2016 Ford Escape

CAR BEGAN TO SHOW HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING ON HIGHWAY ONRAMP. THE NEXT DAY, TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED WHILE AT A DRIVE THROUGH. CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. I THEN SHIFTED INTO PARK AND BACK INTO DRIVE. CAR VIOLENTLY JUMPED AND THEN BEGAN TO CRAWL. WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY MOVE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET IT HOME. TRANSMISSION AGAIN DISENGAGED WHILE DRIVING CAUSING RPM TO SHOOT UP. WAS ABLE TO PUSH TO PARKING LOT AND GET IT TOWED TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. I HAVE SEEN MANY REPORTS ONLINE OF THIS SAME ACTIVITY AND CARE IS LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD. MOST OWNERS HAVE JUST PASSED THE 60K MILEAGE MARK THAT THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY COVERS. RIDICULOUS - FORD HAS ALREADY HAD RECALLS FOR OTHER YEAR MODELS OF THE ESCAPE AND FOR OTHER VEHICLES IN THE SAME YEAR FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. THE 2016 ESCAPE NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THESE TRANSMISSION RECALLS!

I BOUGHT IT AROUND AUG 1, 2019 WITH ABOUT 30,000 MI. LESS 2 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT, IT STARTED INTERMITTENTLY GOING TO LIMP MODE, WHERE I CAN'T ACCELERATE PAST ~1500 RPMS. RESTARTING THE CAR USUALLY MAKES IT GO BACK TO NORMAL. THOUGH SOMETIMES I HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES, WHICH SOMETIMES TRIGGERS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND/OR TURN IT OFF AND WAIT A COUPLE MIN TO MAKE IT GO AWAY. IF I RESTART THE CAR, AND IT IMMEDIATELY GOES BACK TO LIMP MODE, I CAN HEAR/SEE THE RPMS GO ABNORMALLY HIGH FOR SEC THEN GO BACK DOWN. WHEN IN LIMP MODE, THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT, AIRBNB WARNING LIGHT, "HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE" MESSAGE, AND "ENGINE FAULT SERVICE NOW" MESSAGE COME ON. IT USUALLY GOES INTO LIMP MODE AT LOW SPEEDS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHEN I'M STOPPING AND SOMETIMES WHEN ACCELERATING, ESPECIALLY ON HILLS. THOUGH IT CAME ONCE ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I WAS JUST SLIGHT BRAKING GOING FROM ~ 70 MPH TO 65 MPH, REQUIRING ME TO DANGEROUSLY PULL OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE AT NIGHT. I TOOK IT TO THE TOOTHMAN FORD DEALER IN GRAFTON, WV WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, AND THEY THE FOUND CODE P2107 ABOUT THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACED. I HAD THAT DONE 2 TIMES WITH 2 DIFFERENT THROTTLE BODIES BUT THAT DIDN'T FIX IT. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER FOR A 2ND OPINION WHILE IT WAS IN LIMP MODE, AND THEY FOUND A CODE ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY CIRCUITRY/WIRING, BUT THEY CHECKED ALL THE WIRING AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ALSO, ONCE WHEN I DID A COLD START AFTER MY CAR WAS PARKED IN THE RAIN ALL DAY, THE CAR WENT STRAIGHT INTO LIMP MODE AS SOON AS I TURNED IT ON.ALSO, ONE TIME IN LIMP MODE I SMELLED GAS BURNING. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP TO DIAGNOSE THE ODOR AND WAS TOLD THE GAS WASN'T GETTING TO ALL THE CYLINDERS. RESTARTING THE CAR TEMPORARILY MADE THE PROBLEMS GO AWAY THESE TIMES TOO.

I'VE OWNED THE CAR FOR A LITTLE OVER 3 YEARS. THE OTHER DAY I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE MY CAR WOULD MOVE. THE RPM WENT UP BUT NO MOVEMENT. FINALLY IN SLAMMED INTO GEAR SO I COULD MOVE AND PARK. UP UNTIL THIS DAY I HAD NO ISSUES THAT WOULD MAKE ME SUSPECT THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BAD. SO I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT I DEFINITELY NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. WHEN MY HUSBAND SPOKE TO THE MAN HE ASKED IF IT WAS COMMON IN THAT VEHICLE FOR THE TRANSMISSION NOT TO LAST. THE MAN TOLD HIM YES THAT IT IS A FAULTY DESIGN ON FORDS PART AND THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER ONE AT THERE SHOP FOR THE SAME.PROBLEM. I AM BY NO MEANS HARD IN MY VEHICLE AND I DONT FEEL THAT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SHOULD BE SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT IN A VEHICLE THAT IS 3 YEARS OLD.

WHILE DRIVING IN HIGHWAY, CAR BEGAN TO INCREASE ACCELERATION SUDDENLY AND BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED. TRANSMISSION COULD NOT ENGAGE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. STRANDED IN HIGHWAY. CAR WAS TOWED TO FORD DEALER. MILEAGE WAS 61,700 AND FORD REFUSED COVER UNDER 60K POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT BY DEALER AT A COST OF $3,400.

THE CAR WAS PLACED IN PARK AND THE DASH SHOWED NEUTRAL. THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED AND THE CAR TURNED ON AND OFF BUT UNABLE TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO ANY GEAR SUCH AS DRIVE OR REVERSE. USING GOOGLE AND A YOUTUBE VIDEO I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE OVERRIDE FOR THE SHIFTER AND PUT CAR IN DRIVE AND DRIVE THE ONE MILE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED NO REAL ASSISTANCE OR ADVISE ON WHAT TO DO OTHER THAN 'GET THE CAR TO THEM' AND A STATEMENT THAT THE ISSUE SOUNDED 'JUST LIKE A RECALL' - 'BUT THE RECALL IS NOT ON YOUR CAR'. PER THE DEALERSHIP THE SHIFT CABLE BUSHING WAS WORN AND CABLE CAME LOOSE FROM TRANSMISSION. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE EXACT SAME DEFECT AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V362000 HOWEVER MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND I WAS CHARGED $258 FOR REPLACEMENT OF A $6.35 PART THAT IS KNOWN TO BE AN ISSUE. THIS RECALL SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND EXPANDED IF ADDITIONAL VEHICLES ARE AFFECTED. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN TO HAVE YOUR SHIFTER AND TRANSMISSION CEASE COMMUNICATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND PROPERLY. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CHAMPION FORD EDINBORO (LOCATED AT 11941 EDINBORO RD, EDINBORO, PA 16412, 888-787-8756) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO THE MILEAGE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,887. *DT VIN PROVIDED HAS NO DISPLAYABLE RECORDS IN CARFAX. *JB

AT 84,000 MILES, MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND HESITATING AS IT WAS TRYING TO GO INTO 2ND AND THIRD GEAR...THEN THE REVERSE WOULDN'T WORK AT ALL. THANKFULLY, I WAS ALMOST HOME WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AS THE CAR BECAME UNDRIVABLE. I WOULD HIT THE GAS AND IT WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE....I HAVE IT AT A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THIS IS COMMON ISSUE WITH FORD ESCAPES AND THEY ARE SURPRISED THAT FORD HASN'T ISSUED A RECALL. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AT THE COST OF $5,500. I AM NOT COVERED AS THE POWERTRAIN IS ONLY COVERED UP UNTIL 60,000 MILES. I AM SO DISGUSTED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND I HAVE TO PAY SO MUCH MONEY. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN AFFORD, BUT I HAVE TO CHOICE BUT TO GO INTO DEBT.