Ford Escape

"Liftgate seal has always leaked since purchase in 2009"

"Leak around moon; drain clogged easily"

"Water leaks through the sun roof during heavy rains."

"Water leaks in through back hatch window glass. Seal appears to have started sagging and no longer provides a good seal along the top of the glass."

"1. Drain lines on sun roof were clogged and water was entering cabin. 2. Sun roof needed to be adjusted to correct air noise. Both repairs were completed by me."

"Clamp holding radiator hose failed, let hose fall onto pulley. On the Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia . Fortunately, I was close to work."

"Rear hatch seal failed."

"had a small water pump leak which was improperly diagnosed the first 3 times back to the dealership (extended Ford warranty on the vehicle"

"Water leaks through moon roof when heavy rains"

"driver's door fills with water when it rains"

"Drains from moon roof get clogged from needles from trees"

"The seal for the tailgate window leaked."

"I think these are typical problems for an older vehicle as suspension parts wear out. I've had an under carriage rattle that has an unknown cause that doesn't seem to affect function"

"Something is making noise for about 6 months. I have not had the car in for service..... I am hoping to replace the vehicle before I have to fix this and the oil leak"

"The noise is so loud it gives a person a headache"

"Intermittent squeaks happen when we make turns but the service department never finds anything. The vehicle drives fine so we are assuming there is nothing seriously wrong"

"Rear Gate"

"Rear Tailgate has a persistent rattle that can't be tracked down"

"minor rattles on bumpy roads"

"Constant squeak from rear hatch. Can't find the source, apparently, have tried many fixes nothing changes"

"console"

"Rear hatch squeaks. Cleaning does not always correct this problem or the problem appears a short time after cleaning"

"It is either an engine mount or something in the suspension that rattles."

"Since new, there has been a recurring squeak coming from the area of the rear hatch. Its goes away when the seats are folded down and the rear is fully packed with luggage. It also goes away when the exterior temperature cools down. Both myself and the dealership have been unable to specifically find the source"

"The belt mount broken at 125000 miles"

"Developed several unidentifiable noises in the last year. Seem to be coming from transmission"

"Wind noise through the moon roof and around the doors can be a little loud at high speed, but I can still hear calls through a headset and others can hear me."

"Howling from the roof in certian wind and speed conditions"

"The car has a whine and rattle in the rear. It is so loud that it can give a person a headache. You have to turn the radio up to hear it"

"Interior seems to be louder. new tires did not resolve the issue, went to ford and they said it was normal"

"compressor went and was replaced still has leak"

"The air conditioning system does not cool off the car in city traffic even at full blast. It will work at higher speeds on the highway. Technicians cannot figure out the problem."

"The dealer replaced my compressor to fix an AC leak, but I still had a leak. So I suspect that the compressor did not really need to be replaced!! Very expensive."

"air conditioning stopped working to the tune of $400"

"system lost cooling capacity"

"It didn't get cold enough"

"The air conditioner does not consistently blow cold air. This still occurs after three attempts to correct it by a service station"

"A/C compressor failure. The dealer had the car 4 days and had replaced various other parts (evaporator, condenser, etc.) before eventually replacing the compressor"

"Blower vent control modules had to be replaced."

"I couldn't turn my system off. The entire computer brain for the heater had to be replaced for over $1,100"

"The air conditioning is no longer cold and the fan only works on the highest setting."

"blower control board had to be replaced."

"Minor in nature. Fan speed control resistor needed to be replaced"

"fan only worked on highest setting. installed a new fan controller myself"

"It didn't work on certain fan speeds. I had it fixed once, then just less than a year later, the same thing happened. Luckily the repair shop fixed it the second time for free as it was still under warranty. Only about $140 to fix the first time"

"AIR DUCTS DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY AND FAN WORKED ONLY AT HIGH SPEED."

"3rd failure of resistors in fan speed control"

"Evaporator and radiator are one unit. Radiator developed a leak at one of the hose/pipe into the radiator. required replacement and all the cost of the air conditioner service. Had I known this was an intergrated radiator/evaporator I would not have purchased this vehicle. Not all 2008 Escapes were built this way. Strongly recommend this vehicle not be purchased"

"Switch would not redirect hot air. Replaced re-director"

"Had to make mute expensive visits to the dealer to get the AC leak fixed. They were very poor at diagnosing it. Very poor at managing appointments as well."

"A/C system not blowing out cold air. Needed to be recharged, due to low psi. Mechanic could find a leak, still having problem checked"

"gaskets throughout (excepting the head gasket) deteriorated pretty much throughout the car; took me almost $4K to get things fixed"

"Started about 3 years ago....I have been monitoring it. It was discovered in a "quickie type" oil change place. The manager told me I had to have it repaired immediately ( around $1800) and not to drive it. I took it to another car repair and they told me it the guy was trying to scare me at the oil change place. I was told to put cardboard down in the garage and monitor it. So I have. I have never had to have it fixed, nor has the oil light ever gone on. I am one of those who change oil every 3,000 miles"

"Car has had a severe oil leak for years. Don't know where is is leaking from on the engine, but leaves large puddles everywhere I park and goes through about a quart of oil every 500 miles. Too expensive to fix, cheaper to just keep adding oil."

