2013 Ford Escape complaints

THE CAR WON'T START IMMEDIATELY AFTER FUELING. WHEN IT DOES EVENTUALLY START IT IDLES VERY ROUGH. THE PROBLEM ALSO CAUSES THE CAR TO PERIODICALLY STALL WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS AND OTHER FORD CARS. JUST SEARCH YOUTUBE OR DO AN INTERNET SEARCH. IT IS APPARENTLY A PROBLEM WITH THE EVAP PURGE VALVE.

2013 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO COOLANT SYSTEM AND EGR SYSTEM ISSUES. *LD THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE VEHICLE BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL 17S09. *JS

WE WERE TRAVELLING IN COLORADO. SUDDENLY ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE. WE PULLED OVER. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GARAGE. WAS COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE.

2013 FORD ESCAPE EXPERIENCES APPARENT TRANSMISSION FAILURES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. OFTEN DURING PASSING ACCELERATION. REPEATED INSTANCES. FROM 50K MILES TO 70K MILES. ONE INSTANCE INVOLVING ALL WHEELS LOCKING UP AT 80MPH (FELT LIKE A SHIFT INTO PARK) AND THE OTHERS INVOLVING DRIVETRAIN POWER LOSS AND JERKING. AFTER CAR RESTART, CODES "APPARENTLY" DISAPPEAR AND DEALERS ARE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES WITHOUT CODES.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY CAR 40MI/HR ON DECEMBER 23RD, THE LOW ENGINE COOLANT FLUID MESSAGE CAME ON, AND ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER, THERE WAS A MESSAGE SAYING THE ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING AND TO PULL OVER SAFELY IMMEDIATELY. THE CAR STARTING STALLING AND I PULLED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER PUTTING MORE ENGINE COOLANT, IT WORKED JUST FINE. THEN TWO WEEKS THE LOW ENGINE COOLANT MESSAGE CAME BACK ON AND I TOOK IT TO MIDAS IN WESTLAND, MI WHERE THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DETECT A LEAK. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT THE SAME SITUATION WITH THE LOW ENGINE COOLANT SIGNAL, OVERHEATING ENGINE, AND STALLING CAR HAPPENED, FOLLOWED BY MORE ENGINE COOLANT ADDED TO CAR. SINCE THEN IT HAS DRIVEN JUST FINE BUT I'M AFRAID IT WILL STALL OR START AN ENGINE FIRE.

THE ENGINE WILL SHUDDER AT RANDOM TIMES AND OCCASIONALLY STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ISSUE ALSO WILL APPEAR RANDOMLY AFTER FILLING THE TANK. SOMETIMES VENTING THE TANK AT THE INLET WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ACCORDING TO FIRESTONE, THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE...AND AS A DRIVER, IT IS AWFULLY UNSAFE. FORD HAS DIAGNOSED IT AS HAVING TO DO WITH A FUEL PRESSURE VALVE. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE. GET THIS FIXED!

VEHICLE CUTS OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP CAN'T DIAGNOSE PROBLEM OR FIX. NO CODES.

FOR THE PAST YEAR MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE WILL LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING AND STALL. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. IT HAS DONE THIS WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH AND 70 MPH, DRIVING IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE FUEL IS FULL, 3/4, 1/2 OR ALMOST EMPTY. MY CAR LOSES ALL POWER TO THE GAS PEDAL AND STALLS. MOST TIMES IT WILL NOT START RIGHT AWAY AND SOMETIMES WHEN I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND WAIT 30 SECONDS IT WILL START. VERY SCARY TO DRIVE ESPECIALLY WITH 2 CHILDREN IN THE CAR. AGAIN I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN BUT IT HAPPENS AT LEAST 2 TIMES A DAY.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM DRIVETIME IN JANUARY 2018. THEY DID NOT TELL ME OF ANY RECALLS. I SEE ONLINE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 15 RECALLS AND THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING HAS BEEN RECALLED 2 TIMES. I HAVE HAD ISSUES FOR OVER A YEAR WITH THE COOLING. I HAVE TO ALWAYS PUT COOLANT IN. WE HAVE EVEN BEEN STRANDED WITH AN OVERHEATED VEHICLE. I HAD AN ESTIMATE DONE TO FIX THE ISSUE AND THEY TOLD ME THE PART IS $1,400, IT IS THE COOLANT BYPASS. NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS, HOWEVER WHEN SEARCHING ONLINE, THE PARTS ARE LESS THAN $100. I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS STILL THE SAME RECALL AND CAN GET FIXED BY THE DEALER FOR FREE? PLEASE LET ME KNOW BEFORE THE ENGINE BLOWS. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON, I AM UNABLE TO USE REMOTE START IN THE FREEZING COLD NOW DUE TO THIS. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET THIS FIXED AS I LOVE THIS CAR AND DO NOT GIVE IT UP. THE DATE I AM USING BELOW IS THE LAST DATE THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. PLEASE GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF FOR ME!

THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO START WHILE STATIONARY AFTER PUTTING GAS. IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET IT TO START AND THEN I HAVE TO PUSH ON THE GAS FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES WHILE IT SPUTTERS UNTIL THE IDLE FINALLY SETTLES. IT SHUTS OFF WHILE STATIONARY AND IDLING IN PARK AS WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH WITH THE SPEED CONTROL ENGAGED AND MAKING A RIGHT FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE ENGINE OVER HEATING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, TURN OFF THE VEHICLE WAITED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AUTO ZONE WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS COOLANT FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT COOLANT WAS ADDED AND NO LEAKS WERE NOTICED UNTIL RECENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT LEAST A SIXTH OF A GALLON OF COOLANT NEEDED TO BE ADDED TO THE VEHICLE. THE LOW COOLANT WARNING ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS THE OVER HEATING WARNING AND THERMOSTAT INCREASE WARNING AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED RESEARCHED FAILURE ON-LINE AND FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V551000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE VEHICLE WAS NOT MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 5, 2011 THROUGH NOVEMBER 26, 2012 WAS THE CONTACT STATED HAS SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH ZECK FORD (4501 S.4TH ST. LEAVENWORTH, KS 66408). THE MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED OF FAILURE AND ADVISED CONTACT TO SCHEDULE DIAGNOSED APPOINTMENT WITH A LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,496.

WE BOUGHT 2013 FORD ESCAPE IN JULY, 2016, WITH APPROXIMATELY 62,000 MILES. AT 64,000 MILES, AFTER CONSTANT OVERHEATING ISSUES, FORD AGREED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THERE WERE OVERHEATING ISSUES ON THE NEW ENGINE AT TIME OF INSTALL (STATED IN DEALER NOTES), BUT THEY "FIXED" THEM. THE CAR NOW HAS 103,000 MILES. HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY, WITH OCCASIONAL OVERHEATING ISSUES NOTED. TRANSMISSION FAILED LAST MONTH. WAITED OVER 2 WEEKS FOR DIAGNOSIS. TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND ANOTHER NEW ENGINE IS NEEDED BECAUSE OF COOLANT LEAK. OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 100,000 MILES. CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP. IT SEEMS THAT THEY PUT ANOTHER DEFECTIVE ENGINE IN AT 64,000 MILES BECAUSE YOU SHOULD GET MORE THAT 40,000 MILES ON A NEW ENGINE. THE COST TO REPAIR THIS PIECE OF JUNK IS PROHIBITIVE AND I FEEL VERY UNHAPPY WITH FORD'S RESPONSE.

I BOUGHT THE 2013 ESCAPE BRAND NEW AND FOR 4 YEARS CAR RAN FINE THEN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS THE CAR WOULD STALL AND I WOULD HAVE TO RESTART IT AND WOULD STALL AGAIN. THIS REPEATED FOR YEARS AND HAD IT FIXED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CAR WAS ALSO LEAKING ANTI FREEZE AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THAT I NEVER RECEIVED. AFTER THE LATEST STALLING ISSUES THE ENGINE BLOCK HAD A SMALL CRACK WHICH NOW I HAVE NOTIFIED THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE AT COST OF 6K - 8K. THE CAR HAS 150K MILES WHICH IS NOT ALOT FOR CARS AND HAS BEEN VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE FOR YEARS, I WOULD NOT LET ANY ONE DRIVE THE CAR DUE TO THIS AS WAS SO DANGEROUS.

VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. I CAN BE DRIVING AND PULL OUT OF AN INTERSECTION AND THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT ANY WARNING LEAVING ME VULNERABLE TO AN ACCIDENT DUE THE VEHICLE NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE. IN ADDITION TO THIS THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS A COOLANT LEAK

I AM CONSTANTLY ADDING COOLANT TO MY ESCAPE. IT HAS BROKEN DOWN / SHUT OFF ON ME TWICE AS A RESULT OF OVERHEATING CAUSED BY LACK OF COOLANT. FORD CLAIMED THE COOLANT LOSS WAS CAUSED BY A SENSOR. SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF A FAULTY SENSOR TRICKING THE ENGINE INTO THINKING IT WAS OVERHEATING AND THE COOLANT WAS BEING DISPERSED TO COOL THE ENGINE. I EXPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2017 WITH 52,000 MILES AND THAT BY SEPTEMBER OF 2017 I WAS ADDING COOLANT. THIS CONTINUE UNTIL OCTOBER 2019 WHEN I FINALLY GOT FED UP AFTER THE VEHICLE POWERED OFF ON ME GOING DOWN HILL AS A RESULT OF 'OVERHEATING' NEEDING MORE COOLANT. I TRIED SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH MY DEALERSHIP TO NO AVAIL AND MENTIONED PREVIOUS RECALLS ON 2013 1.6L ESCAPE ENGINES THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN BUT MANY OF THE RECALLS INVOLVED COOLANT LEAKS! I ALLOWED FORD TO CONVINCE ME THE $4,000 SENSOR WOULD SOLVE ALL MY PROBLEMS. UNFORTUNATELY ON DECEMBER 3, 2019 LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE SENSOR WAS REPAIRED I GOT A MAINTENANCE NOTIFICATION TO ADD COOLANT AND ANOTHER ON JANUARY 20, 2020. IN ADDITION, I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE POWER STEERING DEFAULTING. THIS HAPPENED TO ME AS WELL IN MAY 2019 ON I 85. MY POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT AND NEVER RETURNED. PREVIOUSLY IN APRIL A BRIEF POWER STEERING DEFAULT NOTIFICATION APPEARED AND AFTER RESTARTING MY CAR, THE NOTIFICATION WENT AWAY AND POWER STEERING WAS FINE. IN MY OPINION, POWER STEERING SHOULD NOT BE GOING OUT ON A VEHICLE AFTER BAR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COOLANT WOULD CONTINUOUSLY DISAPPEARED FROM THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND STALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF A LEAK HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE AND COOLANT LOW WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE COOLANT WOULD BE TOPPED OFF REPEATEDLY IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE AS INTENDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF A POSSIBLE LEAK IN THE HEAD GASKET. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THIS IS THE TENTH TIME THAT THE COOLANT SYSTEM LIGHTS COME ON AND THE THE CAR STALLS OUT AND WILL ONLY GO APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES PER HOUR. THIS HAPPENED THIS TIME WITH A CAR BEHIND ME THAT ALMOST CRASHED INTO ME HE HAD TI HIT HIS BREAKS AND GO ACROSS A DOUBLE LINE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME, BLESSEDLY THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. NOW IT WON"T STAY CHARGED EVEN WITH A NEW BATTERY. AS SOON AS I TURN THE MOTOR OFF THE CAR IS DEAD UNTIL I CHARGE IT AGAIN. IT RUNS FROM POINT A TO B BUT IF YOU TURN IT OFF IT IS COMPLETELY DEAD AND THE KEY WONT WORK OR ANYTHING

