One problem related to battery cable has been reported for the 2009 Ford Escape. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Ford Escape based on all problems reported for the 2009 Escape.
We bought the SUV used at a Chevrolet dealership in. June 2010,and in October we started having issues. The vehicle wouldn't start. We had it towed to a Ford dealership where they had it for 10 days and couldn't. Find a problem. We drove it for approximately 7 months, 14,000 miles then it happened again . . . We had it towed to another garage, and they had it a couple of days with no problems found. In June 2012 it wouldn't. Start again. This time it restated after 40 minutes. It went into a safe mode, where I drove it home at 5 mph. Waited 30 minutes unhooked the battery cables waited 15 minutes andhooked them back up,,and it started and ran fine for a few days then started dying while driving at any speed. Took it to auto zone to read any codes. . . None were identified. This is happening more frequently now. It is going back to Ford on tuedday7/2/13. This is a very dangerous problem, that needs to be addressed.