2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

I BOUGHT MY FORD ESCAPE 2013 IN MARCH 2016 AS USED CAR. FROM THE BEGINNING I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE COOLANT. COOLANT JUST DISAPPEARS. I WENT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT HEATER HOSES HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I DID IT. BUT STILL I HAVE TO ADD COOLANT BECAUSE IT EVAPORATES SOMEHOW. NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO FIX IT AND WHAT IS WRONG, BECAUSE IT LOOKS THAT COOLING SYSTEM IS OK, BUT IS NOT. I'M AFRAID TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM.

STARTED UP CAR ,GETTING READY TO LEAVE WORK, STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AT ALL, NOTICED WARNING MESSAGE OF STEERING G FAULT SERVICE REQUIRED. CUT OFF ENGINE WAITED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED CAT, EVERYTHING WORKED FINE. DRIVE 15 MILES HOME. HAD NO ISSUES FOR ONE WEEK, THEN STARTED CAR AND HAD SAME ISSUE. CUT CAR OFF AND RESTARTED EVERYTHING FINE, REALLY MAKES YOU NERVOUS DRIVING UNDER THESE SITUATIONS WHEN YOU ARE A SENIOR CITIZEN TRANSPORTING YOUR HUSBAND TO DR APPTS. AND SUCH. HE CANNOT DRIVE OR ASSIST ME IN ANY WAY IF CAR BREAKS DOWN AS HE IS IN A WHEELCHAIR. GOING TO HAVE CHECKED BUT NO WAY I CAN AFFORD THE COST OF REPAIR. APP. MILEAGE IS 60000.

SINCE PURCHASING THIS FORD ESCAPE SEL 1.6L, I'VE HAD REPEATED ISSUES WITH COOLANT LOSS. EVERY TIME I'VE FLAGGED IT TO THE DEALER, THEY BRUSH ME OFF AND HAVE FILLED UP THE COOLANT, SAYING THEY CAN'T SOURCE THE ISSUE. I'VE BEEN CONCERNED THAT I'VE HAD A CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD EVER SINCE THE 13S12 RECALL IN 2014. IN RECENT YEARS, THE COOLANT LOSS ISSUE HAD ACCELERATED DRAMATICALLY. IT IS UNPREDICTABLE. AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE COOLANT WILL SUDDENLY GO FROM AN OK LEVEL TO SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW MINIMUM. FURTHERMORE, THE ENGINE HAS A PERSISTENT BURNING SMELL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I'VE HAD TO DRIVE AROUND WITH A JUG OF COOLANT AND A PLASTIC SOLO CUP TO REFILL THE COOLANT TANK WHENEVER THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT LIGHTS UP. OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, I'VE HAD TO REFILL THE COOLANT AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES. OVERALL, I AM CONCERNED THIS WAS A FUNDAMENTAL FLAW FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND INSTEAD OF DOING THE PROPER THING AND REBUILDING/REPLACING ENGINES BACK IN 2014 WHEN THE 13S12 RECALL OCCURRED, FORD PUT A BAND-AID OVER IT AND NOW THE ISSUES ARE RE-ARISING JUST WHEN SO ALL THE VEHICLES HAVE HAD THEIR WARRANTIES LAPSE. I DO HOPE THE NHTSA FORCES FORD TO DO THE RIGHT THING HERE.

I HAVE A 2013 FORD ESCAPE 2.0 LITER ENGINE. IT HAS BEEN MAKING A BUZZING SOUND FROM THE GAS TANK FOR MONTHS. USUALLY AFTER I PUT GAS INTO IT, THE VEHICLE STALLS. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, THE BUZZING IS WORSE AND THE CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING,. IT STALLS AT ANY SPEED. THE CODE IS P1450 AND EVERYTHING I'VE LOOKED AT STATES THE NO GAS CAP SYSTEM IS FAULTY AND CAUSING ISSUES. THE ISSUE NOW IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. THESE CARS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS VERY ISSUE AND WHY FORD IS NOT FIXING THIS IS FRUSTRATION. THE DEALERSHIP IS NO HELP, THEY JUST WANT TO START INSTALLING PARTS, ETC. EVERY FORUM I'VE LOOKED AT SAYS THAT THE PARTS DO NOT FIX THE ISSUE. I'M BEYOND FRUSTRATED AND SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,422.

I BOUGHT THIS USED 2013 ESCAPE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO FROM A LOCAL FORD DEALER. I LOVED THIS VEHICLE FOR ABOUT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. THEN I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING VERY ROUGH SUDDENLY. SOMETIMES A MESSAGE ON THE DASH READS MESSAGE FAULT / SERVICE ENGINE NOW. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WILL RUN ROUGH AND THEN STALL OUT. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE JUST SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. I CAN FIX IT BY COMING TO A STOP, PUTTING IT IN PARK, TURNING OFF THE IGNITION, WAITING SEVERAL SECONDS TO POWER DOWN AND THEN RESTARTING. MOST OF THE TIME THE AFTER DOING THIS THE VEHICLE WILL START RUNNING AGAIN OR THE ROUGH IDLE WILL CLEAR UP LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. I CAN GO DAYS AND EVEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITHOUT INCIDENT. OTHER TIMES I CAN HAVE IT HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES IN A DAY. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FUEL, WITH THE A/C ON AND THE A/C OFF,IN THE RAIN AND ON SUNNY DAYS. IT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE ENGINE COLD FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND HAPPENED AFTER DRIVING FOR HOURS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID THE VEHICLE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAULT CODES STORED IN IT. THEY SAID MY VEHICLE HAD ALL THE REQUIRED RECALLS DONE. THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE IT WHILE AT THEIR SHOP. THEY SAID THEIR BEST GUESS WAS A FAULTY FUEL SENSOR. THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR. LESS THAT A MONTH LATER THE VEHICLE WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE MOVING, SITTING IN PARK OR SITTING IN DRIVE. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. AFTER HAVING THIS PROBLEM SO MUCH I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH MANY FORD ESCAPES. SEVERAL YEAR AGO FORD RECALLED THIS VEHICLE AND REPLACED A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS TO FIX IT. I GUESS IT DIDN'T. I WISH FORD COULD FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PROBLEM, OTHERWISE THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE OFF THE ROADS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, A BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE AND LOW COOLANT LEVEL WARNING INDICATORS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT COOLANT WAS CONSTANTLY LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLANT BYPASS VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE MOVE BACKWARD WHILE GETTING OUT OF DOOR. DOOR HIT ME JUMP BACK IN SET PARKING BRAKE.VEHICLE WONT SRART HAD TO GET TOW TO NEAREST FORD DEALER..FORD HAD A RECALL ON 2013 ESCAPE-2016 ESCAPE BUT MY VIN NO# WASNT INCLUDE IN THE RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND THE RPMS INCREASED TO 5 RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BILL KAY FORD (14633 S CICERO AVE, MIDLOTHIAN, IL 60445, 708-388-3000) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE DEALER MUST DUPLICATE THE FAILURE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *DT CONSUMER STATED REPORT IS INCORRECT. VEHICLE STALLED THE DAY AFTER CONSUMER PURCHASED IT ON MARCH 10TH AT 55,800 MILES. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A KEY PROBLEM BUT IT WASN'T, 3 DAYS LATER THERE WAS NO POWER WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE AT 56,100 MILES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 10 TIMES. UPDATED 12/20/18*JB

THE POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING IN OUR ESCAPE WHILE IN MOTION. THE FORD DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE US $1600 TO FIX IT.