2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ON A FREEWAY AT 65MPH AND THE ENGINE CUTS OUT TO AN IDLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED GETTING THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SINCE IT LOST ALL POWER. AFTER PULLING OVER I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AS THE LIGHT WENT OUT. THIS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES WHERE THE CAR WOULD CUT OUT TO A ROUGH IDLE, THESE OCCURRED WHILE I WAS ON CITY STREETS BUT ALMOST CAUSED 1 ACCIDENT AS IT CUT OUT. AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF IT WOULD RESTART WITH NO ISSUE. THIS LAST TIME THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO PLANET FORD TO BE REPAIRED. THEY SAID IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE AND IT COST ME OVER 700 FOR THE REPAIR EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. I DO NOT SEE WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED DUE TO THE CAR BEING UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND I DO NOT KNOW WHY THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PART ALONE WILL NOT CAUSE FURTHER STALLS OF THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE FOUND OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE WHERE THE CAR GOES INTO "LIMP HOME" MODE. I AM CURRENTLY HAVING THE CAR REPAIRED OR I WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTACH THE INVOICE FOR THE THROTTLE BODY REPAIR.

I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD, MY BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON THEN MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN IT STARTED BEEPING AND SAID MY ENGINE WAS OVER HEATING. GOT PULLED OVER AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED. CAR WOULD START BUT WOULD NOT MOVE. MECHANIC TOLD ME THE WATER PUMP LOCKED UP AND BROKE A BELT. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMMENTS OF PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS

CAR CONTINUOUSLY OVERHEATS. HAVE HAD IT TO 2 DIFFERENT MECHANICS THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. NO LEAKS, NO BAD HOSES. HAD PAID ABOUT 500.00 TO CITRUS FORD OF ONTARIO FOR A CROSSOVER VALVE TO STOP THE OVER HEATING. NOT YET CORRECTED. OVER HEATED TODAY 10/4/17 WHILE MOVING ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM WHERE I LEFT IN A MATTER OF 5 MINUTES. I READ OF A RECALL ON THE SAME MODEL OF HAVING COOLING ISSUES BUT MY VIN EVIDENTLY DOESN'T FALL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS. OTHERWISE UNKNOWN REASON WHY IT IS OVER HEATING

ENGINE COOLANT LEAK AND ON FORD WEBSITE THERE IS A CALL BACK ON MY VEHICLE BUT DOES NOT SHOW ON MY VIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM ALBION MOTORS FORD LOCATED IN ALBION MICHIGAN AND WAS ADVISED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER LA FONTAINE FORD IN GLADWIN MICHIGAN THAT DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR FROM HEADQUARTERS, WHO EVALUATED THE VEHICLE AND DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AS A FRACTURED SERPENTINE VALVE AND GOT CUT BETWEEN CRANK CASE AND MOTOR CAUSING FOR THE ENGINE TO SEIZED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND CASE WAS FILED NUMBER: CAS13226467. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

2013 ESCAPE DEVELOPED COOLANT LEAK. I SAW ONLINE WHERE THIS PROBLEM WAS A RECALL. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY INFORMED ME THAT EVEN THOUGH MINE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM MY VIN# IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL! IF FORD MOTOR COMPANY KNOWS THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE WHY ARE THEY NOT ALL COVERED? HOW MANY HAVE TO CATCH FIRE? ALSO, THEY ALSO TELL ME I HAVE AN OIL LEAK IN THE TURBO. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF AN OIL LEAK IN THIS VEHICLE.

I HAD A CODE PO456 AND P1450. THE CAR RUNS EXTREMELY ROUGH WHEN IN MOTION OR SITTING WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING THE CAR ALSO IS USING A LOT OF GAS SOMETIMES WHEN I NEED TO PULL OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT IT EXCELLORATE OR HESITATE OR CUT OFF COMPLETELY. ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON SOMETIMES IT WILL GO OUT THEN IT COMES BACK ON

COOLANT LOSS, WITH NO TRACE OF WHERE THE COOLANT IS GOING. THE COOLANT LOSS WILL CAUSE THE LOW COOLANT ALARM TO APPEAR. THE LOW COOLANT ALARM WILL THEN CAUSE FALSE OVERHEATING ALARM, WHICH BY FORD DESIGN CAUSES THE ENGINE TO LOOSE POWER, WHICH CAUSES A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

VEHICLE NEVER SHIFTED CORRECTLY. COMPLAINED TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 104000 MILES. VEHICLE BROKE DOWN ON MAJOR INTERSTATE 100 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER. COST TO REPAIR WAS 5000+

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FIRST BY (AUSTIN FORD LINCOLN, 2701 W OAKLAND AVE, AUSTIN, MN 55912, (507) 437-3291). MONTHS LATER AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOWED TO SYKORA FAMILY FORD INC (519 S GEORGE KACIR DR, WEST, TX 76691, (254) 826-3673). THE MANUFACTURER HAD A TSB, BUT THERE WAS NO MANUFACTURER RECALL TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,159.