Transmission Slip Out Of Gear problems of the 2014 Ford Escape

My girlfriend was driving at about 40 mph and noticed a whining noise that corresponded with the acceleration of the vehicle. When she came to the next stop light and the light turned green the Escape would not accelerate, but the whining was very loud and would only move about 3-4 miles per hour. She pulled over, shut off the engine. Waited and started again. The Escape drove for a few minutes and then she felt it slip out of gear and then the engine would just rev. It slipped back into gear and it started to accelerate as normal but with the constant whining sound. She had to stop again. She called a mechanic who came and listened and attempted to drive it and he said the transmission was shot which was obvious at that time. There were no service messages on the dash, no lights came on the dash to indicate low fluid levels. We have serviced our vehicle regularly following the owners manual recommendations. The transmission information only says to check fluid levels at every oil change and change the transmission fluid at 150,000 miles according to the driving conditions. It has 101,900 miles and we still owe on our loan. We purchased it from a Ford dealer in Feb. 2017. With all of the complaints and issues with the transmissions failing at random Ford needs to issue a recall and fix these lemons!!.

I was driving about 20 mph after accelerating from a stop and the transmission shifted out of drive. I could hear it clunk and feel the car jerk. I stopped and downshifted but nothing happened. I put it in park, turned off the engine. I restarted it, shifted to drive and slowly accelerated. I got about 20 yards and it slipped out of gear again. It wouldn't shift into any gear except park. This was after driving about 100 miles. I had no issues prior to this. No warning lights came on until all of this happened and as I pulled into my driveway a warning came on saying "transmission fault see service station". It has 124,000 miles on it. I've had it for just under 2 years, bought used, and haven't had any issues with the transmission before now. I researched info online and it looks like this is not an isolated problem, but Ford is not recognizing this as an issue. Transmissions should not just break down for no reason, and if they do, Ford should fix the problem.

2014 Ford Escape. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle transmission problems. The consumer stated while driving, the vehicle suddenly lost power and almost came to a stop. The lights on the transmission box started to flicker from drive to neutral, etc. There was a loud noise, so the consumer put the vehicle in sport mode and then into drive. The gear then shifted out of drive on its own and lost power.