Transmission Failure Problems of Ford Escape - part 2

Transmission failure causes frequent hard shifting. This issue started at about 50,000 miles. When driving at low speeds, the transmission would hesitate, the engine revs spike, and then the car jumps into gear with a very hard thud. By 61,000 miles, this problem went from a once-daily occurrence to a frequent occurrence. It's typically at lower speeds (20~40mph) and driving at constant speed - not accelerating. Update from Nov 9, 2020: at 65,000 miles, I took this into my Ford dealer for investigation. They reported the transmission fluid level was good (remove the overflow plug and oil slowly drips out) and that the fluid was dirty. They reported that the transmission had failed and needed replaced.

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Car overheated while driving four times between 2016-2018 (after each instance, it was towed to and serviced at a Ford dealer). Car also experienced three instances of exhaust leaks between 2016-2018 (each instance was identified by a strong smell of gas and serviced at a Ford dealer). In October 2019, the transmission failed while attempting to merge on the highway, requiring a tow to the Ford dealer, who recommended a complete transmission replacement at 105,000 miles.

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Have a 2013 Ford Escape titanium. My son was pulling onto a major road from a gas station. He was in the middle of the road the transmission failed no warning. Then it jerked and he had to give it high rpm for it to crawl. He almost got t boned by a big truck. Very unsafe situation. Brought car to Ford service tech said he would check transmission fluid as I could not no dip stick car had only 127,000 miles on it. Service advisor got back to me he said you need new transmission. $3600-$5000. Asked to file complaint with Ford he refused said it's a waste of time Ford will not do anything. He said life expectancy of these transmissions was between 100,000-120,000 miles I posed this question to him if he knew life expectancy of a cars transmission and it was 100-000 to 120,000 miles would he buy car he said he could not answer that. Sent numerous correspondence to Ford did not get 1 response from anyone at Ford. Finally talked to a real person at Ford headquarters in michigan. Ford won't do anything is what I was told. I posed same question as service advisor. Same answer. I can't answer that. Thousands of the same comments on internet same problems. Ford does not seem interested in doing the right thing with a recall or at least help out these Ford customers. Very unsafe Ford might be waiting till someone dies from this transmission problem. There playing the odds maybe? comments on internet some people had the repair or replacement. Then transmission went for a second time. Can't drive car the way it is.

Transmission. The transmission in this vehicle dies at around 70,000 miles. This is a known defect and Ford has not yet issued a recall. My daughter almost got into an accident due to the transmission failing. It is reprehensible that Ford is allowing this to go without a recall. They are putting peoples life at risk due to greed.

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Transmission failed and extended warranty replaced the transmission, the current transmission failed without warningto the operator while driving at 45 miles an hour in moderate traffic, loss of life was just narrowly avoided due to uncoming traffic. Does someone gave to be deseased in a car accident before this is fixed on these vehicles.

A vehicle that just turned three years old is having extreme powertrain transmission failure and electrical sensor issues! I am having to replace the transmission in a car that has only 90,000 miles and is costing me over $4000 out of pocket! electrical error are happening from light malfunctions to bulb errors, cross sensors, and more.

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The transmission failed at 94,000 miles. I am having trouble finding a transmission that has not failed.

I was driving my family from houston, TX to san antonio,TX on July 5th 2019 for the holiday weekend in my 2013 Ford Escape sel with the 6f35 transmission. We were about 1 hour & 30 minutes into our trip, 108 miles, from our home near the city of flatonia, TX when our transmission horrifically failed. While I was driving I noticed the transmission had a made a hard shift into 6th gear. It had jumped a couple of times until I accelerated and then it finally shifted into 6th gear. The next sign of trouble was when the dash screen told us the lane change sensor was failing. Next we started noticing a faint burning smell coming into the cabin, we weren't sure what it was. A minute later all the warning lights turned on in the dash screen. I immediately put on my turn signal so I could get to an exit and when trying to accelerate out of the way of traffic, I realized my Ford Escape was not responding to the acceleration pedal. It would not accelerate at all. So now I couldn't shift and my gas pedal was not functioning. I finally reached the nearest exit turned on my hazard lights and proceeded to coast into the nearest gas station since my gas pedal was not functioning. As soon as I stopped & turned off my SUV, white smoke was coming from the engine bay. I quickly got my wife and 1 yr old daughter out of the SUV and ran away from the vehicle. Thankfully the smoke stopped and I opened the hood and saw transmission oil all over the top of the transmission. It was so hot it was boiling in the crevices where it had settled. This transmission is supposed to have "a special blend of transmission fluid maintenance free for the life of the gearbox. " a couple days prior the transmission would jump erratically when shifting from 2-3 gear and from 5-6 gear even though it was an automatic transmission. But I had taken it to a Ford dealer and they didn't help at all.

