Noises During Shifting problems of the 2014 Ford Escape

On 3/20/21 when driving my 2014 Ford Escape my husband and I noticed a humming noise. Then it seemed as if the car wasn't shifting and was idling real high. Then there was nothing, no power of speed or shifting. No check engine light, just a red light came on saying transmission fault service now. We had to have the vehicle towed to our nearest Ford dealer. To find out this is not a recall and it was a catastrophic transmission failure. He said it will cost us $5100 for them to get a new transmission which are back ordered. I also called Ford directly about this and they said it is not an open recall, and the car is out of warranty by 3 months!! I find this terrible I have had this vehicle for 5 years and taken good care of it and for Ford to not take care of its customers on something like this I feel is horrific!!.

Winding noise coming from transmission during driving and while in park, when the transmission hits running temp it starts to lunge and brake randomly without hitting the brake, shift points are not lining up with the correct engine rpm which creates sudden shifting or late shifting. After all of this happened then the �transmission fault service now� message popped up on the dash. Vehicle was driven on city streets under normal stop and go conditions. 81,639 miles on the odometer currently.

My family and I (wife and newborn) were driving on the highway and I noticed a lack of power when trying to accelerate. Suddenly the Ford Escape began shifting up and down rapidly. The rpms would increase when trying to accelerate, and the engine was working, but there was a total loss of power and slight grinding noise. It felt as if the vehicle shifted into neutral. We coasted to the shoulder and waited for a tow truck. The shop that received the Ford Escape found internal transmission failure and quoted us for a replacement. The price for the replacement is over half of what the vehicle is worth! (according to kbb).

Tl the contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. While backing out of a parking space, a loud noise was heard and the vehicle neither moved nor went into any gear. There was no warning indicator illuminated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact to have the vehicle towed. The vehicle was towed to gary yeomans Ford Lincoln (1420 n tomoka farms rd, daytona beach, FL 32124, 386-310-2342) where it was diagnosed that the bushing cable fractured and the entire shifter cable bushing system needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact of NHTSA campaign number: 18v471000 (power train). The manufacturer referred the contact back to the dealer who stated that the recall part was unavailable and referred the contact back to the manufacturer. The contact was then referred to NHTSA. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 81,910.

Purchased vehicle on 2/17/2018 with 73,600 miles on the vehicle on 2/20/2018 drove vehicle for approximately 6 hours (pittsburgh to cleveland and back) near the end of the return trip, the transmission started to randomly downshift and up shift on relatively level ground while cruise control was on at about 67 mph. Within a minute of this behavior, the information display indicated a transmission fault: service immediately. I pulled over and turned the car off and on again. The fault cleared. Called dealer and stated my issue. Took car to dealer (smail Honda greensburg, PA) on 2/21. On the trip to the dealer, the fault happened two more times. One of those times I heard a loud clunking noise. While I was applying the brakes. Dealer found a wrong gear ratio fault on the transmission and is replacing the unit with one that has 46000 mile on it. All occurrences of the fault were on the highway above 50mph vehicle had 74400 miles when dealer took possession to repair.

I bought this car brand new , within the first 600 miles I took a trip to northern michigan ( about 200 mi. ) and the transmission " banged " into 6th gear every time it down shifted to 5th going up any grade and shifted back to 6th, other times when I go to pull out of somewhere it will act like its looking for a gear before I barely start moving , had it back to Ford a number of times , they say its fine . . . Now has 46000 on it , still does it , have called and sent registered letters to Ford , they say buy extended warranty and work with the dealer (lol ). . They just claim they check it and even ask if I thought about trading it in . . . Ya right. . . . What I would like is for them to fix it. Sometimes when I back out of a parking spot and put it in drive , it then too don't go , looks for a gear for a few seconds (you can hear it making noise) then will take off.