Body problems of the 2012 Ford Escape - part 2

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Ford Escape. The contact stated that when the vehicle was taken in for an inspection, the vehicle failed to pass the inspection due to the right lower control arm having excessive corrosion. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicles VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v165000 (structure). The approximate failure mileage was 46,000. Sw.

Rust issue in all wheel wells typical it seems with all Ford Escapes in 2012. I assume the manufacturer did not treat or used bad rust treatment on these cars.

I purchased my 2012 Escape in August 2014,with approximately 29,000 miles on it. Within ten months, the air conditioner quit working. As I was pulling into a parking lot, smoke started coming out of the radiator area and a green substance was blowing out. The rear lift gate only opened some of the time, over the past year, and now does not open at all, possibly because water leaks through the hatch window, and has done so since I bought the vehicle.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving at approximately 25 mph,, the rear of the vehicle leaks water inside causing mold. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the diagnosed was undetermined. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 22,000. Ak.

The actualtrunk of the SUV does not open on a consistant basis,you have to use the lifegate if you want to put or take out anything out the trunk.

Please forward to appropriate personnel, on Thursday, August 14th at ~5:45pm a clear day: our mom/mother in-law had just dropped of my daughter after shopping and was making her way home thru the windy back roads less than two miles from our home. As she climbed a hill a few blocks around the corner from her home and stopped at a stop sign on the crest of the hill. The 2012 Ford Escaped lurched/surged forward uncontrollably. As from her description, she heard loud rumblings coming from the engine; the Escape shook and launched her forward while she had her foot on the brake. The Escape propelled her uncontrollably forward crashing into a large boulder, she then ricocheted across two lanes up hill, over an embankment /wall, just missing a tree, collided with another parked vehicle pushing it approximately three feet, passed that into another small wall just missing the house. We are thankful on many levels; that our daughter was not with her, that our mom was not severely injured and no one else was injured. I was researching online and there was an investigation open for this vehicle at one time. A recall is needed for this vehicle model before there is a fatality involved. We are very concerned knowing that many other family members and friends drive Escape models. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. We have many pictures from the scene for you to review. Kind regards, sam m.

Unknown. Both rear wheel wells are rusting away. Chunks of this falls off while I’m driving. I do believe that falling rusty chunks of metal may harm another driver that will either run over it and flatten a tire. Or that someone may swerve to miss a piece and cause an accident.

This document is in response to a frontal vehicle collision occuring may 16, 2014 on a major highway. At my request I requested the auto body repair shop to check the the occupant restraint system. It was determined that the restraint system control module was inative and probably has been since the car was built. Perhaps an investigan of the same, make, model, and year Ford SUV be considered. All supporting documentation is immediately available.

On the way to work at 7pm, the back hatch began randomly locking and unlocking and opened slightly. After work the next morning at 8am, the back hatch unlocked and opened while driving on a busy road at 10mph. I contacted airport Ford in florence, ky and they stated never hearing of this happening with another Escape.

After dark one night (I couldn't see that the hood was cracked open) while accelerating on a highway the hood blew open-safety catch did not hold hood shut. It bent back to the windshield, I could not see the road and luckily was not killed in a crash. Body shop installed new hood and latches and safety catch etc. Less than a year later the safety catch stopped operating. I tied it down with rope to the frame and drove it for a while. I couldn't get to the body shop because I never got out of work on time. While having the oil changed the service manager at the dealer tried to fix the latch mechanism and couldn't so he ordered a new one, installed it and charged it to the body shop. The hood release handle and parking brake release handle are inches apart from each other which is a poor design, but regardless when the hood is popped the safety catch should prevent it from opening. A relative who drove my vehicle kept popping the hood accidentally because he wears a leg brace which caught on the release handle. Luckily I had the hood tied off. I may also tie the hood with rope again as I don't have much confidence in these parts. I have had many cars in my life and never had this type of mechanical failure happen to me. Obviously people could be seriously hurt or killed. The hook that catches the hood seems to loosen up from its assembly and fall forward towards the front of the car thereby not aligning with the hood.

Rust problems in the rear quarter panels both sides driver and passenger. The deal I went to told me upfront Ford has had this problem with 2012 models but will not repair unless rust is all the way through the panels. This is definitely a manufacturer's problem and should be fixed by the manufacturer at no cost. I am very disappointed Ford will not fix this problem. Take a look on the road no vehicles have rust problems these days. Except for Ford. They either used the wrong primer or did a poor paint job. They should have a recall on this rust problem and fix it at no charge.

Vehicle was being prepared to back out of level garage onto driveway with mild downhill slope. Vehicle was started, emergency brake released and automatic transmission placed in reverse, driver's foot engaged brake. Driver realized wallet with driver's license was left inside house. Transmission placed in park, driver removed foot from brake and exited vehicle. Vehicle not noted to be moving when driver exited. Driver entered house through garage entry, retrieved wallet. When garage was re-entered vehicle was backing out of garage onto driveway on its own. Driver attempted to catch up to vehicle on foot and attempt to regain control. Vehicle backed down full length of driveway (approx. 100 feet) and backed across road and down fairly steep embankment on other side of road. Vehicle then backed into a large tree about 10-15 feet from road and abruptly stopped, and an adjacent tree was side-swiped by the rear/left side of the vehicle. No property damage occurred, scant damage to 2 large trees. Driver assessed the damage, re-entered the vehicle. Driver cannot definitively recall what gear the transmission was in when vehicle was re-entered. Driver was able to re-start the vehicle and move it across the road and back onto driveway.

There is a very bad reflection of the driver's side dash vent present in the side mirror. The dash vent is trimmed in chrome and as a result it reflects in the mirror blocking the view of traffic along the driver's side.