2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN BY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. SECONDS AFTER BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE APPEARED TO STALL. ALL IP LIGHTS WENT OUT AND ENGINE LOST POWER. MOMENTS AFTER THIS POWER LOSS, ALL LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN NORMALLY. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD AN EXTENSIVE REPAIR/RECALL CAMPAIGN HISTORY. THIS WAS REPORTED DURING A SERVICE VISIT AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. THE PROBLEM OCCURED THREE MORE TIMES.

MY CAR HAS AN OPEN RECALL FOR THE DOOR LATCH NOT LATCHING PROPERLY AND I WAS WONDERING SINCE THE RECALL WAS NEVER REMEDIED IF IT COULD PERTAIN TO THE BATTERY DRAINING WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS SIMPLY PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I HAD TO JUMP START MY VEHICLE AND I AM HOPING THAT THIS ISNT GOING TO BE A REOCCURING THING.

WHILE DRIVING MY VECHICLE WILL STALL GO DEAD ALSO WHEN I START IT IT'S LIKE NOT GETTING GAS WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT JUST STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC FOR IT TO BE A 2013 I'VE HAD LOTS OF ISSUES / RECALLS ON WHAT WAS A NEW VECHICLE.

MESSAGE: 2013 FORD ESCAPE... TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. CAR HAS UNDER 70K MILES. WENT TO FORD AND GOT ESTIMATE AND GOT ONE FOR OVER $6,200.00. I STILL AM PAYING FOR MY CAR LOAN WHICH IS ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT. I WENT TO 2 OTHER TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND BECAUSE THE CAR IS SO NEW THEY CAN'T REBUILD THE TRANS SINCE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET PARTS. I CALLED FORD, GOT CASE NUMBER, AND THEIR DECISION WAS THAT THEY CANNOT ASSISTANT WITH LOWERING THE COST EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW ABOUT 2013 MODELS THAT HAVE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED, FORD CLAIMS THAT I DO NOT HAVE OWNERSHIP LOYALTY AND CANNOT ASSIST WITH COST OF NEW TRANSMISSION. I'M STUCK AND UNTIL I CAN SAVE FOR ANOTHER TRANSMISSION, DRIVING AN UNSAFE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE, ENGINE SERVICE, AND ENGINE FAULT MESSAGE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE RPMS DECREASED, AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A COMPUTER GLITCH. THE COMPUTER WAS RESET, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THE COMPUTER WAS RESET AGAIN. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TOO MANY COMMUNICATION CODES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT DEALER. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO FILE A CASE WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 46,000.

CAR STALLED FOUR TIMES IN TWO DAYS. EACH TIME THE CAR WAS WARMED UP AND WAS RESTARTED THEN STALLED ON THE ROAD.FORD HAS A RECALL ON THE NON-TURBO CHARGED ESCAPE FOR THIS PROBLEM. MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED.MY VEHICLE IS THE 1.6 LITER TURBO.FORD DEALER SAYS COMPUTER DID NOT INDICATE A TROUBLE CODE. THEY ARE REPLACING THROTTLE BODY WORK NOT COMPLETE AT THIS TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V643000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW COOLANT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED A PUDDLE OF COOLANT ON THE GROUND AND THE COOLANT WAS BELOW THE MINIMUM LINE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIVE OTHER TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ONLY EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE WHEN THERE WAS EXTENDED DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SPECIFIC HOSE WAS NOT DISCLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V431000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT A WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, INDICATING THAT THE COOLANT LEVELS WERE LOW. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOUR SEPARATE TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE LONG BLOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE COOLANT WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 125V551000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND 12V4310000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,161. UPDATED 03/15/17*LJ *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V643000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.