"Overhead valve cover gasket needed to be replaced"

"Rear main seal leaked after oil change, however it might just be a bad seal on the oil filter, Had a mechanic friend change the rear main seal but not the oil filter. Still have a leak that needs to be checked"

"Has began leaking oil last 6 months. Worse after taking it into Ford dealership after specifically complaining about it"

"Oil pan began to leak. I believe it to be due to poor condition of Michigan roads"

"When new, brought back around 8 times for the same oil leak. Brought back probably 3 times for water leaks from the rear window. Just recently discovered a side piece on rear passenger door exterior is loose"

"rear main seal,oil pan gasket, & crankshaft front oil seal"

"Oil pan seal has developed a small leak"

"Leaking head gasket"

"Engine oil level down (to add level) after 6 months/ 7000 kilometers, dealership cannot explain where the oil has gone"

"Still leaking oil on garage floor after attempted repair 3 times"

"Problem with oil pan plug, plus seal around valve cover leaking. Not too bad, but will have to be replaced. Ford quoted price of $1500. Also had a motor mount go bad and had to be replaced. $700"

"There is a minor oil leak that can't not be located in the engine compartment. I have cleaned the engine off to try and locate the leak, but can't in my garage. Ditto after taking it to both an authorized FORD dealership/service center and even with an independent mechanic shop. That is unless I was willing to surrender my vehicle for greater than 48 hours and spend time with a full engine tear down. The amount leaking compared to oil servicing does not make this worth while at this time. Best guess from both Ford Service and independent is some engine seals are going bad and leaking at this time as they begin to fail."

"Gasket leaks that were found during a tire change. Same problem that is a recall on later models. Also, oil leak requiring oil pan gasket replacement, however still small leak occurring which will be addressed by service next week"

"Front cover leaks. Dealership said that the parts needed to repair cost approx. $100 and the labor to complete the repair was $1,300"

"the second time I took this vehicle to the dealership for what appeared to be an intermittent coolant leak the tech found a very small oil leak in the timing chain cover's seal. Took over two weeks to order the warranty covered parts and to repair"

"Gasket leaks"

"Had to replace the module that controls which wheels are the drive wheels."

"went out"

"Somehow the drive shaft to one of the the rear wheel caused a serious vibration and was found to be out of balance. That was at about 60000 miles and out of warranty!!!! Cost us about $700"

"Driveshaft bearing failed"

"Rear driveshaft wear caused terrible vibration when driving"

"rust and bad bearings in the universal joints got the whole thing replaced."

"Problem 1) Old car and the AC system is weak which also affects the lifespan of the Hybrid battery in the trunk. Mechanic fixed the AC system and refilled refrigerant. Problem 2) One engine mount had a crack in the bushing. Mechanic replaced that engine mount. Very expensive. Problem 3) Hybrid battery (high voltage) is likely too old. Drains faster than before and requires the small lead-acid 12V battery to assist in starting. But if car doesn't start on first try, the 12V is also drained, and now the car requires a jump."

"We didn't really notice a problem. We just received a recall notice from Ford, so we took the vehicle back to the shop. I did take over 6 months to get the right part"

"Car dropped out of speed on highway, engine cutoff, ran only on battery. Some electrically driven valve was issue"

"I believe this is a recall issue, but in the summer when the car has been sitting in a hot parking lot all day, it occasionally will go into "limp" mode after a few minutes, causing the vehicle to suddenly go from highway speed to about 10 mph"

"Message appears on dash saying "Pull over and turn off car when safe." If you don't pull over, after a few minutes car power is limited and engine stops. Restarting car solves problem, but dealer cannot find ultimate cause"

"I cant drive the Escape Hybrid on the highway as it will just shut off and tell me to pull over safely and restart. I do that and drive another half a mile and will do it again. The instructions in the book for that didn't work"

"Water got on the circuit board and corroded 3 out 4 switches."

