2017 Ford Escape

I PURCHASED A 2017 FORD ESCAPE 4 MONTHS AGO. MONDAY MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS STOPPED WHEN THE CAR JERKED, I TRIED PRESSING THE GAS AND IT WOULDN'T GO JUST THE ENGINE REVIVED, IT FINALLY JUMPED INTO GEAR AND I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY AND GOT A RECALL FIXED FOR THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE, HOPING THAT WOULD HELP THE ISSUE, ONLY TO GET A CALL SAYING I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION.

THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND STARTED ROUGH. THE CODE FROM THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATED A CYLINDER MISFIRE. AFTER FIXING THE ISSUE, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO WORK. ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, THE VEHICLE RAN ROUGH AND THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER AND ROUGH IDLE. FOLLOWING THIS, THE ENGINE OVERHEATING INDICATOR CAME ON. THERE WAS NO COOLANT IN THE RESERVOIR, AND NO SIGNS OF LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD GARAGE WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDS THE LONG BLOCK ENGINE REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A TRANSMISSION FLUSH WAS PERFORMED DURING A REGULAR MAINTENANCE REPAIR HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING DAY THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ENGINE REVVED UP HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO SUBURBAN FORD OF STERLING HEIGHTS (40333 VAN DYKE AVE, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48313, (586) 268-7500) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DECLINED TO PAY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS FILED FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WHICH WAS LATER DENIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,500.*DT *TR

AUGUST 2020 I WAS TOLD MY RADIATOR HOSE CAME OFF. $500 TO PUT BACK ON, 3 DAYS LATER HAD TO REPLACE THE LAINSCOTT TURBO CYLENOID $1700, 2 DAYS LATER CRACKED FLEX PLATE, UNKNOWN AMOUNT $ DUE TO POWERTRAIN WARRANTY COVERAGE. 2 WEEKS LATER TOLD OIL IS LEAKING INTO VALVE COVERS. AS OF TODAY OCT. 3, 2020 FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS POWERTRAIN AWD MALFUNCTION COULD NOT GET AN APPT AT FORD UNTIL OCT 6. LAST SAT ENGINE FAILURE NO RADIATOR FLUID. THERE IS MAJOR MALFUNCTIONING OF THIS CAR DUE TO HURRICANE SALLY WE LOST A BRIDGE HERE I NOW HAVE TO DRIVE I10 IN MAJOR TRAFFIC AND I AM AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY

WHILE DRIVING MY 2017 FORD ESCAPE ON A TOWN STREET AT A RATE OF 35 MPH MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON STATING ALERT TRANSMISSION FAULT SERVICE NOW. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC IMMEDIATELY AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND I WILL NEED TO HAVE A NEW ONE AT A COST BETWEEN $4000 TO $5000. MY VEHICLE HAS $92,000.00 MILES. FORD IS UNWILLING TO HELP WITH THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. I TALKED WITH A CHRIS AVERY (CAVERY@FORD.COM) HE SAID THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. HOW DOES A THREE YEAR OLD VEHICLE HAVE A TRANSMISSION GO OUT?

MY CAR BEGAN LOSING POWER , COOLANT LEVEL DROPPING. NO COOLANT ON GROUND THOUGH. CAR DID NOT OVERHEAT. HOWEVER I COULD SMELL THE BURNING ANTIFREEZE WHILE PARKED, IDLING AND WHILE DRIVING . FORD DEALERSHIP ORIGINALLY TOLD ME THEY THOUGHT COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO ENGINE. THEN HAD ANOTHER TECHNICIAN TELL ME IT'S JUST A WATER PUMP LEAK. I CONTACTED LAWYER . AS SHOULD YOU. WE NEED TO START CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. THE PROBLEM IS COOLANT GETTING INTO ENGINE AND ALL THROUGH OIL. CONTACT BAD PRODUCTS LAW PLEASE ! I AM HOPING FORD WILL DO THE RIGHT THING HERE AND NOT BAND AID REPAIR MY CAR. HOPEFULLY NO ONE HAS TO BE INJURED OR DIE BEFORE THEY RECALL THIS ISSUE .

I PURCHASED A FORD ESCAPE IN DECEMBER OF 2017. IN JUNE OF 2018 I BROUGHT IT IN TO A FORD DEALER DUE TO THE CAR PULLING FORWARD WHEN IT SHIFTED IT WAS 23,475 MILEAGE. THE DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC TESTED IT FOR TRANSMISSION CODES AND CAME UP WITH P0300. HE TEST DROVE AND CHECKED FLUID LEVEL AND SAID IT WAS OK. MARCH 2019 AT 39,473 MILEAGE I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WOULD JUMP WHEN I SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THEY DID AN TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSIS AND STATED NO CODES APPEARED. THEY DID A IDS SCAN TOOL TO WATCH SOME TYPE OF DATA AND FOUND A LINE PRESSURE HIGHER THAN NORMAL DURING ENGAGEMENT, THEY RESET IT. CLEARED TRANSMISSION ADAPTIVE TABLES. AUGUST 2020 TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP AT 80,462 MILEAGE BECAUSE IT WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AT A STOPPING POSITION AT ACCELERATION. THE DEALERSHIP MECHANIC PERFORMED A ATD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSIS, FOUND NO CODES STORED, HOWEVER, FOUND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID VERY BLACK AND BURNT. THEY FOUND WHEN TEST DRIVING HARSH UP AND DOWN SHIFT. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO OVERHAUL THE TRANSMISSION TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THEY QUOTED ME $ 2000-5000 PRICE. I DID NOT HAVE IT. IT HAS BEEN THREE WEEKS AND I AM CONCERNED IF MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BLACK AND BURNT WHY DID THEY NOT CHANGE IT? THEY ONLY CHARGED ME FOR THE TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSIS.

AT 50000 MILES MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON, MY VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ROUGH AND JOLTING AND I WOULD RANDOMLY LOOSE COOLANT WITHOUT ANY EXTERIOR LEAK WHICH OF COURSE THEN MY VEHICLE WOULD START TO OVERHEAT SO I TOOK IT IN. LUCKILY BARELY BEING WITHIN WARRANTY COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS A DEFECT I HAD A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK, SO MY ENTIRE ENGINE HAS TO BE REPLACED. ONE MONTH LATER I FINALLY GET MY CAR BACK TO FIND WHILE DRIVING IT HOME WAS EXTREMELY LOUD HAD NO POWER TO ACCELERATE WHICH WOULD SHOOT UP THE RPMS. FORD DISMISSED IT AS A SIMPLE FIX AND AFTER THEY RETURNED MY CAR IN LESS THEN 1 DAY THIS WAS YESTERDAY, TODAY I GO TO DRIVE IT TO NOW HAVE AN ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYING: TRANSMISSION FAULT SERVICE NOW. THEY OF COURSE ARNT OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS AND LUCKILY I WASN'T STRANDED YET BUT THIS STILL MEANS I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MONDAY. THIS HAS ALL GONE ON WITHIN THE PAST WEEK AND THE ONLY THING THEY ARE DOING SO FAR IS GIVING THE REPAIR A 2 YEAR WARRANTY. GOOGLING THIS ISSUE UNFORTUNATELY AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS PERSONALLY THIS SEEMS TO BE COMMON WITH THESE VEHICLES.