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CarComplaints.com Notes: The top problem trend for the 2014 Escape is transmission failure at around 70k miles.

This is relatively low mileage for an expensive transmission failure ($4,500 average to fix), but unless the trend becomes more established, we are only awarding the 2014 Escape our "Beware of the Clunker" badge for now.

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
46,455 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

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2014 Ford Escape Owner Comments (Page 2 of 2)

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problem #3

Oct 032016

Escape

  • 25,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. While driving 75 mph, the rear driver's side door opened without warning. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 16V643000 (latches/locks/linkages). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000.

- Marquette, MI, USA

problem #2

Jul 152016

Escape

  • miles
The contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. While driving approximately 15 mph, the rear passenger door opened independently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the pawl spring was fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. A month later, the rear driver door opened independently. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the diagnosis was the same. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 16V643000 (latches/linkages/locks). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

- El Paso, TX, USA

problem #1

Sep 132014

Escape 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 28 miles
The contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. The contact stated that both the front driver and passenger side exterior door handles failed to latch securely until accessing the reset button located inside the door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where both front door handles were replaced for the second time. In addition, the exterior rear driver side door handle was replaced one time. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 28. Updated 04/22/2016

- Piqua, OH, USA

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