2014 Ford Escape 1. 6l 80,000 mi. Just like hundreds on this site and most likely thousands across the us - transmission failure while driving with no warning. Extremely dangerous and possibly deadly yet NHTSA and Ford refuse to acknowledge recurring problem with a faulty transmission recall. A 5 yr old vehicle with a yearly avg of 16,000 mi. Should not require a transmission replacement at a cost of $5000 to the owner. My only hope is people use this site to research vehicle purchases and avoid making the same mistake as me and thousands of others. There are two types of Ford Escape - ones that have had premature transmission failure and ones that soon will.

Cars transmission failed with only 33,000 miles on the car! I think there is an electrical problem with the car because the battery and the internal components failed at the same time! both times I was driving the car and moving forward when the car stalled out both times, the second time I had just left Ford with the vehicle and they said it was fixed when it stalled out again in forward motion, this time I had the car towed back to Ford and it's been sitting there since April 13th and today is may 1st and Ford has not responded back to me to resolve the issues with the car? I had the car towed to a transmission place on 4/30/2019 that is only charging me $3,100 for a rebuilt transmission with a 2 year 24,000 mile warranty and Ford wanted $7,400 to put a rebuilt transmission in the car? hmmmmm what would you do? customer service at Ford is sloooooow to say the least? it's bad enough I've got a car with only 33,000 miles on it and with an internal transmission issue and than Ford wants me to wait until when to respond back with a solution?.

Complete transmission failure while driving on highway. Ford had to do a complete rebuild at 87k miles. The failure rendered the vehicle useless for the highway and luckily my daughter was able to coast off the highway and limp home which took 2 hours for a 15 mile distance. Display indicated transmission fault - service now or something like that.

As I was driving down local roads my engine was making s sound as if a fan was running on high speed and I could feel the engine losing power. After about 2 miles a message appeared on the screen that said transmission failure. I pulled into a parking lot and had to have it towed. I had it towed to a local repair shop and was told it needed a new transmission.

At freeway speed, the transmission on our 2014 Ford Escape failed, causing the car to immediately slow down. My teenage daughter was able to get the car onto the freeway shoulder. Per the service manager at the Ford dealership where the car was towed, they see a lot of these transmissions failing. The car had around 60,000 miles, which is far too early for a transmission failure. Ford claims they can't do anything about this issue since there is no recall for failing transmissions. The NHTSA must act before a serious injury or death occurs as a result of the poor design or manufacture of these transmissions. Many of these cars are coming into the same mileage as our vehicle, so the numbers of these failures will begin to surge.

Transmission fail: we were driving our 2014 Ford Escape at time of the fail. Turning into traffic and the car wouldnt go almost caused a car to hint us cause we couldnt go we couldnt get out of the way. Ford is saying its the transmission line not building enough pressure to change gears. We took it Ford one yr ago because it was shifting right from 2nd gear, they changed the fluids said it tested fine at thos time. One yr to the day transmission fails.

A recent incident with my vehicle, a 2016 Ford Escape se awd, has left me unhappy and disappointed in Ford motor company. Since I started driving in 1984 I have always bought and owned a Ford product. I have had no reason to question the quality of Ford products until now. The Escape had to be towed into the nearest Ford dealership, champion Ford � edinboro, PA. Upon inspection of my vehicle the service manager indicated an inner seal within the transmission had failed. This resulted in transmission fluid entering all areas of the transmission an essential ruining the unit. The services manager's recommendation was replacement of the transmission. This was done with the purchase of a new transmission and the vehicle was returned to me on February 27, 2019. My first disappointment was the transmission of a 2016 Escape failing in little over three years since purchase (October 2015). The second disappoint was the failure of the transmission just after the warranty expired. My Escape had a 5-year/60,000-mile warranty on the powertrain. At the time of the failure I had driven my Escape 72,000 miles. Therefore, I was left with a $6232. 67 repair bill on a vehicle I had hope to last me seven to ten years. At this point I will need to keep this vehicle another two or three years. When I do begin looking for another new car, I now believe I need to start looking at our manufacturer products. I would like to believe Ford motor company would honor their products better that I have seen in this experience. If the company does step up and provide some re-compensation for my difficulties, I would be willing to re-think my loyalties to this brand. Joel fair p. O. Box 1024 meadville, PA. 16335 814-332-6841 (business); 814-547-9308 (cell) jofair@PA. Gov.

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At 60,900 miles the transmission went out. No warning signs, no engine lights, just lost power and during driving and pulled over put in park and then engine just revved and wouldn't go. Took to Ford dealer and diagnosed as needing a new transmission just 900 miles over warranty. Contacted many channels within dealer and Ford but know one would help had to pay $4500. 00 out of pocket to get rebuilt at the Ford dealer. Now with 37,000 miles the transmission has failed again and the dealer will do nothing, Ford will do nothing and they say I need another transmission at the amount of $4500. 00 again. Same symptoms this time, no warning just failed. This to me is crazy I have to be on my 3rd transmission with a vehicle that has 99k miles. There is obviously and issue with these transmissions as the internet is full of complaints with this exact issues. Also the many transmission shops I have spoke to have said them same thing, lots if issues and very common to fail early.

As I was driving up a hill on the highway, the transmission shifted down harshly. At the next exit, I got to the first traffic light where the transmission shifted down, again extremely harshly. When the light turned green, the car was able to move forward into the intersection but failed to shift up, and would not put any power down in first gear either. The stopped moving in the intersection. I turned off the car, and turned it back on again. There was an extremely jarring motion as it went from park to first, and I was able to get it off the road into a parking lot. In the morning, the car would not shift, and I had it towed to a dealer for repair. The mechanic said that the transmission fluid was burnt and metal shavings had collected in the fluid from a fault internal to the transmission. The new transmission was $5748. 19 for a car less than 5 years old and under 100,000 miles. This is a safety issue with the transmission failing with no warning in traffic.

The vehicle, when driving it, has stalled out completely on a busy city street. Was able to quickly start it. When merging onto a freeway, I could not gain speed, SUV would not shift into a higher gear and a very loud sound was heard. Again, I could not accelerate in a safe manner when merging onto a us highway. The next day the same problem was noted on a very busy city street. Could not accelerate and luckily was not rear ended. Took to dealership and diagnostic report resulted in internal transmission failure at 68,700 miles.

I am contacting you regarding my 2013 Ford Escape, VIN: 1fmcu9gx9dub09480. While I was driving the transmission completely stopped working, almost causing an accident and also causing me to be stranded in another state. I eventually had the car towed back to valvoline in north reading, MA where the transmission had been flushed less than a week beforehand. They had the car taken to aamco who determined the transmission had failed. The car only has 39,200 miles on it and now needs a transmission replacement. I was told my Ford to contact you to report this problem.

Tl the contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. While driving 50 mph, the vehicle jerked and the gear shifted into first gear independently. All of the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. Once the vehicle was shut off and restarted, it resumed normal operation. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission cables failed and a new transmission was needed. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer (porter Ford, 600 ogletown rd, newark, DE 19711, 302-738-0800) was contacted and stated that the VIN was not included in a recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that there were no recalls. The failure mileage was 65,000.

"transmission failure, service now" comes up only when driving over 50 mph on highway. It first happened about two years ago when the vehicle was just over 2 years old. The dealership reset the computer and I was fine for about 6 months. I took it to another dealer (I had moved to another state) and was told the transmission would need to be rebuilt because they could't figure out why it was throwing this code. This was in September of 2017. I bought the vehicle brand new in 2014. The car still drove fine. Then in the summer of 2018, it began overheating. I now live in the desert so this is common here. I took it in and had the head gasket, engine block and temp. Gauge replaced. All was well until I started driving on the highway again. Then the same code came up. The problems and money that I have had to dump into this car is ridiculous. I have already spent more than $5k this year alone on repairs and still have the same transmission code being thrown so I can't even pass an emissions test to register the vehicle.

Tl-the contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while stationary, in the park position, the vehicle rolled backwards and crashed into the neighbors' vehicle. The contact exited the vehicle prior to the rollaway. The contact stated that the driver's door clipped onto the car port housing, in which the vehicle was parked under, and the driver's door hindge fractured. Upon impact with the rear spare tire mount of the neighbor's vehicle, the air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. There were no injuries sustained, as the contact was not in the vehicle at the time of the crash and neither was the neighbor. The contact called the insurance company and remained in possession of the vehicle thereafter. In addition, an autobody repair shop was made aware of the rollaway. A dealer was not contacted about the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact stated that the transmission was replaced with the rebuilt tranmission, prior to the failure, and that the vehicle had a history of transmission failures and/or repairs prior to the incident. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000. Ad.

Transmission failure. I have heard that this is a common problem in the 2014 Ford Escape. The warning only happened while highway driving.

Transmission failed at a stop light on a two lane road.

