2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

TWO ISSUES ' SOMETIMES ONE WOULD FOLLOW THE OTHER. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 94,000 MILES ON IT. AUTO LOSES COOLANT FREQUENTLY WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE LEAKS. HAVE TO REPLACE/ADD COOLANT EVERY COUPLE WEEKS, SOMETIMES MORE FREQUENTLY. VEHICLE WOULD DISPLAY LOW COOLANT SIGN AND WITHIN MINUTES THE "HIGH TEMPERATURE, PLEASE PULL OVER SAFELY" SIGN WOULD SHOW AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD RISE TO THE TOP AND CAR WOULD GO INTO LIMP MODE. ISSUE HAPPENED IN DIFFERENT DRIVING CONDITIONS - TWICE ON HIGHWAY, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS HAD THERE BEEN A CAR DIRECTLY BEHIND ME. TWO LOCAL AUTO SHOPS POINTED OUT SAME RECALLS/TSB'S AND SAID THE CAR SHOULD BE TAKEN TO DEALER. I TOOK MY CAR TO TWO DEALERS AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND COULD GIVE ME NO VALID SOLUTION TO MY ISSUE. (EVENTUALLY ONE DEALER SAID I HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND BLOWN ENGINE AND THAT THE CAR WAS UNDRIVABLE AND WANTED $6500 TO REPLACE THEM ' SO WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL AUTO SHOP AND THEY SAID THE GASKET/ENGINE WERE JUST FINE.).

HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION AND LOST POWER STEERING . THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK ALSO

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE SEL 1.6L STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THE SUBJECT VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH A 1.6L GTDI (TURBO) ENGINE. THE STALLING HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AND JUST AFTER STARTING AND PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE AND PUSHING ON THE ACCLERATOR. ADDITIONALLY AFTER THE LAST STALL (PARKING LOT), THE CAR SEEMS TO BE IN "LIMP MODE" AND NEEDS TOWED TO A SERVICE CENTER.

COOLANT LEAKING FROM UNKNOWN LOCATION WITH NO DAMPNESS OR RESIDUE FOUND. LOW COOLANT IN THE RESERVOIR IS THE ONLY INDICATOR OF LOSS.

LEAKING COOLANT ON THE ENGINE STARTED A FIRE. THE DEALERSHIP WANT TO CHARGE ME OVER $9,000 TO FIX IT BUT THE TRADE IN VALUE IS ONLY $9-10,000. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY AND STARTED SMELLING ANTIFREEZE. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ONLY MOVED A BIT, BUT THEN IT CAUGHT FIRE.

AUTO LOSES COOLANT FREQUENTLY WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE LEAKS. HAVE TO REPLACE/ADD COOLANT EVERY 50 TO 100 MILES DRIVEN. WHEN COOLANT IS LOW, THE CAR REQUIRES PULLING OVER UNTIL COOLANT IS ADDED. I'VE OWNED THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS, IT HAS 117,000 MILES ON IT AND THIS PROBLEM HAS RECURRED, EXPECIALLY IN THE WINTER, EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR. COOLANT LEAKAGE SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN I USE THE AUTO STARTER TO WARM UP THE CAR BEFORE DRIVING.

I WAS STOPPING TO GET GAS WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I COULD HAVE GOT IN A WRECK IF NOT FOR STOPPING..I HAVE NOT HAD THIS VEHICLE BUT FOR 5 YEARS AND ALREADY HAVE HAD LIKE 3 RECALLS.. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS POWER STEERING ASSIST DEFAULT IN OTHER YEARS ON FORD'S BUT NOT 2013. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE WHY THERE IS NO RECALL FOR 2013 MAKES ME SO MAD SOMEONE HAS TO DIE FROM THIS TO GET ANYTHING TO CHANGE...I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD EVER. TO ONLY HAVE THIS VEHICLE A SHORT AMOUNT OF YEARS AND HAD TO HAVE THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD JUST MAKES ME ANGRY TO KNOW I SPENT MY MONEY ON A VEHICLE THAT THEY DID NOT MANUFACTURE RIGHT.

VEHICLE WOULD DISPLAY "HIGH TEMPERATURE, PLEASE STOP" AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD RISE TO THE TOP WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS OF DRIVING. AFTER DISPLAYING MESSAGE, ENGINE WOULD LOSE POWER AND VEHICLE BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. THIS ISSUE HAPPENED ON DIFFERENT DRIVING CONDITIONS. COOLANT LEVELS ARE AT CORRECT LEVEL. AFTER SHOUTING DOWN THE ENGINE, WITHIN A FEW SECONDS THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE. THIS BECAME MORE FREQUENT, AND AS OF DECEMBER 6, 2018 THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WITHOUT THIS MESSAGE AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.

ESCAPE SHUDDERS AND STALLS SOON AFTER STARTING CAR, WHEN PULLING FORWARD AFTER BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE. SHUT OFF COMPLETELY TWICE, LIGHTS REMAINED ON ONCE. FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO ERROR CODES, BRAND NEW BATTERY. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES.

2013 FORD ESCAPE SE. CONSISTENT LOW COOLANT WARNINGS IN THE WINTER. NEEDS COOLANT ADDED EVERY 4-5 WEEKS IN COLDER MONTHS. NEITHER FORD SERVICE DEPT OF MY PERSONAL MECHANIC HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THE ISSUE. HAS TWICE OVERHEATED AFTER BEING DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE; LOW COOLANT LIGHT DISPLAYS AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY OVERHEATS AND GOES INTO LIMP MODE. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE 57,700