2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

IN 2014 I TOOK MY ESCAPE INTO FORD FOR THE RECALL. WEEKS LATER, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE...THEN BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. FORD SAID I'D HAVE TO PAY $1600 TO GET THE STEERING TORQUE SENSOR REPLACED, AND THEIR PART ON THE RECALL WAS DONE WITH HOOKING IT UP TO A COMPUTER. BUT I COULDN'T TURN IT. I DRIVE A 3 YEAR OLD, AND I AM NOT ABLE TO PAY TO FIX OR BUY SOMETHING NEW. I BOUGHT A FORD BC I THOUGHT THEY CARED ABOUT SAFETY. AND STOOD BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I PUT LIVES IN DANGER BC I NEED TO WORK. AND I HAVE TO DRIVE THERE. HELP!!!!

ABS LIGHTS CAME ON WENT AND GOT IT CHECKED AND ITS THE BREAK SYSTEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE OVER $5,000 AND THAT EVEN IF THEY FIXED IT I DONT GET A WARRANTY FOR THE FIXED SYSTEM AND THAT IT COULD REOCCUR. THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS CAR A LOT. CAN WE PLEASE GET THIS ISSUE CHECKED INTO. $5,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX A CAR AND IT NOT BE 100 PERCENT FIXED

TAKARA RECALL. THE POWER STEERING IS NOT WORKING. DRIVING VEHICLE AND IT JUST STOPPED. WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER AND THE "NEED SERVICE" WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING) AND REFERRED HER TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, A CLUNKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A BUSY STREET....THE BACK DRIVER-SIDE LIFT GATE HINGE CRACKED IN HALF AND MY GLASS WINDOW WAS HANGING BY A THREAD. SUPER DANGEROUS TO OTHER VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS. LUCKILY IT DID NOT FALL TO THE ROAD AND SHATTER, OR FLY OFF THE VEHICLE HITTING SOMEONE, OR THING, OR CAR. THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR/ CORROSION. OTHER VEHICLES 'YOUNGER' THAN MINE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM! FORD NEEDS TO BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE! SHAME ON THEM! DOES SOMEONE NEED TO DIE BEFORE AN ACTION IS TAKEN? EXPENSIVE REPAIR. I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH. AND STRESS AND WORRY WHILE DRIVING WITH THE BACK WINDOW LITERALLY FLAPPING IN THE WIND! WTF? AGAIN. THANK GOD IT DIDN'T CAUSE DAMAGE TO SOMEONE OR ANOTHER VEHICLE. I REALLY PRAY THIS CAN BECOME A RECALL ITEM, BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED! OMG! AWAITING REIMBURSEMENT IN OHIO!

ABS & BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ON; CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM & REGEN BRAKES DISABLED MESSAGE CENTER. BRAKING IS HARDER, UNASSISTED. NO ABS, TIRES CAN LOCK UP ON BRAKING. FORD DEALER WANTS $4900 FOR THE HCU PART + LABOR. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS ONLINE OF THIS ISSUE; AND THAT IT CAN LEAVE A VEHICLE WITH NO BRAKES; A SAFETY HAZZARD.

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED YELLOW, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE RED BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY. A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAID "REGEN BRAKES DISABLED". THE NORMAL BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED TO WORK. THE MANUAL (FAIL SAFE) BRAKING SYSTEM WAS INADEQUATE TO STOP PROPERLY. I HAD TO PUT THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AS HARD AS POSSIBLE AND THE CAR STILL DID NOT BRAKE PROPERLY. AFTER MUCH ROLLING, THE CAR FINALLY CAME TO A STOP, BUT HIT A POLE IN THE PROCESS CAUSING A CRACK IN THE FRONT BUMPER. DUE TO THE LONG STOPPING PROCESS, THE POLE WAS UNAVOIDABLE. IT WAS THE POLE, THE DITCH, OR ANOTHER CAR, SO I HAD TO CHOOSE TO BUMP INTO THE POLE FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND TO BE SURE NOT TO HURT ANYONE ELSE. TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND MY YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN!

I WAS IN A BUSY SHOPPING PLAZA AND CAME UP TO A 4 WAY STOP. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKES, THE CAR DIDN'T STOP! A MESSAGE READING "REGEN BRAKES DISABLED" CAME UP ON THE SCREEN, FOLLOWED BY "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM". BOTH THE ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON ON THE DASH. I TRIED TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN AS SOMETIMES WHEN IT HAS AN ELECTRICAL HICCUP THAT WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE SAME MESSAGE REAPPEARED AND I DROVE STRAIGHT TO A LOCAL GARAGE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DEFINITIVELY DETERMINE THE ISSUE AND REFERRED ME TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. A FEW DAYS LATER, FORD ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT WHICH WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. ALL OF THE PIECES WITHIN THE BRAKE SYSTEM ARE IN TACT, EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE INSPECTED DURING ROUTINE TUNE UPS LOOKS FINE, BUT SUDDENLY WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING THE BRAIN OF THE CAR CAN'T REMEMBER HOW TO MAKE IT STOP.

MY KEY FOB UNLOCKED THE CAR, AS USUAL, PUT CHILD IN. GOT IN DRIVERS SIDE. PUT KEY IN IGNITION. ALL LOCKS LOCKED! CAR DID NOT START. I HIT KEY FOB AND THE PAD TO UNLOCK SEVERAL TIMES... UNLOCKED MY DOOR... I ASSUMED ALL DOORS. WOULD NOT OPEN DOOR WHERE DAUGHTER WAS IN CAR SEAT IN BACK (BACK PASSENGER SIDE). KEY FOB OR DOOR UNLOCK WOULD NOT WORK TO UNLOCK IT. KEY FOB DID NOT WORK AT ALL AFTER THAT FIRST TIME AND DID NOT UNLOCK HER SIDE. I GOT HER OUT ON DRIVER'S SIDE BACKSEAT. WE HAVE VIDEO SURVEILLENCE SO INCIDENT SHOULD BE ON THERE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. END OF 100' DRIVEWAY. NO NEIGHBORS IN SIGHT. TERRIFYING TO THINK IF THE KEY FOB HADNT OPENED MY DOOR THAT LAST AND APPARENTLY ONE AND ONLY TIME, IF ID BE STUCK IN HOT CAR WITH DAUGHTER IN BACK SEAT.