2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

2008 FORD ESCAPE - KNOWN ISSUE TSB # 08-5-7 RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE AT 46,000 MILES. LEAKS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID RESULTING IN A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. IN ADDITION IF NOT DETECTED IN-TIME, TRANSMISSION FAILURE WILL RESULT DUE TO LACK OF FLUID. FORD DID NOT NOTIFY CUSTOMERS OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE, AND REFUSES TO COVER UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. FORD SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PROPER REPAIR OF THIS KNOWN DEFECT AND COMPENSATE THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO MAKE THIS REPAIR. *TR

THE AC/CONDENSER THAT ALSO COOLS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING. THROUGH RESEARCH THERE ARE MANY OTHER CARS DOING THIS AS WELL. *TR

LEAKING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM A WELD ON THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING UNIT, CAR HAS 41000 MILES . FORD TELLS ME IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE 5 YR/60,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY . APPROXIMATE COST IS 700.00 ACCORDING TO DEALER. IF THIS PART CONTINUES TO LEAK,TRANSMISSION WILL OVER HEAT AND SEIZE UP. FORD ISSUED A TSB # 08-16-12 ON 08/18/08 TO ITS DEALERSHIPS ABOUT THIS DEFECT , WHILE MY CAR WAS UNDER FULL WARRANTY. WHY WASN'T THERE A RECALL? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING FLAMES ERUPTED FROM THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE FIRE INSPECTOR CONCLUDED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 10,000.

2008 FORD ESCAPE - KNOWN ISSUE TSB # 08-5-7 RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE, LEAKS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSES SLIPPING AND COULD BE FIRE HAZARD IF GETS LEAKED FLUID ON CATALYTIC CONVERTER. FORD DID NOT NOTIFY CUSTOMERS OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE WHICH IS PREVALENT ACCORDING TO ALL DEALERS SPOKEN WITH, AND REFUSES TO COVER UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2008 FORD ESCAPE WITH 42000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 70MPH I HEARD A LOUD SNAP, AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE EXPRESSWAY AND TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THE ACCELERATOR CABLE HAD FAILED, WITH THE CABLE ITSELF SNAPPING AT A POINT APPROX. 1/8 INCH FROM THE END AT THE PEDAL. *TR

11/09/09 7:20 A.M. I PROCEEDED TO GO OUT TO MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE XLT TO START IT WHEN I DID I HEARD A STRANGE NOISE ABOVE ME , I THOUGHT IT WAS BIRDS OR SOMETHING, I PROCEEDED TO SLOWLY OPEN THE COVER ON MY SUNROOF ABOUT 1 INCH AND NOTICED IT LOOKED SHATTERED. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE IT LOOKED LIKE IT EXPLODED. THE GLASS WAS LIKE A VOLCANO ERUPTED. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. I CALLED RUB FORD IN GARDNER IL THEY SAID IT POSSIBLE COULD OF GOT HIT BY A ROCK, I STATED THE ROAD WAS CLOSED ON EACH END DUE TO ROAD WORK ON THE SPILLWAY AND NO TRAFFIC WAS GOING BY AT THE TIME DUE TO THE ROAD WAS BLOCKED OFF. I WENT TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER IN EL PASO IL HELLER AND THEY SAID IT COULD POSSIBLE A ROCK, OR FROZEN ICE. BUT THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS IN THE 50'S AND I FOUND NO ROCK. AND I DO HAVE A RATHER LONG CONCRETE DRIVEWAY FROM THE ROAD. I ASKED FOR COPIES OF THE PAPERWORK THE DEALERSHIP HAD FOR FORD BUT THEY REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO ME SAYING IT WAS PRIVATE. IRONICALLY THE DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $660.00 TO REPLACE THE WINDOW WHEN I HAVE A 3 YR 30,000 BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY IF THEY GET IT FROM FORD IT WOULD TAKE 2 WKS BUT THEY COULD IT FROM ANOTHER SOURCE QUICKER FOR AN ADDITIONAL $25 AND GET IT IN 1 DAY. SO IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE THEY KNEW IT WAS A FAULTY GLASS. THEY DID NOTHING TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY. WE HAVE DONE A INTERNET SEARCH AND IRONICALLY THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR SUNROOFS SHATTER BUT TO NO AVAIL FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX THE MATTER. I WAS JUST LUCKY I WASN'T DRIVING AT THE TIME. LIKE THE OTHER CONSUMERS ON THE FORUM PAGES. *TR

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT. THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36,000. I NOTICED IT RUNNING STRANGELY AND UPON CLOSER INVESTIGATION, NOTICED A FLUID LEAKING FROM THE FRONT. THE DEALER SAID IT IS TRANSMISSION FLUID. I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER/AC CONDENSER AT A COST OF AROUND $750. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND FOUND THAT IT IS EXTREMELY COMMON WITH 2008 ESCAPES. ONE PERSON COMPLAINING SAID THAT HIS DEALERSHIP HAS AROUND 10 OF THESE A WEEK TO FIX. IF IT IS SO COMMON, SHOULDN'T THERE BE A RECALL? TRANSMISSION FAILURES CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS-I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND HOPE SOMEONE WILL CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND MAKE FORD FIX THEM! *TR

MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE WOULD SLIP OR STALL WHEN ACCELERATING. LOOKED ON WEB AND FOUND OUT NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER HAD TO HAVE REPLACED AT MY OWN EXPENSE SINCE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKING ON 2008 6CYL FORD ESCAPE CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO ACT ERRATICALLY VIBRATES AND LURCH FORWARD DUE TO LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. ALSO A FIRE HAZARD AS UNDERCARRIAGE AND RADIATOR HAVE HEAVY DEPOSITS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. CAR HAS ONLY 41,000 MILES AND MAJORITY OF MILEAGE HAS BEEN ON INTERSTATE. CURRENTLY CAR IS IN REPAIR SHOP AWAITING REPLACEMENT PARTS. FROM COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR FORD ESCAPES AND IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY FORD. SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS ADVISED OF NEAR ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. FORD SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL ALL 2008 FORD ESCAPES AND REIMBURSE ALL OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD TO ABSORB THE REPAIR COSTS DUE TO THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR