general problems of the 2012 Ford Escape - part 1

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the gear shifter was shifted into drive gear, however the gear shifter failed to engage as intended. The contact stated that after several attempts, the gear shifter engaged into the drive gear. The vehicle was driven to the contact residence. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, however the vehicle was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The contact was informed of an unknown recall with the same failure description, however the contact's VIN was not associated with the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 65,000.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving at 5 mph, the steering wheel failed to respond as needed. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact was attempting to straighten the steering wheel and the steering wheel was difficult to turn. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start, and the gear shifter failed to move or operate as intended. The local dealer was not contacted, and the vehicle was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.

After starting the vehicle for the first time that day, the vehicle was driven 4 miles. When attempting to shift the center console shifter into the park position, the shifter was unable to fully move into the park position as it was blocked from transiting through the reverse position. The vehicle could only fully reach the neutral position from drive position. After a few more attempts to move the shifter later the shifter was able to fully reach the park position. Subsequent attempts were inconsistent. In one case, the shifter showed park but when driver released the foot brake, the vehicle starting rolling backward in reverse (it was determined to be engaged in reverse). The issue was resolved by installing a new shifter cable fitting at the transmission. The small two-piece plastic fitting that attaches (snaps on and then adjusts/locks) the cable assembly (part number al8z-7e395-a) to the transmission manual control lever ball stud was loose and likely worn. Before installing the new snap on plastic fitting , attempts were made to adjust the original cable plastic fitting without success. Note that subsequent model years 2013 - 2019 had a similar failure result (safety recall 22s43).

The contact's friend owns a 2012 Ford Escape. The contact stated after parking and exiting the vehicle, the vehicle began to roll backwards. The contact called the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 170,000.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Escape. The contact stated that after parking the vehicle on an incline road and turning the engine off the vehicle erroneously rolled down the hill and crashed into a tree. During the crash the front driver sustained facial, right knee, injuries and a concussion which required medical treatment. The front passenger sustained two fractured wrist. The vehicle was destroyed during the crash. A police report was taken at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Torque converter lock up issues from friction. Many issues and Ford will not repair assistance or recall. It about stalls on highway and acceleration into traffic. Many reports but not action. Been waiting on parts. Goes in shop 9/12/22 for $1,800 repair.

My car was accelerating slowly and making rough sound. The power steering goes out too often without any warning.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle failed to shift from 2nd to 3rd without force. The contact also stated she had to depressed accelerator pedal for the vehicle to change gear. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer and diagnosed with transmission failure. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 22v413000 (power train). The approximate failure mileage was 46,236.

2012 Ford Escape. Consumer writes in regards to failed transmission. The consumer stated the transmission needed to be replaced due to the reverse option failing while driving.

The automatic transmission in my Escape XLT awd has failed at 142,742 miles. Dealer and transmission shop have advised that transmission needs to be rebuilt or replaced. Ford knows these transmissions are failing prematurely and Ford should repair, replace them and reimburse if someone has already had transmission replaced at a dealer or repair shop. One can go online and perform a google, bing or yahoo search and see a pleathera of Escape transmissions that have failed prematurely.

I was driving on highway at 50 mph; driving straight when it seems like I had ran something. The vehicle sounded like a rubber band unwinding and began vibrating severely at right front. It appeared I might lose control. I DE-accelerated and safely exited the highway. I could see nothing wrong when visibly inspecting the vehicle. Subsequent investigation revealed a damaged cv boot, cv joint and three fractured bolts for the upper engine mount on the passenger side. Two of fracture surfaces appeared they had been fractured for an extended period of time. The third bolt had a fracture surface that was rough and crystalline in appearance ) alluding to instantaneous fracture of the bolt.

Vehicle has hard down shifts jerking when accelerating has been in shop twice going again on 6-27-18 after about 150 miles of driving is when this occurs.

No cold air in air conditioner whole motor replaced in 2014 lock on back hatch replaced broke again . The electrical radio dash broke. Recall power chain wrench light on again. Heating coal replaced.

I was sitting at a stop light, as I accelerated to turn left, the car lost all acceleration and made a thumping noise. I put the car in park shut off the engine and it started and then accelerated. The car behind me was driving when my car stopped and he was beeping at my car. It was lucky that he was paying attention and quickly stopped as this was very unexpected as I was accelerating and not braking to clue him into stopping. On the way home I was turning left again onto another road and then was driving straight ahead and while driving the car lost all acceleration again and would not move. The engine was on and it was making a thumping noise again. The wrench light was on. It was frightening as the cars behind me were at full speed, at lease 30mph and my brake lights were not on as I was trying to accelerate and the car would not move. The cars driving at full speed had to quick go into the next lane to avoid hitting my car. It was very frightening. I quick put the brake on so the brake lights would be seen and then the flashers. I shut the engine off again and it started up and then accelerated. I am going right to the dealership in the morning as that is very dangerous. I just googled the throttle as that is what the wrench warning light stood for in the manual and I am seeing this had been a Ford issue that should have been recalled. I am very disappointed in Ford as this is a very dangerous and serious problem. I should have been notified. I get my oil changes at Ford dealership and this was never told to me. This is so dangerous!!!!.

I have a 2012 Ford Escape. I have had it for a year and it just started acting up. The first time this happened was sept 12, 16 while I was headed to work. While accerlerating from being in park, the throttle body/ power train light illuminates causing the car to not accelerate like it should and a lot of squeaking comes from the car. So, I have to put the car in park and turn off the egnition. Once I turn it back on it goes back to driving normally. This has happened six times within 45 days.

I was driving home Friday afternoon when my car suddenly started to choke down. I was not going more than 25 mph because I had just recently drove over a speed bump. I lost all power and was unable to accelerate. I cruised over to the side of the road and put my car in park. I noticed a wrench light come on and I then turned the car off. Once I had someone there to follow me home, I cranked my car back up and drove very slowly the rest of the way(3 miles max) to my house. The car did take a few extra seconds to crank but seemed to do fine on the trip home. We took it to the dealership first thing the next morning and they are supposed to run a diagnostic test on it sometime today.

I purchased my 2012 Ford Escape in 2012. About 2 yrs. Later as I exited off a ramp of our local by-pass, the car unexpectantly accelerated without pressing on the accelerator. I was quite frightened; and, after applying the brake several times, I got the car stopped. I called our Ford dealer; had the car towed; the service mechanics put it on a computer which "did not" pick up any recent malfunction. They said the car was safe to drive. The most recent calamity occurred on may 29, 2016 in the parking lot of our church. I was driving; my husband was the passenger. As I pulled my car into a parking space, I realized I needed to straighten it out. Upon my observation of another car coming in to park behind me, I waited until the car was parked, put my car in reverse, and "all hell broke loose". The car fully accelerated in reverse and crashed into the parked car. Fortunately there were no injuries; however, damage to the r rear of my Escape, and extensive damage to the r side of the other vehicle. This incident could have had devastating results: (1) if the passenger in the other car would have been getting out seconds before, he would have been killed! (2) if the other car had not been parked, my vehicle would have continued over a small embankment (possibly turning over) and taking with it numerous other parked cars and members walking into the service. Upon examining my vehicle and hearing the report of the accident, our insurance adjustor/appraiser was wise enough to take the car "off the roads"! he deemed it a total loss. This accident has been very traumatic for me~~causing me undue restraint in wanting to drive. I have been a safe driver for 56 years without an accident. I trust that Ford motor will be held accountable for whatever defect caused this incident - possibly the etb (electronic throttle body). We were never notified of any recalls.

While cruising at speeds ranging from 25 to 55 mph, car will suddenly lose power, with rpms decreasing to 1200-1500. Depressing accelerator has no effect for 3-5 seconds, when the car will act normally. A similar problem is noted at random times when accelerating under light throttle from a stop or when applying full power to pass another vehicle on the highway. This presents a dangerous situation when the car cannot be relied upon to perform normally. The problem has not been isolated to any specific environmental or operational conditions. The problem was worse during the first 5,000 miles, but continues less frequently (vehicle has 40,000 miles now). Dealer technicians are unable to locate any faults.

