2016 Ford Escape complaints

CAR STARTED VIBRATING WITH REDUCED POWER. THE ERROR CODE WAS P2111: THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM - STUCK OPEN

****NOTE - VIN FOR A TOYOTA RAV4 2010, NOT A 2016 FORD ESCAPE. NEED MORE INFORMATION **** IN LIGHT RAIN, THE WIPERS JAM ON THE WINDSHIELD. AT TIMES, DIRECTLY IN YOUR VIEW. THIS OCCURS FREQUENTLY. IT OCCURS WHEN MOVING AND STATIONARY.

TRANSMISSION MAKES WINING NOISE REAR BRAKES GO AT40000 THOU WHEEL BEARINGS GO AT 55000 MILES TRANS JERKS WHEN YOU SHIFT

I WAS DRIVING DOWN I25 IN COLORADO. IT WAS 75 WITH CLEAR SKIES WITH NO CARS AROUND ME. SUDDENLY I HEARD A LOUD SOUND THAT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOT GUN WENT OFF IN MY VEHICLE. WE SOON REALIZED MY SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED. NOTHING HIT IT. IT JUST EXPLODED. WE LATER FOUND OUT THIS IS FAIRLY COMMON. THANKFULLY WE HAD THE SHADE PULLED CLOSED SO NO ONE WAS INJURED.

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY - THE CAR STALLED OUT ON THE FREEWAY. PRIOR TO STALLING, THE CAR WAS SHAKING AND THEN STALLED.

VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN DRIVING, I STOPPED, TURNED CAR OFF, AND AFTER 5 MINUTES TURNED CAR BACK ON. WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED ON, CAR WAS STATIONARY AND A MEMO FLASHED ON DASHBOARD INDICATING 'AUTOMATIC STEERING FAILURE'. AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE I NOTED THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND WOULDN'T MOVE OUT OF ITS STATIONARY POSITION. CAR WAS TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC POWER STEERING RACK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

THE ESCAPE HAS INCIDENTS WHERE ALL ELECTRICAL POWER STOPS. ALL LIGHTS, IGNITION SYSTEM, EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL STOPS WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SOMETIMES AT VERY LOW SPEED, SOMETIMES WHEN TURNING, OR GOING STRAIGHT. AFTER COASTING TO A STOP AND PLACING THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK THE VEHICLE THEN STARTS AGAIN. AFTER REPEATED TRIPS TO CANBY FORD, THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG, AND THE CAR HAS NOT RECORDED ANY CODE INDICATING A PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENED ONCE ON A LOCAL FREEWAY AT RUSH HOUR WHICH TERRIFIED MY WIFE. IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED WHILE PARKED AND RUNNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES. THE BELOW DATE IS JUST THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND IT STARTING SHUTTING OFF. CAME TO A POINT WHERE IT HAD TO BE SHUT OFF FOR 10 MINUTES TO TRAVEL ANOTHER 20 MILES BEFORE REOCCURRING.

