2009 Ford Escape complaints

I'VE HAD MY VEHICLE SERVICED AND WAS HOLD THAT I HAVE A "PERFUSE" OIL LEAK IN MY MOTOR. AND MY MOTOR HAS LESS THAN A 100,000 MILES ON IT.. *JS

THROTTLE STOPPED WORKING AND SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT IT OFF AND STARTED IT UP AGAIN. IT WORKED FOR SEVERAL MILES BEFORE HAPPENING AGAIN. *JS NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CHANGED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AT NO CHARGE. THE FIRST SET OF INCIDENTS HAPPENED WITH MY 7 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR, SO IT WAS SCARY AND DANGEROUS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR/MODEL.

ENGINE STARTED IN PARKING LOT WITH A VERY ROUGH IDLE. I THOUGHT IT MAY BE A FUEL ISSUE BECAUSE THE CAR STARTED BUT DIES IMMEDIATELY AFTER GIVING GAS TO THE PEDAL. THE 2009 FORD ESCAPE WAS TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC AND HE REPORTED IT HAS A SEIZED ENGINE ON THE EXHAUST VAVLE #1 CYLINDER. I THEN HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A NEW FORD ENGINE REPLACED. I AM CONCERNED THIS IS RELATED TO THE GAS THROTTLE RECALL AS THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE AND WITH LOW MILES AND OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000 MILES IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP COST FOR A NEW ENGINE IS $7000. YOU WOULD HOPE FORD COULD STAND BY THEIR RECALL PRODUCT, BUT THEY SAID NO WARRANTY ON POWERTRAIN. THIS IS A VERY UNFORTUNATE AND VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. UPDATED 4/24/2015 *JS

FORD 2009 ESCAPE-CAR STARTED MAKING A SQUEAL NOISE AND BELT STARTED TO COME OFF AND WHEN LOOKED TO SEE THE WHAT WAS GOING ON THE CARS MOUNTING BOSS BROKE OFF OF TIMING COVER AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THE IDLER PULLER MOUNTING BOLTS BROKE FROM COVER AND CAUSED CAR NOT TO BE ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. WHEN CHECKED WITH DEALER WAS TOLD NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING. WHEN PURCHASED NEW PART. THE IDLER PULLER HAS MORE STEEL METAL FOR SUPPORT AND ANOTHER BOLT TO HOLD WHERE AS THE OLD ONE DOES NOT. PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE IF NEED TO BE SEEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED WHICH INCIDENTALLY CLEAR THE ERROR CODES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE SINCE THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING) BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM IF THE VIN WAS INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT DURING THE INCIDENT THE MAINTENANCE SERVICE SENSOR LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,320.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE CLOSING THE REAR LIFT GATE GLASS, THE PASSENGER SIDE HINGE SUDDENLY FRACTURED CAUSING THE LIFT GATE GLASS TO BECOME UNSECURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE HINGE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

VCT SOLENOIDS AND CAM SENSORS ARE FAULTY. THE VEHICLE STALLS RANDOMLY, ENGINE LAGS AND EXIBITS POOR FUEL MPG. THE PROBLEM OCCURED JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND UPON RESEARCH; I HAVE DISCOVERED THIS ISSUE IS VERY VAST WITH 2009-2011 FORD ESCAPES, MERCURY MARINERS, 2010-2011 FORD FUSION AND MERCURY MILAN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 3.0L ENGINE AND BUILT ON OR BEFORE 3-1-2011. MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE AND MANY OTHERS VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED AT NO COST OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

