We have classified the 71 complaints from 2005 Ford Escape about POWER TRAIN into the following categories.
Purchased new ford escape january, 2005. transmission disengaged and failed august, 2005 with only 6091 miles on the odometer and in busy intersection. car had to be towed to drew ford dealer...transmission overhauled. transmission disengaged on september, 2005 with 6710 miles on the odometer. at this time we were traveling 70 mph on freeway with considerable traffic to negotiate to the roadside. car towed again to dealer. transmission overhauled again after manufacturer refused to replace transmission with new one. were told by drew ford that it was a different part that failed the second time and that it was a result of faulty assembly by the manufacturer. we have serious concerns about getting behind the wheel of this vehicle and trepidation that our safety may be jeopardized if this happens again. *nm
While pumping gas and parking in first gear vehicle rolled out into oncoming traffic. as a result, vehicle collided with another vehicle. *ak
Vehicle has grinding noise while driving in low speeds and reverse. seems to be getting worse.*ak
Transmission failed. fortunately it failed before the traffic light turned green releasing the traffic headed toward the vehicle. i was able to drive in whatever gear it was in home. the vehicle ceased going into gear and was towed to the dealership. the vehicle was 15 days old and had 1326 mostly highway miles on it when the failure occurred. the dealership has indicated that the failure was the clutch in the automatic transmission. parts were on national back order. car has been in dealership for 16 days. vehicle still awaiting parts for repair. *nm
Car seized to run on street. transmission failed at 170 miles. *ak
The vehicle's 4-wheel drive sensor failed. *nm the consumer believes the vehicle 4-wheel drive is selective and not doing the job it was touted to do. *nm
Intermittently while driving vehicle seems to go into neutral. engine revved and clung, then goes back into drive. this failure occurred while reversing. the indicators on the dashboard kept flashing from n to r, the engine revved before finally settling in reverse. the second time this failure occurred while reversing, engine light came on. dealership performed a diagnostic test in which the failure code read p01702. a factory engineer indicated that they were currently investigating this failure, but no remedy had been found.*ak
Tranmission will not pull the over drive flashes off\on