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND BEGIN TO SHUT OFF. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT WHERE IT WOULD NOT START. WE HAD TO LET IT SIT FOR 10 MINUTES TO RESTART BACK UP FOR ANOTHER 20 MILES OF TRAVEL.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER TO START AND TO STAY RUNNING. WHEN SHUT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES IT WOULD TRAVEL ABOUT 20 MILES BEFORE HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. FOUND OUT WHEN THE FUEL HAS UNDER A HALF A TANK THE PROBLEM BECOMES MORE FREQUENT.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER TO START AND TO STAY RUNNING. WHEN SHUT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES IT WOULD TRAVEL ABOUT 20 MILES BEFORE HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. FOUND OUT WHEN THE FUEL HAS UNDER A HALF A TANK THE PROBLEM BECOMES MORE FREQUENT.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER TO START AND TO STAY RUNNING. WHEN SHUT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES IT WOULD TRAVEL ABOUT 20 MILES BEFORE HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. FOUND OUT WHEN THE FUEL HAS UNDER A HALF A TANK THE PROBLEM BECOMES MORE FREQUENT.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER TO START AND TO STAY RUNNING. WHEN SHUT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES IT WOULD TRAVEL ABOUT 20 MILES BEFORE HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. FOUND OUT WHEN THE FUEL HAS UNDER A HALF A TANK THE PROBLEM BECOMES MORE FREQUENT.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER TO START AND TO STAY RUNNING. WHEN SHUT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES IT WOULD TRAVEL ABOUT 20 MILES BEFORE HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. FOUND OUT WHEN THE FUEL HAS UNDER A HALF A TANK THE PROBLEM BECOMES MORE FREQUENT.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER TO START AND TO STAY RUNNING. WHEN SHUT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES IT WOULD TRAVEL ABOUT 20 MILES BEFORE HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. FOUND OUT WHEN THE FUEL HAS UNDER A HALF A TANK THE PROBLEM BECOMES MORE FREQUENT.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER TO START AND TO STAY RUNNING. WHEN SHUT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES IT WOULD TRAVEL ABOUT 20 MILES BEFORE HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. FOUND OUT WHEN THE FUEL HAS UNDER A HALF A TANK THE PROBLEM BECOMES MORE FREQUENT.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER TO START AND TO STAY RUNNING. WHEN SHUT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES IT WOULD TRAVEL ABOUT 20 MILES BEFORE HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. FOUND OUT WHEN THE FUEL HAS UNDER A HALF A TANK THE PROBLEM BECOMES MORE FREQUENT.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER TO START AND TO STAY RUNNING. WHEN SHUT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES IT WOULD TRAVEL ABOUT 20 MILES BEFORE HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. FOUND OUT WHEN THE FUEL HAS UNDER A HALF A TANK THE PROBLEM BECOMES MORE FREQUENT. THIS TIME THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL BUT IT STARTED ACTING UP.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER TO START AND TO STAY RUNNING. WHEN SHUT DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES IT WOULD TRAVEL ABOUT 20 MILES BEFORE HAVING ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. FOUND OUT WHEN THE FUEL HAS UNDER A HALF A TANK THE PROBLEM BECOMES MORE FREQUENT.

WHILE TAKING OFF FROM 0 - 20 MPH VEHICLES HESITATES WHILE ACCELERATING CAUSING VEHICLE TO ALMOST STALL IN TRAFFIC. HAVE TO PUMP GAS PEDAL REPEATEDLY TO TRY TO GET CAR MOVING. REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES WITH NO REPAIR GIVEN FOR THE PROBLEM OF CAR STALLING WHILE TAKING OFF. HAS DONE THIS SINCE PURCHASED IN 2016 AND CONTINUES UNTIL TODAY. BROUGHT IN FOUR TIMES TO DEALERSHIP CAZENAVE'S MOTOR CO.BUT VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL. CONCERNED OF BEING HIT WHILE STALLED IN FAST MOVING TRAFFIC OR WHILE APPROACHING ENTRANCES AND EXITS OR WHILE MAKING TURNS. CONCERNED OF BAD ACCIDENT DUE TO VEHICLE STALLING IN TRAFFIC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE, THE LUG NUT WRENCH FAILED TO RELEASE THE LUG NUTS BECAUSE IT WAS TOO SMALL TO FIT OVER THE LUG NUTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EQUIPMENT WAS THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS ABLE TO ASSIST IN REMOVING THE LUG NUTS AND CHANGED THE TIRE; HOWEVER, THEY HAD DIFFICULTY WITH THE LUG NUTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GRAPEVINE FORD (801 E TX-114, GRAPEVINE, TX 76051), BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE DETAILS OF THE WRENCH WERE UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,450. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2016 FORD ESCAPE 1.6 SE AWD HAS FRONT BRAKE SQUEELING PROPLEM ONCE HEATED UP AND OCCASIONALLY WHEN DRIVEN FOR SHORTER TIMES. ABOUT 3/4 AROUND TOWN, 1/4 HIGHWAY DRIVING. BROUGHT IN TO FORD AFTER ABOUT 1 YEAR. THEY SANDED THE SURFACE OF THE PADS, ROTORS. PROBLEM CEASED FOR A LITTLE OVER 8 MONTHS. PROBLEM RETURNED AND NOT BROUGHT IN UNTIL INCESSANT LIKE BEFORE. THIS TIME, NOTHING WAS DONE. WAS TOLD WITH NO ABNORMAL SIGNS, THIS WAS NORMAL. VIN CHECK RETURNS NO RECALLS.

ALARM GOES OFF CONSTANTLY FOR UNKNOWN REASONS

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY CAR JUST SHUTS DOWN WITH ENGINE FAULT CAR STOPPED RESPONDING MAKING IT A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. I SEE THIS HAS A CLOSED RECALL ALREADY BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE CARS AFFECTED.