THERE'S IS A STRONG SMELL OF RAW GAS WHENEVER I START THE VEHICLE AND ASLO WHEN I'M DRIVING THE VEHICLE

WHEN STARTED, VEHICLE DISPLAYS 'POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE-REQUIRES SERVICE' WARNING AND POWER STEERING IS LOST. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME THE CAR IS STARTED, IT JUST RANDOMLY HAPPENS. I DROVE HOME LAST NIGHT FROM WORK WITH NO POWER STEERING, AND ALONG WITH THIS ISSUE MY USB PORTS WOULD NOT CHARGE MY PHONE. MY PHONE RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS PLUGGED IN, BUT NOT ENOUGH POWER WAS BEING SUPPLIED TO ACTUALLY CHARGE IT. I'M NIT SURE IF THAT IS LINKED WITH THE POWER STEERING MODULE, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE BEFORE ALL OF THIS MESS.

SOMETIMES MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE STALLS WHEN I'M DRIVING, I LET IT SIT FOR A WHILE THEN RESTART IT, IT STARTS BUT ALTHOUGH I'M DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR IT DOESN'T RESPOND. AT OTHER TIMES WHEN I START IT FROM A STATIONARY POSITION IT MOVES THEN SPUTTERS AND SHUTS OFF.

AS OF 1/16/2020, I HAVE HAD MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE FOR 6 MONTHS. A WEEK AFTER I GOT MY CAR, IT OVERHEATED. I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER AS THE ENGINE STALLED AND SEIZED UP. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE THERMOSTAT FIXED. AFTER TWO OR THREE MONTHS, THE CAR STARTED OVERHEATING AGAIN. I DECIDED NOT TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AFTER MANY PHONE CALLS AND A VERY UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE. I TOOK IT TO TWO MECHANIC SHOPS AND THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS WRONG. IT CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT, EVEN WITH COOLANT FILLED IN THE RESERVOIR. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, OVERHEATING IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL. I HAVE CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR OVERHEATING ASSOCIATED WITH MY VIN NUMBER. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC SHOP FOR A THIRD TIME, AFTER MY CAR STALLED ON A COLD WINTER'S DAY WITH MY CHILD IN THE BACKSEAT. THEY NOTIFIED ME THAT THE COOLANT BYPASS VALVE WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THEY ALSO NOTIFIED ME THAT IT WAS PART OF RECALL 13S12 (NHTSA-13V583). I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE CALL INSPECTED FOR ALL RECALLS. APPARENTLY MY CAR WAS NOT EFFECTED BY THIS RECALL THAT EFFECTED OTHER 2013 FORD ESCAPES THAT CAUSES THE OVERHEATING. I REGRET MAKING THIS PURCHASE. MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD HAS PROVED TO BE WAY MORE RELIABLE THAN THIS FORD. I WOULD NOT PURCHASE A FORD AGAIN AND PLAN ON TRADING IT IN AFTER I GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET WHEN IT IS OBVIO

WITH IN A YEAR, THE FOLLOWING HAPPENED; THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND WHEN IT DID, IT IMMEDIATELY DIED BUT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE BATTERY. KEY FOB WOULD NOT REGISTER TO VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF THE HOOD, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND NOR TEMPERATURE GAGE MOVED. THIS CAR IS LEMON BASED ON THE HISTORY FROM PREVIOUS OWNER AND THE TWO YEARS I HAVE OWNED IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HE GOT A FLAT TIRE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE BUT THE FACTORY ASSIGNED LUG NUT WRENCH WOULD NOT FIT OVER THE LUG NUTS. THE CONTACT CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE LUG NUTS. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEAT FROM THE VEHICLE BEING OPERATED CAUSED THE LUG NUTS TO EXPAND WHICH CAUSED WRENCH ASSIGNED TO THE VEHICLE TO FAIL TO FIT THE LUG NUTS. BAXTER FORD SOUTH 9203 S 145TH ST, OMAHA, NE 68138 (402) 896-6000 WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND THE FAILURE WAS ACKNOWLEDGED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE HOWEVER, NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,952.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THEY WERE TWO WARNING LIGHTS THEY CAME ON THE ABS SENSOR AND THE HILL SIDE ASSISTS. WHEN THIS COMES ON IS THE CAR ALL THE ELECTRICAL STUFF CUTS OFF THE SPEEDOMETER NOTHINGS WORKS IN THE CAR THE STEERING WILL GET STIFF AND IT WILL DRIVE FOR A WHILE THEN IT RESET IT SELF I'VE NOTICED WHERE IT IS GONE AT LEAST TEN MINUTES BEFORE IT RESETS ITS SELF THIS MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS AND UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT SPEED I AM GOING OR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CAR ANYTHING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CAR MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FROM DEC 27 UNTIL JAN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS THIS IS MY ONE WAY TO GET AROUND CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I AM DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY OR AROUND TOWN I KNOW IT CANNOT BE SAFE.I WAS TOLD BY FIVE STAR FORD THAT THE ISSUE WAS FIX AND IT IS NOT.

