2016 Ford Escape

WHEN SHIFTING MY CAR INTO DRIVE THE DISPLAY ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATED THAT THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN DRIVE. WHEN I SHIFTED THE GEAR SELECTOR INTO PARK THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY CONTINUED TO SAY THAT IT WAS IN REVERSE EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN PARK. WITH THE GEAR SELECTOR IN PARK I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKES BUT THE CAR BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD AND THE ONLY WAY THAT I COULD STOP IT WAS TO STEP ON THE BRAKES AND THEN PUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON TO KEEP THE CAR FROM CONTINUING TO ROLL FORWARD. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK DRIVER TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HE SHOWED THAT THE BUSHINGS THAT CONNECTS THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE WAS BROKEN. MY RESEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS IS SAME SAFETY ISSUE THAT FORD HAD WITH PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS OF THE FORD ESCAPE RESULTING IN A VEHICLE RECALLED. IT SEEMS THAT THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE 2016 MODEL YEAR AS WELL, AS I AM EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE FORD ESCAPE 2016 MODEL YEAR VEHICLE THAT OTHER CONSUMERS EXPERIENCED WITH EARLIER MODEL YEAR FORD ESCAPE VEHICLES. THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THIS CAR FROM ROLLING FORWARD AT ANYTIME EVEN IF THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF IS TO KEEP ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE RECALL INFORMATION FOR THE EARLIER MODEL YEAR FORD ESCAPES IS RECALL NUMBER 18V471000. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SAFETY ISSUE NOTED IN THIS RECALL IS IDENTICAL TO THE SAFETY ISSUE CONCERNING MY VEHICLE.

"TAKATA RECALL". WHEN DRIVING A LOUD SOUND IS HEARD AT THE REAR OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS SOUND GOES ON AND OFF AND THEN THE VEHICLE STARTS TO SHAKE, THE BRAKE GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THEN THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND EVERYTHING SHUTS DOWN . THIS HAPPENS WHILE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. THIS WAS A SCARY EXPERIENCE. THIS SAME SOUND HAPPEN THREE TIMES BEFORE BUT THE CAR DID NOT SHUT DOWN, THE VEHICLE SHAKE AFTER THE SOUNDS BUT I CONTINUE DRIVING. MY LAST EXPERIENCE WAS FRIGHTENING AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE WITH THAT SUDDEN STOP I COULD HAVE BEEN REAR END. MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER WITH MY PASSENGER AND ALSO THE TRUCK DRIVER WHO CAME UP BEHIND ME BLOWING BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. TO BE IN THAT SITUATION BY SEEING A VEHICLE COMING TOWARDS YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE IS STATIONERY IN THE ROAD AND IN THE END THE PERSON WHO REAR END YOU WOULD BE AT FAULT. THIS KEEP ON HAPPENING AND I THINK THIS IS A DANGER TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS, THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE CANNOT BE CONTROLLED WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AFTER THAT INCIDENT

WHEN ACCELERATING ON A HIGHWAY (GOING 55 - 60 MPH) VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SHIFTS GEAR AND SLOWS DOWN ON ITS OWN TO THE POINT OF THINKING THE VEHICLE HAS STOPPED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, THE VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING TERRIBLY WHERE THE CAR WAS HOPPING DOWN THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH. THEN AT A LIGHT IT STALLED OUT COMPLETELY AND I WAS NEARLY HIT. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE BEYOND 30 MPH. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE FOLLOWING DAY WHERE IT HAPPENED THREE TIMES TO THEM. NO CODES PRESENT, BUT A COUPLE HISTORICAL CODES FOR SENSORS. THEY INDICATED THEY WERE UNSURE IF THE SENSORS WERE THE ISSUE, BUT REPLACED. PICKED VEHICLE UP AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TODAY. THANKFULLY I WAS NOT ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THIS TIME, BUT THE CALL COMPLETELY STALLED AT LOW SPEED WITH AC ON AND MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THIS TIME EITHER. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AGAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNSURE OF THE ISSUE. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THIS WILL BE RESOLVED. THIS ISSUE SEEMS SIMILAR TO OTHER REPORTS AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. I WILL BE ESCALATING THIS UNTIL APPROPRIATELY RESOLVED. SEEMS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL, BASED ON THE VOLUME OF REPORTS.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN I25 IN COLORADO. IT WAS 75 WITH CLEAR SKIES WITH NO CARS AROUND ME. SUDDENLY I HEARD A LOUD SOUND THAT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOT GUN WENT OFF IN MY VEHICLE. WE SOON REALIZED MY SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED. NOTHING HIT IT. IT JUST EXPLODED. WE LATER FOUND OUT THIS IS FAIRLY COMMON. THANKFULLY WE HAD THE SHADE PULLED CLOSED SO NO ONE WAS INJURED.