2006 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

I OWN A 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT WITH 100,000 MILES. 90% HIGHWAY MILES, WELL MAINTAINED WITH DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. HAVE ALL PAPER WORK. "MY BIGGEST WORRY IS THE STALLING FOR NO REASON AND AN ACCIDENT HAPPENING AND THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE". JAN. 2015 I HAD A INTAKE AND VALVE OIL LEAK THAT WAS FIXED 3 TIMES, JAN, FEB AND MARCH. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN MARCH, I MENTIONED THAT MY VEHICLE HAD STALLED IN MY DRIVEWAY AFTER A 30 MINUTE HIGHWAY DRIVE FROM WORK. THEY PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND SAID THERE WAS NO CODE FOR A STALL. DEALER SAID FORD SENT THEM NOTICE DESCRIBING MY SAME ISSUE BUT COULDN'T CONFIRM IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. APRIL 10TH 2015 I WAS OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE STALLING HAPPENED AGAIN LATE APRIL, TOOK TO DEALER AGAIN. DEALER SAID NO CODES AGAIN. TOOK STRAIGHT TO UNCLE AFTER LEAVING DEALER FOR HIM TO LOOK AT AND COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE TO STALL AFTER A WEEK OF HAVING IT. I'VE READ ONLINE FORUMS OF PEOPLE REPLACING TRANSMISSION MULTIPLE TIMES FOR TORQUE CONVERTER AND OTHER ISSUES WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO, AFTER 3 DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME 2 YEARS AGO, REPAIRS DONE TO PHYSICAL DAMAGE AND PASSENGER SEATBELT REPLACED TWICE DURING REPAIRS, PASSENGER SEATBELT AND AIRBAG LIGHTS COME ON AND SEATBELT ALERT BEEPS WHILE DRIVING EVEN KNOW THE PASSENGER HAS THE SEATBELT ON. I HAVE TO PARK, SHUT DOWN, BUCKLE SEATBELT AND THEN START AGAIN AND THIS WORKED EXCEPT FOR ONE TIME I HAD TO REPEAT THIS A SECOND TIME. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO CODES FOR AIRBAGS OR SEAT BELTS. FORD HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED YET. ALSO, WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW I HAD THE UNDERBODY SPRAYED BUT THE REAR WHEEL WELLS ARE RUSTING FROM UNDERNEATH TO OUTER BODY AND RUSTING UNDER FRONT DOORS TOO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE CHEST THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE MIGHT BE RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL AND MY BRAKE LIGHT AND WARNING SOUND CAME ON WHEN I TRIED TO BRAKE FOR A RED LIGHT. I HAD TO PUSH REALLY HARD TO GET THE CAR TO STOP AND WE WERE ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR

ON FEB 25, 2016, MY CAR WAS HIT BY A CAR AT MY REAR PART, AND THEN I HIT A CAR AT MY FRONT. MY FRONT AIRBAG CAME OUT FROM STEERING WHEEL AND AT THE SAME TIME MY RIGHT HAND WAS BURNED BY THE HOT GAS LEAKING FROM THE AIR BAG. MY INJURY IS IN A 2IN X 2IN SIZE. MY HAND GET RECOVERED AFTER ONE MONTH LEAVING A DARK SCAR. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM A DEALER. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS CAR HAD A ACCIDENT IN 2006/2007, THE REAR PART WAS HIT AND REPAIRED, THE DEALER SHOWED ME THE CARFAX, BUT I DIDN'T KEEP A COPY. THE FRONT AIRBAG SHOULD BE THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION. I DID EMAIL THE DETAILS TO FORD, BUT THE ANSWER FROM FORD WAS THAT THIS IS NOT THE MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM, AND NO EXPLANATION AT ALL. AFTER GOOGLE SEARCHING THE POSSIBILITY OF AIR BAG LEAKING OF HOT GAS, AN EXACTLY SAME INJURY WAS REPORTED ON CHRYSLER: HTTP://ARTICLES.CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM/1999-02-25/BUSINESS/9902250383_1_AIR-BAG-HAND-BURNS-CHRYSLER-VEHICLES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000. UPDATED 5/18/15*CN