WHILE DRIVING OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE CAR WILL STALL AND/OR THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ON GOING SINCE MARCH 2018, WHEN IT WAS FIRST NOTICED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ON APR 2018 AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. AFTER 3 VISITS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FUEL SENSOR. ON MAY 26, 2018, THE CAR FAILED AGAIN. THE "SERVICE ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON THIS TIME WHEREAS, PREVIOUSLY IT DID NOT. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. THE THROTTLE VALVE WAS REPLACED PER THE CODE. HOWEVER, THE CAR CONTINUED TO STALL AND FAILED AGAIN. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT DI COME ON - BUT SINCE HAS "RESET" BECAUSE IT IS NOW GONE. MY CONCERN OVER THE STALLING IS THAT IT HAPPENS AT ANY TIME AND AT ANY SPEED. THE REACTION IS AS IF THE CAR IS RUNNING OUT OF GAS WHERE IT SPITS AND SPUTTERS. IF A SEMI IS BEHIND ME AT 65-70 MPH, THEY WILL RAM INTO ME BECAUSE THE DECREASE IN SPEED WOULD NOT GIVE THEM TIME TO REACT. SO DANGEROUS. SINCE APRIL 2018, THE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM - 4 TIMES AND NEEDS TO GO BACK AGAIN. BOTTOM LINE - NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO TO CORRECT.

I HAD A FLAT TIRE . TRIED TO REMOVE LUGNUTS AND MY WRENCH WOULD NOT FIT LUGNUTS AND THE LUGNUTS I DID GET TO FIT WOULD NOT COME LOOSE. WE CALLED FORD ROADSIDE. ASSISTANCE. TECH EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING TRYING TO USE HIS POWER DRIVER TO REMOVE THEM. HE REPORTED THAT LUGNUTS WERE STRIPED DUE TO ALUMINUM COATIING AND THAT CAUSED THE OVER TIGHTENING. I WAS STRANDED FOR 2 HOURS. WOULD NOT COME OFF DUE TO ALUMINUM COATING PLACED OVER STEEL THIS ENABLING WRENCH TO FIT. THE WEAK METAL ALUMINUM SWELLED AND WHEN MY TIRES WERE ROTATED OVER TIGHTENING OCCURED. . THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE THE ALUMINUM IS A WEAK METAL AND IT GIVES. A MAJOR ENGINEERING FLAW. OVER TIGHTENING THESE NUTS WILL CAUSE THE LUGNUTS TO BREAK OFF AND WHEEL COULD COME OFF AND CAUSE FATAL ACCIDENTS. I WAS ON A CITY STREET. I AM ENCOURAGING NHTSA TO CALL A RECALL NOT FOR MY BENEFIT BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL WHO DRIVE THESE VEHICLES. LIVES ARE SOMETIMES LOST BECAUSE GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING. IS THERE A CHANCE A TIRE CAN COME OFF DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND OVERBECAUSE OF LUGNUTS BEING OVERTIGHTENED? IF THE ANSWER IS YES TO THIS QUESTION THEN THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO ISSUE A RECALL TO FORD. IT'S CALLED ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING. IS VERY DIFFICULT TO START BACK UP.

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING. STARTS BACK UP

WHEN DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT NEARLY 70 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND WAS VERY HARD TO TURNBACK TO THE LEFT. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.

WHEN DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT NEARLY 70 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND WAS VERY HARD TO TURNBACK TO THE LEFT. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.

WHEN DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY AT NEARLY 70 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND WAS VERY HARD TO TURN TO THE LEFT. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.

ON DECEMBER 13, 2017 I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PARKING IN FRONT OF A PLACE OF BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS WAS IN A PUBLIC PARKING LOT AND I WAS GOING AT MOST 25 MPH BEFORE STARTING TO PARK. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND WAS 1/4-1/2 WAY IN THE PARKING PLACE WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, THE CAR WENT THRU THE PLATE GLASS WINDOW, THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT! THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND AS I WAS THE ONLY VEHICLE I WAS FOUND AT FAULT, CAUSE 'EXCESSIVE SPEED'. THE CAR ACCELERATED SO FAST I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO REACT. THE TIRES DID NOT TOUCH THE CURB AND SEEMED TO FLY THRU THE AIR. MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END AND FRAME. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT APPEARS TO BE A THROTTLE ISSUE - STUCK OPEN. I DO HAVE A POLICE REPORT IF NEEDED BUT IT ONLY SAYS I WAS AT FAULT, EXCESSIVE SPEED AND THAT THE BUILDING WAS DAMAGED.