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD - HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR CAR JUST STOPPED - WE WERE CLOSE TO A REST AREA AND WAS ABLE TO COAST IN AND THEN WE WERE TOWED. OUR VEHICLE ONLY HAD 90,000 MILES ON IT AND AFTER GOING TO 4 SHOPS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS IN DEED THE ENGINE SO WE HAD TO GET A NEW ENGINE. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD SIGNS LIKE OVERHEATING BUT WE HAD NONE - THEN WE WERE TOLD THAT WITH THIS CAR - THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEVER GOES OVER HALF SO WE WERE MISLEAD.

A SMELL OF GAS AS DRIVING AND PARKED, TURNED OUT TO BE A FUEL LEAK FROM A PIPE IN THE ENGINE BAY, A STEADY HEAVY DRIP WHEN PARKED WITH THE ENGINE OFF, AWAITING REPAIR

VECHICLE STALLES WHILE DRVING ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS

CAR WAS STALLING MULTIPLE TIMES HAD REPAIRED MULTIPLE TIMES KEPT STALLING AND MISFIRING THE VEHICLE HAD 120K MILES ON IT LATEST TEST INDICATED CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK WHICH MAKES THE CAR USELESS. QUOTED NEW ENGINE BY FORD FOR 6K TO 8K TO FIX. CAR HAS HAD ISSUES FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS AND WAS RECALLED 15 TIMES. THE LATEST ISSUE OCCURED IN OCT 2019 AND HAD FUEL SENSOR REPLACED TWO MONTHS LATER STALLED ON HIGHWAY AND ASKED DEALER TO FIX THAT OCCURED ON DEC20 AND THE FIRST DATE TO FIX WAS LISTED AS JAN 07 DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DEALER WAS FIXING SO MANY RECALLS

MY WIFE WAS LEAVING FOR WORK AND HER 2013 FORD ESCAPE HAD A STEERING ASSIST FAILURE LIGHT COME ON ON THE DASH BOARD. THE STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. SHE PARKED IT AND USED MY VEHICLE TO GET TO WORK. I LOOKED THIS UP AND THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS EXCEPT FOR 2008 -2011 FORD ESCAPES. BUT THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUING THROUGH TO 2017 FROM WHAT I READ ONLINE MILEAGE RANGES FROM 700 AND UP . FORD HAS NO FIX FOR THIS, THEY TELL YOU THEY NEED TO FLASH THE COMPUTER AND THAT FIXES THE ISSUE. BUT IT DOES NOT I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS THAT THIS WONT FIX ISSUE AND THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE RACK/PINION GEAR ASSEMBLY AND THE COMPUTER PORTION OF IT ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM COME BACK AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER HAVING NEW PARTS INSTALLED. I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER DRIVING VEHICLES WITH OUT POWER STEERING NOT TO BIG A DEAL FOR ME, BUT SOME PEOPLE SAY THERE STEERING LOCKS UP COMPLETELY AND CANT TURN WHEEL. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS ON THE ROAD AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED, I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE MY WIFE IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE FORD IS NOT FIXING THE ISSUE. THEY NEED A FIX FOR THIS THAT WILL NOT RETURN IN THE FUTURE. I HAVE TRIED TO DUPLICATE WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING AND HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL, IF I CANT THEN FORD CANT AND THERE FOR NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE SOME ONE LOOSES A LOVED ONE.