2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE MALFUNCTION WHILE DRIVING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND EVENTUALLY WENT DEAD. AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES, HE WAS ABLE TO RE-START THE VEHICLE, BUT ONLY TRAVELED A FEW MINUTES, BEFORE IT WENT DEAD AGAIN. THE SERVICE CONSULTANT AT THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE FAN ON THE HYBRID BATTERY HAD MALFUNCTIONED. LESS THAN THREE MONTHS LATER, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE, WHERE THE ENGINE STOPPED AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED ANOTHER PORTION OF THE HYBRID DRIVE SYSTEM HAD OVERHEATED. SEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER DESCRIBING THE EXACT SYMPTOMS HE EXPERIENCED. WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE DEALER WITH THE RECALL NOTICE, THEY STATED ONE OF THE TWO REPAIRS WERE COVERED. HOWEVER, HE WOULD NEED TO FILE THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK TO RECEIVE A REFUND. THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL # 14V526000. *JB

WHEN DRIVING I STARTED NOTICING A LOUD BANGING SOUND STARTING WHEN DRIVING OVER SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD. IN TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER REPAIR SHOP FOR AN OIL CHANGE WE HAD THEM CHECK OUT THE SOUND THAT I HEARD. THEY POINTED OUT THE RIGHT, PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL. AT THIS TIME WE WERE TOLD THE REPAIR WAS NOT AN IMMEDIATE REPAIR THAT WAS NEEDED BUT WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED. WE PLANNED TO WAIT UNTIL THE LOCAL ROADS WERE REPAIRED FROM THE POT HOLES DEVELOPED THROUGH WINTER. A MONTH AND A HALF LATER, ON MARCH 20, 2015 THE SOUND HAD BECOME EXTREMELY WORSE AND I FEARED FOR MY SAFETY. WE TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. THE RIGHT SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND THE SUSPENSION IS BARELY ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. IN RESEARCHING ONLINE THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM THROUGH SEVERAL YEAR MODELS NOT JUST THE 2005. WHEN I CALLED THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE HOTLINE I WAS TOLD FORD WAS UNAWARE AND THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM DESPITE THE NUMEROUS LISTINGS OF PEOPLE ONLINE SAYING THEY HAVE REPORTED THE SAME KIND OF ISSUES. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING THE CAR ON THE FREEWAY AND SUDDENLY THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THEY WERE VERY HARD TO DEPRESS AND SLOWED THE CAR VERY SLOWLY. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHEN WE NEEDED TO STOP, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT, WITHOUT A DOUBT. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO AND MY MECHANIC RESET THE COMPUTER AND ALL WAS GOOD FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. THEN THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. MY MECHANIC, WHO I TRUST IMPECCABLY WAS BAFFLED BY THE WHOLE THING AND ASKED THAT WE SEND THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. THE DEALER (FIRST DEALER) IS TELLING US WE NEED TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER, THEN MAYBE THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT, WHICH THANKFULLY, IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY IN CA BECAUSE IT'S A HYBRID PART. HOWEVER, IF IT IS THE HCU, WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MASTER CYLINDER, EVEN THOUGH I SUSPECT IT'S THE HCU FROM WHAT I'VE READ ONLINE. I THEN CALLED THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE CAR WHEN WE INITIALLY BOUGHT IT (SECOND DEALER FROM HERE ON OUT). THE FIRST DEALER IS QUOTING US $2800 TO FIX THE MASTER, WHILE THE OTHER IS QUOTING AROUND $2000. THE SECOND ONE IS ALSO SAYING HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE HCU AND JUST CHANGE IT OUT WHERE DEALER 1 IS SAYING FORD SAYS IN ORDER TO CHANGE OUT THE HCU, THE MASTER HAS TO BE CHANGED FIRST. THE SECOND DEALER IS SAYING THIS SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE. WE JUST BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A PRIVATE SELLER AND FRANKLY, I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I'M READING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART OF THE CAR AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE FORD IS HAVING SOME SERIOUS, LIFE THREATENING ISSUES WITH THIS COMPONENT...AS WELL AS GIVING PEOPLE MASSIVE BILLS TO FIX THEIR CAR. THE ONLY THING THAT SHOULD COST $4000 ON A CAR SHOULD BE THE ENGINE. NOT THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THIS IS INSANITY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V526000 (HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED 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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.