One problem related to automatic transmission column shift has been reported for the 2003 Ford Escape. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Ford Escape based on all problems reported for the 2003 Escape.
2003 Ford Escape shift lever does not lock into park without pushing lever forward, dealer replaced parts and now condition is worse than before. Service manager states other vehicles same year model checked and all perform simularly. Also stated Ford engineers advised him that this is a characteristic of vehicle.