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.
Well this car of just 4800 miles was just taken in for the following problems: Interior buffeting pressure 10 to 50mph, front and rear whining noise at 40 to 50mph, clunking sound in rear suspension when driving over chuck holes or high bumps in road, applied brakes loud clunk came from rear brakes, One wheel had to be replaced, it was defective, engine check light came on: coolant indicator was bad, when heat fan is at max and the wiper blades are turned on the power of the fan decreases, at times the heater fan will all of a sudden change to a faster speed. So this car may not be a lemon...but I just may have one!
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Well this car of just 4800 miles was just taken in for the following problems: Interior buffeting pressure 10 to 50mph, front and rear whining noise at 40 to 50mph, clunking sound in rear suspension when driving over chuck holes or high bumps in road, applied brakes loud clunk came from rear brakes, One wheel had to be replaced, it was defective, engine check light came on: coolant indicator was bad, when heat fan is at max and the wiper blades are turned on the power of the fan decreases, at times the heater fan will all of a sudden change to a faster speed. So this car may not be a lemon...but I just may have one!
- tgd, Cleveland, OH, US