Three problems related to sun roof have been reported for the 2008 Ford Escape. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Ford Escape based on all problems reported for the 2008 Escape.
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. While the vehicle was stationary, the sun roof exploded without warning. There were no injuries. Frontier Ford in santa clara, California was made aware of the failure, but could not determine the source. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 45,500. The VIN was not available.
While traveling down a open highway, the sunroof glass on the above vehicle (2008 Ford Escape) exploded for no apparent reason. The glass buckled upward when it broke. The outside temp was @60 degrees and cloudy. There were no other vehicles anywhere near. The above miles are appx. . I will be taking pictures for record.
11/09/09 7:20 a. M. I proceeded to go out to my 2008 Ford Escape XLT to start it when I did I heard a strange noise above me , I thought it was birds or something, I proceeded to slowly open the cover on my sunroof about 1 inch and noticed it looked shattered. I got out of the vehicle it looked like it exploded. The glass was like a volcano erupted. I have never seen anything like it before. I called rub Ford in gardner IL they said it possible could of got hit by a rock, I stated the road was closed on each end due to road work on the spillway and no traffic was going by at the time due to the road was blocked off. I went to the nearest Ford dealer in el paso IL heller and they said it could possible a rock, or frozen ice. But the temperature outside was in the 50's and I found no rock. And I do have a rather long concrete driveway from the road. I asked for copies of the paperwork the dealership had for Ford but they refused to give it to me saying it was private. Ironically the dealership technician told me it would cost $660. 00 to replace the window when I have a 3 yr 30,000 bumper to bumper warranty if they get it from Ford it would take 2 wks but they could it from another source quicker for an additional $25 and get it in 1 day. So it made me feel like they knew it was a faulty glass. They did nothing to resolve this matter they told me to contact my insurance company. We have done a internet search and ironically there are a few people who have had their sunroofs shatter but to no avail Ford has done nothing to fix the matter. I was just lucky I wasn't driving at the time. Like the other consumers on the forum pages.