2020 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID Complaints

TAILGATE LOWERS WITHOUT DRIVER ACTION. WHILE UNLOADING REAR AREA TAILGATE LOWERED ON HEAD

PANORAMIC VISTA ROOF PANEL IMPROPERLY ALIGNED FROM FACTORY WHICH ALLOWED RAIN WATER TO FLOW TO INTERIOR AND DAMAGE HEADLINER / WET ELECTRONICS OF VEHICLE DUE TO FRONT EDGE OF THE SLIDING GLASS PANEL NOT FULLY CONTACTING THE MARGIN SEAL.

AFTER PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND ONTO THE STREET, THE FORD ESCAPE LOST DRIVE POWER AND COULD NOT REACH LEGAL SPEED. STOPPED AND PUT ON FLASHERS. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOWED A "STOP SLOWLY NOW" MESSAGE PLUS SEVERAL MALFUNCTION LIGHTS WERE ON. COULD NOT PUT THE CAR IN PARK OR NEUTRAL AND COULD NOT RESTART THE DRIVETRAIN. LATER EVEN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT BLANK. ABOUT 1 HR LATER, WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND PULL OFF THE STREET AND WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER. DEALER HAS NOT LOOKED AT THE CAR YET, BUT THIS IS APPARENTLY RELATED TO FORD'S CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 20B14.

WAS DRIVING ON STRRET WHEN CAR STARTED DECELERATING FOR NO REASON. I PUSHED ON GAS PEDAL BUT CAR SLOWED TO A STOP IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. EVERYTHING RUNNING BUT GAS PEDAL NOT RESPONDING. HAD TO TURN CAR ON/OFF FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE AGAIN.

I WAS DRIVING FOR LYFT IN FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA A PASSENGER OPEN UP THE RIGHT REAR DOOR A GUST OF WIND PUSHING THE DOOR FURTHER OPEN THEN IT SHOULD HAVE CAUSING THE DOOR TO BEND

CAR SHOWED ERROR OF 'STOP SAFELY NOW' AND THE GAS ENGINE TURNED OFF AND WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON. THIS IS A AWD HYBRID ESCAPE, WAS STRANDED ON SIDE OF ROAD FOR 15+ MINUTES. AFTER TURNING OFF AND ON MULTIPLE TIMES THE CAR FINALLY WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE FROM PARK, GAS ENGINE DID THEN TURN ON. DEALER HAS NO CLUE WHAT HAPPEN, DID A 'MASTER RESET' AND SAID IT'S FIXED. THIS IS AN UNSAFE VEHICLE.

THE TOP OF DASH BOARD IN ITS ENTIRETY BUT SPECIFICALLY THE TRIM PIECE AROUND THE HEADS-UP DISPLAY ON SPECIFIC TRIM/MODES CREATES A REFLECTION UPON THE WINDSHIELD, PARTICULARLY DIRECTLY IN THE DRIVERS MAIN SIGHT LINE, WITH SUCH LOW OPACITY IT MAKES DRIVING VISIBILITY DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY THE TRIM PIECE IS SMOOTH PLASTIC, WHEREAS THE DASH ITSELF IS TEXTURED. THIS OCCURS PRIMARILY DURING THE DAY DURING ANY LIGHTING CONDITION OUTSIDE AND IS INCREASED WITH DIRECT SUNSHINE UPON THE VEHICLE.

BRAND NEW 2020 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID CAR INTERMITTENTLY STOPS AND CEASES. SEEMS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET. CAR IS INACCESSIBLE AND CANT EVEN GET INTO NEUTRAL. TRIED DISENGAGING ELECTRICAL BATTERY. HAD TO LET SIT FOR 15+ MINS AND CAR SEEMS TO REBOOT ITSELF. THEN YOU CAN START AND PUT INTO DRIVE/REVERSE ETC BUT ACCELERATION DOES NOT WORK AND ONLY IDLES. THIS IS 2ND TIME HAPPENING. FIRST TIME, WE LET IT SIT FOR 30 MORE MINS AND SEEMS IT ELECTRICALLY REBOOTED ITSELF AND CAR WORKED. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP. THEY HAD IT 1 WEEK AND SAID ITS FINE NO COMPUTER ISSUES. [XXX]. (8/19/20). NOW, 8/28/2020 THIS HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE AND WILL BE LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE. WE HAD A 2012 ESCAPE THAT DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT CAUGHT ON FIRE ON HIGHWAY IN 2014. FORD IS NOT PUTTING OUT SAFE PRODUCTS AND NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED FOR THESE FAULTS AS THESE ARE SERIOUS ENDANGERMENT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS LIVES. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS ON INCLINE WHILE IN DRIVE. AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN REMOVING FOOT TO PUT ON GAS THE VEHICLE ROLLS BACK AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. WE ALMOST ROLLED BACK INTO A LADY THAT WAS PUSHING A STROLLER. FORD SAYS THEY HAVE NO REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM. I CAN PROVIDE VIDEO.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH A WARNING APPEARED "STOP SAFELY NOW" WITH A HAZARD SIGN. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER AND SLOWED TO APPX 5MPH. WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN SPEED AND ACCELERATOR DID NOT RESPOND. APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS LATER AN ONCOMING AMBULANCE APPEARED OVER THE HILL IN THE OPPOSITE LANE AND PROCEEDED PAST. POWER STILL WAS NOT RESTORED. CONTINUED SHORT DISTANCE UNTIL ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. UNABLE TO SHUT OFF VEHICLE. ARRANGED FOR VEHICLE TO BE TOWED TO DEALER FRIENDLY FORD POUGHKEEPSIE NY. VEHICLE HAD RECENTLY BEEN SERVICED DUE TO COMPLAINT THAT BACKUP CAMERA INTERMITTENTLY FAILED AND BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A SERVICE NOTICE INDICATING A SERVICE UPDATE WAS NEEDED AS VEHICLE COULD SUDDENLY LOSE POWER. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED.