Two problems related to transmission noise have been reported for the 2016 Ford Escape. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Ford Escape based on all problems reported for the 2016 Escape.
When driving on highway, Escape lost ability to accelerate or stay above 1000 rpm. Pulled off road, turned vehicle off, and restarted vehicle, tried to drive it, heard a "clunk" noise and smelled something burning. Vehicle could move and change gears, but not accelerate to drive, turned vehicle off and had it towed to mechanic. Mechanic diagnosed it as a transmission issue. Vehicle is currently in the shop for a more thorough diagnosis and possible repair. Vehicle had 104,000 miles on it at the time of incident.
Here I sit with a 4 year old car with less than 72,000 miles getting it's transmission rebuild!!! after seeing all the complaints I do not understand why this has not been a recall yet?? this is very sorry on Fords end. There should be a recall for this transmission. It gave me very little warning. Made a noise, less than half a mile jumped to 5,000 rpms then that was it. . . Dead on the side of the road. Let's not talk about how hard it is to get parts for this transmission #1 due to the age #2 due to the virus. Fix this issue Ford!!!!.