2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

I HAVE A COOLANT LEAK SOMEWHERE WITH MY CAR. I HAVE BROUGHT THE ISSUE UP MULTIPLE TIMES WITH FORD AND THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. NOW, AFTER 2 YEARS OF DEALING WITH IT, I HAVE WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY EXHAUST WHEN I START UP MY VEHICLE. INDICATING THAT COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO MY ENGINE, WHICH CAN CAUSE A FIRE. *TR

THE CAR STALLS AND WILL HAVE NO POWER THE CODE SAYS ELECTRICAL SOMETIMES IT SAYS IT'S RUNNING HOT BUT IT'S NOT SAYS IT IS THE ELECTRICAL SENSOR. *TR

WHILE MY CAR WAS RUNNING IT GOT OVERHEATED AND START SMOKING.SO I PULLED OVER TO CHECKED IT FOUND OUT THE COOLANT IS COMING OUT FROM ENGINE .AS I ADD MORE WATER IT WONT HOLD IT KEPT GUSHING OUT FROM PASSENGERS SIDE OF ENGINE..IT WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREETS IN 30 MPH. *TR

THIS CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THE CAR STRUCK SEVERAL TREES HITTING THE FRONT END OF THE CAR AND THEN LANDED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE FRONT AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED NOT DID THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG. MY TEENAGER WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT TURNED OVER HE HAS BEEN CONCERNED WITH WHY THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THE SIDE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE WITH THE WAY THE CAR LANDED ON ITS SIDE. IF THE AIRBAG HAD OF DEPLOYED THEN HIS HEAD WOULD HAVE NEVER HIT THE WINDOW. THERE IS NO WAY THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES I FEEL THAT SOMEONE CAN HONESTLY TELL ME THAT IT JUST DIDN'T HIT WHERE THE SENSOR WAS AND THAT'S THE REASON. HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THE AIRBAGS THAT WE AREN'T AWARE OF OR COULD THERE BE AN ISSUE. THIS HAS US CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE THAN IT WAS AND MAYBE IF THE AIRBAGS HAD OF DEPLOYED THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE INJURIES BUT SOMETHING JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN ON A SIDE STREET THE SPEED WAS ABOUT 40 MPH GOING AROUND A CURVE MOVED OVER TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD DUE TO CAR BEING IN HIS LANE. WHEN MOVING OVER THE CAR STARTED SLIDING INTO THE WET GRASS TRIED BRINGING BACK BUT OVER CORRECTED THEN THE CAR STRUCK A TREE HEAD AN EMBANKMENT THEN TURNED OVER IN DRIVER SIDE. *TR

THERE WAS AN ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT THAT MADE THE VEHICLE VERY DIFFICULT STEER. THANKFULLY THE CAR WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. I HAVE AN OLDER ESCAPE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS RECALLED. THIS MODEL YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE RECALL AND THE REPAIR ESTIMATE IS $2200.

STEERING FAULT LIGHT CAME AND WAS UNABLE TO STEER CAR WHILE ON FREEWAY NEARLY CAUSING A COLLISION. SPOKE TO MECHANIC AND SAID MY CAR HAS ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND HAS BEEN KNOWN TO FAIL WHEN OVERHEATS. HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN LAST TWO WEEKS

I PURCHASED MY CAR USED IN DEC. 2016 WITH 79,000 MILES, AND HAVE HAD CONSISTENT PROBLEMS EVER SINCE. IN AUG. 2017 (94,888 MILEAGE), I HAD TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER BECAUSE THE ENGINE WOULD STALL AND STOP DUE TO HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURE - I WAS CONSISTENTLY ADDING COOLANT, PROBABLY EVERY FEW DAYS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND THE COOLANT LEAK CAME FROM THE WATER PUMP, SO THEY REPLACED THE LEAKING WATER PUMP, AS WELL AS THE CABIN AIR FILTER AND SPARK PLUGS. THEN IN JUNE 2018, I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND COULDN'T PUT THE SPARE ON BECAUSE THE LUG NUTS WERE SWOLLEN/WARPED - TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE ALL SETS. IN SEPT. 2018 (113,516 MILEAGE), I WAS DRIVING HOME, THE ENGINE STOPPED ACCELERATING, AND I KNEW IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY HAD TO "REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND COMPLETELY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION". THEY ALSO FOUND THE HALF SHAFT WAS LEAKING, SO THEY "REPLACED THE LEFT HAND BUSHING/SEAL/HALF SHAFT BECAUSE THE SHAFT WAS SCORED". IN JAN. 2019, I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO GET SERVICED BECAUSE WITHIN 1 DAYS TIME, I HAD 5 LIGHT BULBS BLOW OUT AND NEEDED REPLACING. LATER IN THE SUMMER 2019, I WAS HAVING COOLANT ISSUES AGAIN, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE COOLANT SENSOR WAS MALFUNCTIONING. I DID NOT HAVE THAT REPLACED BECAUSE I SAID I WOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE COOLANT LEVELS. NOW, APRIL 2020, MY COOLANT LEVEL'S ARE GETTING LOW AGAIN, AND THERE IS A CONSISTENT SMELL OF COOLANT SURROUNDING THE VEHICLE WHEN ENGINE IS ON. AFTER DRIVING FOR 20+ MINUTES, AND COMING TO AN IDLE STOP, THE CAR SMELLS LIKE EXHAUST AND COOLANT MIXED, AND THERE IS OCCASIONAL SMOKE BILLOWS FROM THE EXHAUST PIPES. I HAVE LOOKED UNDER THE ENGINE AND FOUND OIL LEAKS (PICS ATTACHED), AND BELIEVE MY CAR MATCHES THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V551000 EVEN THOUGH RECALLS NEVER SHOW UP FOR MY VIN

HAVE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE (10-12) INSTANCES WHERE ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. MOST COMMON SITUATION IS WHEN SLOWING FOR A TURN IN CITY TRAFFIC. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. THIS CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE DEPRESSED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, SO I HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN TRAFFIC.

I OWN A 2013 FORD ESCAPE SEL 1.6 WITH 103,000. AFTER RECENTLY ALMOST BEING INVOLVED IN A CAR WRECK DUE TO MY ESCAPE STALLING, I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC TO GET A FUEL SENSOR REPLACED AFTER READING ONLINE THAT IT COULD BE THE CAUSE TO STALLING. FEW DAYS AFTER REPAIR MY ESCAPE IS STILL STALLING. ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING LIGHTS LET ALONE WARNING WHEN MY ESCAPE DECIDES IT WANTS TO DIE. MY ESCAPE STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN I'M IDLE. AS AN ESSENTIAL WORKER, I FEEL MORE SAFE WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC THAN DRIVING MY ESCAPE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. *TR

MY CAR STALLS OUT OF NO WHERE WHEN I'M DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE FREEWAY AND THE STREET. AT LOW SPEEDS AND HIGH SPEEDS. IT SOMETIMES GIVES A FLASHING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND SOMETIMES IT GOES AWAY ON IT'S ON WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE ALSO LEAKS OR USES TOO MUCH COOLANT. I HAVE TO PUT COOLANT EVERY FEW DAYS. *TR