2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

ERROR CODE APPEARED ON MY DASH READING. POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT. 20 MINUTES LATER THERE IS NO POWER STEERING AT ALL. I CALLED FORD FOR THE CURRENT RECALL ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY SAID MY VEHICLE IS NOT ONE OF THE ONES AFFECTED.

VEHICLE ABS REG/BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLES BRAKES ARE WORKING ON A LIMITED BASIS, UNSAFE TO DRIVE. APPEARS FRONT BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING.THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING A HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE PART THAT HAS FAILED IS A HYDRAULIC BRAKE CONTROL THAT COST ABOUT $5000.00 (PER DEALER QUOTE). CAR CAN NOT BE DRIVEN AT THIS TIME.

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, MY FORD ESCAPE'S STEERING WHEEL FROZE. IT STIFFENED AND WAS UNMOVABLE. I HAD TO WRESTLE THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET OFF THE ROAD, TRYING TO TURN IT. I FINALLY DID TURN, AFTER A WIDE, WIDE TURN, I WAS ABLE TO PARK IT. THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" WORDS CAME ON. I HAVE NOT MOVED IT SINCE.

MY PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLES BRAKES IS SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN ON THIS FORUM. SOMETIMES I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES, BUT ABOUT HALF THE TIME AFTER STARING THE CAR THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON ALLONG WITH REGEN BRAKES NOT WORKING AND TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP REQUIRES STOMPING BREAK PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO ROLL PAST A STOP SIGN AND INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IF THE BRAKES RANDOMLY STOP WORKING. THE REPAIR SHOP OF COURSE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AS THE BRAKES WERE WORKING FINE THEN. MOST LIKELY THOUGH, THE CULPRIT IS IN THE HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM, HENCE THE 'REGEN BRAKING' NOTE THAT COMES ON.

TORQUE SENSOR FAILING AFTER BEING REPLACED OR REPROGRAMMED STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP IN PLACE

THREE OUT OF FOUR WINDOWS HAVE FAILED DUE TO REGULATERS. WHEN AUTO SHOPS WERE ASKED ABOUT THE PROBLEM, THE REPLY WAS THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. REPAIRS RANGE FROM TWO HUNDRED TO SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE FACTORY WOULD ADDRESS A PROBLEM AS COMMON AS THIS.TWO WINDOWS CAME DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND ONE WHILE PARKED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EPS FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SEIZE. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXTREME FORCE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING) ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE DEALER (TASCA AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, 1300 PONTIAC AVE, CRANSTON, RI 02920, (800) 788-2114) WAS CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE THAT THE SAME SYMPTOMS MAY BE RELATED TO THE RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE, BUT THEY PROVIDED NO SOLUTION OTHER THAN ADVISING THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. ABS AND RED BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER WOULD'VE CRASHED.

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST HAS FAILED CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. FORD HAS RECALLED A NUMBER OF FORD ESCAPES FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT NOT ALL MODELS THAT ARE AFFECTED, INCLUDING MY VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS ON FEBRUARY 19, 2018, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. TWO DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AS AN ABNORMAL DINGING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE WRENCH ICON ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (DICK EDWARDS AUTO PLAZA, 1825 GOLDENBELT BLVD, JUNCTION CITY, KS 66441) AND LEFT A VOICE MESSAGE BUT THE DEALER FAILED TO RETURN THE PHONE CALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000. *TT