general problems of the 2018 Ford Escape - part 2

I have a 2018 Ford Escape only like 100,000 has engine gone due to coolant leak. In research I saw Ford has ignored this issue from day one to its customers. I have 2018 Ford Escape 1. 5 ecoboost. Ford has had one recall also with the transmission bushings that were repaired at 80,000. Car ran bad since recall repaired of transmission bushings. Ford has deceived consumers with its engine failure and coolant leaks, with its fraudulent deceptive practices.

May or may not be related but three different warnings came up within a 30 minute period while driving: hill start assist fault, anti-lock brake fault and parking aid sensor fault. Note, I have been driving for months with proximity sensor out. Cause is currently unknown, I hope to get it into a garage this week.

Apim is not fuctional. Rear camera does not work, display does not work, stereo does not work. Resetting the system does not work. Fuses are all good, and electrical connections confirmed good. Apim issues have been an issue with this year of Ford.

Coolant leaking into engine.

Coolant leaking into engine. Not dead yet but not drivable since it will cause more damage to the engine. Luckily caught it before engine went out on the highway, overheating occurred, or fire occurred. This was confirmed by a dealership after they did an engine diagnostic, although a month ago when I brought it in for an oil change they noticed my coolant was low and said they would look into it, they didn’t. Only the Ford dealership mechanics have inspected this as of yesterday. An engine warning light came on the day I took it in (yesterday). - was told by my dealership that entire engine needs to be replaced.

The engine has a coolant leak and has made my car not properly functional. Have taken it in multiple time for repairs same issue would happen now they won't fix it because of a specific code is not reading but exactly what's going on they won't fix because it's over the milage coverage confidently.

The fly wheel has had to be replaced twice on my car. I am driving and all of the sudden it starts clanking, I'm thinking my car is going to fall apart. First in 2021 and now again in 2024. I feel this is something that should be recalled because what are the chances that 2 went bad. It is getting fixed after Ford looked at it and wanted to charge us $2800. 00 to replace. Took to a recommended transmission shop. Most people don't even know about reporting these issues. Not only that they replaced my engine already in 2021. I have had numerous problems with this car, if interested in checking it out you all are more than welcome to. I was out of town and suddenly my car would not start even though the battery good according to auto zone and o'reilly's was good. It is just crazy the problems, I am afraid to drive my car and being stranded somewhere. I am going to look for all the invoices I have from Ford and will submit.

The roof seals failed, water poured into the rear of the car in cargo space, and filled spare tire wheel well without warning. We had noticed a sour, moldy smell prior to that, and began to show allergy symptoms, necessitating medication. Dealer was made aware. They tested roof and resealed it. The roof was glued on at manufacturer… not riveted or secured in any other way. It is the fault of the Ford manufacturer . The leak appeared approx April 5th. Got appointment at Ford here in deland April 9th. They kept the car, tore it apart to find cause of leak. We got it back late Friday April 12 th. There was still water ?? in it !.

Known problem with Ford eco boost engines. Coolant loss, engine overheating, loss of power and died. Now $11000 to replace the engine.

While driving this vehicle (~88,000 miles) on a route of ~100 miles, the car started shuddering / shaking at highway speed for 30 - 90 seconds every 10 - 15 minutes. I was 50 miles in to the drive when the shaking began. The shaking was startling and distracting. I drove the car to the dealer that night. While driving to the dealer, the car continued to shudder / shake for even longer durations at greater frequency. Additionally, the car had weak acceleration when the gas pedal was compressed. This created significant challenges when trying to navigate traffic (merging on to highway, accelerating car from stop, etc. ). I have a video of the dash which shows the car exceeding 4000 rpm and not exceeding 25mph. I can share this video over e-mail, but could not attach to this form. - the dealer believes this is a malfunction of the powertrain (transmission). It is available for inspection at the time of this writing. However, I am working with Ford and the dealer on a repair solution as this is my primary car. - my safety was at risk because the car shaking was distracting and the lack of acceleration presented challenges with merging, passing cars, accelerating from stop, etc. - vehicle is currently with dealer beginning inspection - initial suspicion is transmission issue. - no warning lights came on as I was experiencing this issue.

Ford is refusing to fix the coolant intrusion that is now happening on my vehicle.