I'M HEARING A NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP WHEN THE STEERING ALL THE WAY TO LOCK RIGHT OR LEFT

LEAKS IN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD,LETTING LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER INTO THE VEHICLE OVER THE DASHBOARD AND ONTO THE TO FRONT DOORS CAUSING STAINS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE NOTE RETURTNED THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THREE TIME BEFORE THE PROBLE WAS FIXED.

AFTER FUELING CAR STALLS AND DIES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH OR MORE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL WHISTLING NOISE EMERGING FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A 3/8 GAP BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND PLASTIC TRIM. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (CROSSROADS FORD OF INDIAN TRAIL, 88 DALE JARRETT BLVD, INDIAN TRAIL, NC 28079) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: PAF-14252656-R9Y2C0. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12,000.

THE CAR HAS ONLY 36,400 MILES AND THE STEERING SENSOR IS COMING ON AND WHEN DOSE IT MAKES THE CAR HARDER TO STEER. YOU HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR TO RESET THE POWER STEERING SENSOR. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ABOUT EVERY DAY NOW.

TRANSMISSION FAULT ERROR MESSAGE WENT ON TWICE OVER THE COURSE OF 10 DAYS. THEN WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE SAME MESSAGE KEPT GOING OFF WITH AN ALARM. IT WOULDN'T GO OFF AND THE CAR WAS RUNNING ROUGH. WE BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO OUR FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION MODULE WAS BAD AND THE COST @1K. THE CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND THIS SEEMS TO US TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. WE HAVE HAD 5 OTHER FORD VEHICLES AND DROVE THEM ALL TO 200K MILES WITHOUT HAVING TO REPLACE THIS TRANSMISSION MODULE. WE BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. HAS TO BE A DEFECTIVE PART.

HESITATES ON QUICK EXECRATION. MOVING AT ANY SPEED AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. HAPPENS WERE EVER I "HIT THE GAS". BAD WHEN I NEED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY!

WHILE PARKED, THE RADIO RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED. RADIO STATION BUTTONS HAVE TO BE PRESSED NUMEROUS TIME TO CHANGE THE STATION, WHETHER PARKED OR IN MOTION.

THE BACK WINDSHIELD ON MY 2016 FORD ESCAPE SHATTERED FOR THE SECOND TIME WITHIN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IN BOTH INSTANCES, THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS WARMING UP THE CAR ONE MORNING AT MY RESIDENCE WITH THE BACK DEFROSTER ON. THE SECOND OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT THIS WEEK, WHICH I DID NOT DISCOVER UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY UPON APPROACHING THE VEHICLE. THE BACK DEFROSTER WAS USED WHILE WARMING UP THE VEHICLE THAT MORNING. THE CAUSE OF THIS IS UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, I SUSPECT IT MAY SOMEHOW BE RELATED EITHER WITH USE OF THE BACK DEFROSTER COMBINED WITH THE COLD WEATHER, OR PERHAPS SOMETHING STRUCTURALLY. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS OCCUR WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE I'VE DRIVEN BEFORE AND FOR IT TO HAPPEN TWICE LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF DEFECT WITH THE VEHICLE, AS I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS HIT WITH A FOREIGN OBJECT, ESPECIALLY TWO TIMES. BESIDES THE COST AND INCONVENIENCE, I AM ALSO CONCERNED WITH A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE INVOLVING THE BACK WINDSHIELD.

WATER LEAK - WHEN DRIVING IN ANY DEGREE OF RAIN, WATER LEAKS INTO THE CEILING SOMEWHERE. WE HAVE NO LUGGAGE RACK, NO SUNROOF, NO OBVIOUS SOURCES WHERE A LEAK MIGHT FORM. THE WATER GATHERS IN THE FRONT CEILING-LIGHTS AND DRIPS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S LEGS. WATER BUILDS UP IN THE CEILING FOAM AND VISIBLE WATERMARKS FORM ON THE WINDSHIELD SUPPORT ARMS AND NEAR THE SUN-VISORS. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ONLINE, IT APPEARS THIS IS NOT A SINGULAR EVENT BUT RATHER A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE FORD ESCAPES IN RECENT YEARS. COUNTLESS PEOPLE NOTING THAT THEY TOOK THEIR ESCAPES TO FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAKS. IT HAS BEEN BLAMED ON EVERYTHING FROM EXTREME CONDENSATION LEVELS INSIDE THE CAR TO SOME TYPE OF VENT INTO THE CAR BEING BLOCKED AND BUILDING UP EXCESS FLUIDS...NONE OF WHICH MAKES ANY SENSE.

