2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

MY CAR RUNNING HOT DAY I GOT IT NOONE ANSWERS MY CALLS I PUT A THERMOSTAT IN IT AN AT TIMES IT STILL RUNS HOT. 06/15/2020 MY DRIVE SHIFTER STRANDED ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ALSO RECURRED WHILE STOPPED AND WHILE TURNING. AN UNKNOWN FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT SAID COOLANT ENGINE, WHILE IT WAS IN MOTION THEN IT TURNED RED AND SAID STOP THE VEHICLE. I STOP MY HUSBAND PUT WATER IN IT TO DRIVE IT HOME AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF. THEN WHEN I DROVE THE CAR ABOUT 30 MILES AGAIN IT DID THE SAME THING.

THE CAR KEEPS FLASHING ERROR CODES AND NOTHING ELECTRICAL WILL WORK. THIS INCLUDES AIR AND INSIDE DASH LIGHTS SPEED CONTROL. *TR

VEHICLE PERIODICALLY STALLS WITHOUT WARNING SHORTLY AFTER STARTING OR DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH WHEN THIS OCCURS. THE STALLING TYPICALLY OCCURS SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE AND DRIVING A VERY SHORT DISTANCE (I.E., <50 FEET) AND REQUIRES US TO SIT AND TRY MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE IT CONTINUES TO DRIVE WITHOUT STALLING. NO ENGLNE LIGHT TURNS ON AND NO NOTICE FOR WHEN THIS HAPPENS. *TR

AT 132,000 MILES, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE BEGAN GIVING A CODE FOR ENGINE COOLANT LOW AND ENGINE OVERHEATING. AFTER ADDING AN AMOUNT OF COOLANT, THE WARNING WOULD GO AWAY. NO LEAKS WERE FOUND, AND NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED WHEN ASKED OF THE DEALER. NOW AT 154,000 MILES THE ENGINE HAS A SEVERE OIL LEAK COMING FROM SOMEWHERE NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE ENGINE. THE OIL SPRAYS ALL OVER THE ENGINE BLOCK AND INSIDE THE ENGINE WELL. FORD DOES NOT ASSOCIATE ANY ISSUE WITH THE VIN. *TR

AT 80,000 MILES, WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. LEFT STRANDED ON THE ROAD UNTIL A WRECKER COULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT FULL COST, WITH NO ASSISTANCE FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THEY WOULD NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

MY CAR HAS BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH OVERHEATING. IT HAS BEEN DISPLAYING A MESSAGE OF OVERHEATING AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I JUST PICKED MY CAR UP FROM THE JIM BURKE FORD DEALERSHIP ON OAK STREET IN BAKERSFIELD, CA. YESTERDAY AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AGAIN FROM HWY 58 TO TEHACHAPPI TRANSMISSION SHOP AT787 W. TEHACHAPI BLVD. STEP A. PHONE NUMBER 661-822-4950. THE SHOP I HAD IT TAKEN TO IS THE SECOND SHOP TO TELL ME IT HAS RECALL NUMBERS 13S12 AND 12S41. THE FORD COMPANY HOWEVER IS SAYING THIS IS NOT VALID. MY CAR IS UNDRINKABLE AT THIS TIME UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A 55MPH ROAD AT NIGHT TIME WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DECIDED TO STOP WORKING! NO PRIOR NOTIFICATIONS WENT OFF ON THE CAR BEFORE IT STOPPED WORKING. AFTER I MANAGED TO ROLL TO A SAFE SPOT I SHUT OF THE CAR, LET IT COOL, THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN DRIVE IT WENT IN REVERSE! THERE IS A 'CAT SCRATCHING' LIKE NOISE HAPPENING IN THE TRANSMISSION. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED ONLY TWO MONTH AFTER BUYING THE CAR. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO A CAR!! I HAVE SEEN RECALLS ON TRANSMISSIONS JUST LIKE MINE HOWEVER MINE DID NOT MEET THE REQUIRED DATE BECAUSE IT WAS BUILD 2 MONTHS BEFORE THE OTHER 2013 VEHICLES. *TR

2 THINGS HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING, FIRST THE VEHICLE DOES WHATS CLASSIFIED BY FORD AS A FAKE OVERHEAT, IT SHUTS OFF THE CAR SLOWLY AND STEERING BECOMES DIFFICULT WHILE SAYING THE VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING, AND ANOTHER THING IS OIL LEAKS (WHICH BOTH OF THESE THINGS SAY THEY WERE ONCE RECALLS BUT MY VEHICLES SAYS THERE AREN'T RECALLS.) *TR