2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

STARTED VEHICLE AND THE WIPERS CAME ON AUTOMATICALLY AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF (DESPITE THE WIPERS BEING IN THE OFF POSITION). THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. TURNED CAR OFF. IMMEDIATELY TURNED CAR BACK ON AND THE WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. WIPERS WILL NOT WORK WHEN RAINING AND GO FROM CONSTANTLY WORKING TO NOT WORKING AT ALL FOR NO REASON. VERY DANGEROUS IF IT IS RAINING, SNOWING, OR ANY PRECIPITATION IN THE SKY.

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED IN JUNE, IT WAS REBUILT AND HAS ALREADY STARTED TO SHIFT HARD. SO, ONCE AGAIN BACK IN THE SHOP. THE A/C HAS BEEN ACTING FUNNY. THE REAR VENTS BARELY WORK, BLEND DOOR DOESNT ENGAGE PROPERLY. DEALER HAS ANOTHER VEHICLE IDENTICAL TO MINE AND IT DOES THE SAME THING.

PARKED THE VEHICLE ONE EVENING. AN HOUR LATER, STARTED IT UP, NO EPAS. NO WARNING, JUST QUIT. DRIVES LIKE A LOG TRUCK. THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2008-2011 MODELS FOR THIS PROBLEM. HOPING THIS GETS EXPANDED TO COVER 2013. COST ~$1500.

STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND CANNOT STEER THE VEHICLE. TOD DATE, THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE STATIONARY. I PRAY IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WHILE MOVING. DIAGNOSED AS STEERING RACK ISSUE AT A COST OF $1,000 PLUS LABOR.

FIRST COMPLAINT IS THE INTERNAL DOOR PANELS DO NOT PROPERLY FIT AND COME LOOSE BECOMING CAUGHT ON THE FRAME OF THE CAR NOT ALLOWING YOU TO OPEN THE DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WHICH IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS IN AN EMERGENCY. 2) THE SHIFT SELECTOR SWITCH BROKE AS MY SPOUSE WAS DRIVING THE CAR NOT ALLOWING HIM TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK OR SHUT IT OFF. THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND QUITE COMMON A MECHANICS TOLD US.

WHILE DRIVING FORD 2013 ESCAPE, LOSS COMPLETE POWER STEERING CONTROL, THANKFULLY AT A LOW SPEED. CAR DID BECOME COMPLETELY UNDRIVEABLE. NO NOISE OR WARNINGS LIGHTS CAME ON UNTIL AFTER POWER STEERING WAS LOSS. LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO STOP AND RESTART CAR BUT DID NOT RESOLVE SITUATION. CONTACTED FORD COMPANY OF PROBLEM AND WAS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. FORD REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OR COVER COST OF THEIR OWN FAILED PRODUCT. COST OF REPAIR QUOTED AT $1500.00 ON A CAR WITH ONLY 47,000 MILES.

AFTER PURCHASING A 2103 FORD ESCAPE ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER I NOTICED A LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON IN THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHO REPORTED THE COOLANT BYPASS VALVE NEEDED REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY SO I PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIR. SIX MONTHS LATER THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT IS ON AGAIN AND HEADING TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ANOTHER REPAIR. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND THE REPEATED REPAIRS. WE AS OWNERS OF FORD ESCAPE SHOULD NOT BE ASSUMING THE COST OF REPAIR EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ON A RECALL LIST.

THE POWER STEERING INTERMITTANTLY GOES OUT AND THE VEHICLE BECOMES HARD ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND WENT TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND WAS ALMOST OFF OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE SHE WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE TURN BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING FAILED

NHTSA SITE AND CHECKED VIN TO SEE IF RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND THERE WAS ONE 9/16 FOR DOOR LATCH. I NEVER RECEIVED CONTACT ABOUT THE RECALL. JUST FOUND THIS OUT TODAY 7/28/17 BY LOOKING FOR MYSELF.

RECALL # 12M02 PROTOCOL INTERFACE MODULE APIM DOESN'T WORK ALL THE TIME. NAVIGATION BACKUP REVIEW DOESN'T WORK ALL THE TIME . PROTOCOL INTERFACE MODULE APIM #12M02 RECALL. RECALL # 14N02 NEEDS TO BE CHECKED. BACKUP REVIEW ON THE NAVIGATION DOESN'T WORK.