MY FAMILY WERE RETURNING FROM VACATION WHEN THE CAR DECELERATED WITH NO WARNING. WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE AND WE WERE INCHES FROM BEING REAR ENDED BY THE UPCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE ISSUE IS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT IT IS NOT BEING RECALLED BECAUSE YOU CAN STILL DRIVE IT. HOW ABOUT YOU TELL THAT TO MY TERRIFIED GIRLS (AGES 6 AND UNDER) THAT IT IS SAFE TO HAVE CARS AND TRUCKS FLYING PAST YOU AT 70 MPH AND YOU CAN'T ACCELERATE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY QUICK ENOUGH. A MONTH LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY WIFE RETURNING FROM WORK. THAT'S TWICE IN 2 MONTHS. WE HAVE ONLY THE ONE CAR AND HAVE NOT BEEN ON VACATION FOR FEAR OF THE CAR DECELERATING. I GUESS INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE BUSINESS OF PREVENTING ACCIDENTS, PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FIRST BEFORE ANYTHING WILL BE DONE TO PROTECT CONSUMERS. *TR

I LIVE IN CANADA. FORD HAS THE INCORRECT ADDRESS FOR ME ON THEIR DATABASE OF RECALL ADDRESSES. ON THEIR ENVELOPE ADDRESS FIELD FOR ME THEY HAVE MISSPELLED MY LAST NAME BY TRUNCATING THE NAME TO ONLY ABOUT 5 CHARACTERS AND HAVE ALSO MISTYPED MY APARTMENT NUMBER BY ALSO TRUNCATING IT TO AN INCORRECT APARTMENT NUMBER. WHEN I CALLED FORD CANADA ABOUT THE INCORRECT ADDRESS INFORMATION THEY SAID IT HAD "NOTHING TO DO WITH FORD AND THAT WHO EVER IS PROVIDING THEM WITH ADDRESS INFO SHOULD BE CONTACTED BY ME". DOES THIS SEEM TO BE THE RIGHT WAY FOR FORD TO HANDLE THIS ? I ONLY RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA POST OFFICE FOUND MY REAL ADDRESS AND IN PEN CHANGED THE ADDRESS TO MY ACTUAL CORRECT ADDRESS. QUESTION: ARE MANY OTHER RECALL NOTICES NOT MAILED PROPERLY AND ARE MANY PEOPLE THEREFORE NOT RECEIVING IN THEIR MAIL RECALL NOTICES ? NOTE: I PUT IN NEW YORK FOR MY STATE AND ZIP OF 00000 SO THAT THIS WOULD GET THROUGH TO YOU. *TR

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER, CAME NEARLY TO A STOP BUT CONTINUED TO JUMP FORWARD UNTIL I TURNED IT OFF. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WAS ACCELERATING WHEN THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO SHUT OFF. VEHICLE RESTARTED AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER DID IT AGAIN PULLING AWAY FROM AN INTERSECTION. DEALER CONFIRMED IT WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY AND CHARGED 100 DOLLARS TO FIX. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45 MPH THE CAR LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO COAST TO A STOP EVEN WITH THE GAS PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR. *TR

DRIVING WHEN SUDDENLY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED, BATTERY LIGHT, AND OIL LIGHT ALL BLINKED AFTER WHICH ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD PLACED IN PARK AGAIN TRIED TO REV ENGINE NOTHING HAPPENED. TURNED CAR OFF THEN TURNED BACK ON AND CAR RAN AS USUAL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON TAKING TO DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. *TR

GOING TO LEFT TURN LANE. NO RESPONSE FROM ACCELERATOR. ENGINE STILL RUNNING. SWITCHED OF, THEN SWITCHED BACK ON.CAR RUNNING AGAIN. GOT HOME, IT SWITCHED OF AGAIN.THEN SAME AS 1ST TIME. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE STEERING WOULD LOCK. I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN MY VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN UNLESS I TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND ON AGAIN, AT WHICH TIME IT WOULD WORK FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET THEN ONCE AGAIN THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD LOCK. ACCORDING TO THE FORD DEALER, THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND NOW I FIND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON A SENSOR IN THE STEERING COLUMN, AND NOT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING COLUMN AREN'T COVERED UNDER THE RECALL FORD HAS ISSUED. THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS OUT THERE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

