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CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2007 Ford Escape looks pretty good compared to other Ford Escape model years, but still has a trend of transmission problems, so it's not a model year we can recommend.
Also the base model Escape did not come with side airbags so it received a "Poor" rating from the IIHS for side impact protection. Other similar 2007 models like the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V & Hyundai Santa Fe scored far better.
8.5
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $2,000
- Average Mileage:
- 79,450 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 4 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (3 reports)
- replace computer (1 reports)
electrical problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I read about the problem in the 2006, and even thought maybe I remembered the year on my car wrong, but I checked and I have a 2007. It started with the alarm going off at random. I know it wasn't someone messing with it because I would be sitting out to eat and could see the car and it would just go off randomly. Sometimes after 10 minutes, sometimes after 45. Then nothing would happen for weeks and I would think it was gone and then suddenly it was back again. One evening I got into it and lights on the dash would come on. The tires or the brake or the open door. Then they would just go off and not come back on for weeks or it could deb just days. Another evening, the odometer was all zeros, the speedometer didn't work, and the brake light was on. By the next morning when I took it to a mechanic, it was fine. Sometimes the turn indicator is on and then suddenly goes into double time. The door open light can come on randomly, and the doors lock and unlock...sometimes in synch with the door open beep, but sometimes not. Sometimes the interior light comes on. I do think I have figured out it is worse when it is hot. If I park in the sun where it is going to get hot, it almost certainly sets off the alarm and then the beep comes back until I have been driving a bit. If I am idle at a signal, the beep comes and goes. When I am on the highway and it is hot out, it starts off that way but if I can get up to highway speed it stops after a while. So it is clearly related to the heat of the engine. Other than things connected to the electrical/computer, it drives just fine! When I took it to the mechanic, I started off saying I know it isn't possessed, but it is acting like it. He said he read about a similar problem on a mechanic chat board and I found a couple postings that sounded just like this on the 2006 model too. So clearly I am not crazy and my car isn't possessed. But I have no idea how to fix it and my mechanic says it will be expensive. For now I am just tolerating it.
- marbles31, Pasadena, CA, US