Table 1 shows one common unknown or other related problems of the 2005 Ford Escape.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
1fmyu02z45ke49241 2005 Ford Escape xls, fwd had issue with throttle body. It got to the point where I would have to stop the gas pedal just to make it accellerate from a stopped state. This first happened back in November of 2011, and now I can feel it start to get to that point again. . . I was able to clean it last year with b-12 chemtool which took care of it right away. It was completely gunked but worked like new once I had it cleaned. Guess it is time to do this again. . . I figured I would report this after seeing a news article on abc regarding the exact same things.
Driving about 30 mph down the street with my mother and heard a very loud crash almost like a tree limb falling onto the car. The rear window had completely shattered while we were driving. There was shattered glass everywhere inside and outside the truck.
The paint is seperating on the hood and the roof of the vehicle.
Driving along interstate engine suddenly lost power, would not go above 20mph, no check engine light. Took to repair shop and first catalytic converter completely clogged, number 2 converter partially clogged. Vehicle only has 84,000 miles. Warranty expired at 80,000 miles for exhaust. Repair shop this happens a lot for these vehicles.
Catylitic converters and flex pipe the catylitic converters have been diagnosed as having significant restriction to cause dramatic power loss to the vehicle while driving. This condition causes abnormal backpressures in the exhust system which also causes multiple misfires and sets the check engine light. The flex pipe is also defective and leaks. I have owned many Ford vehicles through the years. One was a 1994 Lincoln town car with over 400,000 miles. Another was a 1998 town car with over 200,000 miles. Never once did I have to replace anything on the exhust system,especially catylitic converters (the most expensive part in the system). This is unacceptable and a recall needs to be initiated to resolve this. Not only is this a safety and moral issue but an environmental on as well.
Loud sueaky noise from right front end. Took to mechanic. They say both front grease boots are cracked which allows dirt, dust, etc. To get in and up around the ball joints and tie rod assemblies. The right front ball joint had gone bad due to this boot crack so we had to replace it. They recommend replacing both tie rods, boots and ball joints, but we could only afford to repalce the ball joint that was bad at this time because we just spent $3350 putting a new transmission in the car. This vehicle has less than 50,000 miles on it. Unbelievable!!!! what is Ford building these cars with??? I suspect the cheapest parts they can get regardless of their quality so they can make more money. In the meantime the average working family has to pay twice for a vehicle's parts that should not go bad so quickly.
2005 Ford Escape "tone ring" on the axel throws off the abs and it engages at the tap of the brakes. Grabbing the brakes, either slamming on brakes or no brakes at all. I have researched this and there are many many complaints from 01-10 Escapes. Dealers are charging for axel and ring to be replaced when all that needs replaced is the 15$ ring. I feel this shoud be recalled because it causes vehicles to flip over and also to not stop. My vehicle has 90,xxx miles on it and the abs light comes on and goes off. The vehicle will often not brake at all! I have had to put it in nutreul and pull off of road. This has happened when abs light was not on! I feel this is a perfect defect to be recalled because it has to do with a major major problem the brakes. Please someone look into this. I have just spent 800 dollars fixing this and the mechanic said its very very common. Googled it and found this to be very very common. Thank you.
Driving down the road at approx. 45 mph, I hear a loud pop, and the rear window exploded. Nothing hit it, wiper was not on, rear defrost had turned off about 5 minutes prior. Luckily all of the glass, and I mean all because the entire rear window is gone, was either in the back of the truck or on the bumper. Now I am out almost $300 plus for what reason? then I see I am not the first this has happened to. I don't know if other rear window components need replaced yet as I am still waiting to get the window replaced.
The rear hatch window of our 2005 Ford Escape SUV exploded while parked in our garage. We heard a loud boom, then the sound of glass shattering. We discovered the rear auto-safety glass had blown out and was everywhere, covering a two garage bay area. It was 3:30am and no one was in or near the vehicle at the time.
It feels like a brick is underneath the accelerator pedal. No matter how hard I push down, the pedal doesn't budge. Then without reason the pedal works again. At first it would happen when I shift to third gear and I would be in the flow of traffic and not often, maybe once every 7-8 months. Now it has occurred everyday once a day the last three days. One time backing up. The accelerator pedal will not engage.
2005 Ford Escape was parked inside a secured garage overnight. At some point overnight, the rear window spontaneously shattered. No one was in the car or garage when this occurred, and the garage was still secure in the morning. Pea-size glass pieces were found up to 10 feet away from the car, and a large amount of glass went into the rear cargo area of the Escape. The pieces of the glass were manually cleaned up from the vehicle and the garage floor. The window was replaced with a new identical part at a local auto glass repair shop. The owner of the Escape paid for this new window completely with his own money. Due to the fully random nature of this event, I believe it to be vehicle defect with the rear window glass or some part supporting the glass. I will be contacting Ford directly as well.
