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8.8
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $3,170
- Average Mileage:
- 104,650 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 33 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- paid for expensive transmission replacement (14 reports)
- not sure (5 reports)
- replace transmission (5 reports)
- transmission rebuilt (4 reports)
- no resolution, traded car. never buying another Ford (3 reports)
- install trans cooler (1 reports)
transmission problem
Helpful websites
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Here is a fix for everybody griping about the Ford Escape transmission issue... Ford runs the transmission lines through the radiator to save money. (that's no secret, been doing it for years). When the plastic radiator tanks fail through or excess heat from the engine bay, age or damage or the rubber hoses fail, transmission oil mixes with the water and you get (milkshake) water and oil together and it's not good for the transmission correct? Only fix is a new transmission, but this is what you do differently: go get a separate aftermarket trans cooler (yes it looks like a tiny radiator because it is) about $200-300 at the most and it will never do it again. EVER.
- Paul S., palmersto north, New Zealand