Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe problems of the 2014 Ford Escape

My dash lights never indicated any low oil. Ended up running out of oil and I started keeping track. I was putting in a qt a day. No visible signs on motor or ground of oil leak. But smoke in tail pipe. Then today the motor blow completely even w oil in it. I searched up my make and model. Their are tons of recalls for the oil leak ad I said, and for the instrument panel not working. But my dealership said I have no recalls what's so ever and non have been done on this car. Some of those recalls I read said it could catch fire!!.

Smoke was coming out of the tail pipe. Turbo was replaced. A few months later car would not accelerate past 20mph. Transmission was replaced.

Tl- the contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle the check engine light would illuminate and a engine fault message would display and on several occasions the vehicle would unexpectedly serge forward. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer rochester Ford located at 8 crain rd, rochester nh. Who diagnosed that the manifold absolute pressure sensor was faulty. Map sensor was replaced and wire harness was spliced to remedy the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in the NHTSA recall campaign 15v813000(electrical system) the contact indicated that the vehicle had experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 98,000. Jft.

I was driving on the highway 1 1/2 miles from my home when the engine cut out. I was able to drift to the side of the highway and come to a stop. I remained in the car and smelled burning. There was smoke coming from the engine compartment. After a few minutes the smoke stopped. There were no trouble/warning lights prior to the engine failure. I arranged to be towed to our regular mechanic. He informed me that he thought I should get the vehicle to a Ford dealership, as there had been a fire in the engine compartment and there was a high probability that it was related to a Ford recall 17s09. The vehicle was towed to a nearby Ford dealership and a diagnostic was performed. The service manager also suspected that it was part of the issue associated with the recall. He opened a Ford "hotline" case. A day or so later the service manager called and said that they determined that it was not part of the recall because the coolant system had passed their pressure test and there had not been a coolant leak. He also determined that there was a cracked head and cracked manifold, and that the vehicle had lost oil through the cracked head. When I inquired as to why the head would crack when the vehicle has regular oil changes (the most recent just 20 days prior) and the coolant system was full he didn't have an answer. At that time he said the engine would cost close to $5,000 to repair, but that he couldn't guarantee that it wouldn't have "other issues" related to the damages identified. Because of limited space here, I have attached a full description as a pdf.

Received recall 17s09 one week stating loss of coolant could cause cylinder head to crack and oil to leak out onto exhaust manifold and catch fire. The very next week while driving on a country road my Escape caught fire while driving. I was lucky to have drinks in the car to be able to get the fire out before the fire department got there. Towed vehicle to Ford shop and contacted Ford customer care knowing that they are aware of this problem and they will not assist me in repairing vehicle. The recall basically only states adding a low coolant sensor which in really will not help because if it becomes low on coolant the head is already cracked and damage is already done. Further more Ford knowing they have this problem doesn't even have parts available until at the earliest fall of 2017 so more people will be having car fires and may not be as lucky as I was to write this report.

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the vehicle leaked coolant. The "extreme temperature, engine catch on fire" warning message illuminated and the engine shut off. The vehicle was towed to the dealer (marysville Ford in marysville, washington, phone number: 360-386-1245) where it was diagnosed that the coolant line from the reservoir to the intake manifold cracked. The manufacturer was called, but there was no response. The failure was not repaired. Additionally, the contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v209000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The VIN was not provided. The failure mileage was approximately 79,000.