2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 187,000.

POWER STEERING FAILED BECAUSE OF A BAD SENSOR. FORD DEALER SAID PROGRAMMING WAS COVERED IN A RECALL NOT REPAIRING THE HARD PART THAT FAILED. STEERING WAS POSSIBLE WITH HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT WITH THE BAD SENSOR.. REPLACED SENSOR AND THE VEHICLE'S POWER STEERING WAS RESTORED.

LOST POWER STEERING ASSIST FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT LOWER SPEED. AFTER SITTING FOR 10 HOURS, STARTED CAR AND HAD NO POWER STEERING ASSIST WHEN BACKING UP. VEHICLE HAS RECALL 14S05. RECALL IS AS FOLLOWS: IF VEHICLE HAS CODE B2278, REPLACE POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR. IF VEHICLE HAS CODE B3142 OR B2277, REPLACE STEERING ASSEMBLY. IF NO CODES STORED, REPROGRAM PSCM AND IC MODULE. MY CAR HAD NO CODES JUNE 2016 AND REPROGRAMING WAS DONE. TWO YEARS LATER, I HAVE NO POWER STEERING AND CODE B2278. POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER STATES RECALL WAS ALREADY DONE AND WILL NOT PERFORM SENSOR REPLACEMENT.

STEERING SYSTEM FAULT APPEARS ON DASH...MAKING THE WHEEL LOCK UP IN DRIVE OR TURNING.WHEN I WAS PARKING STEERING WAS EXTREMELY HARD PLEASE RECALL THIS MATTER I SEEN IN 2006 A RECALL ON GOOGLE ON THE DATE OF 11/1/2018... FORD WILL SAY THERE ARE NO SUCH THING ITS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS WELL AS A DEFECT THAT CAME OUT OF BO WHERE

ELECTRIC STEERING PUMP TURNS OFF WHEN STEERING WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR QUITS WORKING CAUSING THE ELECTRIC STEERING PUMP TO TURN OFF. THIS IN TURN MAKES THE VEHICLE HARD TO STEER WHEN DRIVING AND MAY CAUSE A ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE POWER STEERING FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE AND WAS LATER DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.

ON 10/25/2018, MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2008 FORD ESCAPE AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. SHE COMPLETELY LOST POWER STEERING. THIS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC AND SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE STEERING THE CAR. NO WARNINGS OR CODES APPEARED. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN HER HAVING AN ACCIDENT AND PERHAPS KILLING SOMEONE OR HERSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP IN BIRMINGHAM, AL (LONG-LEWIS FORD) AND DIAGNOSED WITH CODE B2278/NEEDS STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED CONTACTING FORD AS THIS WAS CERTAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE. AFTER TALKING WITH A SUPERVISOR, THEY INFORMED ME THAT SAFETY RECALL 14S05 WAS COMPLETED ON THE CAR ON JULY 2014, 2018 AT FORD SQUARE OF MOUNT VERNON IN MOUNT VERNON, IL SO THERE WERE NO RECALLS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. I PROCEEDED TO CONTACT THAT DEALERSHIP AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY ONLY REPROGRAMMED THE PSCM SINCE THE CAR DIDN'T HAVE A FAULT CODE. I DID NOT OWN THE CAR DURING THIS TIME SINCE I PURCHASED IT 5 MONTHS LATER. INTERMITTENT ISSUES OCCURRED AFTER THE PURCHASE WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY BUT WERE TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT EVERYTHING WAS OK. AGAIN, NO WARNINGS OR CODES APPEARED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY FORD MECHANICS THAT THE REPROGRAMMING OF THE PSCM REMOVED FORD FROM RESPONSIBILITY AND NOW OWNERS ARE STUCK WITH AN EXPENSIVE CAR REPAIR. SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS HAVE STATED THAT FORD WAS NEGLIGENT IN CORRECTING THE PROBLEM AND NOW MORE CARS ARE STARTING TO SEE THE PROBLEM AND CAUSING EVERYBODY ON THE ROAD TO BE AT RISK OF AN ACCIDENT, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN DEATH. THE CAR HAS 113,000 MILES ON IT AND IT WILL BE REPAIRED AT LONG-LEWIS FORD AT MY EXPENSE WHICH IS VERY COSTLY. THE CAR WAS ASSEMBLED AT THE KANSAS CITY PLANT WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE RECALL.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON 2008 FORD ESCAPE WHEN TURNING OUT OF PARKING LOT. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC; HE SAID THERE'S A RECALL (14S05) ON IT. I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THEY RAN THE VIN # AND SAID THERE'S NO OPEN RECALL. THE INFO I'VE GATHERED STATES THAT IT'S ON MODELS ASSEMBLED IN KANSAS CITY, AND MY ESCAPE WAS ASSEMBLED IN KANSAS CITY, ACCORDING TO VIN. I'VE FOUND OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ONLINE. I REMEMBER TAKING IT IN FOR A RECALL A COUPLE YEARS AGO BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS FOR; AND I'M LEARNING THAT FORD ONLY FIXED THE SOFTWARE BUT NOT THE PARTS RELATED TO THIS RECALL. I THINK THIS IS HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT AFTER HAVING TRUCK FOR ONLY 6 MONTHS. I HAVE TO GET SUSPENSION PROBLEMS FIXED EVERY OTHER MONTH. AND THE MUFFLER EVERY OTHER MONTH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE POWER STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING TORQUE ANGLE SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WILLIS FORD (15 N DUPONT BOULEVARD, SMYRNA, DE 18877) PERFORMED A SOFTWARE UPDATE OF THE POWER STEERING PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING) IN 2015. THE DEALER ONLY PERFORMED THE SOFTWARE UPDATE AND DID NOT REPLACE THE PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. *TT*JB