2008 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND DASH SAID REGEN BRAKES DISABLED. THERE WAS NO POWER BRAKES AND CAR HAD A VERY HARD TIME STOPPING AND NARROWLY MISSED HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND IT NEEDS ABS PUMP WHICH COSTS OVER $7000 TO REPLACE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY CLINTON FORD IN CLINTON, INDIANA PER A RECALL FOR THE STEERING MODULE AND SENSOR RECALIBRATION BACK IN 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT THE FAILURE, BUT NOT ALL THE TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 198,000.

TL-CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE --- POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE --- CONTACT LOOKED UP VIN NUMBER ONLINE AND SAW POWER STEERING RECALL -- CONTACTED FORD -- FORD STATED CONTACTS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. FORD STATED VEHICLE NEEDS POWER STEERING SOFTWARE UPDATE--SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS DONE LAST WEEK. POWER STEERING HAPPENED AGAIN ...... STEERING SHAFT TORQUE MALFUNCTION MESSAGE CAME UP ON DASHBOARD -- 0 RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VIN..... CB

"TAKATA RECALL" THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND I WAS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ACCELERATING CORRECTLY AND THE WRENCH ICON LIGHT CAME ON SIGNIFYING THAT IT IS A POWERTRAIN FAULT.

RECALL # 14S05 > MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE 2008 FORD ESCAPE AND HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN WHEEL/DRIVE CAR. IT OCCURRED WHEN SHE STOPPED TO FILL CAR WITH GAS AND CONTINUED FOR THE SHORT TRIP TO A SERVICE STATION. THE LOCAL FIRESTONE SERVICE SHOP FOUND CODE 2278 WHICH WAS FOR STEERING TORQUE SENSOR AND TOLD HER THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVE-ABLE FOR SAFETY REASONS. IT WAS TOWED TO WINNER FORD IN CHERRY HILL, NJ. I WAS ALERTED TO THE RECALL AND RESEARCHED IT, DISCOVERING RECALL # 14S05, ISSUED IN 2014, WHICH APPEARED TO AFFECT OUR VEHICLE. DEALER AND FORD SAY THEY WILL NOT HONOR THIS RECALL BECAUSE THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN WHEN NOTICE FIRST RECEIVED IN 2014 AND RE-PROGRAMMING WAS DONE TO FIX PROBLEM. FORD'S RESPONSE WAS THAT ONCE THE RECALL WORK HAS BEEN DONE, THEY ARE NO LONGER OBLIGATED. FORD REP ALSO COMMENTED THAT THE AGE/MILEAGE OF THE CAR DID NOT WARRANT FURTHER ACTION. MY POSITION IS THAT THEY PUT A BAND-AID ON A PROBLEM AND NOW THE REAL PROBLEM IS SURFACING - THE TORQUE SENSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE RECALL NOTICE WHEN CODE 2278 IS FOUND. AGE OF CAR DOES NOT MATTER - IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FORD CREATED. WHEN I ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE VOICE TAPE OR TRANSCRIPT OF THE CALL, I WAS GIVEN FORD CASE NUMBER IS: CAS13915472

AS I WAS STARTING TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, THE POWER STEERING JUST QUIT. IT HAS BEEN FINE UP UNTIL THAT POINT. LUCKILY I WAS STILL IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING). THE DEALER (L & L FORD, 314 HARRISBURG ST, EAST BERLIN, PA 17316, (717) 259-6334) WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE EPS WARNING INDICATOR WAS FLASHING. THE STEERING WHEEL HAD BEEN VIBRATING AND VEERING TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO APPLY FORCE TO CORRECT THE DIRECTION OF THE STEERING WHEEL EACH TIME THE FAILURE HAPPENED. THE DEALER FAILED TO PROVIDE A REMEDY AND CLEARED THE CODE AS IF THEY HAD PROVIDED A SOLUTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THAT THE DEALER CLEARED THE CODE WITHOUT REMEDYING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY FORD ESCAPE 2008 MODEL AUTO TRANSMISSION WITH MILEAGE OF 72000 STARTED GIVING TROUBLE TODAY AND SCARY TOO. AFTER TURNING ON THE CAR & ONCE STARTS MOVING, I FELT LIKE SOMETHING WRONG WITH SHIFTING GEARS FROM FIRST TO SECOND (VEHICLE MOVES SMOOTHLY FOR FEW METERS AND AFTER THAT I CAN HEAR THE ACCELERATOR SOUND, AND I SEE THE WRENCH SIGN POPS UP ON THE DASH BOARD AND VEHICLE WON'T MOVE FOR A FEW SECONDS, SO I HAD TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL UP AND DOWN TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, FELT LIKE VEHICLE GOING TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. I DROVE MY ESCAPE HOME AND STOPPED THE CAR AND AGAIN I TURNED ON THAT TIME WRENCH SIGN WAS GONE AND STARTED MOVING THE VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING REPEATED - WRENCH SIGN & THE PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING GEARS. I AM GOING TO CALL THE DEALER TOMORROW, BECAUSE THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLOSED ALREADY.

THE POWER STEERING IN MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE JUST STOP WORKING AND I ALMOST CRASH. THERE IS NO STEERING AT ALL. I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

ELECTRIC STEERING ASSIST FAILURE -- SUDDEN AND COMPLETE FAILURE. ON HIGHWAY...OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 5 F ABOVE ZERO. TWO CHILDREN IN CAR (ONE YEAR OLD AND 3 YEAR OLD). WITHOUT WARNING (AND DURING A 45 DEGREE CURVE) THE STEERING ASSIST WENT OUT AND AT FIRST THE STEERING ASSIST ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE STEERING AND THAT MADE MATTERS WORSE -- HOLDING THE WHEEL STEADY AND CONTINUING THRU THE TURN WAS A CHALLENGE (AND, I AM 'STOUT' GUY!). GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY ASAP. THEN AN ELECTRIC BURN SMELL STARTED..STEERING COLUMN (?). GOT THE GRAND KIDS OUT OF THE CAR (INTO THE 5 DEGREE TEMP) IN A HURRY! CAR NOW IN THE SHOP . $2,000 REPAIR AND MAY NOT BE COMPLETE. WILL FIND OUT FINAL NUMBER TODAY.