"Ignition switch failure"

"Sensors break very easy"

"I had a transfer case replaced in the fall of 2016. Less than a year later, it had to be replaced again. Although it was warrantied, the symptoms were completely different. 1st time was clanking noise, 2nd time sounded like road noise"

"The Transmission was slipping and shifting really roughly. I replaced it"

"Needed to rebuild/replace transmission at roughly 100,000 miles"

"Transmission failed and was replaced with a rebuilt transmission by the dealer"

"The previous owner had just recently replaced transmission, so I was quite shocked when it needed it again only 10,000 miles on it"

"Transmission failed and had to be replaced while on a business trip"

"Required a transmission replacement"

"transmission would not shift out of 2nd gear and had to be replaced"

"Transmission just stopped shifting had to be totally re built"

"Transmission was slipping from first to second gear. really dragging. I had the transmission completely replaced. This happened at the 63000 mileage mark. it had had a tune up and transmission fluid change at 55000 miles. I live in Arizona where it gets to be 120 degrees and was going on a long road trip. better to replace than to break down in the desert"

"had to rebuild transmission at <100,000 miles"

"at 176000 miles, the transmission stopped shifting from 1st gear to second gear, transmission failure"

"Original transmission shifted bad. Tested metal shavings in the fluid. Dealer replaced the transmission at no charge."

"Needed to rebuild the transmission for the second time"

"Horn went off mysteriously over several days, non ford dealership tried to fix but related to electrician issues so had to disable"

"Dome light stopped working"

""lights left on" alarm dings, even though there are no accessories left on. Cannot find cause"

"Persistent interior lights not turning on and seems to be caused by a malfunction with one of the computers. Have had techs look at it and reset things, but problems keeps returning again and again"

"The interior light does not turn on when you open one of the car doors"

"The front interior light doesn't work"

"key-less entry stops working sporadically on drivers door"

"The warning lights would come on and say that the oil was low, the battery light was coming on a lot, but I had it checked and they said nothing with either were bad. It stopped running just one day and they said that the transmission would have to be replaced."

"Washer motor was replaced."

"It would be a help not to have to replace your catalytic convertor when your exhaust system goes. The convertor is very expensive"

"Electronic power steering repaired under factory recall."

"The pipe came loose from the muffler but is still strapped, so did not fix it yet. Not much noise. Probably caused from rust as I live on a gravel road. Will fix when I need to as I have other expenses now."

"bolts broke holding tail pipe to muffler"

"The pipe connection directly behind the catalytic converter broke, was fairly inexpensive approx. 65 to have it repaired"

"Mounting bracket broke between muffler and catalytic converter. Bolts sheared off from fatigue"

"Flex pipe rusted , had to be replaced."

"Exhaust pipe support bracket broke causing rattle in rear of vehicle"

"Two separate exhaust pipe couplings had to be removed and replaced"

"CD player froze with a CD in the system, unable to remove."

"Failed. Does not release cd"

"CDs get stuck in the player. We had to listen to Celine Dion Christmas album for a year"

"Lost being able to see the display screen. Replaced fuse twice and would work for a few days. Will come on periodically."

"dash lights go out for random duration"

"The GPS navigation system will not boot with the factory CD. Was working originally."

"Radio/CD indash unit failed completely. Would not respond to any buttons. Did produce large static sound. I replaced unit with new aftermarket radio."

"Would not start sometimes/then at all took two expensive trips to dealership to finally get repaired under the dashboard"

"My car just stopped running. Had to get new part."

"The transmission would slam into gear when shifting and not stay in gear"

"starting to slip between 3 and 4 gear"

"the transmission should not have failed at this mileage"

"The transmission started slipping 6 months ago, due to transmission fluid leak. Repair cost $500"

"transmission seal/gasket disintegrated; had to take it to the shop for repairs. Probably $1K went into that."

"Front anxle leak connection between Left axle and transmission"

"transmission case has been an on going problem for the past few years...has been fixed once under warranty and is now leaking again not under warranty. Will fix on a reduced price still deciding"

"Transmission started leaking 6 months ago, causing transmission to slip. Repair cost $500"

"broken track"

"Plastic parts in the sunroof have broken and it is no longer operative. Estimated cost to repair: $1400."

"Hinges, one rusted out and replaced both on rear glass"

"The tailgate leaks. I am told that the seal can not be replaced, but the entire window must be replaced (at least according to the dealership.) Insurance wont cover it because it is not a breakage. Not inclined to do this due to the cost."

"Window hinges corroded and broke"

"Driver side power window failed and I had to pay $240 to have the mechanism repaired"

"driver's door fills with water when it rains"

"The window mechanisms have failed on this vehicle...every single one of them at least once. Some of the window motors have failed, but moreover the mechanism that holds the window in place inside of the door is made of plastic and wears easily. It is just poorly made. The part is about $100 if you are handy, if not it will cost about $400 for a mechanic to take apart the door. Major inconvenience if the weather is bad or you can not lock your vehicle."

"vehicle engine didn't start,rolling only in electric mode.30 minutes later, when the towing arrived the escape started ok!"

"safety relay had to be replaced. This prevented the car from starting. I had to get it towed to the dealership for diagnostic troubleshooting and repairs"

"Ignition switch does not always work. Sometimes takes several tries."

"It left me stranded several times and wouldn't restart. I finally figured out it was the ignition switch AND the ignition switch housing. Replaced that and that problem was fixed"