While the 2005 Ford Escape was being driven on a four-lane road, the gas pedal stopped working. The car was going downhill and the driver steered it into a parking lot. There, on closer inspection under the dashboard, it was evident that the throttle cable had failed where it connects to the top of the articulating arm of the gas-pedal: depressing the pedal did not pull the cable; the cable end protruded through a little tube at the top of the arm, but was not attached to the articulating arm. The arm moved freely without engaging the cable. This failure had resulted in sudden and complete inability to accelerate -- no throttle. Under certain driving conditions (e. G. Merging onto a highway or crossing a busy intersection where cross-traffic is not required to stop at a stop sign or a red light) this system failure has a high chance of resulting in injury or death. In the parking lot, the owner attached a pair of needle-nose vise-grip pliers to the end of the cable at the top of the articulating arm of the gas pedal, as a temporary fix, and drove the car to the Ford dealership about a mile away. After inspecting the car, the Ford dealership service department ascribed the failure to "throttle body binding" and advised complete replacement of throttle body assembly and cable.
My 2005 Ford Escape has a problem with the accelerator sticking. It used to only stick in cold weather right when I started the car, but now it does it regardless of temperature, and even while driving. I went from having this problem maybe once every three months (approx 3 years ago was the first occurrence), to it happening almost every time I drive the car. When it sticks, I cannot accelerate at all. I will use both feet to try and depress the gas, but it is like pushing against a wall. Sometimes simply restarting the car fixes it, but I was stuck in the middle of an intersection yesterday when it froze up half-way through the turn. I had to be pushed to the shoulder. Luckily there was not too much oncoming traffic that would have risked an accident. I have looked this up online, and many other Escape owners discuss this very same problem. I called the Ford dealership, and they said that this is not a recall, but it very much should be. I am taking it in to be looked at, and hopefully they can fix it, but this is obviously a manufacturer defect if so many other owners are having the same issue. Ford does not want the same reputation as Toyota right now, and they should do something about it proactively. The Escape is a mid-size SUV that many families own. By the time a mother and her two children are killed simply turning across a street, it will be too late.
I am wondering will there be any recalls on other cars other than Toyota related to gas pedals sticking? my Ford Escape's gas pedal would get stuck and after taking it to my local dealer they said it was the throttle body assembly that needed to be replaced. I had to wait 2 weeks for the part to come in from china. Is there any relationship between what is going on with Toyota and my problem I had with Ford. This was a safety issue that is being overlooked by Ford.
2005 Ford Escape. Ford dealer service for oil change, rotate tires and brake inspection noted front brake pads needed replaced. Declined service, (price) able to change front pads ourselves. We could not remove wheel lug nuts. (the same day) checked torque and found dealer had over tightened the lug nuts to over 150 lbs. With much effort removed lug nuts and changed front brake pads. Returned to dealer to complain and request all new wheel studs. Although they could not remove the rear lug nuts with the wrench supplied with the Escape they denied replacing the wheel studs. I believe the failure with wheel studs on Ford products is a dealer service problem. Question: have the failures all happened after dealer service?.
The gas pedal sticks. It can not be pushed. At first, it only happened when the engine was cold & the temperature was cold. Now it happens all the time, regardless of temperature. It almost caused an accident when it happened in the middle of an intersection. There is also an issue with muliple broken tone rings and oil leaks.
I bought my Escape in June 2004. Around/approximatley 2006 my gas pedal started to stick as I was driving from time to time. I got stuck in the intersection one morning and couldnt get the pedal unstuck. When I finally did I drove the car over the capitol Ford in san jose, CA. And told them what was happening. When Ford test drove the car, they said they couldnt find nothing wrong with it. I told them something was wrong with the gas pedal and I was not driving it off the lot until they found the problem with the gas pedal. The next day they called and said the pedal was sticking and they had to replace the throttle body. Ford covered because I was under warranty. On 12/6/2011, my pedal started to stick again this time I was on the freeway. Stuck 4 times. I took it back to the same Ford and told them my pedal was getting stuck I had this problem in 2006 and this shouldnt be happening and they needed to do something about it. I got the song and dance of how the car was out of warranty and they would give me an estimate and I could pay to get it fixed. After inspecting Ford said the throttle body was bad again. After stating my case with them this should not be happening they got Ford involved to see it they would cover. Ford came back and said no. There was nothing they could do becuase it was out of warranty. Again I explained this is not a warranty issue this is a safety issue and people could be serioulsy injured. Ford didnt want to budge and kept using the warranty excuse. So I had no choice but to pay and get this fixed. This is not right. Ford needs to take responsibilty for their cars and the safety of their customers. This needs to be addressed to Ford.
Rubber pegs are falling off the inside rear hatch door of our 2005 Ford Escape xls 4-door.
I bought a 2005 Ford Escape on January 22, 2005. I drove it home and noticed that it had a vibration (very noticable) and it had a noise in the rear end. Called the dealer and they said it must be the new tires and after a few miles it would go away. It did not go away. Called again and they said bring it in a we will balance the tires. So I did and it still had the vibration and noise. Called again and they said it must be the differential. Brought it back and the vibration and noise are still there. Called again and they sid it must be a dampier problem. Brought it back and it still is doing the same thing. It is now almost four months later and it still has the vibration and roar in the rear and I am concerned that this vibration is causing damage to the car and I will have worse problems.
2005 Escape lost traction, skidded and became uncontrollable. This occured while dring in snowy conditions in a chain control area and resulted in and accident. The consuemr feels that the manufacture/owner's manual was unclear about it's recommendation on tire tractions devices. The consumer signed a document at the time of purchase which stated, as equipped, this vehicle may not be operated with tire chains but may accomidate some other type of tire traction device.