Went away for the weekend all was good. Got home and a storm was coming in so I decided to go to the store started fine engaged into drive fine, drove 4 miles down the road was fine , when leaving the store, went into gear fine got half way home (about 2 miles) o/d light came on and flashed then the car was loosing power and just made it home. Turned the car off restarted it went to put it in drive went ok but no power. Goes in reverse great had lots of power there but nothing in drive, 2, or 1. Now I am a single parent and without a car and needless to say possibly a job because I cant get there! WTH fix it, I have seen many of the same things for the same year escapes get with the programs fix the mall

i have a 2001 ford escape 3.0l 24 valve v6. it started yesterday i was on my way home and the trans was shifting crazy in and out of gears like it was slipping i work on many cars and made me kind of raise my eye brow. i got to next light and made my turn i mahsed it to the floor to see if it would shift it didn't. i was stuck in first, i got to the next turn off in to a bank, park, shut it off and restarted it put it into reverse and had nothing. did it again and it finally kick in but was popping its self out again like it did in drive i went around parking lot and same stuck in first. i called tow truck got it home messed with it and messed with it. i jumped on the net and seen the same type issues from thousands. i sat and really put my mechanics to work and came up with the neutral safety switch. even after hearing a repair shop tell my 1800 to fix it and was told the drum has split in trans it made no sense the guy told me he knew these trans and that was bottom line. I went to autozone after being told that price and i was on a mission to fix this and find the real problem and replaced the switch come to find out it worked shifts nicely and smooth, i found out as well those switches control ur shifts as well. so u guys know its under the upper and lower hoses for rad. hoses are next to batt. its a half moon shape with a shaft coming out of trans with a 11 pin connector. try it? it was $43 for part and free labor if ur skilled enought.

I bought this car from roberts brothers in owensboro they assured to me this was a great car. i spent 4 months searching for a car and car lot that i could trust. So, I loved the car and i needed a vehicle as soon as possible the vehicle i was driving was totaled by a woman not paying attention. Anyhow,My ford escape was great at first. I had had the vehicle one month had not even made a payment yet. The transmission failed. If this transmission is defective why doesn't ford take care of their customers like toyota and nissan? All my other vehicles were chevy and Toyota and they both have almost 200,000 miles and still run great. I would never, ever, have another ford not only because they are junk and have had more than enough complaints but, mainly because FORD DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS!! They should be ashamed of their name because they have ruined it!

FANTASTIC, I have joined a growing community of unsatisfied customers that own a FORD (fix or repair daily) product. I purchased a 2001 Escape brand new in April 2001. My wife is the main driver for use to and from work. In August of 2008 with only 36000 miles, the car experience transmission problems and had the car taken to a shop. After several days I was informed that a new transmission was needed, so my first call was to Ford to see if they would help because of the low mileage. But they offered nothing but excuses. We needed the car so I went ahead with the new transmission ($2300), but the fix would take several days which meant I had to rent a car during the servicing. Everything was fine until a week ago when the o/d light started blinking and the transmission began to act very strange. This transmission only has 23000 miles on it and now it sounds like another Ford problem has sneaked up to bite me in the wallet. I am willing to join any group that is trying to force action from FORD thru legal action. I own three FORD vehicles, but I can assure you that it will not be my next choice..........

Update from Oct 31, 2011: UPDATE...After experiencing the O/D blinking light and the rough shifting transmission for a week, I finally returned the car to the garage that provided this transmission fix in SEPT 2008. After having the car for 4 days, I received a call yesterday that a effort to fix by replacing a solenoid failed and that it is necessary to rebuild the transmission for $800. The shop owner feels bad that this has happened and is providing me with the best possible price. Still, no answers from FORD as to why their transmission sucks.....THREE TRANSMISSIONS IN TEN YEARS, DO YOU THINK THEIR WAS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM ?

Well I didn't buy this car new but the thing is the first thing that went wrong with the car was the air conditioner went out as soon as it got hot outside and then on 06/15/11 the transmission went out in reverse at my work. so now i have to park in places that will allow me to get out by going forward. it just sucks because the whole reason i got this vehicle was because i needed a dependable work vehicle to get in and out of my driveway in the winter time because of snow. so i bought this vehicle because i knew the person who had owned this vehicle before he traded it in to the dealer and the dealer told me that this vehicle was ok and that everything worked fine on it. the name of the dealership is Larry Fannnin Chevrolet / Buick dealer in Morehead / Flemingsburg, Kentucky.

Now I have to purchase another transmission for the car or trade it in on another vehicle and what dealer is going to want to give me a good trade in now seeing that the transmission and the air conditioner is screwed up.What can I do now? I'm stuck!

BOUGHT THIS ESCAPE FOR 15,000. PAID 22,000 CAUSE OF FINANCING. THIS ESCAPE RUNS GOOD UNTIL THE WINTER, THEN ITS ONE PROBLEM AFTER THE OTHER. I WAS ON A LONG ROAD TRIP AND THE TRANNY STARTED SLIPPING SO I GOT IT TOWED ($300.00) HAD IT LOOKED AT AND THE TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID $3000 TO GET IT FIXED. I DECIDED TO GO THROUGH WITH IT. IT RAN GOOD FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS THEN ..... SAME THING STARTED HAPPENING. I AM SO DONE WITH THIS PIECE OF $&)T. I WILL NEVER BUY FORD AGAIN, EVER,EVER.

I HAVE LEARNED ONE THING ABOUT FORD....QUALITY IS NOT JOB #1. TO THIS DAY I HAVE DUMPED $4000.00 IN TRANSMISSION REPAIRS/FLUSHES.

My mom has a 2001 ford escape she bought new in 01, the car was a good car with the engine and transmission for years, i mean it had it's occasional problems tires/brakes/plugs wires etc. But about the third year she had it, the driver side back window just stopped working it wouldn't roll down from either button. it was just me and her that drove the car because I'm the only child and she's single so nobody ever road in the back unless i had friends when i drove it. but winter 08, she noticed something really weird about it. The transmission wasn't acting right in reverse. she would have to let the car warm up before she could back out of the drive way. So she took it to a garage and they told her it needed a new transmission, but she could use that one until she go the money to replace it. So she began backing it in the drive and that worked for a bout a year, the transmission would warm up and reverse would work good. but it was summer 09 drive starting doing that, she would have the let the vehicle warm up before it would pull in drive every now and then. But in October me and her was going to get some groceries, and we we're doing about 55-60 on the main highway. she said if felt like someone had pulled it into Neutral, so she checked it and it was in drive. and then the car rolled to a stop on the side road, and it would not pull at all, no gear would work, you could even push it while it was in park and it would roll, so the she had to take a loan out to have the transmission replaced that cost her about 2500 dollars. But after it was fixed, the car runs good to this day, still pulls good, she drives it every day to work.

This is the second time within a year my 2001 transmission has went on me , A few days early my OD button was stuck , I took it to a transmission shop to check , he stated that a lot of customer was coming in with OD button being stuck in Ford , he stated that he will have to go in to see whats the problem , because the OD was causing my gear to failed , well the next day I was driving home from work , in the middle of the street , I could not go in drive , my car stop, engine light came on , people running me over and cussing me out to move I was so scare, then finally I was able to get over out of the way, I had to wait 2 hours for a tow truck in a neighborhood by my self until a tow truck could pick me up and transport my car home. This is a second time this happen, I will never buy a ford , I have put over $4000 in repairs with in the last year . I am stuck at home with no car and trying to get money to repair my car. I hate ford cars, and I will tell everyone about this escape.

2001 Ford Escape, running great all the way to Carlyle, PA. On the way back the blasted thing died. Find out that the snap ring on the transmission SNAPPED! The snap ring flew apart and chewed up everything in its wake, that includes all the stuff that makes the freaking transmission work. Well, I'm about to SNAP now as the repair is approx. $2,300!!! I have read a lot lately on the poorly made transmissions in these vehicles.

I'm a good union employee who buys AMERICAN MADE VEHICLES and I'm expecting a RECALL from FORD! The mechanic says that this is a problem with these vehicles and that FORD denies it exists.

Well, we need to do something about this. I'm going to call FORD everyday on the 800 line and ask them about recall info. until either I die or they admit to fixing this vehicle. I love my FORD but not necessarily the company. The Escape is a great little vehicle and I want mine RECALLED and FIXED.