2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

THE COOLANT KEEPS GETTING LOW. I HAD A PRESSURE TEST DONE WITH NO ISSUE FOUND. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS FINE, HOWEVER I HAVE TO KEEP ADDING COOLANT ABOUT EVERY 10-14 DAYS. I HAVE DONE SOME INTERNET SEARCHING SINCE MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP WAS NO HELP. I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2013 FORD ESCAPES DUE TO A COOLANT ISSUE BUT MY VEHICLE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL. THE STICKER INSIDE THE DOOR HAS A MANUFACTURE DATE OF 8/2012.

CAR WILL STALL RANDOMLY NO MATTER AT WHAT SPEED USUALLY AFTER DRIVING OVER 15 MILES THEN STARTS ASKING FOR COOLANT

VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING ON COUNTRY BACK ROADS AND CITY STREETS (I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC SUV). I AM PROBABLY GOING 30 MPH IN SPEED WHEN STALLING OCCURS. STALLING NORMALLY HAPPENS WITHIN 5-10 MINUTES AFTER STARTING CAR. I LOSE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND CAR STALLS OUT. HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY EACH DAY (EX. 7 TIMES TODAY).

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN. I'VE TRIED FROM THE OUTSIDE AND TRIED TO PUSH IT FROM THE INSIDE AND JUST WONT OPEN. THAT DAY AROUND 3:15PM IT OPEN JUST FINE BUT LATER ON AROUND 11:15PM IT JUST WON'T OPEN AND STILL WON'T.

IF I AM IN PARK AND IT SITS FOR A FEW MINUTES IT WILL START TO STALL AND THEN DIE. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND JUST SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. ONCE I START THE CAR BACK UP IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT CAN'T GO. SO IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME MAINLY WHILE IN STATIONARY AND NOW WHILE IN MOTION.

COOLANT LEVEL DROPS QUICKLY, BUT THERE IS NO STEAM OR PUDDLE VISIBLE. CAR OVERHEATS. IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER SAFETY RECALL 17S09, BUT 2013 FORD ESCAPES ARE NOT INCLUDED. OUR CAR HAS A 1.6 LITRE ECOBOOST ENGINE & WAS BUILT AT THE LOUISVILLE PLANT. FORD ALSO IDENTIFIED COOLANT AND OVERHEATING ISSUES WITH THE 1.6L ECOBOOST ENGINE FOR 2013 ESCAPES AND HAS ISSUED RECALLS. HOWEVER, USING THE VIN SEARCH, NONE OF THE 2013 OR 2014 MODEL RECALLS COVERED THIS VEHICLE. IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE 1.6L ESCAPE ENGINES AND THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE EXHIBITS ALL THE SAME ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN THE 2013 AND 2014 RECALLS, BUT YET SOMEHOW IS NOT TECHNICALLY COVERED BY ANY OF THE RECALLS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR APPROX 2 YRS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHIFTER LEVER CABLE BUSHING DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE, PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM BEING PLACED INTO PARK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V471000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT CALLED GROOVE FORD (10039 E ARAPAHOE RD, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112, 720-523-9154) AND WAS INFORMED THAT AN ENTIRELY NEW SHIFTER LEVER CABLE WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT ALSO SPOKE WITH LARRY H. MILLER FORD LAKEWOOD (11595 6TH AVE, LAKEWOOD, CO 80215, 720-643-1545) AND WAS INFORMED TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER TO DISPUTE THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE MATTER AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 84,000.

WHILE IN MOTION, THE RPM ARE REDUCED, THE CAR SLOWS DOWN, TURNS OFF AND A "SYSTEM CHECK, SERVICE NOW" NOTICE APPEARS IN DASH BOARD. THERE IS A RECALL FOR SAME ESCAPE BUT 2.5, WHILE THIS ONE IS 1.3. RIGHT NOW IT IS AT FORD DEALER FOR ANOTHER EVALUATION.

LOSING COOLANT BUT NO VISIBLE SIGNS WHERE IT'S GOING. THE WATER PUMP WAS CHANGED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE PROBLEM. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN 2013 AND WHEN THE WEATHER BEGAN TO GET COLD THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I ADDED A SMALL AMOUNT OF COOLANT THEN. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE YEARS BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHERE I'M LOSING IT FROM. I SAW WHERE OTHER FORD ESCAPES ARE BEING RECALLED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT MINE WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME?

MY COOLANT IS LEAKING FAST AND I SEEN THERE IS A RECALL ON A FORD ESCAPE MINE IS A 2013 BUT MY VIN NUMBER ISN'T POPPING UP A RECALL.