WAS DRIVING THEN FELT "BACK FIRE" THEN THE WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE AT ALL. NEVER LOST CONTROL JUST HIT BRAKES TO TURN ON ROAD AND PULL OVER. TURNED OFF CAR AND RESTARTED IT AND REVVED THE ENGINE. WENT ANOTHER MILE AND IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD GOTTEN BAD GAS BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. TAKING IT TOO DEALERSHIP FRIDAY JUNE 6TH. *TR

SEEMS TO ACCELERATE UNPREDICTABLY WHEN TURNING. NO INCIDENTS YET, BUT CONCERNING. ALSO, MY MECHANIC SAYS THE STEERING MOTOR IS LEAKING. MY FORD WAS MADE IN MISSOURI. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS RELATED TO THE RECALL OF ESCAPES MADE IN KANSAS. *TR

HAD CAR SET ON CRUISE CONTROL, FELT A POP OR A SNAP UNDER CAR, LOOKED DOWN AND CRUISE WENT OFF AND I WAS COASTING, I HAD MY FOOT IN THE GAS AND THE RPM'S WERE AT 1000, GAS WAS NOT REVVING AND THE RPM'S DIDN'T MOVE, COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF, BUT IT DIDN'T. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT WAS FINE, UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. HAVE TAKEN IT TO A FORD DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT TRIPPING A CODE AND THAT THEY CAN'T REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY UNTIL THEY HAVE A CODE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A LOANER CAR SINCE LAST FRIDAY AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RECREATE THE INCIDENT. *TR

1ST TIME DRIVING DOWN STREET WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, TRUCK LOST POWER. HAD TRUCK TOWED THROUGH RESEARCH NEW IT WAS THROTTLE BODY. TWO DAYS LATER TRUCK STARTED, WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON LOST POWER AGAIN .TRUCK STOPPED WORKING IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. TOOK TRUCK DIRECTLY TO FORD SERVICE. THEY WERE CLOSED. THEY LOOKED AT TRUCK NEXT DAY. I HAD A COMPLETE TUNE UP AT A DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOP AT 100,000.00. HAD ALL FLUIDS CHANGED AND SPARK PLUGS. FORD SERVICE CALLED, AND TOLD ME IT NEEDED ALL THAT DONE, THAT IT WAS NOT THROTTLE BODY. AFTER I TOLD THEM I ALREADY HAD ALL THAT DONE, THEY STUTTERED AND SAID THEY WOULD CALL ME BACK. THEY CALLED BACK SAID IT PROBABLY WAS THROTTLE BODY AND GAVE ME A LARGE ESTIMATE. I CHOSE TO PICK UP TRUCK. PAID $128.00. RECEIVED LETTER YOU WROTE ABOUT FROM FORD REGARDING THROTTLE BODY. CALLED FORD. THEY SAID THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE IT IF THE CODE SHOWS UP WHEN I BRING IT IN, IF IT DOESN'T I WILL HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. I AM UPSET BECAUSE I ALREADY BROUGHT IT IN WITH THAT EXACT PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE WHAT I SHOULD DO NOW. THANK YOU. *TR

THE THROTTLE BODY BECAME STUCK DURING TRAVEL ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. MY CAR LOST ALL POWER TO ACCELERATE UNTIL CAR COULD BE STOPPED AND THE IGNITION KILLED. *TR

FORD CLAIMS THEY HAVE A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM (13N03) TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT CUSTOMERS WHO COME INTO DEALERSHIPS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE SOFTWARE REPROGRAMMED TO PROTECT THE THROTTLE BODY. THE PROBLEM IS- FORD WILL NOT HONOR THIS PROGRAM UNLESS THE ERROR SHOWS ON THEIR DIAGNOSIS COMPUTER. I HAD THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAPPEN TO ME AND THE ERROR DID NOT SHOW UP ON THE FORD DIAGNOSIS COMPUTER SO FORD WILL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM ON MY VEHICLE. AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE, MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE JUST COMPLETELY LOST ALL ACCELERATION. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD, INDICATING AN ERROR. I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO DRIVE ABOVE 2 - 3 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY, BUT THEIR COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS MACHINE DID NOT SHOW THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE I HAD POWERED OFF MY CAR AFTER THE ERROR OCCURRED, THE ERROR WAS CLEARED FROM MEMORY AND WOULD NOT SHOW UP ON THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS MACHINE. IF THE COMPUTER DID NOT SHOW THAT MY VEHICLE HAD THAT ERROR, FORD WOULD NOT FIX THE THROTTLE BODY. WHO CAN DRIVE A CAR 20 MILES TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP WHEN THE CAR CAN ONLY GO 2 - 3 MPH???. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE! I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN WHEN I AM ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR! WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS WHEN I AM DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE AND I AM UNABLE TO SAFELY GET OFF THE ROAD? SINCE THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO ME, I