The car says it’s in neutral but the gear shift is in park.

Leaking coolant. Transmission problem with the shift cable bushing, which caused the transmission to be in a different gear than indicated and lead to the vehicle rolling away.

I purchased a 2018 Ford Escape from carmax, I’ve had the car for 6 months I drove it to illinois and my car was in park but stating it was in neutral upon a diagnostic it was discover my shifting cable was not working and I needed to keep my car parked and keep the emergency break on at all times. I called Ford and told them my issue they explained to me that in November of 2022 the gear shifting cable was a was fixed per a recall and I would have to pay to have it fixed because they only fix it one time for free . In January of this year another lawsuit was filed against Ford that alleges that even after the shifting cable is fix its still breaking on customers then can results in serious injury to the driver or others. I am asking that Ford take this vehicle back in exchange for a vehicle equal in value, I transport my grandchildren and children in this car and it’s not reliable or safe.

Check engine light came on while driving down the highway. Vehicle lost power to approximately 20 mph even though the throttle was pressed. This was a hazardous situation as the speed limit was 55 mph and no place to pull off. Was told by a mechanic the throttle body was defective and needs replaced.

Coolant appears to be leaking into the engine block.

Was driving when engine light came on, then warning that engine was to hot. My car then began to slow down and I pulled over and allowed to cool for a while. Finally able to drive but each time I would drive it happened. Took to a independent contractor and was told my coolant was leaking into engine and it needed to be replaced.

Car has 95k miles. Recently started showing code p0303 (cylinder 3 misfire). Took it to mechanic, replaced spark plug and engine coil. Got car back, ran fine a couple days, then started noticing coolant level way down from mechanics top off. Mechanic has it now and is thinking coolant leaking into engine. Common issue for this model as I have read online. Also read about a service bulletin offering a one time fix for this, but never received the alert in my Ford app. No recall issued that I can see. Hopefully won’t need a new engine.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford Escape. The contact stated that when starting the vehicle it would vibrate and or shake sensation. The starter would fail to catch and successfully start the vehicle intermittently, as well. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that coolant leaking into the engine causing the engine to fail. The engine needed replacement. The failure related to service bulletin NHTSA id number: 10210392 (engine and engine cooling, equipment) however they were 7,000 miles outside of the mileage limitation to receive the repair. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that they did not meet the requirements of the service bulletin. The contact was referred to NHTSA. The approximate failure mileage was 92,000.

When I stop at a red light and begin to to go the vehicle jumps and jerks forward before going.

What happened was I was driving down the street at thirty miles per hour and the speed limit changed to thirty five miles per hour so I put my foot on the gas and nothing happened. The engine did not rev and the speed did not go up the speed kept going down. Quit thinking made me push the auto start off button and then I pushed on the gas again and the car speed went up as I pushed on the gas pedal. There were no cars in front of me or beside me in the next lane but there was a pickup truck behind me. He was far enough back that he did not have to step on his breaks. This scared me to death and if quick thinking had not been a part of the situation for the auto off button, then I would have easily caused a wreck with the truck behind me if he would not have been paying attention. This just happened about five minutes ago so I have not been able to tell the dealer yet. I am already scheduled for next Tuesday to get my transmission bushing recall fixed next week at the Ford dealership in my town.

Car begin leaking coolent and then check engine light on. White smoke from tale pipe. This car sold to me jay hodge Ford muskogee oklahoma with open recall and costumer satisfaction recall that expired approx 1 month after purchase. Never notified by anyone and maybe 6 months in car not drivable.

The dealership, all american Chevrolet of san angelo TX, sold me this car 12/14/2022 without fixing the recall that was issued 6/2022. My battery has died 2x within a month, my check engine light came on yesterday but there are only 68k miles on the car. It's against federal law for a dealership to sell a car with an open recall, isn't it?.

Drivers side headlight burned out and had to replace. 3 months later passenger side headlight burned out. While at the shop to replace the passenger side, the drivers side burned out again. 4 months later the drivers side is out again. I'm afraid they are both going to go randomly one night while driving in the dark.

Every morning after starting, a thick cloud of white smoke emits from the exhausts. It clears up after a minute or so but it happens in both hot and cold weather. Took the car to the mechanic and it was determined there is a head gasket leak. Vehicle runs fine and does not overheat. Upon further research, I noticed it is a common occurrence with Ford Escape owners and the manufacturer isn't doing anything about it.

Cel came on and showed code p0302. I replaced the coil pack and spark plug, problem was fixed for a week and then the code came back on. Did research and realized when the car is on the coolant totally depletes and returns after the car is off, the coolant should not deplete like it did. This is a known issue with these vehicles that the coolant goes into the engine when it should not and causes problems with cylinder 2. This is a manufacturing defect and should have a recall so that Ford can fix their mistake. There are no recalls for this problem even though Ford has many customers with Escapes that are having this same exact problem and caused by no fault of our own. Ford will not fix it since it’s out of warranty so will need to pay out of pocket.

Lug nuts swollen - couldn’t remove at regular tire store. Had to buy all new lug nuts at dealer.

2018 Ford Escape. Consumer writes in regard to parts being unavailable to perform NHTSA safety recall.

It wouldn’t go into second gear and would stop and not go so I turned the auto bio fuel feature off and it started to act better. Then it gave me a transmission default alert. I parked turned off the car and turned it back on and nursed it home.

On June 28, 2022 I pulled into a parking space, placed car in park & released brake, car abruptly flew into wall damaging hood & head light as well as engine. I have sore back & chest. Very disturbing, never involved in anything like this, never had accident in 41 years of driving.

The driver and front passenger door passenger won't latch. It doesn't catch properly and the warning light comes on for the door. There shouldn't be any problems for a car with only 22509 miles.

Our Ford Escape had a coolant leak causing misfires. After searching online, we see that this is a known problem that Ford hasn't addressed. The repair costs are high and it isn't right that Ford hasn't issued a recall.

Hello, I am submitting a formal complaint on my 2018 Ford Escape. History: it is a lease plan vehicle that was assigned to me with 11,000 miles on it in 2018 it has a been maintained per the manufacturer schedule through the lease plan app purchased the vehicle in may 2021 thru my companies purchase program, I have only had the car for 9 months and it is now inoperable it is a primary vehicle for work for a family member situation error alert appeared on the console for engine took the car to firestone initially as they had done all the maintenance work previously they were unable to look at the car and gave me a time of 5-7 days took it to tires plus, they said they could look at it the next day which was a Sunday I had not heard back from anyone at tires plus, so I called, they recording indicated that they were closed. I drove up there and mathew the manager said that the mechanics had not shown up for work, it was mother’s day. Received call that the car needed 1 coil and spark plugs approved the work the told me to come pick up car, they were still working on it when I arrived and I stood around for 45 minutes waiting when the technician test drove the vehicle it started backfiring again, diagnosis was a cracked spark plug and another coil. Waited another day for it to be completed picked up the car to drove fine for two days then more engine error codes, overheating codes and the car went into “limp mode” the technicians allowed me to drive the vehicle and did not dive deeper into the codes to determine the root cause of why the car was showing all these engine codes not until I brought it back 2-3 days later and explained that there was white smoke coming out of the tailpipes that the technician said these ecoboost engines have a known issue with the computer dumping coolant into the cylinders. This cause the head gasket to blow. When I called Ford, they said there was not a recall for this VIN number even though the error codes and.

In April 2022 my 2018 Ford Escape started to malfunction. When in drive it would move backwards, which nearly caused an accident for me as there was a vehicle behind me when this occurred. It also would move forward when in park, and was a huge safety hazard. I had to get the vehicle towed to a service center because of these issues. Ford admits this occurred because of a malfunction but is refusing to pay for the cost to repair it. The Ford service center is estimating repairs to be $8,500. I received a recall notice in July 2022 about a bushing cable in the transmission as well.

After having the 2018 Ford Escape for three weeks, the entire apim system went down. I was not able to charge anything, use the radio, or the touchscreen for all of the functions in the dash. It goes in and out constantly, often does not turn on at all, the touchscreen lags, the radio takes up to a minute or longer to change a channel once a button is pressed. The only thing that is in tact is the rear camera. The 2016-2017 apims have been recalled, and this one should as well. Other than the rear camera and now being able to charge a phone, I cannot use the touchscreen at all and do not use the radio because I cannot see what channel it is on.