2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE STEERING WAS FIRM AND REQUIRED EXTRA EFFORT TO MANEUVER. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. CAMELBACK FORD (LOCATED AT 1330 E CAMELBACK RD, PHOENIX, AZ 85014, (602) 635-7551) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 214,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS TURNING INTO HER DRIVEWAY, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING SEIZED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND ON; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT AN UNKNOWN STEERING COMPONENT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 8:50 PM PST WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE FOLLOWING ERROR MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY: 'POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT'. WE WERE ABLE TO SAFELY LEAVE THE ROAD, BUT STEERING THE VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT.

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WENT TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL BUT PEDAL DOESN'T DEPRESS ALL THE WAY DOWN, AS IF THERE WAS A BLOCK OF WOOD OR SOMETHING PREVENTING IT. "REGEN BRAKE DISABLED" LIGHT WOULD APPEAR ON DASH. BRAKING POWER ADVERSELY AFFECTED DURING THESE EPISODES. CAUSING TO PRESS DOWN ON BRAKE VERY HARD JUST TO STOP. ON SOME OCCASIONS THE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS AT PRESSING OF BREAK WOULD CAUSE PEDAL TO DEPRESS A LITTLE MORE AND ON SOME TIMES NON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL SENSATION WOULD PERSIST, WITH ADVERSE BRAKE AFFECT.... SOMETIMES EXPERIENCING A HYPERSENSITIVITY TO PRESSING ON BRAKE WITH A CHOPPY BRAKING IMPACT AND SOMETIMES EXPERIENCING A VERY LIMITED BRAKING EFFECT, CAUSING ONE TO ALMOST HAVE TO "STAND UP" ON THE BREAK IN ORDER TO PREVENT HITTING WHOMEVER MIGHT BE IN FRONT. I RECALL STARTING TO EXPERIENCE THIS INITIALLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO - ROUGHLY APR 2018 EST.. BETWEEN THEN AND RECENTLY SOMETIMES BRAKING WOULD BE MORE PROBLEMSOME THEN OTHER TIMES THE EXPERIENCES SEEM TO WAX AND WAIN BUT ABOUT MID DECEMBER 2019 AFTER PARKING AT WORK IN THE MORNING AND RETURNING TO THE CAR TO GO BACK HOME. IT APPEARED THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE I ENGAGED WAS STUCK. WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE ON I GOT THE SAME ILLUMINATED REGENS BRAKE DISABLED SIGNAL ON THE DASH AND IT APPEARED I COULDN'T GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK. I HAD TO LEAVE VEHICLE AT WORK. I WAS AWAY FROM WORK A WEEK. UPON RETURN THE CAR STARTED WITHOUT THE REGEN BRAKE DISABLED SIGNAL BUT WHEN I RELEASE EMERGENCY BRAKE & SHIFTED CAR INTO REVERSE, REGENS BRAKE DISABLE CAME ON AGAIN, I WAS STILL ABLE TO DRIVE HOWEVER AND DID, SLOW AND GUARDED BUT DID. NOW A NEW SYMPTOM ENGAGED - I DROVE TO A STOP SIGN AND WHEN BRAKING AT THE LIGHT AND PULLING OFF, BRAKES FELT STILL ENGAGED SOMEWHAT AND PROGRESSIVELY DRIVING FELT THIS WAY. I DROVE A BIT MORE BUT SHORTLY HAD TO PULL OVER AND CALL A TOW TRUCK. WAS TOLD BY MECHS MASTER CYLINDER NDS REPLACG

WHILE DRIVING IT WAS HARD TO PUSH ON BRAKES AND WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS IT VEHICLE WOULD STOP. SO I TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND HE SAID MY BRAKES WENT W CALIBER OR WHEEL BEARING. A FEW WEEKS LATER SAME THING HAPPEN ALL NEEDED REPLACED NOW AGAIN ITS HAPPENED. THIS IS TO MUCH SOMETHING HAS TO BE WRONG. IT WOULD PULL BACK AND BURN THE BRAKES UP. I MEAN IT WAS HARD TO GET IT TWO 25 MILES PER HOUR. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS PULLING BACK, HARD TO GO FORWARD THEN HARD TO PUSH ON BRAKES THEN THE BRAKES STATED SMOKING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOB WONDRIES FORD (400 S. ATLANTIC BLVD, ALHAMRA, CA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: [XXX]. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.*DT ('PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).')*JB

STEERING WHEEL HAD BEEN INTERMITTENTLY VIBRATING FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN MESSAGE 'STEERING POWER ASSIST FAILURE' MESSAGE APPEARED WHEN CAR STARTED AFTER BEING PARKED ALL DAY. POWER STEERING IS GONE. THIS VEHICLE HAS SUPPOSEDLY HAD THIS REPAIRED AS PART OF THE 2014 RECALL.

POWER STEERING FAILURE. THIS WAS A RECALL IN 2014, PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE PCSM RE-PROGRAMMED AND THIS WAS CONSIDERED TAKING CARE OF THE RECALL. THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND TORQUE SENSOR WERE THE ISSUE. IT HAS FAILED AND FORD WILL NOT COVER THIS $2200 REPAIR.

THE POWER STEERING IS NO LONGER WORKING. THE STEERING TORQUE ANGLE SENSOR WENT OUT UNEXPECTEDLY AND I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR THESE VEHICLES. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY PARKED AND HAD JUST TURNED ON MY VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED BUT I'M SURE OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY AS I WAS READING THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE STEERING GO IN AND OUT AS THE PART IS BREAKING.

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING SENSORS. STEERING TO MAKE AN A LOT OF CLICKING NOISE AND VIBRATIONS. LOOKING AT YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND I'VE SEEN A COUPLE WHERE THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE PAID BACK BECAUSE OF A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE WITH THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. LOOKS LIKE THE AVERAGE PRICE JUST FOR THE PART IS ABOUT 750 AND WITH LABOR IT'S ABOUT 1500. WHY ISN'T THIS RE-CALLED MY STEERING WHEEL KEEPS LOCKING UP AND DOING CRAZY STUFF BUT THERE'S NO RECALL THAT I CAN FINE BUT WHY ARE PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT THEY GOT MONEY BACK? SEEMS TO BE A BIG ISSUE WITH THE FRONT END OF THESE CARS ALSO BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS POWER STEERING NOT WORKING VERY WELL