2009 Ford Escape Hybrid

14S05 RECALL, CODE B2278 LOST POWER ASSIST SYSTEM LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS DRIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AT LESS THEN 20MPH. I HAVE 154,000 MILES ON MY CAR. THIS FAILURE MADE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO STEER MY CAR. IF I HAD BEEN ON A MILDLY BUSY STREET AND NEEDED TO TURN AT AN INTERSECTION I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT. I WAS MOMENTS FROM GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAN NOT IMAGINE HOW I COULD HAVE HAD ANY CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. FORD SHOULD BE REPLACING ALL THE FAILED TORQUE SENSOR. SHOULD BE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING AND A WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT AND A BYSTANDER PUSHED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT CALLED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 211,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FORD ISSUED AN UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE POWER STEERING MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FRIENDLY FORD (2250 SOUTH RD, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601, (845) 462-1900) AND NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING POWER STEERING FAILURES. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY ALREADY ADDRESSED THE RECALL DURING THE EARLIER VISIT. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER TO ESCALATE HIS COMPLAINT TO A TIER 2 LEVEL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER LATER STATED THAT A TIER 2 INQUIRY COULD NOT BE DONE BECAUSE THE CASE WAS CLOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT WHEN I FOUND THAT STEERING WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. IT FELT SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED IN AN OLD CAR I HAD WHEN MY POWER STEERING FLUID RESERVOIR HAD A LEAK. I COULD STILL MOVE IT, BUT IT REQUIRED A LOT OF EFFORT AND WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SYSTEM INVOLVED (THE ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM), BUT THAT IT WAS NOT ACTIVE FOR SOME REASON. THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO GO TO THE DEALER. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS A $1900 FIX. THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR/STEERING COLUMN. THE FIRST PLACE TOLD ME IT WAS DUE TO PROGRAMMING, THOUGH. IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL, BUT MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. THIS SEEMS INCREDIBLY SUSPICIOUS THAT I AM SUDDENLY HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS THAT THERE ARE RECALLS FOR AND THAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEMSELVES.

THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT AFTER REPETITIVE WRENCH LIGHT, LIMP MODE, AND ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER STATED OURS WAS NOT TO HAVE RECALL, BUT ACTIVE WARRANTY EXTENSION SHOWS OTHER 2.5L VEHICLES UNDER 150,000 MILES AND WITHIN THE 10 YEARS OF THE MODEL. LOOKING UP THE PART THEY ARE THE SAME PART NUMBERS BEING REPLACED NON HYBRIDS. THIS IS EXCLUDING VEHICLES THAT NOT ONLY ORIGINALLY COST MORE, BUT HAVE DEFECTIVE PARTS INT EH SAME YEAR RANGES AS OTHER 4 CYLINDERS. THEY ALSO HAVE 6 CYLINDERS SHOWING THAT THIS IS A MORE WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH OTHER PARTS ON OTHER THROTTLE BODIES OUTSIDE THAT ENGINE SIZE. THIS SHOWS POOR MANUFACTURE OF SIMILAR AND FOR MINE THE SAME AS THE NON-HYBRID. WILL CONTACT NATIONAL SERVICE NEXT. HYBRIDS SHOULD BE INCLUDED. I HAVE HAD 5 AND FEEL MY CURRENT MODEL MAY BE NEXT AND IS SHOWING SOME SYMPTOMS. THIS 2009 HAS ALWAYS SHOWN SOME SURGING SURGING FOR THE 4 YEARS. IT IS IN THE SOUTH WHERE MOISTURE IS A PROBLEM WHEN HUMIDITY AND OCEAN SALT CAN AMPLIFY WHEN VISITING ON OCCASION. THE ISSUES APPEARED ON THE HIGHWAY AT FIRST IN A FEELING OF SURGING WHEN ON CRUISE CONTROL AND COULD BE SEEN IN THE RPM, ALMOST LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. AS IT PROGRESSED WE REPLACED 3 EMISSION PARTS, AND FINALLY IN THE LAST MONTH THE CAR WAS CRIPPLED TO A POINT THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE WRENCH LIGHT MAY OR MAY NOT LIGHT, BUT CAR WOULD NOT GO PAST 45MPH, AND EVEN FELT SLUGGISH LIKE IT WAS NOT ACCELERATING MAKING IT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE TO WORK. WE COULD NOT CALL OFF WORK TO TAKE IT TO THE SERVICE GARAGE, AND ALMOST HAD IT TOWED TO THE SHOP. THIS WAS SIMILAR TO THE 2005 WE HAD EXCEPT IT WAS DUE TO THE COOLANT CIRCULATION PUMP. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THE ENGINE DID NOT SHUT DOWN AFTER LIMPING AS THE OTHER DID. THEY NORMALLY ARE GOOD, BUT I FELT NOT REPRESENTED THIS TIME, AND THEY WERE JUST HAPPY TO HAVE ME PAY. I DO HAVE RECEIPT. 485.00

CAR PASSED SAFETY INSPECTION IN MAY 2018. BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED IN MAY 2017. ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED IN JUNE 2018. WAS GOING ABOUT 55 MPH. HAD CAR TOWED. PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. TOLD SINCE THE BRAKE FLUID RESEVOIR WAS FULL AND NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF LEAKAGE, THIS COULDN'T BE PREDICTED OR PREVENTED. REPAIR MADE. BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. I WAS ON A CITY STREET AND WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MPH. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS A DE-LINKING OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS. BRAKES FAILED AGAIN (THIRD TIME IN A MONTH). UNABLE TO REPLICATE. THERE IS NO WARNING. THE WARNING COMES ON AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FAILURE. BRAKES FAIL UNEXPECTEDLY IN A PARKING LOT. GOING ABOUT 2 MPH.. THIRD TIME CAR WAS IN A PARKING LOT. I FEEL FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE CRASHED. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN MY FORD ESCAPE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS LOW SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT PERFORMED A VIN TOOL SEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING). THE DEALER (LONG MCARTHUR FORD, 3450 SOUTH 9TH ST, SALINA, KS 67401, (785) 823-2237) SERVICED THE RECALL. THE DEALER LATER RECOMMENDED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BE REPLACED. THE DEALER COULD NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR DUE TO AN ABSENCE OF THE NECESSARY DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE, WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE A STEERING WHEEL REPLACEMENT OR A TORQUE ANGLE SENSOR REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH CASE NUMBER: CAS-15217422. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 91,000.

TURNED THE CAR ON AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. DRIVING IT FELT A LITTLE BIT STRANGE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT HAD GOOD POWER. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WAS RUNNING FINE AGAIN. DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES AND ONCE I GOT TO A PARKING GARAGE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WENT INTO "LIMP" MODE. PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS STICKING. THIS IS THE THIRD FAILURE OF THIS PART IN 33 MONTHS. PART WAS FIRST REPLACED IN SEPTEMBER 2015. HAD A FAILURE OF THE PART THEY REPLACED IN JANUARY 2017 AND NOW A THIRD FAILURE OF THE SAME PART IN JUN 2018. THE THROTTLE BODY HAS BEEN REPLACED EACH TIME THAT IT HAS FAILED. THIS SEEMS LIKE A DEFECTIVE PART THAT ONLY LASTS FOR ABOUT 15-18 MONTHS. THERE WAS LESS THAN 20,000 MILES PUT ON THE CAR BEFORE THIS PART FAILED IN JUNE 2018.