2015 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

MY VEHICLE HAD STALLED ON 3 DIFFERENT TIMES BUT THEN STARTED BACK UP SO DID NOT THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEN IN OCT OR NOV IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL WHEN I PULLED OUT OF A BUSINESS ONTO A STREET. A WEEK OR 2 LATER I NOTICED MY HEATER DID NOT WORK. CHECKED COOLANT AND IT WAS VERY LOW. TOOK TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID WATER IN ENGINE AND OI IN COOLANT. REPLACE ENGINE FOR 8000 DOLLARS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. I HAD HAD MY OIL CHA GED AT THT DEALERSHIP PRIOR AND NO DOUMENTATION OF LOW COOLANT. I HAVE 110.000 MILES ON MY CAR. IT IS THE SAME ENGINE THAT FORD IS HAVING PROBELS WITH. FORD SAID THEY CAN NOT BELP ME. NO RECALLS ON MY CAR. I HAD 100,000 MILE WARRANTY. I HAD A FORD EXPLORER BEFORE WITH V6 AND HAD 190.000 MILES. ARE THERE ANY MORE COMPLAINTS ON THE 2015?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN UNKNOWN DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO ROTATE THE TIRES AND FOUND THAT THE LUG NUTS WERE PREMATURELY WORN. THE DEALER HAD TO USE A SCREWDRIVER AND HAMMER TO RELEASE THE LUG NUTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE LUG NUTS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,321. *MP*JB

ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, THE RADIO AND IT'S COMPUTER SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING. WHILE THE DISPLAY WORKS, THE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR LAYING SOUND NO LONGER WORKS, AND THE TOUCH SCREEN IS RARELY RESPONSIVE.

I DROVE TO A DAIRY QUEEN PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, PUT THE CAR IN PARK. AS I STARTED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR IT STARTED TO ROLL BACK, I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE CAR WAS IN PARK WHICH IT WAS. I THEN PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR TO LEAVE. I COULD NOT START THE CAR, THE SHIFTER WAS LOCKED IN PARK BUT THE INDICATOR ON THE DASH SHOWED IT WAS IN REVERSE, ALSO THE BACK UP CAMERA WAS ON. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO KLABEN FORD IN KENT OHIO, WHERE THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN. KLABEN INSTALLED A NEW BUSHING. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS TO FIND FORD HAD RECALLED SOME MODELS BETWEEN 2013 AND 2016 FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT THIS CAR. I SUSPECT THERE ARE STILL SOME BAD BUSHINGS OUT THERE. I SEE THIS AS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT NEEDS INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU

THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING BROKE AS IT WAS BEING PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND MY 2015 FORD ESCAPE WAS LOCKED IN NEUTRAL POSITION EVEN THOUGH THE CONSOLE SHIFTER WAS IN THE PARK POSITION. LUCKILY WE NOTICED IT ROLL SLIGHTLY AFTER GETTING OUT OF CAR AND WERE ABLE TO GET BACK IN CAR AND PLACE THE PARKING BRAKE SO IT WOULD NOT ROLL INTO THE STREET. THIS IS A SIMILAR ISSUE TO A RECALL OF OLDER FORD ESCAPES (2013 AND 2014). THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE AFTER THAT AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER. HAD IT BEEN ON A LESSER GRADE WE MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED THAT IT WAS NOT IN PARK, AND COULD HAVE ROLLED INTO STREET CAUSING ACCIDENT.

VEHICLE HAS HAD FUSE ISSUES FROM DAY 1. HAD THE WIRING GOING TO SUNVISOR LIGHTED MIRROR START SMOKING WHEN WE CHANGED THE FUSE. WIRING WAS PINCHED FROM THE FACTORY. THEN THE HEADLIGHT DRIVERS SIDE KEEPS BLOWING FUSE. NOW TRYING FIND OUT WHY.

THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING PARKED UNDER A CARPORT FOR ALMOST 24 HRS. WHEN IT INEXPLICABLY CAUGHT FIRE. THE ENSUING FIRE BURNED THE CARPORT AND SPREAD TO THE STRUCTURE CAUSING EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE RESIDENCE. A PASSERBY MADE THE ELDERLY OCCUPANTS OF HOME AWARE OF THE FIRE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT. THE AREA OF FIRE ORIGIN WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME OTHER EVIDENCE AND/OR INSTANCES OF FIRES IN THESE VEHICLES OCCURRING THE SAME WAY.

I BROUGHT MY CAR LAST YEAR ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO IT STARTED ME TO MANY PROBLEMS STARTED SMELLING GAS WHEN I PUT THE GAS IT DON'T START I TAKE IT TO THE SHOP THEY GET TO FIX I COST ME NOW I TAKE IT TO FORD SHOP THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAVE TRANSMISSION I NEED THE NEW ONE

AFTER BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IN REVERSE, I WENT TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE. NONE OF THE GEARS WOULD THEN ENGAGE. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THAT'S WHERE IT STAYED. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE SHIFTER FREELY, ALMOST SLIDING THROUGH THE GEARS WITH BARELY ANY FORCE. IT WAS AS IF THE GEAR SHIFT AND TRANSMISSION WERE NOT CONNECTED (SO TO SPEAK). WHEN I WOULD MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER, NONE OF THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WOULD LIGHT UP AS IN WHAT GEAR I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN. THE ONLY GEAR THAT LIT UP WAS PARK. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THE SHIFT CABLE BUSHING WAS OFF OF THE TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO COVERT FORD (11514 RESEARCH BLVD, AUSTIN, TX 78759, (512) 345-4343), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IF THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED AGAIN, THE CONTACT SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SOLENOID PURGE VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.