ENGINE COOLANT GETS LOW EVERY WEEK/ LIGHT COMES ON / IN MOTION OR STATIONARY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT THEN ILLUMINATED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEVENS FORD LINCOLN LOCATED AT 717 BRIDGEPORT AVE, MILFORD, CT 06460 (203) 783-5900, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE COOLANT VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 12V551000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

I BROUGHT THIS 2013 FORD ESCAPE TRUCK IN AUGUST 21ST 2018 IT HAD 77095 MILES WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY STILL AFTER WE BROUGHT THE TRUCK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 I WENT UP THERE TO DON DAVIS NISSAN WHEN THIS TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND TOLD DON DAVIS NISSAN THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT ON THERE WAS ON THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF MY POCKET AND I TOLD THEM WHY SHOULD ME AND MY DAY PAY FOR SOMETHING AND THE TRUCK WAS UNDER THE WARRANTY STILL THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT I BEING CALLING THEM NUMEROUS OF TIMES FROM SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 AND 2019 ABOUT THIS TRUCK AND IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THAT TIME SO AROUND OCTOBER 28, 2019 I WAS LEAVING FROM THE LIBRARY DOING MY HOMEWORK AND I HAVE NOT EATEN ANYTHING THAT DAY SO I WENT TO GET ME SOMETHING TO BEFORE I WENT HOME AS I WAS DRIVING I HEARD THE BELT BROKEN OFF AS I WAS DRIVING I WAS ALMOST IN A ACCIDENT WHEN THE CARS WERE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET SO I PULL OVER ON A STREET I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR A TOW TRUCK SO I SLEPT IN MY TRUCK WHICH WAS OCTOBER 27, 2019 UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHICH WAS OCTOBER 28 2019 A GOOD SAMARITAN HELP PUSH MY TRUCK TO DON DAVIS DODGE SO THE PEOPLE AT DON DAVIS DODGE TOLD ME IT WAS ABOUT 450 TO FIX MY TRUCK WHICH MEANS THAT I HAD TO USE MY TRUCK NOTE MONEY TO GET THAT FIX SO AROUND IN NOVEMBER I BROUGHT A SENSOR THAT GOES ON THEIR WHICH WAS CAUSING MY TRUCK TO LEAK OIL WHICH THEY DIDN'T NOT REPLACE THE FIRST TIME WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TRUCK IN AUGUST 20, 2018

I JUST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD STALLING AND ACCELERATION ISSUES SINCE THEN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY DIDN'T FIND A PROBLEM ONLY IN THE JOINTS OF MY WHEEL BEARINGS. TWO WEEKS LATER. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE HIT MY CAR. WHEN I LOOKED BACK THERE WAS NOBODY BEHIND ME. I PULLED OVER TO CHECK MY VEHICLE OUT. WHEN I GOT BACK IN MY CAR. IT WAS HARD TO SHIFT MY GEARS. I TRIED TO DRIVE OFF BUT MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE NO FASTER THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR WITH ME PUSHING THE ACCELERATION PEDAL TO THE GROUND. I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK. I FOUND OUT FROM A MECHANIC THAT IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION. NO WARRANTY IS AVAILABLE. MY CAR IS JUST SITTING IN MY GARAGE AND NOW I'M CATCHING THE BUS WHILE PAYING A CAR NOTE. PLEASE HELP. I DON'T HAVE 2500 TO FIX THIS. IT'S TOO MANY RECALLS ON THIS SITE ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP US.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE COOLANT RESIOVR IS EMPTY AND THE ENGINE LIGHT IS FLASHING LOW COOLANT. THEN THE CAR START TREMBLING AND START SLOWING DOWN. THEN I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR. ON 12/1719 FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THE COOLANT PROBLEM IS FIXED.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE COOLANT RESIOVR IS EMPTY AND THE ENGINE LIGHT IS FLASHING LOW COOLANT. THEN THE CAR START TREMBLING AND START SLOWING DOWN. THEN I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR. ON 12/1719 FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THE COOLANT PROBLEM IS FIXED.

COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. WHILE ON MOTION ENGINE OVER HEAT AND MADE THE CAR SHAKE . FROM THAT TIME NOISE IS COMING FROM THE ENGINE.. COOLANT LEVEL GOES LOW UNTIL TANK GOES EMPTY . NO ALERT GIVING WHEN COOLANT DROP OFF LEVELS , AT THE SAME TIME OIL LEVELS INCREASE.....

STALLS AFTER STARTING ... THE CAR WILL START JUST FINE BUT A FEW SECONDS OR MINUTES LATER WILL STALL ONCE I AM ALREADY ON THE ROAD. ALSO IF SITTING WITH OUT RUNNING FOR A WHILE CAR WILL STALL AND TURN OFF. IN TRAFFIC THIS IS ALSO AN ISSUE, FREEWAY CLOSED ONE TIME AND HAD TO SIT IN STANDING TRAFFIC IN HWY AND CAR JUST TURNED OFF. SEVERAL TIMES WHEN PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY OR THE SCARIEST PART A SHOOING STRIP PARKING LOT ONTO A BUSY FEEDER ROAD THE CAR WILL STALL AND TURN OFF.

MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN HAS A LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT AND OVERHEATS TO EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURES. THEN THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO STALL AS I'M DRIVING IT. THIS WAS PART OF A RECALL OF OTHER FORD ESCAPES BUT SOMEHOW MY CAR WAS NOT ADDED TO THIS LIST.

WHEN I START MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE LIGHT WILL DISPLAY SAYS STEERING PROBLEM AND WILL NO MOVE INTO REVERSE. I HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND START IT AGAIN THEN IT WILL SHIFT INTO GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON FOR ABOUT A FEW DAYS AND WILL NOT COME ON FOR ABOUT SEVERAL WEEKS. I PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE IN 2019. I ALSO NOTICED THIS VEHICLE HAS 15 RECALLS. JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

CAR STARTS FINE. AFTER DRIVING SLOWLY A SHORT DISTANCE, AND APPLYING BRAKES, WHEN YOU PULL INTO TRAFFIC OR START MOVING FORWARD THE CAR STALLS WITH CHECK YOUR ENGINE/SERVICE YOUR ENGINE LIGHTS FLASHING. THE CAR WILL RESTART AND DRIVE FINE. IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. IT HAS HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND IN PARKING LOTS. I AM CONCERNED IT WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. BASE ON OTHER COMPLAINTS, THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY FORD. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BUT RECENTLY MORE FREQUENTLY.

ON AT LEAST 9 OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR, CAR STALLED WHEN COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, DRIVING STRAIGHT AT 10MPH OR LESS. SEQUENCE WAS: 1) THE CAR WAS WARMED UP DRIVING TO A STORE; 2) ENGINE WAS OFF FOR AT LEAST TWENTY MINUTES WHILE IN STORE; 3) AFTER LEAVING STORE AND STARTING CAR, THE CAR STALLED WITHIN A MINUTE. UPON STALLING, ENGINE COULD BE RESTARTED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAUSE. NO PARTS HAD BEEN REPLACED ON THE CAR.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STALLED OUT OR DIED. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS AND RADIO WERE NOT AFFECTED. THE CAR WAS STILL ON BUT THE RPMS WERE AT 0 AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. I HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT.

MY CAR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL 14S17-S1 EXCEPT MY ENGINE IS THE 1.6L AND THEY WON'T FIX IT. I STARTED MY CAR AFTER WORK AND THE ENGINE FAULT SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. I TRIED TO DRIVE IT BUT THERE WAS NO POWER AND WAS WANTING TO DIE SO I PARKED IT AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. IT IS THE MAP HARNESS WIRING.

