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The breaks continue to fail. Has all new pads, rotors and the master cylender replaced. When coming to a stop the breaks vibrate and then need to push the petal to the floor to be able to slowly slow down. I then need to pump visiously up to 5 times to get the breaks to temporarily work again. Was then told by my mechanic the ABS is the issue. I have researched this issue with the yr of my vehicle to find that this is a serious issue with many 08 Ford Escapes and have yet to find a recal for this deady malfunction. My car only has 135000 miles and this is a safety issue that Ford needs to fix with a recall asap.
I have a 2008 Ford Escape transmission is going out there was a recall but with warranty my warranty has expired Ford Motor Company will not help me out at all this recall needs to be reopened
Power steering went out after having truck for only 6 months. I have to get suspension problems fixed every other month. And the muffler every other month.
- Inkster, MI, USA
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The rear inner fender rusted out and the rear strut broke through its mounting bracket while I was driving on a state highway and the vehicle is now unstable and dangerous to drive. Thankfully I was able to keep relative control of the vehicle and make it home safely. Upon doing a simple google search, this is a known issue with vehicles sold in the bother United States and Canada as stated on numerous websites and forums. Unfortunately this is my primary mode of transportation and I travel 120-125 miles per day round trip to work. This could have been much worse had I not heard the noise and braces myself prior to the vehicle becoming unstable. My biggest fear is that a family could be riding in a this type of vehicle and not have adequate reaction and become a vehicle casualty statistic.
The key in the ignition will not start the car. I see on the internet that this is a known manufacturer problem. Why isn't it a recall? it is not just with the 2008. People are doing all sorts of work around because the repair cost is the entire steering column.
I was driving the car on a town road and was stopped at a light. When I was making a left turn the car lost power. On the dashboard came a message "stop safely now" and an red alert triangle came on as well. I had to let the car roll off the side of the road. I turned off the car, waited a few minutes and then turned the car back on. The car turned on okay, but soon after a yellow icon of an engine came up on the dash board. This event happened when I was literally driving the car home from a check up at the Ford dealership. It's dangerous to have the car's power die on the middle of the road.
We bought our car used in 2008/2009. We took our car into a dealership when it was under warranty because of exhaust fumes. We often are smelling exhaust but since the dealership dismissed our problem we have been dealing with it all these years as 'normal'. I recently was hearing of police officers with Ford vehicles passing out or having damage because of the fumes in their Ford SUV. I took my daughter to the doctor a few years ago after being on a trip in the vehicle because she was throwing up on the way there and back. The doctors gave her back X-rays and said that it was just motion sickness.. she often complains of being sick in the car. I also don't like the fumes, but just drive it. Now I realize it may be a problem that was ignored by Ford to begin with. The more I drive it the more dizzy spells I have during the day. The fumes are almost immediately when we run the vehicle and when driving. This is been re-accuring since we bought the vehicle with around 50K, now it has 212K miles.
In the dash and the steering wheel, the covers for the air bags have become super sticky. I am wondering if, because of where the air bags are, that something has happened behind the covers that is effecting the consistency of the covers. I have tried all kinds of cleaners, goo be gone, alcohol to remove or reduce the stickyness but nothing has worked. I am worried that if the air bags are deployed that they will either not work or that some chemical reaction has occurred that would be worse than then not deploying.
My 2008 Ford Escape had it's rear lifgate glass (the rear windshield) mysteriously shatter. The vehicle was parked in the driveway at my mothers house and came outside after about an hour of being there to see a shattered back windshield. Her home is in a very rural area and it happened around mid-day, so that almost completely rules out vandals. I suspect that this was a defective product as I've read about other similar cases. The weather was clear that day and there aren't any nearby trees. I found no evidence of any object causing the damage and I was very thorough. Now I'm on the hook for a $500 repair after checking if there was a recall on the item.
While driving down the highway going on vacation the sunroof just spontaneously shattered. No accident, no damage, no anything happened to the vehicle. My husband and I, who own the car were just driving along and it sounded like a gun shot went off and the next thing we knew, we opened the cover and it was completely shattered. We were in motion on interstate I75 North headed toward chattanooga. Just saw the add in the consumer report magazine on 1/2/2018 for sunroof safety.
I was driving my vehicle when all of sudden my power steering completely went out on me causing my driver side front ball joint to bust along with I dont know what else & almost wreck my vehicle. Good thing I was near a parking lot that I could get my vehicle into enough to get my vehicle off the main road so I was not hit & involved in an accident. I bought vehicle used in April of 2016 & do not know what was done N what was not. My power steering went out abt a month ago & it has been sitting undrivable since then. A friend that is a mechanic finally was able to take a look at my vehicle & after just taking a look at the vehicle to see what was going on, he came to the conclusion without even knowing of any recall & advised that is what the issue wrong with my vehicle. He advised I need check into this to have Ford take care of the issue free of charge. I ran the VIN # to check recalls on my vehicle but came up no recalls however my vehicle falls in the year of the recalls. Researched online & there are several recalls. How do I go about this & getting all the recalls taken care of for mine & my passengers safety, if my VIN # is showing as no recall but the recall issue has happened to my vehicle? I need to take care of this ssap, as this is/was my only & main source of transportaion.
While driving down the highway, it sounded like a huge pop or like a gun shot sound and when we stopped, we found that the sunroof had "exploded". there was nothing that hit our car. Luckily the slider was closed so the glass that shattered did not fall all over us. We did some research and found that this has happened to many other vehicles to where there has been nothing to came in contact with the vehicle. We were driving back from my son' graduating college, so we still had to drive with it like this another 2 1/2 hours.
Rear hatch latch will not close when opened. We have had one replaced already and within a month it has broken again. Believe hatch window is leaking into wall of hatch and shorting the component that open and closes the hatch. We have had to drive home with an unlatched hatch. There are plenty of complaints about this on the net. Dealers don't want to hear about it.
When I go to start my Escape, I have to press really hard to get it to start. In the past few weeks it takes 10-15 mins of trying over and over to get it to work. I am afraid that it just will not work one day. I take the key out and flip it over...does not help. All the dash lights come on...it recognizes the key...just will not start.
My gas pedal completely broke and dropped down while driving on the freeway, and I could not move once the car came to a stop. I have google this particular issue with other Ford Escapes 2008, and many other folks have the same issue or are complaining about a sticky or loose gas pedal. This is a very serious and dangerous issue. I could have been involved in a very horrible accident, and other folks are at similar risk.
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- Sanbornville, NH, USA