2015 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. CAR ALSO HAS BEEN HAVING A STARTING ISSUE. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD COME ON, FUEL PUMP WOULD PRIME, GO TO START AND NOTHING. IF THE BATTERY WAS UNPLUGGED FOR 5 MINUTES IT WAS MORE LIKELY TO START. THANKFULLY IT HAPPEN ON A CITY STREET AND NOT THE HIGHWAY THAT I WAS GOING TO BE GETTING ON.

CAR WAS PUT IN PARK, THE ENGINE WAS THEN TURNED OFF. THE KEY WAS REMOVED AND THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO ROLL WHILE EXITING THE CAR. DISPLAY SHOWS GEAR POSITION IS IN D.THE PHYSICAL POSITION OF THE SHIFTER IS IN PARK.. APPEARS SIMILAR TO A RECALL FOR A SHIFTER BUSHING FOR 2013-2014 FORD ESCAPES.

WHILE TURNING INTO A SUBDIVISION MY CAR REGISTERED A WARNING FOR OVERHEATING. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGNS OR SMELLS OF OVERHEATING. I PARKED THE CAR IN A FRIEND'S DRIVEWAY AND TURNED IT OFF LIKE THE WARNING SIGNAL INSTRUCTED ME TO DO. UPON CHECKING, THE COOLANT WAS WITHIN RANGE AND NOT EMPTY. I LEFT THE CAR PARKED OVERNIGHT. THE NEXT DAY I STARTED THE CAR AND IT IMMEDIATELY REGISTERED HOT, AND PEGGED OUT THE NEEDLE. I PURCHASED A NEW COOLANT SENSOR FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP BUT THAT DID NOT CHANGE THE CAR REGISTERING HOT WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED ON. THE CAR SPENT A WEEK WITHOUT BEING TURNED ON AND STILL REGISTERED HOT WHEN STARTED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO HILBISH FORD IN KANNAPOLIS, NC. THEY REPLACED A SECOND SENSOR AND A COOLANT BYPASS VALVE. THE REPAIR COST WAS $682.74. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH FORD WHERE MY CONCERN HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AND ASSIGNED CASE NUMBER - CAS-24112659-S7N8M3. WHILE RESEARCHING POSSIBLE RECALLS I DID DISCOVER THAT 2013 AND 2014 FORD ESCAPES HAD RECALLS FOR COOLANT ISSUES. MY ESCAPE IS A 2015 AND HAD ONLY 35239 MILES AT THE TIME OF THIS ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND A POSSIBLE RECALL BE CONSIDERED.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK. HAD NO NOISE , LIGHTS, OR WARNING OF ANY KIND..I WAS PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL..THE CAR QUIT MOVING. I THOUGHT MAYBE A COMPUTER ERROR. COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED THE CAR OFF..WAITED A MINUTE..RE STARTED IT..STARTED TO DRIVE..WENT JUST A FEW FEET AND IT DID IT AGAIN...AGAIN..NO NOISE, WARNING LIGHTS..NOTHING. I MADE A PHONE CALL..I WAS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM A CAR REPAIR SHOP. REALLY KINDA COASTED IN. OF COURSE THEY LOOKED AT IT..GAVE ME THE GREAT NEWS AS TO IT HAD CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAD IT TOWED FROM THERE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP..THEY FOUND THE SAME ISSUE. THE TOW COMPANY THAT TOWED MY CAR IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS TOWED 4 OF THEM..ALL WITH TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I ALSO TALKED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT STATED FORD IS HAVING AND HAS BEEN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IR WAS A LITTLE SCARY AND DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING 55MPH IN MORNING TRAFFIC AND HAVE YOUR CAR JUST WAIT MOVING.

THE BUSHING THAT ATTACHES THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE TO THE TRANSMISSION DEGRADED OVER TIME AND CAUSED THE BUSHING TO DETACH FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THIS CAUSED ME TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER TO PARK AND TURN CAR OFF, WHILE THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN REVERSE WITH NO WARNING MESSAGE OR AUDIBLE CHIME.

RECALL NUMBER: 18S20. THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING IS DEGRADED JUST LIKE THE RECALL NUMBER I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING. WHILE I WAS PARKED, I WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT MANUALLY AND THE DASH KEPT READING NEUTRAL. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CABLE BACK ON THE TRANSMISSION IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME.

INSTRUMENT PANEL TURNED WHITE AND STOPPED WORKING.....THOUGHT IT WAS ON RECALL ....BUT FORD TOLD ME NO....WE HAVE HAD IT FIXED ....

WHEN DRIVING...IT SHUDDERS.......LIKE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION.....

LOST ABILITY TO PUT SHIFTING LEVER IN DRIVE, NEUTRAL, OR REVERSE. TOOK SEVERAL TRIES TO PUT SHIFTING LEVER BACK INTO PARK. ONLY OPTION WAS TO TOW THE VEHICLE. FORD DEALER DISCOVERED IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BUSHING FOR THE SHIFTER CABLE, WHICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND ALREADY PART OF A SAFETY RECALL FOR 2013-2014 FORD ESCAPES BUT NOT 2015. THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO 2015 ESCAPES AS WELL.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 FORD ESCAPE GOING ABOUT 50MPH WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL JUST FROZE. IT TOOK ALL OF MY STRENGTH TO TRY TO TURN THE WHEEL SO I COULD GET MYSELF OFF THE MAIN ROAD AND OUT OF EVERYONE'S WAY. I GOT MYSELF TO THE SIDE AND COULDN'T TURN THE WHEEL AT ALL. LUCKILY MY FAMILY WASN'T TOO FAR SO MY DAD WAS GONNA HELP ME GET MY CAR HOME BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN TURN THE WHEEL. WE HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK. ALSO MY 2015 FORD ESCAPE WOULD STALL AFTER PUMPING GAS, TAKING SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START MY CAR AND AT TIMES NOT STARTING AT ALL AFTER FILLING MY TANK. IT HAS STALLED ON ME SERVERSL TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE MAIN ROAD LEAVING ME STRANDED AND HOLDING UP TRAFFIC ON BUSY ROADS. LOW TIRE PRESSURE/ TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR FAULT WARNING LIGHT APPEARS OFTEN EVEN THOUGH ALL TIRES ARE AT CORRECT PRESSURES ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL APPEARS NOISY CABIN MAKES BUZZING NOISES BEHIND STEREO EVEN WHEN CAR IS OFF STEREO MALFUNCTIONS HAPPEN OFTEN WHERE CDS GET STUCK AND STEREO SAYS 'NO CD' WHILE TRYING TO EJECT IT.