Two problems related to transmission gear slipping have been reported for the 2017 Ford Escape. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Ford Escape based on all problems reported for the 2017 Escape.
While driving my 2017 Ford Escape on a town street at a rate of 35 mph my transmission began slipping. A warning light came on stating alert transmission fault service now. I took it to a mechanic immediately and was told that my transmission has failed and I will need to have a new one at a cost between $4000 to $5000. My vehicle has $92,000. 00 miles. Ford is unwilling to help with the cost of this repair. I talked with a chris avery (cavery@Ford. Com) he said there is not a recall on their transmissions. How does a three year old vehicle have a transmission go out?.
Very similar to NHTSA id 11083629. Pulling into traffic the transmission started to slip. Managed to get off the road without incident. The system message "transmission fault service now" came up and the car would not accelerate beyond 20 mph. I was traveling so it was towed to nearest dealership. They cleared the fault and sid there was nothing wrong. Took it to dealership where I bought it, they had it two weeks and said they couldn't find/replicate the issue and gave it back. I drove it two days and it occured again. Drove it to the dealer this way. They said it was a bad ecm, replaced it and they replcated the issue on their test drive after the "repair". Said they need to call Ford for tech assistance. They have had my car for ~month and a half. This is a safety issue, the transmission randomly failing as you're pulling into traffic is a huge danger.