2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

CAR STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE IN MOTION, ENGINE CUTS POWER AND IS SLOW TO START BACK UP AFTER

MY WATER PUMP WENT OUT AND RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE I HAVE READ SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH FORD ESCAPE. THERE WAS ALSO A RECALL IN 2013 FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM.

MY CAR KEEPS STALLING. IT ALL STARTED AFTER ONE RANDOM DRIVE OF CAR SITTING ALL NIGHT, ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT SKYROCKETING AND MY CAR STARTED SMOKING. AND NEEDED COOLANT WHICH WAS FINE JUST BEFORE ALL OF THAT HAPPEN. AFTER THAT IT WILL JUST RANDOMLY STALL, THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THEN MY BATTERY LIGHT. MY OIL LIKE ON MY DIPSTICK IS SKYROCKETING EVEN AFTER LETTING YOUR CAR SIT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE I DRIVE TO COLLEGE EVERYDAY AS WELL AS TAKING MY SON TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY I CANNOT HAVE A CAR WHERE THE ENGINE CATCHES ON FIRE OR I KEEP STALLING OUT AND THEN I'M 20 30 MINUTES LATE TO CLASS

CAR OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING FOUR TIMES BETWEEN 2016-2018 (AFTER EACH INSTANCE, IT WAS TOWED TO AND SERVICED AT A FORD DEALER). CAR ALSO EXPERIENCED THREE INSTANCES OF EXHAUST LEAKS BETWEEN 2016-2018 (EACH INSTANCE WAS IDENTIFIED BY A STRONG SMELL OF GAS AND SERVICED AT A FORD DEALER). IN OCTOBER 2019, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ON THE HIGHWAY, REQUIRING A TOW TO THE FORD DEALER, WHO RECOMMENDED A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AT 105,000 MILES.

I HAVE A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. I AM BUYING NEW TIRES FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE LUG NUTS WERE SWOLLEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN AND THAT IF I HAVE TO REPLACE A TIRE, THE TOOL THAT IS IN MY VEHICLE MAY BE TOO SMALL. I CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD I AM NOT THE FIRST AND THERE IS NO UPDATE. ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET COMPLAINTS, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2015 AND FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. FORD SUGGESTED REPLACEMENT WITH MCGARD LUG NUTS THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY HIGH QUALITY BUT MAY STILL PRESENT A PROBLEM. THIS MAY BE THE LAST FORD PRODUCT I PURCHASE. HOW CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH NOT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. MY SAFETY MAY BE AT RISK IF I AM ON THE ROAD AND EVEN ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE MY TIRE?

I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IN APRIL AND I'M ALREADY HEARING LOUD NOISES WHEN I START THE CAR AND GRINDING NOISES WHEN I ACCELERATE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE WAY THIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED, CAUSED A LEAK THAT WAS DRIPPING FLUID AND CAUSING SOFTENING OF THE GEARS? HE SAID IS WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO OVERHEATING. I AM NOW EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED ACCELERATIONS WHILE DRIVING AND DIFFICULT BREAKING.

I BOUGHT MY CAR THIS YEAR AND THE HANDLE NEVER WORKED. IT STAYS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND THE PASSENGER DOOR FLYS OPEN WHILE DRIVING EVERY TIME. I HAVE ALSO HAD COOLANT PROBLEMS SINCE THE DAY THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR. THESE ARE ALL SHOWN ON A RECALL LIST FOR MY MODEL CAR BUT WHEN I CHECK WITH MY VIN IT SAYS I HAVE 0 RECALLS. I HAVE ALWAYS OWNED FORD SUCH AS EXPEDITIONS AND EXPLORERS BUT I AM NOT A FAN OF THIS ESCAPE AND ALL IT'S PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING, IT WILL GO HIT AND SAY LOW COOLANT AND I HAVE TO REFILL COOLANT EVERY WEEK OR SO. IT'S CUTE OFF ON MY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT READS WORDS AND NOT CODES. IT SAYS ASSOCIATION OF 'SOMETHING'. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I BOUGHT IT APRIL 2019 AND I'M FED UP. MY KIDS CAN FALL OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE DOOR OR I CAN HAVE BIG PROBLEMS WITH THESE COOLANT ISSUES AND MOTOR ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD A COOLANT LEAK, WHICH RESULTED IN THE ENGINE SMOKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SMOKE OCCURRED SPORADICALLY WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEATER HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V431000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND WITHOUT NO WARNING SIGNS WHEN I WENT TO GO AT A GREEN LIGHT IT JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO AND WAS MAKING A WHINING NOISE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. HAVE GOTTEN 3 DIFFERENT TECHNICIANS FROM 3 DIFFERENT PLACES AND SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THAT FORD HAS HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FROM AROUND 2010-2016. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE REPAIR COST IS $4000-$6000.

STEERING ASSIST FAILURE. ANYONE READING THIS KNOWS THAT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL!!! YOU RECALL 08-11 ESCAPE AND 11-13 EXPLORER. BUT NOT THE '13 ESCAPE. HONEST, HARD WORKING PEOPLE ARE ON THE HOOK FOR THE BETTER PART OF $2,000!!! THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW. IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY WELL CARED FOR. RECALL THIS POWER STEERING ISSUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!