Ford Escape Complaints

29,499 consumer complaints on file.

#10520267June 17, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE ACTS LIKE IT IS GOING TO CUT OFF, YOU CAN'T GIVE IT ANY GAS. I HAVE TO PULL OVER, WHERE I AM AT, WHETHER IT BE THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, OR A CENTER TURNING LANE. I THEN HAVE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, TURN IT OFF, WAIT ABOUT 15 SECONDS AND START IT BACK UP. MOST OF THE TIME I HAVE TO REPEAT THIS PROCESS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I REACH MY DESTINATION. IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH WE HAVE TRIED TO ORDER BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS ON BACK ORDER AND THEY (FORD DEALERSHIP) ARE NOT SURE WHEN THEY WILL GET ONE IN. THIS MUST BE A HUGE PROBLEM IN THE U.S. BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY FORD DEALER THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE "A BUNCH". *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520292June 17, 2013
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, I HAVE EXPERIENCED REPEATED INCIDENTS OF STALLING WHEN IN TRAFFIC AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO THE INITIAL FAILURE OR PRIOR TO SUBSEQUENT FAILURES. I AM AFRAID THAT IF THIS CONTINUES IT COULD END UP IN A WRECK WITH SOMEONE GETTING INJURED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520290June 17, 2013
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, SUSPENSION
REAR SWAYBAR SUBFRAME MOUNT BRACKET DETACHED FROM SUBFRAME WELDING. FAULTY WELDING IS THE DEFECT AND CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520323June 17, 2013
POWER TRAIN
AS I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, THE CAR BEGAN SPUTTERING AND THEN THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. WHILE THE POWER REMAINED ON, THE CAR DRIFTED TO A STOP. AFTER GETTING THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. A WEEK LATER, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN AND I WAS THEN TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS PART WAS ON A NATIONWIDE BACK ORDER AND MY CAR WAS NOT BE FIXED UNTIL AT LEAST A WEEK LATER. TODAY, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO, MY SISTER OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE AND HAD EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM ABOUT A WEEK AGO. BOTH CARS HAD ABOUT 50,000 MILES ON THEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519998June 16, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE AUTO "JUMPED" THEN DECELERATED IMMEDIATELY. I HAD TO MOVE FROM MIDDLE LANE TO RIGHT THEN OFF THE ROAD WITH ONLY COASTING-NO FUEL POWER AT ALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520005June 16, 2013
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE GETTING ON THE FREEWAY THE CAR SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN AND ALMOST STALLED OUT (THIS OCCURRED TWICE). IT ALSO OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AND SPEEDING UP ON THE FREEWAY WHERE IT SLOWED DOWN TO WHERE IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT. IT ALSO OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON A STREET IN THE CITY AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT TRIED TO HIT THE GAS AND THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520039June 16, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
DRIVING AGAIN TODAY AND TRUCK JUST SHUT OFF THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN LAST TWO WEEKS IS FORD GO TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM PULLED CODE AND CODE NUMBER IS 2112 SAME CODE AS BEFORE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520044June 16, 2013
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WE WERE DRIVING TO BILOXI MI TO THE VA CLINIC FROM PACE FL AND WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE VA CLINIC ON SUNDAY TO GET OUR HOTEL OUR CAR STARTED HESITATING. WHEN WE LEFT TO GO TO THE HOTEL WE WAS GOING ABOUT 40 COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT AND MY WIFE LOST THE THROTTLE AND A WRENCH SHOWED ON THE DASH. WE HAD NO GAS PEDAL SO I TOLD HER TO LET IT COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN IT OFF. IT CRANKED UP WENT A MILE AND DONE THE SAME THING SO HERE WE ARE STUCK IN MISSISSIPPI WITH NO CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520045June 16, 2013
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR DID A RPM SURGE AND WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. THE PART HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519913June 15, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
