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2008 Ford Escape transmission is bad already lost 2nd gear was a recall but Ford Motor Company will not recall because of expiration warranty I've only had my vehicle 1 year and 10 months I still owe Ford should be responsible for this reopen the recall my Ford Escape is at a dealer ship in G-ville Ohio I am on a fixed income disability my mom is also disabled I have a daughter with brain cancer I have to pay someone to take her appointments I really need my vehicle and I think Ford Motor Company should reopen the recall and replace my transmission and pay for me to get a rental car
I paid for my 2008 Ford Escape and warranty just expired in July 2018. I've taken my car for service routinely with Ford dealership and just received service the week prior. I explained I was going for a trip to AZ (400 mile roundtrip) and needed a full check and service. Everything passed with flying colors. On my return trip up a hill, the wrench light came on and I lost power and limped home. I took it to the service department and codes were not coming up for the wrench light and after keeping it for additional day, the 2nd and 4th gears are out and it will take a week to fix. No warranty coverage and I just hit the 90,000 mile mark. Unbelievable that a transmission goes out at a 90,000 mile. I'm so disappointed in the vehicle after paying so much for it and maintaining all services. No discounts were offered.
I was driving home from work in my 2008 Ford Escape, when the vehical just stopped accelerating. The RPM would climb, but the vehical would not move. The wrench light on the instrument cluster came on. I was able to get the vehical off the highway. I noticed if I turned the vehical off and turned it back on, it would move until the transmission went into 3rd gear after that it would just rev up as if it was in neutral. I limped it the 5 miles to home and parked it. After some research I have found that this is a common issue with this vehical. Something really should be done about this. It is sad that so many of these have less than 100,000 miles and are having major power train issues. My 2008 Ford Escape only has 55,000 miles.
- Newnan, GA, USA
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Transmission wrench light came on internet said the band in transmission was at fault. I was in a parking lot when the light came the car was shifting out of first into second. It has been shifting hard for a couple months. I had the unit worked on last year to replace a band that has broken. It worked fine for awhile then started this hard shifting. I spent over 700$ to get it repaired. The car has 180000 miles on it.
Car will accelerate after coming to complete stop. Transmission shift bands broke. Ford is charging 1537 to rebuild the transmission. The issue seems to be common with the 2008 Ford Escape. Ford should have a recall on this part.
My Ford Escape 2008 model auto transmission with mileage of 98000 started giving trouble today and scary too. After turning on the car & once starts moving, I felt like something wrong with shifting gears from first to second (vehicle moves smoothly for few and after that I can hear the accelerator sound, and I see the wrench sign pops up on the dash board so I had to press the gas pedal up and down to move the vehicle, I drove my Escape home and stopped the car and again I turned on that time wrench sign was gone and started moving the vehicle and the same thing repeated - wrench sign & the problem with shifting gears.
Throttle/powertain has went out in car.I read about other complaints concerning the same thing. I was driving down the highway and my car would not change gear and the wrench light emblem came on. I was in traffic and the car was slowing down, I almost got into an accident on I-30 in arlington Texas on 2/1/2018. There was a recall on this part but another year. This is highly unsafe and needs to be recalled. Thanks, for reading this complaint. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'
While driving my 2008 Ford Escape and making a left turn, the power steering went out making it extremely difficult to steer the vehicle. I was coming home from work on a city street. When car was turned off and on it cleared out and was ok but it happened again while making a turn. Had car repaired at local Ford dealer and was told it was a bad torque sensor. Said that my car was not included in a recall (which had recalled some Escapes with the same issue) of these bad sensors since car was not manufactured in specific plant. Don't understand this since it is a defective part with nothing to do with the location of manufacture. Dealer gave me no satisfaction so I called Ford customer service and still waiting to hear back. By researching this online, this appears to be a common problem. I do not understand why Ford doesn't acknowledge that they have these defective torque sensors and recall the all vehicles to fix this problem. Are they waiting for someone to be fatally injured? very distressing as I often have my grandchildren in the vehicle.
"takata recall" the vehicle is in motion and I was on the freeway when I experience the following problem. My vehicle was not accelerating correctly and the wrench icon light came on signifying that it is a powertrain fault.
My Ford Escape 2008 model auto transmission with mileage of 72000 started giving trouble today and scary too. After turning on the car & once starts moving, I felt like something wrong with shifting gears from first to second (vehicle moves smoothly for few meters and after that I can hear the accelerator sound, and I see the wrench sign pops up on the dash board and vehicle won't move for a few seconds, so I had to press the gas pedal up and down to move the vehicle, felt like vehicle going to stop in the middle of the traffic light. I drove my Escape home and stopped the car and again I turned on that time wrench sign was gone and started moving the vehicle and the same thing repeated - wrench sign & the problem with shifting gears. I am going to call the dealer tomorrow, because their service department closed already.
100300 miles on my 2008 Escape. Car struggles to change from 1st to 2nd gear. Now power, engine revs up but gear will not change, I have to press the gas pedal then lift off, over and over before it changes gear. Car will jerk and almost lose power while in traffic
Loss of pressure in the top end resulting in failure of transmission. Was coasting into town (took foot off gas for lower speed limit) engine shifted hard and revs to high RPM and has no power.
Driving on the highway, the "wrench light appeared and suddenly the car jolted forward almost creating an accident by rapidly slowing the vehicle, once control was regained I moved to the side of the road. I was then able to get the vehicle home on "limp" mode, where the vehicle is restricted to prevent damage to the transmission. Upon looking at this site, I found the investigation for the 09-13 Ford Escape throttle body warranty, which the throttle body was diagnosed by a certified Ford garage on my vehicle, the part is the same from 05-13 on the 3L engine Escape models and seriously posed a threat to me while driving however since it is a 2008, not a 2009, Ford will not grant the dealership permission to replace the part free of charge, although the same part and same malfunction is acknowledged in the 09-13 models and is under and extended manufacturers warranty, listed under customer service program code "13N03"
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel would become hard to turn causing partial loss of power steering. The contact stated that a wrench (power train fault warning) would appear on the instrumental panel. The vehicle was not taken or towed to a local dealer for diagnoses or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.
Loss of 2nd and 4th gear/ limp mode. I purchased a used 2008 Ford Escape with 69,980 miles. No complaints till hit 89,000 miles when all if a sudden there was no 2nd and 4th gear. I was getting ready to pull into traffic. Put foot on accelerator went to about 16mph and refused to ho faster. Rpms revved up to 4000+ the yellow wrench light came on. Once got to 20mph hard shift into gear.and did this again at 40mph except wont shift into higher gear. Was told it is in limp mode. So I did internet research on this. Said over 368 complaints just on this specific problem, specifically on the 2008 Ford Escape. I tried resetting the PCM. Did not fix problem. Replaced the throttle control sensor. Did not fix problem. Now that leaves the 2nd & 4th gear band assembly. I called and got 3 estimates, they ranged from$1900-$3000. Part cost $89 and a new transmission cost $1700. Replacing this part can be done without having to remove transmission and said to about 2hours. My complaint in if this is a common issue why aren't you replacing part or fixing this? there has been several investigations and still nothing! this is the first Ford I purchased and will be the last! which is a shame because I love my truck. Just can't afford to fix it. So I will park it and pray Ford owns up to their faulty parts and assembly and fixes this. And I will make sure everyone I know and everyone I meet knows about how Ford knowingly put in defective parts on many vehicle so they could make money fixing them. Think about it. All these ( throttle control sensor and 2nd & 4th gear band ) go bad at 89,000 mile.
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. While accelerating from a red light, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was not able to restart. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed and need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 124,000.
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- Windham, OH, USA