The transmission in my Escape shifts badly. Has a lagging upshift from starts and a harsh downshift when coming to a stop a common problem with the 2012 Escape from what I have read. Took it to the dealer twice said nothing was wrong just the way the transmission is.

I was on my way home when the car slowed almost to a stop and started making a jerking motion. I couldn't get enough power to stay in traffic so I pulled over and stopped the and shut it off. By this time the wrench signal came on the dash. I started it again and it seemed ok so I drove it to a nearby garage my mechanic owns. It slowed down again and started jerking on the way. I shut it off and started it again and drove 2 more blocks to the garage. They hooked it up to their computer and said it needed a new throttle sensor. It works fine again after a bill of $455. 68.

As I was stopped at a red light on my way to work, all of a sudden the battery light came on, then oil can light and then the car stalled/shut off. I tried to re-start it and it wouldn't work. The light turned green and I turned my hazards on so folks would know to pass me. I started dialing aaa and tried to start it again. It did start and no warning lights appeared. I called my dealership and they said probably just a computer glitch and to just drive it around my work parking lot a few times, they hadn't heard of this. Then I did research and found it could be the electronic throttle body issue. I have reached out to them to have it looked at this weekend. No problems since the initial stall.

This vehicle was sold to us a being capable of being towed behind a motor home. During the towing process, the transmission became so hot that components of the drive train melted and liquefied as determined by Ford. This presents a severe safety concern as the car could have caught fire and there would be no way we would have known. This could have resulted in an explosion or worse. We have since discovered that Ford, without telling us, issued a bulletin stating that the car can not in fact be towed. This information has not been widely distributed and none of the Ford dealers we talked to were aware of it. In addition, there are websites from motor home magazine and edmonds as well as others that still list the 2012 Escape as a good choice for motor home tow vehicles.

Made left hand turn from a stop sign, as accelerating, lost power. , put it in neutral started it again, put in gear, accelerated, approx 30 ft, did it again, I pulled over, called roadside assist, it was towed to dealership where I bought it, next day, they "said" it would cost me 104. 50(ish) to have it analized, I said ok, later they finally told me that it was the air intake module was clogged, this all cost me 184. 18. Tthey also said that I have an oil leak, and he was going to "try" to get it fixed on my drive train warranty, but didnt know at the time if he could, now the control arm is a different story, he said he didnt know if it would take care of this also, he would let me know. If not it will cost 452. 00 plus tax I do not understand, the vehicle is just now 2 yrs old and I can understand if I lived on bumpy gravel road or traveled on alot of bumpy gravel roads, but I do not, in fact 90% of the miles on my vehicle are highway miles, and I avoid bumpy gravel roads as much as possible, because I know they will eventually tear up a vehicle.

Traveling at highway speed (65mph) the first two times vehicle lost power, throttle/power train light on, went to idle. Forced to shoulder, shutoff vehcile, restart, resumed normal operation. Third occasion same day same problem in the middle of insection (25mph) in addition to throttle light got check engine light. Fourth occasion same results(35mph).

2 months prior to this date, I was going home, 50mph merging towards another lane when the car, all of a sudden, began shaking and the acceleration slowed down tremendously. I thought I was gonna stall so I decided to push my hazard lights and parked on the right shoulder and turned off the engine. It was traffic time, but luckily I was not hit. A minute later, I turned on the engine and drove, and I was able to get home. On April 1, 2014, I was driving to work on I-5, san diego, CA going 60, I heard a thud, and when I looked at the dashboard, the wrench light was on. In heavy traffic with my hazard lights on I was able to coast very slowly to the right, narrow shoulder and turned off the engine. Every driver behind me was so mad, blowing their horn. A minute later, I turned the engine back on and left. I arrived at work very upset, disturbed, and still a bit shaking. I could have caused a major pile-up, and perhaps I could have been in severely injured. That afternoon, when I drove home, I took the inland street to be a little safer. And lo and behold, the wrench light came on again. So with my hazard lights on, I quickly parked the car and turned off the engine. Then I proceeded driving home without any problems. I have not brought my car to the dealer yet because I want to ensure the problem is covered by my warranty. On April 8, 2014, I will drive my car to perry Ford in national city, CA. I also called customer satisfaction program twice, and I hope they could relay my message to the dealer I was going to drive my car to for repair. In google, numerous complaints mentioned the ebt, and I'm sure it's the problem. I am a 67 year old driver who needs the safest car to drive to work on the freeway, Monday to Friday.