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING WHEEL REMAINED LOCKED, AS IF THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I HAD TO STOP AND RESTART THE VEHICLE 5-6 TIMES BEFORE THE POWER STEERING WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE WHEN I RESEARCHED IT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT, BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY IN STEERING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE POWER STEERING IS OUT. I ALSO REALIZE THAT THERE IS NO POWER STEERING FLUID BECAUSE THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP, AND DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY (UPWARDS OF $1500 TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN. OTHER VEHICLES THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM, KIAS, TOYOTAS, ARE REPORTING THIS DEFECT ON THEIR VEHICLE AS A RECALL AND PAYING FOR REPLACEMENTS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN FORD FOR NOT HANDLING THIS ISSUE AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD AGAIN! *TR

P2111, THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN, I HAD TO DRIVE TO AN AUTO ZONE TO GET THIS CODE WHILE THE CAR WAS IN THIS CONDITION. OTHERWISE THESE WAS NO ERROR CODE RECORDED. THE ENGINE RUN AT AN IDLE AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHEN ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. *JS

WITH NO WARNING, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING ON THE VEHICLE. IT WAS AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE AS IT TOOK 2 DAYS FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLICATE IT. WHEN IT FAILED FOR ME/US, LUCKILY I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, VERY CLOSE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND NOT TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS OR IN SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC. IT WAS SO DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT MY ARM MUSCLES WERE SORE. LOOKING AT SOME ONLINE FORUMS, THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AN ISOLATED FAILURE TO OUR VEHICLE. MY/OUR CONCERN IS 1) WHY IS THERE NO WARNING/INDICATION THAT THE POWER STEERING IS/WILL BE FAILING? IT IS ELECTRIC, SO THERE IS NO FLUID TO CHECK OR MAINTAIN. 2) WHAT IF I HADN'T BEEN IN A PARKING LOT AND HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGHER SPEED? THE EFFORT REQUIRED TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREME, AND HAD I NEEDED TO CHANGE DIRECTION QUICKLY, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. *TR

I'M A TEACHER AND ON MY WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. IT RETURNED APPROXIMATELY A MILE LATER AND THEN WENT OUT AGAIN. WHEN MY WIFE CAME HOME FROM WORK, SHE FOLLOWED ME TO A MECHANIC, AND ON THE DRIVE THERE, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN. THERE IS NO INDICATION OR WARNING LIGHT TO INDICATE WHEN IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND THE SITUATION IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS TO US AND SURROUNDING DRIVERS. WE'RE SEEING ONLINE THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH FORD ESCAPES ESPECIALLY IN 2008 AND 2009 MODELS. *TR

FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE XLT HAS BEEN JUMPING AND SHIFTING ROUGHLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS TRANSMISSION RELATED DESPITE THAT I FLUSHED MY TRANSMISSION A LITTLE OVER 1 YEAR AGO. ON 04/24/14 I WAS DRIVING 60 MPH CRUISE CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CRUISE CONTROL CUT OFF AND MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE XLT BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED, I NOTICE WHEN THE 18-WHEELER BEHIND ME WAS APPROACHING MY BUMPER RAPIDLY, NEARLY REAR ENDED ME - HAD TO COAST 2 LANES OVER TO GET TO ON COMING EXIT TO AVOID REAR ENDING DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC. MY SUV WOULD NOT RE-START UNTIL THE THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN LIGHT CUT OFF HOWEVER THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON. I HAD TO COAST LANES OF A BUSY HIGHWAY WITH 8 AM TRAFFIC TO THE EXIT RAMP AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND WAS STRANDED UNTIL MY SUV STARTED AGAIN. *TR

