2005 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE ROCKER PANEL WAS DISENTIGRATED AND A HOLE IN THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT LEGALLY BE DRIVEN. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THE MESSAGE CENTER KEEPS SAYING "REAR RIGHT DOOR AJAR" AND IT ISNT AND THE ALARM SEEMS TO GO OFF WITHOUT ANY PROVICATION OF ANY KIIND, NO REASON. IT ISN'T SOMETHING I'VE DONE

MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING AT RED LIGHTS OR WHENEVER I AM STOPPED STOPPED. IT FEELS LIKE MY CAR HAS DIED AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T START BACK UP FOR A WHILE. I HAVE TO PRESS HARD AND LONG ON CLUTCH. MY GAS PEDDLE HAD BEEN STICKING IN THE PAST.

THE GROMMET OR PLASTIC SCREW WITH A RUBBER GASKET IS SO CHEAP IT FELL APART AND OUT OF BACK HATCH WINDOW ATTACHED TO THE HATCH AND SLID DOWN ON ONE SIDE AND ALMOST COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM DOOR WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT GLASS FLYING EVERYWHERE AND SUCH! THE OTHER SIDE IS FINE, STILL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AND IS A SAFETY ISDUE. IT COULD FALL OUT THEN FLY INTO TRAFFIC THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN IT COULD MAKE A DRIVER VERY NERVOUS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD KNOWING THAT IT'S SLIPPED OR BROKEN OUT ALL FROM THE WIND AN OPENING AND CLOSING DOOR WHICH IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. IT OBVIOUSLY IS A FLUKE BECAUSE THE OTHER SIDE DIDN'T BREAK AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS DIDN'T GET TO WHERE IT WAS FALLING APART TO THAT POINT OT AT ALL ACTUALOT I CALLED THE DEALER TO SEE HOW MUCH SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS IT'S JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF RUBBER AND PLASTIC THEY WANT $100 FOR IT I DON'T THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR UNLESS FORD AS MAKING JUNK NOW AND I THINK THEY SHOULD STAND BY THIS BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF IT WOULD HAVE BROKEN IT WOULD HAVE WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED. THIS HAPPENED RECENTLY WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, LIKE 8/23/17.

I WAS ABOUT 115 MILES INTO A 130 MILE TRIP, DOING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE MY VEHICLE JERKED VERY HARD AND THEN STARTED MAKING LOUD SOUNDS LIKE PARTS FALLING OUT. ALL OF THE CARS BEHIDE ME HAD TO SLAM ON BREAKS AND AVOID HITTING ME. NO LIGHTS OR WARNINGS HAD COME ON UNTIL AFTER THIS HAPPENED. I STEERED THE CAR OFF OF THE INTERSTATE AND DOWN THE RAMP INTO A STORE PARKING LOT. THE CAR WAS NOT RUNNING HOT. LOOKED UNDER CAR AND OIL WAS COMING OUT ALL OVER THE GROUND. A MAN LOOKED AND SAID IT LOOKED LIKE THE COOLANT SYSTEM MESSED UP AND IT THROUGH A ROD IN THE MOTOR BLOCK. I GOT THE CAR ONE MONTH AGO AND IT WAS DOING GREAT. BY LOOKING UP ON TYPE CAR THERE IS OTHERS HAVING PROBLEMS LIKE THIS AND RECALLS ON THE COOLANT SYSTEM. BUT NO ONE ON MY VIN. RECALL 14V526000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEARSHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT WAITED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PARK AND RIDE LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,607.

RUST CAUSED THE SEPARATION OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM FROM THE SUBFRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PRIMARILY USED IN A SALT-BELT STATE. THE ISSUE BECAME EVIDENT AFTER A SMALL POTHOLE CAUSED THE REAR FRAME TO PUNCTURE THROUGH THE PASSENGER REAR WHEELHOUSE INTO THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING A HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL AND STEERING DIFFICULTIES..

WHEN THE CAR IS FULLY LOCKED AND ALL DOOR WELL SHUT THE REAR RIGHT DOOR SENSOR SAYS ITS OPENED OR AJAR WHICH MAKES THE ALARM GO OFF WHEN NO ONE HAS TRIED TO TOUCH THE CAR AND BECAUSE OF THIS IT HAS DRAIN THE BATTERY WHILE HAVING A LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD BATTERY

THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL HAS ROTTED OUT, LEAVING THE SHOCK HANGING FREELY ABOVE THE WHEEL, UNATTACHED. I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF THE ISSUE AS THE CAR WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, WHERE I HEARD A LOUD BANG IN THE BACK RIGHT OF THE CAR, AND THE NOISE CONTINUED AS THE CAR WENT OVER BUMPS. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE DAMAGE THE RUST WAS CAUSING TO THE AREA UNTIL THE SHOCK MOUNT CAME FREE, AS THE SEALANT USED IN THE WHEEL WELL HID THE DAMAGE-- APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3-6 MONTHS I EXAMINE THE CAR FOR RUST AND NOTICED NO EXTREME DAMAGE TO THIS AREA PREVIOUSLY.

THE REAR PASSENGER STRUT WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT OF THE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS SENT TO A FORD DEALER TO INSTALL A "KIT" AND WELD THE STRUT BRACKET TO THE WHEEL WELL. I FOUND THE PROBLEM AFTER HEARING SIGNIFICANT CLUNKING NOISE IN THE BACK AS I DROVE.