WHEN TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLE SUDDENLY GOES INTO A LIMP MODE AND THE "WRENCH" WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. VEHICLE IS ABLE TO TRAVEL PERHAPS 30 SECONDS TO ONE MINUTE FURTHER UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND SEEMED TO BE FORCED DECELERATION. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AFTER A FEW SECONDS AND THE WARNING LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED AND I WAS ABLE TO PROCEED TO MY DESTINATION. PER MANUAL, THE "WRENCH" WARNING LIGHT IS FOR THROTTLE/POWER TRAIN AND ILLUMINATES WHEN A POWER TRAIN FAULT HAS BEEN DETECTED. HAVE APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER SERVICE IN TWO DAYS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519933June 15, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON 8 OCCASIONS IN RAPID SUCCESSION. IN ALL INSTANCES, I AM DRIVING ALONG AS USUAL, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY ACCELERATOR BECOMES NON-RESPONSIVE. THE CAR IS STILL RUNNING, BUT I AM QUICKLY LOSING SPEED, I CANNOT ACCELERATE, AND THE ENGINE DOES NOT REV WHEN I PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR. I MUST STOP THE CAR, PUT IT IN PARK, TURN IT OFF, AND RESTART THE CAR IN ORDER TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM AND CONTINUE DRIVING. SIMPLY PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, TURNING IT OFF AND RESTARTING IT WILL NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519936June 15, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IN MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THROTTLE CONTROL (WENT INTO LIMP MODE). I HAD TO MOVE OVER TO THE EMERGENCY WITHOUT POWER AND STOP THE VEHICLE. AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES, IT STARTED AND RAN OK. THEN ON 10 JUNE, THE SAME ISSUES OCCURRED AGAIN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BUT IN LITTLE TRAFFIC. AGAIN ON 14 JUNE IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES WITHIN DRIVING 10 MILES AGAIN ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND IN AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE THIRD TIME AN OBD II DTC WAS ISSUED. UPON ARRIVAL HOME I SCANNED THE CODE AND IT WAS P2112 THROTTLE BODY STUCK CLOSED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519975June 15, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE THROTTLE BODY IN MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE. WHEN I DRIVE MY CAR, IT RANDOMLY STOPS ACCELERATING AND MY CAR STOPS RUNNING. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY HAZARD. MY CAR HAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROADS. CARS COULD ALSO EASILY HIT ME WHEN MY CAR RANDOMLY STOPS.THIS PROBLEM IS RESOLVED ONCE I TURN OFF MY CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON, BUT IT CONTINUES TO HAPPENS MANY TIMES. I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS AS THIS PROBLEM PUTS PEOPLE IN SERIOUS DANGER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519979June 15, 2013
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 55-60 MPH, THE ENGINE SEEMED TO SHAKE/JUMP AND THE THE CARE LOST ALL ACCELERATION POWER. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON, I COASTED OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO THE SHOULDER, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED. IT RAN FINE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN DID IT AGAIN. IT HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES GETTING IT TO THE DEALER ABOUT 12-15 MILES AWAY. DEALERSHIP HAS REPORTED IT IS THE THROTTLE BOX AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER OF 1 TO 3 WEEKS! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519754June 14, 2013
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I ACCELERATED FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND IN APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET THE ACCELERATOR STOP WORKING. THE ENGINE DID NOT DIE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY IDLE AT A SLOW PACE. I STOPPED THE CAR, PUT IN PARK, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND THEN RESTARTED. THE ACCELERATOR WORKED AT THAT TIME AND I CONTINUED ONTO THE HIGHWAY WITH NO PROBLEM. I WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MPH FOR ABOUT 10 MILES WHEN THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO AN IDLE. I REPEATED THE SAME PROCESS AS BEFORE, STOP, PUT IN PARK, TURNED OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED. THE ACCELERATOR WORKED AGAIN AND I CONTINUED ON 10 MILES AND MADE IT HOME. THE NEXT AVAILABLE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I EXPERIENCED (2) OF THE SAME SCENERIOS LISTED ABOVE ALONG MY 6 MILE ROUTE TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER (2) DAYS THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY WITH A $574 PRICE TAG TO REPAIR. THE SERVICE PERSON STATED THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR A RECALL ITEM. SHE THEN STATED THAT THE PART WAS ON A "NATIONAL BACKORDER" AND WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER MONTH. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING ALOT!! I HAVE READ SEVERAL ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS SAME TYPE OF ISSUE HAPPENING TO OTHER FORD ESCAPES, VARYING YEARS AND WAS SURPRISED THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. THE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN I WAS OUT OF TOWN, HEADED TOWARD HOME AT APPROIMATELY 11:00 PM. IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION IF I HAD LOST POWER TRYING TO TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC OR WAS ON A MUCH BUSIER HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HOPE OTHERS ARE AWARE OF THIS WEBSITE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519760June 14, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH DOWN INTERSTATE MY 2010 ESCAPE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON, THE GAS PEDAL WAS NON-RESPONSIVE AND THE ENGINE IDLED EXTREMELY ROUGH AT A LOW RPM. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD - NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. UNSURE WHAT TO DO I LOOKED IN THE MANUAL AND SAW THAT THE WRENCH LIGHT MEANT POWERTRAIN FAILURE AND IT ADVISED TO CONTACT DEALER. I HAD SHUT THE CAR OFF, BUT DECIDED TO TRY AND MOVE IT FARTHER OFF THE ROAD SO I STARTED IT AGAIN. THE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY. I DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO GET CLOSER TO HOME AND DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE, SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL RIGHT OFF THE ROAD. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIME DURING A 20 MILE TRIP. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE. I COULD HAVE CAUSED A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT TONIGHT AND THERE IS NO WARNING THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. BY THE SOUND OF IT THE THROTTLE BODY IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. I HOPE FORD STEPS UP AND TAKES CARE OF THIS HUGE SAFETY HAZARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519762June 14, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME AND HER VEHICLE STALLED. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND INTO A PARKING LOT, WHERE SHE HAD HER CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. DEALER TOLD HER THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519777June 14, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND AS THE CAR GOT TO ABOUT 5 MPH, IT WENT INTO WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE "LIMP MODE." WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, NOTHING HAPPENED. THE ENGINE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON, THE ENGINE IDLED AT ABOUT 800 RPM, AND IT TOOK ABOUT A MINUTE OR MORE FOR THE CAR TO "LIMP" OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, AND RESTARTED IT. IT THEN WORKED FINE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, WHICH WAS LESS THAN A MILE FROM WHERE THIS HAPPENED. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. NOW IN JUNE ( SEVERAL MONTHS LATER), WE HAD AN INSTANCE WHERE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I SEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND SAW YOU WERE INVESTIGATING. I PRINTED OUT THE ARTICLE, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND SAID THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A CIRCUIT PROBLEM, BUT THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND IT MAY TAKE "WEEKS" FOR THEM TO GET THE PART. WE DROVE THE CAR ONCE MORE AND THE SAME " LIMP MODE" KICKED IN 3 TIMES IN A 3 MILE TRIP. WHILE TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE SEEMS TO CLEAR THE PROBLEM, THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF THE VEHICLE GOES INTO THE LIMP MODE WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO ACCELERATE THE CROSS A ROAD, ETC. WHILE MY VEHICLE IS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE REPAIRED SATISFACTORILY, THIS IS POTENTIALLY AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION AND I AM REPORTING IT SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION IN YOUR INVESTIGATION. MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN JULY 2008, ACCORDING TO THE STICKER ON THE DOOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519785June 14, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING ABOUT 35 AND THE ABS LIGHT AND ANTI SKID LIGHT CAME ON, WHEN AT SLOW SPEED THE CAR STARTED DOING A CHUGGING AND THEN IT WENT ON BATTERY. IT DID THIS ALL THE WAY HOME. I AM LUCKIER THAN MOST MY MAN IS A MECHANIC AN PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND IT STATED WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS. I ALSO LOOKED ONLINE AND SEE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TONE RING. IN 5 MONTHS MY 16 YEAR OLD WILL BE DRIVING THIS CAR FULL TIME AND NOW I AM REAL CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. SOME ONE RECALL THIS TONE RING, PEOPLE ARE LOOSING BRAKES!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519784June 14, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40MPH AND MY ESCAPE ALL OF SUDDEN LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE STAYED RUNNING BUT IT WOULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD. THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT, SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH MY FLASHERS ON AND STOP. HAD THE TRAFFIC BEEN IN RUSH HOUR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I TRIED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND DRIVE AND IT WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT THE ENGINE STAYED RUNNING AND THE "WRENCH WARNING LIGHT" APPEARED ON THE DASH. I THEN TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED IN UP AGAIN. EVERYTHING THEN RAN FINE. I TOOK THE ESCAPE TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE POWER FAILURE DID OCCUR IN THE THROTTLE BODY AIR INTAKE AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD ANOTHER ESCAPE THAT WAS NEEDING TO BE WORKED ON WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER AND IT WOULD BE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE MINE WOULD BE FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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