TRANSMISSION SOLENOID WORE OUT VALVE BODY IN TRANSMISSION AND LEAKY SEAL. BOTH ARE A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR FORD AND THEY HAVE ISSUED A TSB TO THEIR DEALERS ON THIS ISSUE BUT HAVE NOT RECALLED THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO PAY $2374.00 TO FIX THIS KNOWN ISSUE. SEE LINKS BELOW: HTTP://WWW.AUTOMD.COM/TSB/BULLETIN_B275253/ HTTP://WWW.AUTOMD.COM/TSB/BULLETIN_B313101/ *TR

STEERING ASSIST WENT OUT AND HAD TO TURN MANUALLY.... COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED HAD MY DAUGHTER BEEN DRIVING AT THE TIME. ABOUT 4 MONTHS BEFORE THIS THE TAILGATE WOULD NOT OPEN EITHER....APPARENTLY THE ACTUATOR WENT OUT. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU CAN OVER ENGINEER SOMETHING AND MAKE IT SO MUCH WORSE. I WILL NOT OWN ANOTHER ESCAPE EVER AND PROBABLY NOT ANY OTHER FORD. *TR

THE THROTTLE HAS FAILED FOUR TIMES IN TRAFFIC.THE ENGINE HAS LOST POWER AND VEHICLE SPEED HAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED.I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP BUT WAS TOLD IF IT DID NOT OCCUR WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN THAT FORD MOTOR CO.WOULD NOT REPLACE OR REPAIR THE THROTTLE BODY. HERE IS MY QUESTION ,HOW DO I GET THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP WHEN IT OCCURS? FORD ISSUED ME A WARNING BUT WANT MAKE REPAIRS,WHAT GOOD IS THE WARRANTY? *JS

SLOWING DOWN TO TURN RIGHT ON ADJACENT STREET, THE FORD ESCAPE STALLED AND POWER LOSS ENSUED SHORTLY THERE AFTER. *JS

UPON START UP, THE CAR HAS ISSUES WITH POWER STEERING, LOCKING THE WHEEL AND PREVENTING IT FROM STEERING OR MOVING. AFTER A FEW MINUTES WITH THE CAR TURNED OFF, THE POWER STEERING HAS RETURNED THUS FAR, BUT WE'VE HAD 4 INCIDENTS OF THIS WITHIN THE PAST WEEK. WE'VE READ OF OTHERS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES WHILE DRIVING AND WE'RE FEARFUL OF THE SAME HAPPENING TO US. WE'RE FEARFUL OF OUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS BUT ARE FEARFUL THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD THE COST OF REPAIR. UNTIL WE HAVE ISSUES WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT SMALL DISTANCES. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WOULD FAIL WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE; HOWEVER, IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, DECLINED TO PROVIDE FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,071.

POWER STEERING HAS TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING .GOING 45 MILES A HOUR AND TURNING ON INTERSTATE AND ALMOST RAN OFF ROAD. STOPPED AND TURN OFF CAR AND RESTARTED, WHICH MADE IT START WORKING AGAIN. NEXT TIME PULLING OUT OF STORE PARKING LOT AND WENT OUT AGAIN, HIT CURB BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO TURN BACK TO STREET.THIS ELECTRIC STEERING IS A DEATH TRAP AND SHOULD BE FIXED BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES.NOW IM AT 90,000 MILES AND IT IS GOTTEN REAL BAD. I HAVE TO STOP AND RESTART MANY TIMES TO GET IT TO COME ON AND EVEN THEN IT STARTS TO VIBRATE AFTER A WHILE. TOOK IT TO FORD THEY SAID EVEN BEFORE LOOKING AT IT MOST LIKELY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN,SINCE THE SENSORS ARE WHAT IS GOING BAD AND NOT SENSING. I WOULD OF TOOK IT TO THEM BACK WHEN IT FIRST STARTED ,BUT I THOUGHT IT ONLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THERE ANTI THEFT NOT SENSING THE KEY AND THOUGHT THE KEY MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM SINCE IT TURNED ON EACH TIME BEFORE AND DIDN'T THINK TO TAKE IT TO FORD IF IT WAS WORKING..JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A GLITCH. AFTER PAYING 1400 DOLLARS WHICH FORD IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN FIX IT AND RESET SYSTEM IT WORKS AGAIN,BUT WITH ONLY A 24000 MILE WARRANTY. HEARD ELECTRIC STEERING LAST ABOUT 90,000 BEFORE NEEDING REPLACED. I WOULDN'T BE OUT OF 1400 IF I HAD THE REGULAR POWERSTEERING WITH FLUID AND WOULDN'T HAVE HAD NEAR MISSES WITH WRECKS.WHEN I PICK UP MY ESCAPE EVEN THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE ELECTRIC STEERING ISN'T VERY GOOD, BUT DID SAY THE F150 TRUCK HAS FLUID NOT ELECTRIC STEERING I GOT.. *

I WAS ON HOV LANE ON LIE DRIVING TO MY PARENTS. AS I WAS COMING OFF TO REG LANE, MY ENGINE STALLED. FORTUNATELY, THE OTHER CAR WAS FAR AWAY ABLE TO STOP. I CHANGED GEAR INTO PARK AND RESTARTED THE CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,500.

WE HAVE A 2009 ESCAPE AND SO FAR WITHIN THE YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS OF HAVING IT WE SADLY HAVE HAD NON-STOP PROBLEMS. OUR STEERING HAS LOCKED UP COMPLETELY.IT STARTED BACK IN 11/13 AND HAS CONTINUED TO NOW 4/14. IT USE TO BE WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR IT WOULD LOCK UP AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART AND IT WOULD UNLOCK AND IF IT DID NOT UNLOCK WE DROVE IT THAT WAY. THE ONE DAY I WAS LITERALLY SITTING IN A PARKING LOT FOR 1 1/2 HOURS WAITING FOR IT TO UNLOCK. FINALLY AFTER 1 1.2 HOURS I TRIED AGAIN AND IT UNLOCKED AND I DROVE STRAIGHT HOME AND WAITED FOR MY HUSBAND. THEN IT STARTED TO LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR WITH ME AND SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME. THEN IN JAN. 2014 THE STEERING BECAME PERMANENTLY LOCKED AND WE DRIVE IT THAT WAY JUST BECAUSE 1.)THE PART IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND 2.)NOBODY WILL LET US TRADE OUT THE VEHICLE JUST BECAUSE THERE IS NO VALUE TO IT IS WHAT THE DEALERSHIPS TOLD US. SO HERE WE ARE TODAY WITH A VEHICLE THAT WE BASICALLY (FLINTSTONE) IT. WE CAN NOT AFFORD THE PART WHILE MAKING CAR PAYMENTS ON IT AND TRYING TO PAY BILLS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON IT IF THERE ARE MANY MORE COMPLAINTS BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE SEVERE ACCIDENTS WITH OTHERS. IMAGINE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND IT LOCKS YOU CAN LOSE CONTROL GO OFF THE ROAD AND CRASH. WHOSE FAULT WOULD THAT BE???? *TR

