CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2013 Ford Escape has been in the news quite a bit and for all the wrong reasons. Within a few months of its release the SUV was recalled three times, twice because of engine fires.
In July 2012, due to a fuel line that could split and leak, Ford told owners to park their cars because even driving to the dealership for repairs was deemed too dangerous. Instead, in a somewhat unprecedented move, Ford sent tow trucks to pick up the affected vehicles and handed out rental cars while the owners waited for repairs.
A few months later the Escape was recalled again because antifreeze could leak out onto the engine due to a freeze plug becoming dislodged. As the coolant hit the hot engine there was, once again, a threat for fire.
The 2013 is the first model year of the Escape's 3rd generation and proves once again that you want to avoid the first model year when at all possible.
Is very disappointing to find out that your "brand new car!" has this issues at 24,000 miles. Makes you wonder if you made the right decision when you bought this lemon car... Next time I'll get a Toyota. We have one mini van to drive my son since he is disabled, and that car is 84,000 miles and never failed, not even once!.... Very, Very disappointed!
The 2013 Ford Escape runs rough and shifts at random. When stopped with brake applied, the transmission lurches and shifts, then with brake applied, the engine shakes and shutters and stalls. This vehicle appears to be a lemon.
- deano99,
Kent, WA, US
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Is very disappointing to find out that your "brand new car!" has this issues at 24,000 miles. Makes you wonder if you made the right decision when you bought this lemon car... Next time I'll get a Toyota. We have one mini van to drive my son since he is disabled, and that car is 84,000 miles and never failed, not even once!.... Very, Very disappointed!
- lapetitefloral, Oceanside, CA, US