2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

RADIO MADE A LONG BANGING SOUND ON OVATION FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. THEN OCCASIONALLY THE RADIO WOULD MAKE LOUD CRACKLING AND POPPING. CAR WOULD NEED RESTARTED TO RESET. EVENTUALLY RADIO STOPPED WORKING AND CAR WOULD NEED RESTARTED, MIXED IN WITH CRACKLING AND POPPING ISSUES INTERMITTENTLY. NOW THE RADIO JUST WON'T WORK NO MATTER IF YOU RESTART THE CAR OR NOT. THE LOUD BANGING SOUND AND LOUD POPPING CAN STARRTLE A DRIVER. THE RADIO NOT WORKING SHOULD BE UNDER A RECALL, BUT CURRENTLY IS NOT. HAPPENS MOVING AND STATIONARY. HAS HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY, ALL ISSUES.

VEHICLE IN MOTION, HIGHWAY AND CITY SPEEDS, ENGINE IS HESITATING AND STALLING WHEN ACCELERATING. 2013 TURBO FORD ESCAPE

WE WERE CAMPING FAR IN THE COUNTRY. NO CELL SERVICE OR SIGNAL. WE LOADED UP OUR CAR WITH OUR GEAR TO HEAD BACK TO TOWN. BACKED OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE THEN MOVED SHIFTER TO DRIVE FORWARD. NOTHING HAPPENED OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE DRIFTING FORWARD DUE TO THE INCLINE. NOW NO REVERSE OR DRIVE. WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IT TO REGISTER PARK IN ORDER TO GET KEY OUT. PUT PARKING BRAKE ON AND HIKED UNTIL WE RECEIVED SERVICE TO CALL FOR A TOW. TOW DRIVER CONNECTED SHIFTER CABLE TO BUSHING AND WE WERE FINE TO DRIVE OURSELVES DIRECTLY TO REPAIR SHOP IF WE PARK USING E-BRAKE. OUR REPAIR GUY LOOKED AT IT AND TOLD US IT WAS A RECALL ITEM UNDER #18S20. CALLED FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO RAN VIN NUMBER, AND THEY SAID IT ISN'T INCLUDED ON THAT RECALL. IT IS STILL CURRENTLY AT OUR MECHANIC BEING WORKED ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. AFTER BACKING UP THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO DRIVE OR ANY OTHER GEAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE BUSHINGS. HEMPSTEAD FORD LINCOLN (301 N FRANKLIN ST, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550, (516) 483-7200) WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DISCLOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019, MY CAR SUDDENLY STARTED HESITATING WHEN CHANGING GEARS. THE LONGER I DROVE, THE MORE IT SHOOK, AND ACCELERATED BUT DID NOT GO INTO GEAR OR MOVE AT ALL. EVENTUALLY IT WENT INTO GEAR AND TOOK OFF. I MANAGED TO REACH MY DESTINATION AND LET IT SIT FOR A WHILE, THE HEADED HOME. THE LONGER I DROVE, ALL OF THE ABOVE HAPPENED AGAIN. I DROVE IT VERY SPARINGLY FOR THE NEXT WEEK UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET THE MONEY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP. TODAY I HAPPENED TO COME ACROSS THIS WEBSITE AND FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. IS ANYTHING BEING DONE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE?

REFER TO ORIGINAL NHTSA RECALL 13V583. CURRENTLY CAR HAS 93,00 MILES AND THE #4 CYLINDER IS NOW LEAKING COOLANT AND OIL. THE CAR STUTTERS AND VIBRATES AT START UP. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. REPAIR COST $3,200. THIS RECALL WAS ORIGINALLY CLEARED BY DAVID MCDAVID FORD, FT. WORTH IN 2014. I CONTACTED FORD TOLL FREE AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIABLE SINCE RECALL ISSUE WAS CLEARED IN 2014.

WAS FOOD SHOPPING AND WHEN FINISHED I GOT IN MY CAR AND STARTED IT UP. GOT A MESSAGE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING ASSIST. I COULD NOT TURN MY WHEEL SO I SHUT OFF MY CAR. WAITED FOR SOMEONE TO PICK ME UP. I STARTED MY CAR TO PUT THE A/C ON AS I WAS WAITING TO KEEP THE FOOD I JUST BOUGHT FROM GETTING WARM. THE STEERING THEN WAS FINE BUT EVERY TIME I GET IN MY CAR I WORRY THAT IT WILL HAPPEN WHEN I AM DRIVING. CALLED FORD 800-392-3673 AND I WAS TOLD THERE IS A CSP# 14N02 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PCM AND I SHOULD TELL FORD TO FIX THIS ISSUE DATED 8/26/2014. IT IS COVERED UNDER 10 YR/150K MI. I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL FORD AND THEY TELL ME THERE IS NO RECALL. I AM NOT LETTING UP ON THIS. THERE ARE OVER 100 COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE JUST LIKE MINE AND FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE SHIFTING INTO PARK, THE GEAR FAILED AND WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO FRONTIER FORD (3701 STEVENS CREEK BLVD, SANTA CLARA, CA 95051, 408-241-1800), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V471000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

MID-DAY, 91 DEGREES. CAR SHUDDERED REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. I WAITED AND CAR IDLED WELL. I LEFT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TURNED LEFT INTO TRAFFIC ON A FIVE-LANE ROAD. I LOST ACCELERATION MERGING FROM THE CENTER TURNING LANE. THE VEHICLE REVVED, GETTING FUEL, BUT THERE WAS NO FORWARD MOVEMENT, NO SHUDDERING, NOTHING. I MOVED THE VEHICLE INTO "SPORT" MODE, IN CASE I HAD BUMPED THE SELECTOR, BUT IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. TRAFFIC HONKED AND SWERVED AROUND ME. I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE RIGHT LANE WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON. MY CAR SHUDDERED OFF, COMPLETELY AND I LOST POWER STEERING JUST AS I COMPLETED THE MANEUVER. I RESTARTED MY VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED TO A SIDE-STREET, WHERE I IDLED FOR FIVE MINUTES AND CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE. ASSISTANCE WAS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME AND I SUFFER FROM A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT MAKES ME FRAGILE IN THE HEAT. I TESTED THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE STREETS AND IT PERFORMED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME SLOWLY.

WHEN I START MY CAR, ABOUT 1 OUT OF 10 TIMES IT WILL START BUT GIVE ME AN ALERT THAT IT NEEDS SERVICES AND WILL JUMP AND STUTTER WHILE DRIVING. FORD REPORTED IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE OXYGEN INTAKE AND ALTITUDE AND REPORTED THEY FIXED IT BUT IT IS STILL DOING IT. THIS IS ONLY RIGHT AFTER I START IT. IF I TURN IT OFF AND RESTART WILL IS FINE. NOW IS HAS ALSO STARTED STALLING WHILE DRIVING. AGAIN IF I TURN IT OFF AND RESTART IT IT DRIVES FINE. I WILL BE CALLING FORD BACK TOMORROW TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT.