE LAST 6WKS SOMETIMES MY ESCAPE STARTS UP SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT WITH A NOTICE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" - AS WEEKS WENT BY, THE STEERING WHEEL IS SHAKING MORE RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AND STOPPING. THE ONLY WAY TO START MY FORD ESCAPE IS BY REMOTE START TO BYPASS THE STARTER. RECENTLY,I TOOK MY CAR INTO MY LOCAL MECHANIC, AFTER THOROUGH INVESTIGATION THE TORQUE SENSOR IS CRACKED. I WAS TOLD BY FORD EMPLOYEES, 2 OTHER LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIPS & THE MECHANIC TO TAKE THE ESCAPE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO OPENED UP THE ORIGINAL RECALL BACK IN AUGUST 2014. THAT ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP DID MAKE A CLAIM, FORD WARRANTY DENIED THE CLAIM- THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T "CHOOSE" TO TELL FORD WARRANTY THEY NEVER LOOKED AT THE RECALL PARTS IN AUGUST 2014 THEY JUST DID THE UPGRADE, THEIR LIABILITY "THAT'S WHAT THE LETTER TOLD THEM TO DO, NO WARNING LIGHT NO REPLACEMENT PARTS". I PAID $70+ FOR WHAT THE MECHANIC JUST DID FOR FREE. THAT DEALERSHIP DID NOT CHECK FOR ANY PARTS THAT NEEDED REPLACED BACK ON 2014. NOT ONLY DID THE DEALERSHIP CHARGE ME $70, I TOOK THE ESCAPE BACK TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC AND PAID $500 FOR A NEW TORQUE SENSOR; SAME EXACT PART FALLING UNDER THE RECALL "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT". DENIED CLAIM ON 2/19/2016, REASON- IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE MY RECALL UPDATE WAS DONE THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED THE PART BACK IN 2014. I DRIVE 2 CARS, SERIOUSLY?

FORD ESCAPE WAS STATIONARY TURNED IT ON COULDNT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW :( JUST READING LOTS OF COMPLAINS ABOUT THE SAME SAFETY ISSUE.HOPE I CAN GET IF FIXED SOON

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE STEERING LOST POWER AND THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO EXPLAINED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR THAT WAS PERFORMED TWO YEARS AGO WAS TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STEERING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,726.