2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

AT FIRST THE POWER STEERING DIDNOT WORK UPON STARTING CAR, RESTARTED AND IT WORKED. AS TIME WENT ON THIS GOT WORSE, HAVING TO RESTART SEVERAL TIMES AND NOW ONCE POWER STEERING WORKS IT WILL GO OFF ANYTIME EVEN JUST DRIVING STRAIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO WHEN POWER STEERING IS WORKING THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS THAT FORD HAS OFFERED A TORQUE SENSOR KIT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN. *TR

I LEFT THE FORD DEALER'S SERVICE CENTER AFTER HAVING MY CAR EXHAUST REPAIRED AND LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE DOWN THE ROAD I SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER TO THE CAR AND COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS TRAVELING ON A VERY BUSY ROAD AND I WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO ROLL INTO A PARKING LOT WITHOUT GETTING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE OR CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THE FORD DEALER SHIP FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTIONED. I FOUND THAT FORD IS EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THIS DEFECTIVE PART FOR CERTAIN MODEL YEARS UNDER A "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM". I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE THROTTLE BODY FOR MY CAR. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHY MY CAR IS EXCLUDED FROM THIS PROGRAM. THE PART IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY FORD PER THIS PROGRAM. *TR

I AM WRITING TO YOU TO SEEK HELP ON SENDING A FORMAL COMPLAIN TO FORD MOTOR CO. TO INVESTIGATE AN ISSUE WITH THE 2008 FORD ESCAPES WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS IN WHILE DRIVING. AT FIRST, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE IT HAS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE SO FAR WITH MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE ON 3/13/14 WHEN I WAS TAKING MY YOUNGER DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL. I COULDN'T REALLY MOVE THE CAR AND IT GOT SO STIFF TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT THAT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BREAK THE THING. I TURNED IT OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON RIGHT AWAY AND NOTHING HAPPENED AND I GOT SADDENED BECAUSE I HAD A FIELD TRIP TO GO TO THAT DAY WITH MY DAUGHTER. I DECIDED TO GO BUT IT WAS "PAINFUL" DRIVING THE SUV WITH A VERY STIFF WHEEL.. ..PARKING THE CAR AT THE FIELD TRIP LOCATION IT WAS PRETTY BAD BECAUSE I COULDN'T TURN THE CAR ,I ENDED UP USING 2 PARKING SPACES .I ASKED ONE OF THE PARENTS ABOUT THE ISSUE AND HE ASKED ME IF IT WAS LEAKING OIL,ETC(NO LEAKS) ... THE WEIRD THING THAT HAPPENED LATER THAT DAY WHEN HE CHECKED MY CAR , IT WAS FINE,LIKE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.....TIME WENT BY AND AFTER HEARING THE LAST FEW DAYS IN THE NEWS ABOUT GMC COMPLAINTS AND ISSUES NEVER REPORTED, I DID A SEARCH ENGINE ON THE WEB ABOUT ISSUES WITH FORD ESCAPES. I WENT TO "CARCOMPLAINTS.COM" AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE OVER 160 COMPLAINS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE AS MINE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND NO SOLUTIONS,NO RECALLS FROM FORD. I SENT AN EMAIL TO FORD MOTOR CO. WITH NO RESPONSE AND I DECIDED TO CONTACT 10TV INVESTIGATES TO START"SOMETHING" ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. NOW MORE THAN EVER I WILL BE DRIVING NERVOUSLY THINKING WHEN THE STIFFNESS ISSUE IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND GOD FORBID GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AT A STOP SIGN WITH THE VEHICLE IDLE THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED TO THE LEFT INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,693.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING WITHOUT WARNING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY HARD TO TURN. THE POWER STEERING WAS ENGAGED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED THIRTY TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF A MONTH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

MY POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT AND ON AND OUT AND ON AT ANY RATE OF SPEED. I CAN'T AFFORD THE 1500.00 TO REPLACE IT SINCE I JUST HAD MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 4,000.00 IT IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE AND I'VE SEEN 1000 OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE. FORD NEEDS TO DO A RECALL. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. GM JUST DID A RECALL AND IT IS THE SAME PART. CAN SOMEONE HELP WITH THIS MATTER PLEASE? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED CORROSION NEAR THE REAR WHEEL RIMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE INNER AND OUTER FRAME WAS CORRODING AND CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,400.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT. WAS NEAR HOME AND ABLE TO GET VEHICLE INTO DRIVEWAY. AFTER SHUTTING OFF AND RE-STARTING POWER STEERING WORKED. STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING UNTIL REPAIR MADE. *TR

ONCE AGAIN, MY POWER STEERING FAILED AND HAD TO RESET IT. IS FORD WAITING FOR A LAWSUIT OR A DEATH TO RECALL THIS HAZARD? IF SOMEONE'S VEHICLE DOES THIS WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS- A LAWSUIT IS WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIVE ROUGH AND THE WRENCH LIGHT POPPED ON THE DASH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER AND WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 55,000 MILES. TOLD WOULD COST OVER $2K TO FIX AND WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED. WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED FROM THE FORD DEALER 20,000 MILES AGO. *TR