LOSS OF POWER STEERING. STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN SHAKING RECENTLY (NOTICE WHILE IDLE). TODAY I STARTED MY CAR, I HAD 0 POWER STEERING. APPARENTLY IF YOU SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND START IT AGAIN IT AGAIN YOU MAY BE LUCKY AND HAVE POWER STEERING. I LEARNED THIS WITH A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH. MANY WHO HAVE ESCAPES WITH HIGH MILEAGE HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE FROM ALL I HAVE READ IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. "A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING". THIS ALSO IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PART, 1,400.00-1,700.00 TO FIX. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND TRUCK HAD A MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER, LIKE IT WAS NOT GETTING FUEL. DID NOT STALL AND WE CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD. IT HAPPENS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND SOMETIMES ONCE AND OTHER TIMES MULTIPLE TIMES. GEAR AND SPEED DO NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR. ON TWO OF THE WORST CASES THE POWER TRAIN / THROTTLE CONTROL "WRENCH" LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, BUT OF COURSE AFTER TURNING OFF VEHICLE AND STARTING IT BACK UP AND DRIVING TO DEALERSHIP, THE LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE TRUCK RAN FINE. NOTHING WAS FOUND THE FIRST TIME IT WAS TAKEN IN. THE SECOND TIME I PRESSED THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY CAME BACK WITH OVER $975.00 WORTH OF NEEDED REPLACEMENT PARTS (THROTTLE BODY, MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, FUEL INJECTOR FLUSH AND SPARK PLUG REPLACEMENT @ 56,000 MILES. *TR

I LEFT WORK AND EVERYTHING WAS OK. I MADE 1 STOP AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF DRIVING. AFTER GETTING BACK IN THE CAR TO BACK OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME LIKE THIS. WHEN I GOT HOME, I TURNED THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK. SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT EVERYDAY SINCE THEN. MOST RECENTLY, WHILE THE CAR IS SITTING STILL AND IDLING, LIKE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL MOVE A LITTLE ON ITS OWN. IT WIGGLES BACK AND FORTH. I BELIEVE THAT IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING THAT THIS WOULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. I HAVE READ OF QUITE A FEW PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE WORSE. I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE LOOKED INTO. *TR

THE POWER STEERING HAS BECOME VERY ERRATIC. WHEN I TURN THE VEHICLE ON, ABOUT HALF THE TIME WHEN I TRY TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IT IS VERY HARD TO TURN. I HAVE TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT, UNTIL THE WHEEL MOVES SO I CAN DRIVE THE VEHICLE. AND THEN, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN THE ENGINE IS IDLING, AND IT SEEMS VERY FREE MOVING. I WENT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE STATED THE PART TO FIX IT WAS OVER $900 PLUS THE LABOR TO PUT IT IN. NEEDLESS TO SAY, AM VERY NERVOUS ABOUT OPERATING THE VEHICLE, PLUS AM PRETTY DISAPPOINTED IN FORD THAT THEY HAVEN'T RECALLED AND FIXED THIS VERY EXPENSIVE, DANGEROUS, AND PREVALENT PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION WITH A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND WOULD NOT STOP, DESPITE MY FRANTIC EFFORTS TO BRAKE THE CAR; I SWERVED TO MY RIGHT, WENT THROUGH 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON GRASS CURB AND THEN WENT UP A 5 FT. ICE BANK, WHERE MY WHEELS JAMMED IN THE ICE AND I STOPPED, SITTING AT NEARLY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE, 5 FT. ABOVE THE ROAD. MY FRONT BUMPER WAS MANGLED IN THE ICE BANK AND MY PASSENGER-SIDE MIRROR WAS BROKEN OFF BY A STOP SIGN. IF NOT FOR THE SNOW BANK, I WOULD HAVE CONTINUED INTO THE VERY BUSY INTERSECTION, WHERE I AND OTHER DRIVERS WOULD HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN INJURED OR KILLED. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT DESPITE HITTING THE BRAKE, THE CAR WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEM, DID NOT STOP, IT KEPT GOING UNTIL HITTING THE SNOW-ICE BANK. *TR

