2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

MY HUSBAND & I BECAME CONCERNED WHEN THE CAR STARTED SHAKING WHILE DRIVING; SOON AFTER, THE ISSUE GETTING GAS STARTED. EVERYTIME WE NEEDED GAS THE CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER FILLING UP, THEN THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC WHO COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR & RECOMMENDED WE TAKE THE CAR TO AUTO NATION FORD WHICH WE DID. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL VAPOR SEPARATOR WHICH COST US $765; TODAY ONE MONTH LATER OUR TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I THINK IT IS UNFAIR TO HAVE TO PAY $765 ONLY TO HAVE TO RETURN TO AUTO NATION A MONTH LATER. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A RECALL; A VEHICLE IS SUPPOSE TO START AFTER GETTING FUEL INSTEAD OF NOT STARTING. LUCKILY WE HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT OVER THIS ISSUE BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT MY CAR WILL STALL ANYTIME WHILE DRIVING. I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY CAR BUT I'M SURE THE COST WILL KEEP INCREASING.

I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP THAT LASTED ABOUT 6-7 HOURS. I HAD BEEN PASSING CARS SOMETIMES AT HIGH SPEEDS. SOMETIME DURING THE DRIVING MY EYES STARTED BURNING REALLY BAD. IT CONTINUED FOR DAYS UNTIL I WENT TO MY DOCTOR AND GOT DROPS FOR THEM. I TOOK THE CAR THE VERY NEXT DAY TO A FORD DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND IT HAS NOW BEEN OVER 5 WEEKS WITH THEM AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THE CAR. IT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO FORD MOTOR AND IS WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S DEPARTMENT. THE ROAD TRIP WAS APPROXIMATELY 400-500 MILES IN TOTAL ON THE HIGHWAYS OF WASHINGTON STATE. *JS

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE GAVE A LOW COOLANT MESSAGE THEN SAID VEHICLE OVERHEATING AND I HAD TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY. IT DID NOT GIVE ME MUCH OF A CHANCE TO PULL OVER SAFELY BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER. LUCKILY I WAS JUST PULLING OUT FROM A PARKING LOT AND DROVE INTO THE NEXT LOT. THE CAR HAD BEEN PARKED AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AND COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN TO FULL TEMP BY THE TIME THE MESSAGE CAME UP. THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER UNTIL I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I COULD THEN RESTART THE CAR AND IT WOULD IDLE AND REV UP FINE IN PARK BUT AS SOON AS I TRIED TO DRIVE IT WOULD STUMBLE AGAIN AND GIVE THE OVERHEATING MESSAGE. THIS IS THE 1.6L ECOBOOST ENGINE. IT HAS DONE THIS A COUPLE TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. I TOPPED OFF THE COOLANT AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. I'VE READ LOTS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE AND FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR FORD TO TAKE CARE OF. IT HAS BEEN IN FOR MULTIPLE WARRANTY REPAIRS INCLUDING RECALL 13S12-S2 WHICH WAS FOR THESE OVERHEATING ISSUES. FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT FOR SOME REASON DID NOT INCLUDE THE 2013 MODEL YEAR IN THE OTHER RECALLS. HOW MANY VEHICLES NEED TO OVERHEAT AND CATCH FIRE BEFORE FORD IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE?

I REPORTED PREVIOUSLY AND NOW HAVE THE FULL REPORT FROM THE DEALERSHIP. WHILE DRIVING AT THE YMCA IN LIBERTY TOWNSHIP THE CAR STALLED OUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE COMPUTER STATED ENGINE OVERHEATING FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER. UPON DOING SO I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED THE NEXT MORNING. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAR IS THROWING CODES THAT STATE COOLANT VALVE LEFT OPEN, ALONG WITH 4 OTHER CODES THAT WERE TRIPPED. THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME MULTIPLE TIMES THIS WAS UNRELATED TO THE PREVIOUS COOLANT SENSOR RECALL HOWEVER THE 54 PAGES OF INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE DEALERSHIP ARE STATING OTHERWISE.

DRIVER SEATBELT WILL NOT TIGHTEN WHEN BEING WORN AND NOT SURE WOULD LOCK IF IN ACCIDENT!

CAR HAD PROBLEMS SHIFTING. TRANSFER CASE WAS REPLACED. AFTER ABOUT 3 MONTHS, THE CAR HAD PROBLEMS SHIFTING AGAIN. A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WARNING CAME ON THE SCREEN AND THE CAR WOULDN'T SHIFT. THE SHIFTING PROBLEM OCCURRED COMING OUT OF PARK AND THEN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 GEAR. THEN, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT PAST 3RD OR 4TH GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WARNING CAME ON WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE GOING 50MPH. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES FROM HOME AND ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT.

MESSAGE DISPLAYS "ELECTRONIC STEERING FAULT, MAINTENANCE REQUIRED." NOT ABLE TO STEER VEHICLE. MESSAGE DISPLAYS OCCASIONALLY WHEN STARTING VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND FLASHED, AND THE ENGINE OVERHEATING MESSAGE DISPLAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VAN HORN FORD (1000 E SUMMIT AVE, OCONOMOWOC, WI 53066, (262) 567-5574), BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GRIFFIN FORD (1940 E MAIN ST, WAUKESHA, WI 53186, (262) 542-5781) WHERE THEY TOPPED OFF THE FLUIDS, BUT ALSO COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED REFERENCE NUMBER: CAS16181232 AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,850.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER (GRESHAM FORD, 1999 POWELL BLVD, GRESHAM, OR 97080) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,356.

TEMPERATURE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE ISSUE IS OCCURRING NOW AGAIN. THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF AND THE CAR TURNS OFF NO MATTER WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING OR WHERE YOU ARE. THE DEALERSHIP IS REQUIRING A NEW ENGINE OR CYLINDER HEAD