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.
Park assist randomly goes off with a load continuous beep. No indication why it's beeping. It's been doing this since I owned the vehicle and there is no pattern that I can see. Taken it back to the dealer twice. First time they say they couldn't repeat it. Second time I let the tech take it home for a day and he says the only time it happened to him was when he would creep up on other vehicles at a stop light. But he's wrong. After he told me that I experimented by getting very close to other vehicles at a stop light and the park assist never made a sound. So, dealer is no help. My only remedy is to turn off the park assist. I just wish I could turn if off permanently. I always forget to turn it off and I still jump when it unexpectedly goes off. Ironic, it suppose the help avoid accidents with instead it's going to cause me to have one.
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Park assist randomly goes off with a load continuous beep. No indication why it's beeping. It's been doing this since I owned the vehicle and there is no pattern that I can see. Taken it back to the dealer twice. First time they say they couldn't repeat it. Second time I let the tech take it home for a day and he says the only time it happened to him was when he would creep up on other vehicles at a stop light. But he's wrong. After he told me that I experimented by getting very close to other vehicles at a stop light and the park assist never made a sound. So, dealer is no help. My only remedy is to turn off the park assist. I just wish I could turn if off permanently. I always forget to turn it off and I still jump when it unexpectedly goes off. Ironic, it suppose the help avoid accidents with instead it's going to cause me to have one.
- Clark Z., Clinton Twp, MI, US