2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

MY WIFE COMPLAINED ONE DAY THE STEERING COLUMN WAS SHAKING. THEN A FEW DAYS LATER SHE SAID THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING. TO GET IT TO WORK, SHE TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND OFF UNTIL IT WORKED. I DROVE IT A FEW DAYS LATER AND FOUND THE COLUMN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE NEXT MORNING, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. APPARENTLY THE SENSOR IN THE COLUMN DID NOT TELL THE IGNITION TO TURN OFF AND IT DRAINED THE BATTERY. TOW TRUCK STARTED THE BATTERY, I DROVE IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TELL ME IT WILL BE $1000. RIDICULOUS. I HAVE NEVER HEARD NOR HAVE MY FRIENDS HEARD OF THIS TYPE OF ISSUE IN A CAR WITH LESS THAN 200,000 MILES. DEALER SAYS THIS IS INFREQUENT BUT FROM MY READING ON THIS SITE I AM DOUBTING THEIR WORD. FORD SHOULD BE MORE HELPFUL WITH THIS. SHARE THE COST OR REPAIR FOR FREE. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE. OTHER THAN FIRES, OR BRAKES CAN YOU IMAGINE A MORE SERIOUS ISSUE. *TR

SUDDENLY I BEGAN HEARING A CLICKING NOISE IN THE DASH OF MY 2008 ESCAPE WITH 96,800 MILES. NEXT I BEGAN HEARING A RASPY NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. WHILE IN IDLE MY STEERING WHEEL JERKS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT ON IT'S OWN. BOTH THE JERKING AND THE NOISES COME AND GO WITH OUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE IN MANY OF THE 2008 ESCAPES, AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY ACTED LIKE THEY NEW NOTHING OF THE ISSUE. UNTIL THIS POINT I HAVE BEEN PRETTY PLEASED WITH MY VEHICLE, BUT THE FACT THAT FORD HAS NOT HAD A RECALL AFTER SO MANY INCIDENTS, MAKES ME NOT WANT TO BUY A FORD EVER AGAIN. MY MECHANIC HAS SUGGESTED I REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN. THE COST WILL BE AROUND $1300.00 WITH PARTS AND LABOR. *TR

WAS MAKING A LFT HAND TURN OUT OF MY CHURCH PARKING LOT AND STEERING BECAME IMPOSSIBLE. IT TOOK BOTH HANDS TURNING WITH ALL MY STRENGTH TO MAKE THE TURN. WHEN ARRIVING HOME I HAD TO GET A MALE PERSON TO GET THE CAR INTO MY PARKING SPOT AS I COULD NOT. HE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT SAT FOR 10 MIN OR SO AND THEN WORKED JUST FINE. I AM SCARED TO DEATH THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN DURING HEAVIER TRAFFIC TIMES. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2008 FORD ESCAPE ON SEPTEMBER OF 2013 EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING PROPERLY UNTIL THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2 ,2014 MY POWER STEERING BEGAN TO GET DIFFICULT TO TURN WHEN I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND BACK ON AGAIN IT WOULD RESUME TO ITS NORMAL PROCEDURES. ALSO THE STEERING COLUMN SHAKES WHEN I START THE VEHICLE IT NOW IT OCCURS MORE THAN BEFORE MY CONCERN IS DRIVING AND IT WOULD LOCK UP CAUSING AN ACCIDENT .I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE FOR AN ESTIMATE WHICH WILL BE AROUND 1400 TO 1500 BEING THAT I AM BARELY PURCHASING I AM UNABLE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.. THIS HOWEVER IS A GREAT CONCERN FOR OTHER PERSONS WITH PROBLEM THIS DEFINITELY SHOULD BE A RECALL ALERT!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109000.

AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE THE NEXT DAY MY WIFE STARTED THE CAR IN A SCHOOL PARKING LOT AND THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO, SHE DROVE IT. AFTER SHE PARKED IT AND STARTED IT AGAIN THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK. THE POWER STEERING NOW GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, SO WE TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING IS RESTORED. AT STOPS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES SIDE TO SIDE, BUT WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTS MOVING THE VIBRATION GOES AWAY. I SEE MANY POSTS ON THIS KNOWN ISSUE, IS SOMEONE GOING TO HAVE TO GET HURT OR DIE BEFORE A RECALL IS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MY POWER STEERING JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN WOULD NOT WORK, I COULD TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WOULD WORK INITIALLY. BUT THEN IT WOULD GO OUT AS I WAS DRIVING. NOW IT DOESN'T EVER WORK. ITS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO TURN ESPECIALLY IN BAD WEATHER. I CALLED ABOUT GETTING IT FIXED AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $908 FOR THE PART ALONE!! *TR

WENT TO TURN ON THE VEHICLE AND HAD NO POWER STEERING. THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING, IN THE COLD, A COUPLE DAYS. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SUGGESTED TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON BUT THIS DIDN'T WORK. I WAS NOT CLOSE TO HOME SO I DROVE THE CAR, WITH NO POWER STEERING TO THE CLOSEST AUTO SHOP. AT THIS TIME I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING UNIT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED BACK ON AT THE REPAIR SHOP THE POWERSTEERING WORKED FINE AND I DROVE HOME. OVER THE NEXT MONTH THIS WAS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE AND I STARTED HEARING A "NOISE" AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD MOVE WHEN IDLING. YESTERDAY, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I LOST ALL POWERSTEERING. I WOULD HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF/ON SEVERAL TIME TO GET IT TO WORK AND WHEN IT IS WORKING THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES! I WAS ASTOUNDED WHEN LOOKING ON LINE TO CHECK FOR A RECALL, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND CUSTOMERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE...SAME MODEL AND YEAR, AND YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I SPOKE WITH FORD THIS AFTERNOON, BOTH MY DEALERSHIP AT HOME AND THE MAIN CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER TO WHICH I WAS TOLD "THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES, NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED, AND THEY RECOMMEND THAT I GET THE REPAIR COMPLETED". OF COURSE THE REPAIR HAS TO BE DONE, TO THE TOON OF $1500...THIS IS CRAZY. THIS IS CLEARLY AND ISSUE WITH A MAJOR PART OF THE VEHICLE, A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS WELL. NO POWER STEERING ON A 4WD VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS! *TR

STARTED VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT. AS I WENT TO BACK OUT, I REALIZED I HAD NO POWER STEERING. TURNED VEHICLE OF, THEN BACK ON AND POWER STEERING CAME BACK. HOWEVER, NOW THE STEERING CHATTERS AT IDLE. AFTER HAVING READ THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA SIGHT, I DECIDED TO ADD MINE TO THE LIST. OVER 1/3 OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS RECEIVED FOR THIS MODEL ARE FOR THE SAME ISSUE. WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECALL? *TR

WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 50MPH THEN LOST ALL ACCELERATION. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT WE WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. CRAWLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, THEN ACCELERATION PICKED UP, THEN STOPPED, THEN WENT, THEN STOPPED. THEN WHEN THE CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING AND WE WERE GOING MAYBE 5MPH THE THROTTLE STUCK AND RPM'S WENT EXTREMELY HIGH.(INTO THE 5-6 RANGE) PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND IT SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE. IF SUV ACCELERATION WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY CAUGHT AT THAT POINT WE WOULD HAVE SPUN OUT AND CRASHED . CRAWLED UNTIL WE GOT HOME. THIS IS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE V6 WITH 69K MILES. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE 09'S. WHY NOT THE 08.????? IT USES THE SAME DRIVE-BY-WIRE AS THE 09'S. ALL SIGNS ARE POINTING TO A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. LETS ADD THE 08'S TO THE RECALL LIST PLEASE SOMEONE BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS KNOWN PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR