CarComplaints.com Notes: With solid trends of engine failure — $4,500 to fix at 85,000 miles avg — AND transmission failure — $3,000 to fix at 75,000 miles avg — we can't recommend the 2006 Ford Escape to anyone except your worst enemy.
I loved this car. It stalled out at a red light but started up again. I thought it might be water in the gas. Then it did it again, so I took it to a repair shop. They said no codes showed up to indicate a problem. I researched on the internet and found there were reports of this problem. I took it to a dealership in Toronto, they also said no codes showed up but they cleaned the carburetor for $350 and sent me on my way.
I started a drive to North Bay and the car stalled when I slowed down to enter a gas station in Gravenhurst. CAA towed me to North Bay to the dealership where again they told me there was nothing wrong with the car. I insisted they had to run it for a while to duplicate the circumstances of this happening when the car had been running for a while, and then they said it did stall out and that it was the torque converter.
They said it would be $2400 to fix but now they are saying they cannot find the part because the car is "so old". Also, they said that replacing this part was complicated and that just doing the repair would cause multiple other problems because the mechanic just could not be expected to be able to do something so complicated.
First, this car is just approaching 10 years old and the part is not available? I find this unacceptable and almost unbelievable. Second, what does saying a repair is "too complicated" say about the commitment Ford has to its products? Before the Ford, I had a Toyota that I drove for 15 years (that I bought used) until the body was ready to fall off.
My Escape is still in North Bay at the dealership and I am back in Toronto without a car.
This is the second vehicle that the torque converter broke with less than 100,000 miles on it.
Update from Jun 6, 2014: The majority of the miles were 50 mile + daily highway driving. Not short stop and go in-town trips. Other than that we love this Escape.
TORQUE CONVERTER BROKEN: After I googled & seen just how many problems they have had with the 2006 & 2010's Transmission, I would think someone from "FORD" would recall & replace. I love this vehicle but I feel this is a part that should not be going out!! My Escape had 78,000, some I seen only had 50,000.....CrAzY.........Hope "FORD" don't let US down!!!!
- vw ohio,
London, OH, US
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I loved this car. It stalled out at a red light but started up again. I thought it might be water in the gas. Then it did it again, so I took it to a repair shop. They said no codes showed up to indicate a problem. I researched on the internet and found there were reports of this problem. I took it to a dealership in Toronto, they also said no codes showed up but they cleaned the carburetor for $350 and sent me on my way.
I started a drive to North Bay and the car stalled when I slowed down to enter a gas station in Gravenhurst. CAA towed me to North Bay to the dealership where again they told me there was nothing wrong with the car. I insisted they had to run it for a while to duplicate the circumstances of this happening when the car had been running for a while, and then they said it did stall out and that it was the torque converter.
They said it would be $2400 to fix but now they are saying they cannot find the part because the car is "so old". Also, they said that replacing this part was complicated and that just doing the repair would cause multiple other problems because the mechanic just could not be expected to be able to do something so complicated.
First, this car is just approaching 10 years old and the part is not available? I find this unacceptable and almost unbelievable. Second, what does saying a repair is "too complicated" say about the commitment Ford has to its products? Before the Ford, I had a Toyota that I drove for 15 years (that I bought used) until the body was ready to fall off.
My Escape is still in North Bay at the dealership and I am back in Toronto without a car.
- Vivian P., Toronto, ON, Canada