My vehicle began to exhibit signs of a failing transmission at 60,000 miles. Shifting was difficult, particularly between 1st and 2nd gear. A few times, it failed to shift from park to reverse at all. I had Ford look at it, and they recommended replacing the transmission. When I took it in, I was around 60,500 miles, 500 miles over my power train warranty. They quoted a $7,000 fix. I had owned the vehicle for less than 2 years, and it was less than 4 years old. While I had records, including a claim number, for another Ford customer with the same transmission (in the fusion) and same issues, they covered 2/3 of that customer's repair and refused to cover a dime of mine. After being dismissed, ignored, and ultimately placated several times by Ford representatives, I finally was forced to take it to a third-party mechanic, who replaced my transmission at 61,000 miles for $4,000. Despite having a refurbished transmission in my vehicle now, I still experience transmission issues from time to time (difficulty shifting, hard shifting on freeway, etc. ). In the end, this transmission is faulty at best, as Ford's only transmission model without a recall *. While Ford indicates they have no official documented issues with the 6f35 transmission, a simple google search reveals that transmission failure is the #1 issue reported by consumers with the Ford Escape. As a young professional working in research, I recognize that internet searches can be misleading. To be thorough, I checked over 20 different Ford consumer pages and of those pages, every single one showed a significantly higher report of transmission issues than any other issue, with the average mileage of these issues occurring around 50,000 � 70,000 miles. It irresponsible and unacceptable for Ford to have no official documented issues on file regarding the 6f35 transmission.

Ours is a 2013 Ford Escape with only 37,000 miles on the odometer. It's hardly been driven for a six year old car and has been well maintained according to the manufacturer's recommendation. Upon starting the car in the drive mode, there was a pronounced "clunk" sound from below the cabin section of the car. The car would begin moving forward and then shift into neutral. This situation continued for about 1/10 of a mile. While turning around to return home, the same thing happened in the reverse mode. The car had to be towed to the dealer as it appeared to be unsafe to drive on a highway. The diagnosis was clutch and transmission failure. Cost to repair $4,300. 00. Seems to me that there has to be a basic defect in the product having read so many of the other complaints on this site. Additionally and in retrospect, the engine would begin racing to a high rpm in the park mode without a foot on the accelerator. This was a disturbing phenomenon.

Transmission failure at 85,000 miles.

Tl the contact owns a 2010 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the transmission failed to function properly. The dealer (jack metzer Ford-Lincoln, 1857 montour blvd, danville, PA 17821, (888) 494-7059) was contacted. An independent mechanic was unable to replicate and diagnose the failure. The power train warning indicator flashed. The manufacturer issued one recall for the power train and nine tsbs for the power train; however, the contact was uncertain of a permanent remedy and was waiting on a response from the manufacturer. The failure mileage was not available.

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Our 2010 dord Escape's transmission failed in October, 2017 with only 41590 miles on the vehicle wile moving on city streets. Replacement of the transmission was required costing us . $4,848. 22.

108,000 miles going down expressway at 75 mph when the transmission catastrophically failed and had to coast onto the side of the expressway. Complete transmission at just over 100,000 miles on a 2014 (only 3 years) old is not acceptable and could create unsafe driving conditions. I was fortunate to be able to coast to the shoulder.

Tl the contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. While driving various speeds, the vehicle would not immediately accelerate when depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact indicated that the failure was intermittent. On several occasions, the "transmission failure" message displayed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who changed the transmission fluid, but the failure continued. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The local dealer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 38,000.

Vehicle never shifted correctly. Complained to dealer numerous times. Transmission failed at 104000 miles. Vehicle broke down on major interstate 100 miles away from home. Had the vehicle towed to nearest dealer. Cost to repair was 5000+.

My transmission failed in June, it was rebuilt and has already started to shift hard. So, once again back in the shop. The a/c has been acting funny. The rear vents barely work, blend door doesnt engage properly. Dealer has another vehicle identical to mine and it does the same thing.

Vehicle was driven away from a mechanics shop for a fly wheel repair. After approx. � mile of driving, the temperature warning light illuminated without the gauge showing a high temperature. I stopped at a red light. When the light turned green, no matter how I pressed on the accelerator, the car would not accelerate over 5 miles an hour. I had to navigate across 3 lanes of traffic to get to the side of the road. It drove for less than 50 ft then the engine completely shut off forcing me to push the car into a parking lot. Mechanics came, looked over the car then it started normally. They drove it back to the shop and hooked it to a computer but no codes were thrown. We could not recreate the issue. We decided to file a complaint because of our concern over all the blogs found online referencing the same issue. This could potentially be very hazardous if it happens on a highway which could result in bodily injury. This comes after this vehicle has been in the shop for over 4 months in the 8 months we have owned it for many issues including transmission, transmission bracket, transmission plug failure, wiper motor, fly wheel and a sensor issue.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. While accelerating from a red light, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was not able to restart. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed and need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 124,000.

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