CarComplaints.com Notes: The top problem trend for the 2014 Escape is transmission failure at around 70k miles. Read more »
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.
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This was a potentially significant situation. Had I not been able to maneuver the car to a safe location, there definitely would have been a crash.
- sashcroft, Gilbert, AZ, US