2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

WHEN THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE GETS COLD, THE GAS PEDAL ON MY '08 ESCAPE WILL STICK IN PLACE AND WILL NOT PRESS DOWN. IF I JIGGLE IT OR JAM IT DOWN HARD I AM ABLE TO MAKE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE. THE ISSUE IS VERY PROMINENT WHEN IT'S COLD OUT AND THE CAR HASN'T BEEN RAN FOR A WHILE. THE GAS PEDAL WILL JAM BOTH WHEN STOPPED AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. IT CAN BE DANGEROUS IN PARKING LOT SITUATIONS WHEN TRYING TO SLOWLY MANEUVER OUT OF A SPACE OR AROUND BLIND CORNERS, AND THE GAS PEDAL STICKS, CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD WITHOUT MUCH CONTROL. IT'S ALSO DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING SINCE YOU MAY BE TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP BUT ARE UNABLE TO DUE TO THE GAS PEDAL STICKING. THIS CAN CAUSE UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES, AS THEY WERE ASSUMING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN TRAFFIC BUT THE CAR IS UNABLE TO ADVANCE. IT HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY DANGEROUS IN SNOWY SITUATIONS AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE PEDAL WILL STICK AND THEN SUDDENLY LURCH FORWARD, CAUSING THE CAR TO SLIDE AROUND. TRYING TO DRIVE UP A SNOWY SLOPE FROM A STOP IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE, SINCE THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION CAUSES YOU TO SPIN OUT IN THE SNOW RATHER THAN ALLOWING YOU TO ADVANCE SLOWLY. I HAVE READ THAT CLEANING THE THROTTLE BODY IS AN EFFECTIVE FIX FOR THIS ISSUE BUT HAVEN'T YET TRIED IT. *TR

POWER STEERING ON MY ESCAPE WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING, IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING FASTER OR MAKING A TURN, I COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR AND CRASHED. THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE IS ASTOUNDING, THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE NO ONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

THE POWER STEERING WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. I WOULD HAVE TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART UNTIL IN ENGAGED. WHEN IT WAS OPERATING, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHUTTER BACK AND FORTH. I TOOK IT IN TO THE FORD DEALER AND SCAN CODE B2278 CONFIRMED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR WAS BAD IN THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ASSIST. REQUIRED THE STEERING COLUMN TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1,439.68. *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN HE TURNED THE VEHICLE IGNITION SWITCH ON. THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO AN DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.LJ

SERIOUS VIBRATION, LOT OF CRACKING NOISE, STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP, HAVE TO ADJUST STEERING WHEEL TO START VEHICLE. *TR

STEERING WHEEL INITIALLY STARTED TO PULSATE AT STOP LIGHT.. NEXT INCIDENT I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING, TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED AND HAD STEERING BACK...NEXT INCIDENT STEERING WHEEL PULSATES WHILE DRIVING AND LOSES POWER STEERING WHILE AT SPEED.. PULL VEHICLE TO ROADSIDE AND RESTART AND REGAIN STEERING.. NOT HAVING THIS VEHICLE RECALLED TO FIX THIS ISSUE IS THE MOST INSANE THING I HAVE EVER HEARD OF.. IF A FRAIL PERSON OR ELDERLY HAS THIS HAPPEN TO THEM, PEOPLE WILL DIE.. ITS NOT A MATTER OF IF THIS HAPPENS BUT WHEN IT WILL.. IF IT HASN'T ALREADY.. ANYBODY READING THIS I HOPE YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN OR FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR ANYBODY FOR THAT MATTER DOES NOT DIE AS A RESULT OF THIS MATTER GOING UNRESOLVED... IT IS MINDBOGGLING THAT FORD TURNS ITS BACK ON THIS ISSUE..IM NOT ALONE IN THIS, THERE ARE COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET.. CAN YOU IMAGINE A LOSS OR MULTIPLE LOSSES OF LIVES AFTER SO MANY COMPLAINTS BEING REGISTERED? PLEASE HELP *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HAD SEIZED. ADDITIONALLY, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE WHENEVER THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH OR MORE OR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,960. UPDATED 8/11/14*CN UPDATED 08/22/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS BACKING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED THE STEERING WHEEL FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, A LOUD CLICKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE DASHBOARD IN ADDITION TO A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY UPON RESTARTING. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

POWER STEERING SPORADICALLY FAILS. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT STARTUP OR WHILE DRIVING. IT CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY OR FATALITY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS LOGGED ONLINE, EVEN ON THE FORD WEBSITE. EVERY DEALERSHIP/AUTO BODY STATES THAT THIS SHOULD BE A MANUFACTURER RECALL. *TR