Ford Escape Change Vehicle

"medium large patch paint fail on rear hatch - is not/had not been damaged any other way. Paint is peeling"

"No garage to protect it from seabreeze fog!!"

"Paint started peeling off of the car about a year ago"

"The paint clear coat is cracking and peeling. However this is not the original paint job. It is only peeling on a door and rear fender where someone other than Ford had done body work"

"clear coat peeling off hood resulting in color fading"

"Passenger side rear wheel well has rust perforation. I lived in Nashville and Knoxville, TN where it is rare to have salted roads."

"Body of vehicle started rusting years ago in a spot over the rear wheel well on drivers side. This was spontaneous and no reason for rust. Had this fixed by a body professional, and it sotarted again years later. Recently, both sides of the body on the rear wheel well have been rusting at an alarming rate out of nowhere! It is now dangerous for me every time I load something into my car in the back seat, because the doors do not open very wide (design defect), and I risk brushing against the ru"

"I have driven Ford/Mercury for years. Never had the problem of excessive rust mostly in the rear doors. This started just after warranty expired. It seems an inferior product was used on the 2 side door frames. Very disappointed only for the rust reason. I am looking at other manufacturers for my next vehicle. I have a 21 yr old Mercury Villager LS with very little rust. Never had rust on any of the Ford vehicles like this one"

"Both rear wheel wells were rusting through inner and outer fenders.Had my body shop use replacement patch panels .Paint and metal look brand new for not a lot of money"

"The driver's side rear wheel well started with bubbled paint which had rust under the paint. Not under warranty. Had it repaired 5 years ago. Recently noticed bubbled paint and rust in the same area"

"Real wheel wells on both sides have rust going through the outside fenders that has shown up in the last 10 months. No other rust problems on the car"

"Rust rear wheel section.$2000 to repair!Years ago had 2001 Mazda Es V6 rusted same area.Friends have E$scape 2012 rusted same way.Fixed under warranty.Real ford problem. note Rust checked regularly!"

"The drivers side rear inside door has rusted terribly. The back rocker panel also deteriorated. It is almost like this area has a inferior quality of metal. Also there is no weather stripping on the rear doors. Disappointed on these items"

"Rusting where paint has peeled off"

"Oil pan and timing belt gaskets. 12000 miles"

"Pan gasket needs replacing, minor oil leak - 1 oz per fortnight"

"Oil was leaking into the spark plug bay causing misfires. had to replace the head gasket"

"There was an oil leak in the gasket between the head and block and it was dripping onto some part of the exhaust system. Although it was never even a minor oil leak, the burnt oil smell was atrocious"

"engine has an oil leak but i cannot find it"

"After getting an oil change, I was informed that the valve cover gaskets were leaking. Not enough to be an immediate danger-but check oil often"

"Replaced valve cover gaskets in 2017. In 2015 replaced oil pan gasket. Still need to replace timing cover gasket"

"I had multiple problems with oil leaking from this car. Multiple repairs on different parts of the car, things like the oil pan, seal, and engine gasket, valve cover gasket etc"

"Rear differential pinion seal leaking. Replaced"

"oil pan started to leak oil. Sent it into Ford dealer. They replaced pan gasket. All is well"

"Engine oilpan seal needed replacing"

"engine oil pan leak"

"Head gasket leaks, but considering age of car, it was kind of expected. This was the only really expensive repair to date"

"seals and gaskets, oil pan, valve cover gaskets, rear axle seals"

"The idiot that placed it on the bottom under the passengers feet . You have to remove wheel and drop suspension to access alternator. Replaced 5 times in 12 years"

"It was original alternator. I suspected something was coming, because it was taking slightly longer to start. Then one day, it died about half mile from the house. Had it towed to the shop and they replaced it."

"We had to replace the battery, for about the fifth time late last year. We went with an Autozone instead of the Walmart brand, which didn't seem to last very long"

"Engine running rough in wet weather. had to replace 3 ignition coils and gasket. Also replaced all spark plugs, but looks like they were the original spark plugs, so should have been replaced a long time ago"

"Engine has multiple (3?) ignition coils; one failed, causing "check engine" light to come on and engine to miss. Had to be replaced"

"Misfire in # 4 cyc. Dealer wanted $600 to replace all coils. Purchased replacement for $35"

"I had to replace 2 coils in 2013 and 2 other coils in 2014. $400 each time. Although I guess it is not so bad for a 10 year old auto"

"coil number 1 go bad, replace all 3 in the back"

"This engine has a coil for each spark plug. Three coils cracked causing misfires"

"Ignition coil had to be replaced, but to do that, intake manifold and other things had to come off. So I replaced all 3 coils that were under the manifold."

"replaced coils about a year ago, 2 in the back failed"