Automatic Transmission Control Module problems of the 2023 Ford Escape

Had a check engine light come on 2 weeks ago. Took it to the dealer and they reprogrammed the pcm and inspected cylinder bores. Dealer also changed the oil at that time. Shortly after that the light came on again, took it back to the dealer they've had since last Friday and now report the vehicle may need a replacement engine block. Vehicle has 10,565 miles and is just 13 months old. I have researched and found many other similar instances on the internet.

On 1/29/24, I drove around town to run errands and on my second stop, I tried starting the car and it would not start, but it went into "accessory mode". I received several warnings: pedestrian sounder, memory recall failure, front collision sensors, tractions control, check engine light, etc. It also stated it would sound an alarm if we tried turning it on again. I sat there for 10 mins and tried turning it on after getting in and out of the car, looking underneath to see if oil or gas was leaking, which nothing was leaking. I kept trying to start the vehicle with no success, still getting the warnings. My spouse arrived after 15 mins and when she opened the hood and wiggled some cables around, we were able to start the car up and it was like it went through a factory reset as the memory for the driver seat went really close to the steering wheel. We called roadside assistance thinking we need to get this towed to a dealership but cancelled it after seeing it would start and my spouse driving it around the grocery parking lot carefully. When we got it to the dealership, it wasn't having those issues and they couldn't do much for it. On 2/10/24, the check engine light came on. We took it to the dealership on 2/12/24 and they told us the pcm malfunctioned. They did a software update on the pcm, which the dealership said has fixed the problem for now. Just worried this is going to happen again and will happen when I'm in a place where maybe my spouse can't come or we are traveling long distance. Prior to this incident, the dash (mph, gas level, oil level, engine temp) of the vehicle, which is entirely digital, flickers like there is a short in the wiring somewhere. It doesn't happen every time we drive it, just sometimes (maybe 35% of the time). This was happening shortly after purchasing the vehicle in July 2023. I have a feeling that something relating to the electrical components, battery, chip/software/firmware in the Ford Escape needs to be replaced entirely.