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. AS A RESULT I TESTED IT BY INSERTING THE BUCKLE AND PULLED ON THE BELT QUICKLY/SHARPLY TO DETERMINE IF IT WOULD LOCK UP. WHILE THE PASSENGER SIDE RETRACTS AND LOCKS UP, THE DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT. DON'T BELIEVE THE SEAT BELT WOULD RESTRAIN THE DRIVER IN AN ACCIDENT. MY WIFE DRIVES THE CAR AND SAID THIS BEGAN ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS UNTIL RECENTLY.

I OWN A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. I CAN BE DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STALLS WITH NO WARNING. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP AND AFTER LOTS OF MONEY OUT OF POCKET , I STILL DO NOT HAVE A RESOLUTION. THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND FIX THE PROBLEM.

AS I WAS DRIVING I NOTICED MY CAR JERKING GOING IN TO FIRST GEAR. I FIGURED BECAUSE I WAS ON A HILL THAT WAS THE REASON. LATER THAT DAY AS I WAS TRYING TO RUN ERRAND AS I GOT IN THE HIGHWAY MY CAR WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 60 MPH AND WAS AT VERY HIGH RPMS TO MAINTAIN THIS SPEED AND WOULD NOT GO INTO 6TH GEAR. I PULLED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND STARTED TO MAKE MY HOME TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP. AS I MADE IT TO A RED LIGHT THE CAR JERKED AGAIN WHEN I STOPPED. AS I WENT TO ACCELERATE I MADE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WHEN MY CAR LOST ALL POWER AND WOULD ONLY REV AS IF IT WAS IN NUETRAL. AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND BACK ON IT RAN WELL ENOUGH FOR ME TO MAKE IT HOME AND I AM CURRENTLY AWAITING MY APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP. I'M AT 63K MILES AND PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 3 MONTHS AGO AND IT HAD ABOUT 50K MILES ON IT. I DRIVE A 2013 FORD ESCAPE ECOBOOST. THIS DEFECT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED BEING STUCK IN AN INTERSECTION LIKE THAT. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED SEEING THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS HAD THIS ISSUE SPEAKING WITH MECHANICS HERE AND THE DEALERSHIP WHO ALL HAVE A NUMBER OF THIS SAME VEHICLE WITH SIMILAR ISSUES.

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE STALLS AND CUTS OFF WHEN IT GET CLOSE TO A QUARTER TANK OFF GAS AND I GO TO TAKE OFF IN ITI HAVE TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND IT HAS HAD TWO THING FIXED ON IT NEITHER FIXED THE PROBLEM AND NOW THERE NO CODE ON IT SO THERE SAYING NOTHING WRONG WITH IT

THE CAR WILL RUN FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND THEN WANT TO STALL. ALSO WHEN YOU START IT IT WILL DRIVE FOR ABOUT 20 YARDS AND THEN START IDLING VERY WEIRD AND STALL. IT DOESN'T DO THIS ALL THE TIME. IT'S DANGEROUS.

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE HAS LOST COOLANT SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. IT WAS SLOW, SO I LET IT GO. I JUST ADD A LITTLE COOLANT EVERY COUPLE MONTHS. THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE IN A NEW VEHICLE. WELL, NOW IT IS 2019 AND I HAVE AN ALL OUT LEAK. I HAVE TO ADD COOLANT EVERY FEW DAYS. I LEAVE A PUDDLE ON ANY PARKING SPOT I USE FOR A FEW HOURS OR MORE. THIS MODEL YEAR, AND ENGINE (1.6 ECOBOOST) IS KNOWN FOR THIS ISSUE. I FEAR IT IS COMING FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK, AND I'M OUT A LOT OF MONEY.

THE VEHICLE HESITATES THEN STALLS EVEN WHEN IN DRIVE. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE CITY STREETS WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND WHEN PULLING FORWARD AT A GREEN LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION. PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL BUT DOES NOT RE-ENGAGE AND STALLS. I HAVE REPLACED ALL SPARKS PLUGS AND CLEANED THE INJECTORS AND FUEL LINES. THIS IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE - THE DEALERSHIP IS AT A LOSS.