WHILE DRIVING ON 85N IN ATANTA, GA, WHILE ROUGHLY DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 65MPH IN THE MIDDLE LANE AT 7AM ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018, THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SHUT COMPLETELY OFF AND WITH NO WARNING! I TAKE EXCELLENT CARE OF THE CAR WITH ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND HAVE APPROXIMATELY 51K MILES ON IT. FOR THIS CAR TO TURN OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON AN ATLANTA MAJOR INTERSTATE, NOT ONLY ENDANGERED MY LIFE BUT THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF OTHER DRIVERS! THANKFULLY THERE WAS A GAP IN THE TRAFFIC BEHIND ME SO I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE CAR OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE SINCE WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL IN MOVEMENT BUT WITH NO POWER. I BARELY MADE ON TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER SITTING ON THE SHOULDER FOR OVER 30 MINS, WAITING ON A TOW TRUCK, THE CAR FINALLY STARTED BACK UP. I STILL HAD IT TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND HAVE MY MAINTENANCE DONE ON THE CAR. AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR 3 DAYS I WAS TOLD THAT THEY CAN NOT "DUPLICATE THE ERROR". DIAGNOSTICS WERE RUN ON THE CAR MULTIPLE TIMES AND NO ISSUES WERE FOUND. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR A CAR TO TURN OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR INTERSTATE AND FOR THE CARS COMPUTER TO NOT HAVE A RECORD OF THE SHUT DOWN. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN BUT I AM INJURED OR INJURE SOMEONE ELSE! I'VE LOOKED AT OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE AND OTHER MOTORISTS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM; THE CAR TURNING OFF WHILE DRIVING. SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG

DRIVING INTO PARKING LOT TO PARK AND THE CAR ACCELERATED JUMP 2 CURBS AND HIT A PARKED VEHICLE. I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE FLOORED THE PEDAL FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. I THINK SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONED. I DID SEE ANOTHER SIMILAR REPORT DATED OCTOBER OF 2017 OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING AND FORD HAD A RECENT PAST OF ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. SO I'M WONDERING IF IT IS A MALFUNCTION OF THE CAR

REAR END KNOCKING SOUND AFTER AND DURING BACKING UP, ALSO DURING LOW SPEED. THE ELECTRONIC RADIO, SYNC3, AUDIO SCREEN WILL NOT TURN ON IN MILDLY COLD TEMPERATURES (20F DEGREES).

CAR WAS PARKED OUTSIDE ON A VERY COLD DAY. CAME OUTSIDE TO FIND THAT THE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS CAR WAS TAKEN TO A WINDOW SERVICE EARLIER IN THE FALL FOR A MINOR MAINTENANCE ISSUE AS WAS TOLD BY THE TECHNICIAN THAT THIS WAS A REPLACEMENT WINDOW. I AM ONLY REPORTING THIS IN THAT THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY A 2016, YET THE REAR WINDOW HAS BROKEN OUT 2X SINCE ITS TIME ON THE ROAD. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH, THERE HAS BEEN PAST REPORTS OF THE FORD ESCAPE REAR WINDOW BREAKING OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON.

3 TIMES THIS LAST THREE DAYS I'VE GOTTEN A STEERING ASSIST FAULT AFTER STARTING VECHILE.FIRST TIME STEERING WAS DIFFICULT FOR ONLY A VERY SHORT PERIOD.2ND AND 3RD TIMES I HAD TO STOP AND RESTART VECHILE THEN IT WAS OK.ALL THREE TIMES WHERE FROM STARTUP.

I HAD THE VEHICLE PARK AT WORK AND WHEN I START THE CAR THE INFORMATION CENTER FROM THE VEHICLE ANNOUNCED THAT THE POWER STEERING IT NEEDS REPAIR. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 18 MONTHS OLD AND THE POWER STEERING IS GONE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE EJECTED FROM HIS SEAT. THE CONTACT STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE DASHBOARD. ALL THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A RIGHT SHOULDER INJURY AND THE LEFT ULNAR NERVE WAS SPLIT IN TWO AND WAS SMASHED. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MUFFLER, THE RIGHT QUARTER PANEL, THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE TRUNK, THE REAR BUMPER, AND THE STRUCTURAL FRAME BEHIND THE BUMPER'S REINFORCEMENT BAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

I WAS WAITING FOR THE RED LIGHT IN THE ROAD. AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL, HOWEVER, THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE AT ALL. IT STOPPED THERE. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR TO MAKE IT MOVE AGAIN. IT HAPPENED ON 2017 SEP, 11/29/2017 AND 11/30/2017. THREE TIMES ALREADY.