2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

DOORS WILL SHUT AND REMAIN SHUT EVEN WHEN DOORS ARE UNLOCKED AND CHILD LOCKS ARE DISENGAGED. A DOOR THAT IS NOT SECURELY LATCHED OR LATCHED INDEFINITELY COULD OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION INCREASING THE RISK OF AN INJURY TO A VEHICLE OCCUPANT. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE.

THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP IN A KROGER PARKING LOT GOING 5 MILES AN HOUR. ONLY 81,000 MILE AND JUST HAD 80,000 MANUFACTURERS CHECK UP THREE WEEKS EARLIER. WOULD NOT GO INTO NEUTRAL AND SOUNDED LIKE CRUMPLING PAPER UNDERNEATH. TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP PUTTING REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION INTO ESCAPE. DOES NOT HAVE A TIMELINE ON WHEN IT WILL BE FINISHED.

DRIVER SIDE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE STICKS 75% OF THE TIME, WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY

I HAVE A 2013 FORD ESCAPE WITH 73K MILES. LAST WEEK AS I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON WHEN COOLANT WAS ADDED IT DRAINED OUT OF THE WATER PUMP ONTO THE DRIVEWAY. APPARENTLY FORD IS THE ONLY RESOURCE TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING BELT AS IT HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED. THIS REPAIR CAME TO $1600. I HAVE ALSO SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON SEVERAL ON LINE FORUMS WHERE FOLKS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.

CAR IS COMPLETELY DEAD WHEN IT RAINS AND IT TAKES SEVERAL TRY'S AND IT FINALLY STARTS. GOING DOWN THE ROAD ALL DASH LIGHTS INCLUDING RADIO GOES OUT AND THE OFF AND ON. THIS HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS. WHEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF AND THEN START BACK UP. HAPPENS ON CITY AND HWY. HIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE COOLANT LEVEL LOW WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT CALLED JIM FALK MOTORS OF MAUI AT 808-270-2600 (LOCATED AT 260 HANA HWY, KAHULUI, HI 96732) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,500.

BOUGHT VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018, WHICH SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THIS PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS CONTINUOUSLY GOING INTO A LIMP MODE DUE TO "FALSE OVERHEATING". ENGINE THINKS IT IS OVERHEATING WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF STARTING VEHICLE, AND WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE TO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. WITH 20 DEGREE WEATHER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN ENGINE TO FULLY WARM. OCCURRENCES OF THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: 12/31/18 - ONE TIME, A RESTART OF THE VEHICLE RESOLVED 1/10/19 - ONE TIME, LEFT VEHICLE AT WORK AT AFTER DRIVING 2/15/19 - 4 TIMES IN A ROW, AND HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO A SHOP 2/18/19 - SOON AFTER THE SHOP HAD IT AND REPAIRED A COOLANT LEAK. LIMP MODE OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH IS NOT NOT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, BUT I GENUINELY FEARED FOR MY LIFE. WHILE THE SHOP WAS HAVING TROUBLE REPLICATING THE PROBLEM TODAY, AS WAS I, THIS IS A LEGITIMATE SAFETY CONCERN. OVERHEATING CODE WAS PULLED BY COLUMBIA CAR CARE IN COLUMBIA, MO. STEVE, THE OWNER OF THE SHOP CAN ATTEST TO THE ISSUE I WAS HAVING. OTHER FORD ESCAPES WITH THE 1.6 MOTOR HAVE RECALLS FOR COOLING ISSUES, AND IT IS INTERESTING THAT MINE DOES NOT HAVE RECALLS PER YOUR WEB SITE. THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.

I HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE LUG NUTS DUE TO SWELLING, BECAUSE THE DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL IS DEFECTIVE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PCM AND MAP ON JAN.7 2016, I PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE IN APRIL OF 2018, THE VEHICLE IS STILL HESITATING AND WANTING STALL THIS HAPPENS WHEN IN PARK OR COMING TO A STOP. SO THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. ALSO, THE MYFORD TOUCH SCREEN SOMETIMES WILL NOT RESPOND, WON'T CONNECT A PHONE OR THE RADIO WILL NOT WORK, THIS HAPPENS WHEN FIRST GETTING IN TO START THE VEHICLE. THIS ALL STARTED SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WOULDN'T FIX IT.

CONSTANTLY FILLING WITH ANTIFREEZE AND CANNOT FIND A LEAK. REPLACED WATER PUMP HOPING TO SOLVE PROBLEM DID NOT. NOTICED MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAME PROBLEM ON GOOGLE SEARCH AND FOUND SOME CARS DID HAVE RECALL FOR THIS REASON. NOT SURE WHY MINE WAS NOT

ELECTRICAL FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CAR WAS PARKED FOR 10 MINUTES STARTED SMOKING AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE. TOTALED CAR. HAD RECENTLY HAD CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND SAY WARNING HIGH TEMP. STOP SAFELY. TOOK TO FORD THEY SAID IT WAS A SENSOR ON BACKORDER. TOLD ME THE CAR WAS NOT REALLY OVERHEATING