2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

I HAVE A FORD ESCAPE 08, AND ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO I NOTICED THAT IT STARTED LEAKING AT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH AT THE BEGINNING I THOUGHT IT WAS THE AIR CONDITIONER. BUT THEN SEARCHING ON THE WEB I REALIZED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE VEHICLE OIL COOLER TRANSMISSION AND NOW IT JUST DOESN'T STOP LEAKING ALOT. *TR

CAR BURNED DOWN TO THE FRAME. TURNED THE CAR ON IT STARTED TO SMELL LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING. SMOKE AND FIRE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE A/C VENTS. THE CONTACT LEFT THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND IT WENT UP IN FLAMES. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE POLICE AND FIREMEN AND THEY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE REMAINS OF THE CAR ONCE THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT, THE BEST CONCLUSION THEY COULD COME UP WITH AS TO WHAT HAPPENED WAS SOME SORT OF ELECTRICAL FUSE MALFUNCTION. UPDATED 12/20/10 * BF THE FIRE ORIGINATED WITHIN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND THEN ADVANCED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FIRE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. UPDATED 12/27/10

I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL GAVE OUT . I WAS GOING UP THE ON RAMP AND I WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE GAS PEDAL WENT LIMP ..FROM READING ALOT OF REVIEWS ON LINE THIS HAS CAUSE NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AND FORD IS NOT RECALLING THIS. *TR

08 FORD ESCAPE, GAS PEDAL WILL STICK AND WHEN I TRY TO DEPRESS IT, IT WILL NOT, IT REQUIRES A LARGE AMOUNT OF FORCE TO BREAK THE PEDAL FREE, IT CAUSES MY SUV TO ACCELERATE AT AN UNCONTROLLED RATE. THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUING ISSUE AND HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. *TR

BRAKES HAS BEEN SQUEALING AND SOFT, PEDAL GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR OFF AND ON SINCE VEHICLE PURCHASE A YEAR AGO. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE TO DEALERSHIP DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ON 10/30/2010, WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY THEREFORE GOING ONLY ABOUT 40MPH. THE CAR IN FRONT, BRAKED HARD AND AS I APPLIED MY BRAKES THEY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE ONLY WAY I STOPPED WAS BECAUSE I REAR-ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED. I'M AFRAID IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAVELING ANY FASTER, THE ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC, CONSIDERING MY TWIN 4 YR OLD NEPHEWS WERE IN THE BACK SEAT. AS SOON AS VEHICLE IS REPAIRED, I WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

ON MY 2008 ESCAPE, MY GAS PEDAL WILL STICK AND WHEN I TRY TO DEPRESS IT, IT WILL NOT, IT REQUIRES A LARGE AMOUNT OF FORCE TO BREAK THE PEDAL FREE, WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT CAUSES MY SUV TO ACCELERATE AT AN UNCONTROLLED RATE. THIS IS A CONTINUING ISSUE AND HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. *TR

WHEN DRIVING OUR 2008 FORD ESCAPE W/ 38,000 MILES DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH, THE GAS PEDAL SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE FLOOR AND WAS LIFELESS. MY 15 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE AND LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO AVOID TRAFFIC AND GET TO THE ONLY AVAILABLE SHOULDER ON THE RIGHT. IT WAS A TERRIBLE SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE ENDED IN DISASTER. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP NOW AND I CAN ONLY ANTICIPATE THAT THE FORD DEALERSHIP WILL NOT STAND BY THIS PRODUCT AND I WILL PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND TOWING EXPENSE. *TR

I PRESSED THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON MY KEY TO OPEN THE REAR WINDOW HATCH, THEN PUT MY GROCERIES IN THE BACK OF MY VEHICLE. MY SON THEN PUT HIS HAND UP TO CLOSE THE WINDOW DOWN AND THE ENTIRE GLASS JUST EXPLODED, CUTTING US BOTH. WE BOTH IMMEDIATELY FREAKED OUT THINKING SOMEONE MUST HAVE SHOT AT US. I CALLED THE POLICE AND WENT BACK INTO THE GROCERY STORE TO GET THE STORE MANAGER. GLASS SPREAD OVER 4 PARKING SPACES AND LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT SERIOUSLY. THE RIGHT REAR LIFTGATE STRUT HAD BLEW OFF DENTING MY VEHICLE AND SHATTERING THE GLASS INTO MORE THAN A THOUSAND PIECES, THEN LANDING ON THE GROUND SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. *TR

MY GAS PEDAL JUST STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON A HIGHWAY. IT WAS FLAT ON THE FLOOR - I COULD NOT EVEN FEEL IT WITH MY FOOT. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD SAFELY SINCE IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH NO OTHER CARS AROUND - IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD US THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD BROKEN. THEY REFUSED TO COVER ANY EXPENSE OF FIXING IT OR TOWING IT BECAUSE OUR WARRANTY OF 36,000 MILES HAS EXPIRED. THIS IS A 2008 VEHICLE WITH 67,000 MILES ON IT - THE GAS PEDAL SHOULD NOT JUST STOP WORKING! I HAVE REVIEWED OTHER COMPLAINTS AND IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST 4 OTHERS HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM FOR 2008 FORD ESCAPES. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HOW FORD IS HANDLING THESE ISSUES. *TR

I OWN A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS MY GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN STICKING AND IT MAKES IT HARD TO ACCELERATE. WHEN PULLING OUT INTO INTERSECTIONS THE PEDAL WILL GET STUCK AND I CAN'T ACCELERATE. AFTER READING UP ON THIS APPARENTLY THIS IS BECOMING A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG OTHER ESCAPES AND THEY NEED TO BE RECALLED. *TR