I was driving the car, came to a stop sign, stopped and proceeded to press gas and turn into lane. The car jumped forward and almost stalled. It did not stop running however it would only move approx 1 mph. Just enough to pull of road and park. When I restarted, the engine was shaking. When in low gear, the car would jump forward and stop, jump forward and stop. In drive, it would only go 1 mph. I took car to Ford and they said it was the throttle body position sensor and that it wasn't covered under the drive train/power train warranty and would cost me $520.

After slowing down in heavy traffic I felt a jolt or thrust forward. When I looked at the dashboard I noticed the wrench light was lit. I tried to give the car gas and it went no where. I was fortunate to be able to pull over to the shoulder and look up the light in the owner's manual. It said it was a power train/throttle body fault. After waiting 15 minutes for a tow truck I tried restarting the car and it started normally. The car drove normally the rest of the day. I brought it into the Ford dealership where it was purchased the next morning. They eventually told me the throttle body had failed/shorted out and needed to be replaced which wouldn't be covered under the warranty because I was 700 miles over. After filing a case with Ford and doing research, I noticed several others having the same issue.

When pulling out from an intersection, I experienced intermittent power loss which resulted in vehicle loafing forward then stalling or entering safety mode low idle maneuverability with wrench light on. I was in heavy traffic and had to shut off the car, place in park then restart only to have the vehicle lurch then shut off or return to safety idle again before I was able to exit the street safely. After several attempts to restart, the check engine light came on resulting in trouble code p2111 "current" fault throttle actuator control system - stuck open and code p2112 " pending throttle actuator control system - stuck closed.

Car shuts off completely while driving several times a day during acceleration , was nearly rear ended. Took it for diagnostics and p211 was the code.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis but they were unable to duplicate the problem. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 59,000.

Driving down the freeway and was a pop and I had no gas at all. I had to coast off the freeway. The repair bill was over $400. 00 to replace the throttle body and it is not covered in my extended warranty.

While driving 65 on the interstate, my Ford Escape jumped forward and then slowly shut down. I was not able to accelerate. Thankfully I was able to make it to the side without causing an accident.

The first time this happened I was driving home and turned onto a street as I accelerated the vehicle slowed down. I had my foot as low as the pedal would go and it would not move. I switched it to park turned it off and back on and it started up and was fine at accelerating. So the second time this happened about a month later I was driving about 30mph when my Escape slowed down and completely stalled out while I was driving on a very busy street. I pushed so far on the accelerator that the pedal was as low as it could go but still no movement. I quickly switched it into park turned off the vehicle and tried turning it back on but it just made the noise like it was trying to start. So I tried again and it finally turned on, switched to drive and was able to get off the street as a semi was flying up behind me. Very scary moment in my life. I googled about the issue and found that an investigation is going on regarding the throttle on 2012 Escapes. I think my vehicle may be a part of this.

Leaving the parking space, the wrench light came on, the car began to loose power, putter and would not take gas. When the engine is shut off, the wrench light goes out and the car runs fine until the next time which was the day after I picked it up from the dealer service department on 7/30/2013. On 7/31/2013, the same problem began all over again and I had to return the SUV to the dealer again for repair. Each time it's happend, I was fearful for my life.

Note, this has occurred at varying times/dates since purchase of the vehicle in 2012, has not just occurred at the date listed. When accelerating, the vehicle will have a prolonged hesitation and even a loss in speed when switching via the automatic transmission from 2nd to 3rd gear. This occurs every time the vehicle is driven, not randomly. Also, when getting up to highway speed, there is a hesitation if you touch the gas to accelerate up to the highway speed; it will hesitate a few seconds before kicking into acceleration mode.