I FIRST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN SEP 2010. THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN I WAS STOPPED OR MADE A TURN COASTING SLOWLY, WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE DID NOT KICK IN FOR A SECOND OR TWO. WHEN IT DID IT JERKED HARD AND FELT LIKE IT SLAMMED INTO GEAR. THE DEALER COULD NEVER ID THE PROBLEM AND PUT IT OFF AS NORMAL. THEN VERY RECENTLY I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL. IT KEEPS THE RPM'S AT AN IDLING LEVEL BUT DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL-LIKE YOU PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. WHEN I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART IT APPEARS TO SELF CORRECT. THIS HAPPENS WHILE I'M DRIVING SLOWLY ONCE AND AGAIN WHEN I WAS AT A STOP AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE NOT YET TAKEN TO A DEALER YET. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON A RESIDENTIAL HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE ENGINE JUST SHUTDOWN. THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAME ON AND MY WIFE WAS FORCED TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED 2 TIMES SINCE, ONCE IN AUGUST AND ONCE ON MARCH 17TH, 2014. THE CAR HAS HAD REGULAR SERVICING AND AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST INCIDENT THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP FOR A REVIEW WHICH WAS INCONCLUSIVE AS TO THE ROOT CAUSE. CHECK CODE TESTED ALL MODULES WITH ALL PASSING. NO LOW VOLTAGE CODES OR PCM CODES. BATTERY CHECKED AND ALL CONFIRMED TO BE OK. AS A POTENTIAL REMEDY THE PCM WAS FLASHED TO THE MOST CURRENT LEVEL. *TR

WE HAD NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD STARTED SLIPPING AND GRADUALLY GOT WORSE. WE CHECKED THE TRANS FLUID AND IT WAS VERY LOW. COME TO FIND OUT WE HAD BEEN LOSING FLUID AND DIDN'T KNOW THE PROBLEM SO WE TOOK IT TO OUR MECHANIC BECAUSE WE BOUGHT IT USED FROM PATTERSON IN MT. AIRY AND THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. OUR MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE SEAL HAD BLOWN SO HE PUT A NEW AXLE IN ALSO BECAUSE THERE WAS WEAR ON IT. WELL....WE HAVE DRIVEN IT A TOTAL OF 2 WEEKS AND THE VERY SAME THING HAS HAPPENED SO IT IS BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AGAIN. AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS I AM FINDING THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE VERY SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND GETTING VERY EXPENSIVE. RIGHT NOW I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS VEHICLE TO ANYONE. OH, AND BY THE WAY, MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS CAR HAD THIS SAME REPAIR DONE ON IT BEFORE WE PURCHASED IT!!!!! LOOKING AT MY OPTIONS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP TAKING THIS TO THE SHOP. MY FEAR IS THAT WE ARE GOING DOWN THE ROAD WITH OUR GRANDBABIES AND THIS CAR STOPS AND WE ARE STRANDED. AND ALSO IF IT OVERHEATS BECAUSE OF NO FLUID...COULD FIRE BE AN ISSUE?? *TR

MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON FRIDAY. IT CAME BACK AFTER WORK AFTER THE CAR WAS RESTARTED. THEN IT WENT OUT AGAIN ON SATURDAY. IT SOMETIMES WORKS SOMETIMES DOESN'T IT HASN'T FLIPPED ON AND OFF WHILE IN OPERATION. BUT I AM AFRAID THAT IT MIGHT. *TR

WHILE AT AN IDLE MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. THEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING AROUND A CORNER MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AND CAUSED ME TO GO OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK ON AND KEEP GOING BUT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. *TR

LOSS OF POWER STEERING. TURNED CAR OFF IT RETURNED NOW IT TWITCHES SHAKES AND GOES OFF ONCE AND WHILE. NEED TO REPLACE STEERING COLUMN EPAS SHOT. COST$$$ MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THIS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT THE CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *TR

POWER ASSIST TO STEERING FAILED. RESULTED IN VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN/STEER VEHICLE. VERY FORTUNATE THIS HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED. *TR

FOR A FEW DAYS MY POWER STEERING WOULD GRIND AND THE WHEEL WOULD TWITCH WHILE IDLING. THEN WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY ALL THE POWER STEERING SHUT OFF AS I WAS MOVING IN LANES. IF I HAD BEEN MAKING A SHARP TURN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC I COULD HAVE DIED. I'M A PERSONAL TRAINER AND IT TOOK ALOT TO TURN THAT WHEEL. *TR