2015 Ford Escape Power Train

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving 20-25 MPH, the vehicle stalled inadvertently. The accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to respond. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact was unable to veer to the side of the road. The contact continued to depress the accelerator pedal until the vehicle responded. The contact was able to drive to her residence. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the torque converter needed to be replaced; however, the parts were not available. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

On 12/29/2020, Angela was driving the 2015 Ford Escape with Mileage at 133926 in Beverly WV on the main street of 219/250 and the Escape suddenly lost power and slowed down to 30mph and the vehicle shuddered and shook. It picked up speed again for about 30 seconds and then lost power again, this continued for about 2 minutes and then the Escape stopped moving in the middle of the highway in front of the Elementary School and the dash stated “Transmission Fault/Service Now” and Angela was suddenly stranded on the busy highway. Her husband Johnie drove his truck to the area where the Escape was setting and engine was still running but had no power to move. He turned the ignition off and restarted the Escape, the message was gone and vehicle ran and moved fine for about 30 seconds and then did the same actions again with shuddering , shaking, lose of power and “Transmission Fault/Service Now” on the dash. The vehicle had to be towed to Elkins Fordland, Inc in Elkins WV. On 12/30/2020 Elkins Fordland ran the diagnostic on the Escape at the cost of $111.30, they observed transmission pump making whinning noise and vehicle wouldn’t move, recommended new transmission per code (See attached documents and Bills for diagnostic test and replacement of transmission). On 01/01/2021 to 01/15/2021 Elkins Fordland, Inc had the Escape for transmission replacement. The cost to replace the transmission in the 2015 Ford Escape at Mileage 133926 was $5294.10 after tax. This is a Safety Issue due to the no warning of Transmission Fault and the sudden loss of power in the busy highway. The total cost of diagnostic test and replacement of the transmission was; $111.30 diagnostic $5,294.10 transmission Total Cost $5405.40 I have attached copies of the diagnostic and replacement paperwork.

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Escape. The contact stated while at a complete stop at the traffic light, the vehicle emitted an abnormal sound. The accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to respond. The vehicle then responded at a significantly slow speed. The contact pulled into a nearby parking lot. A message indicating a transmission failure was displayed. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The vehicle was then towed to the dealer and repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train). However, the failure persisted. The dealer diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000.

2015 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER WRITES SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS MADE RELATED TO A SAFETY RECALL 22S43/22V413.

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Escape. The contact stated while stopped at a stop light, the vehicle jerked would not accelerate properly. The contact was able to park the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was diagnosed with transmission failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train) and referred the contact to the NHTSA. The failure mileage was 85,000.

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Escape. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while shifting from park(P) to drive(D), the vehicle emitted an abnormal loud sound. The contact shifted back to park(P) and upon shifting to drive (D), the failure reoccurred. There were unknown warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Escape. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The dealer was made aware of the issue. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked and running, she attempted to shift to drive however, the gear shifter would not go into drive. The contact stated that the gear shifter would move but would not go into any other gear. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the transmission shifter cable bushing had failed and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle could not be repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V471000 (Power Train) because her VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer referred the contact to NHTSA for assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000.

The transmission shift cable fell off the transmission shift lever in the engine compartment. The plastic bushing that holds the shift cable in place is worn out or defective. Ford has a replacement part (#DG9Z-7K340-A) and a new cover cap to protect the bushing now. Wondering why this is not a safety recall. The linkage fell off while my wife was parking the vehicle in sub-zero weather. She had the shifter in park, but the vehicle was actually in neutral or reverse. The vehicles engine could be started or stopped, would not drive, but could roll. Luckily it was on level ground when it happened. Ford has the same problem on earlier year models but not on our model year. The Ford dealer told me that there were no recalls or TSBs for my VIN model.

Transmission repair $6875.00 by Covert Ford Hutto. Purchased 08/27/2018 mileage 110047 Transmission repair of $6875.00 reporting hopefully I will be the one who achieve the threshold to get a recall for transmission. Ford is telling me I will get a 3 year warranty and free replacement if it happens again but I am spending $6875.00 hopefully this helps.

Was driving down the road and the car started to sputter and shake. Was able to pull into a gas station parking lot and when I stepped on the gas nothing happened and the transmission fault light kicked on. Got parked and called a tow company to tow it to the nearest transmission shop to which they told me the transmission is shot and needs replaced.

On 11-8-2021, my transmission failed out of nowhere, there were no warning lights or noises or check engine codes or anything. When I backed out at work the vehicle shook a little and when I pulled out on to the road it hit second gear kind of hard. When I got close to the stop sign it just shut off. I started it back up and when I put it in drive it shut off again. It did this 3 times before I could get it off the road. I had it towed home and started it up and attempted to put it in gear again it shook hard and shut off again. The last drivability/performance check was 6/18/2020 at 112,560 miles done by Summerville Ford. My vehicle is available upon request for inspection. Mine and others safety was put at risk by the vehicle not working properly, on a very busy highway. Although there was not a crash, there very well could have been. The problem has not been confirmed by a dealer or independent service center nor has it been inspected by anyone other then my husband and myself. The problem first appeared that afternoon, I have only owned the vehicle since May 2021, I haven't even gotten to my first oil change. I bought it from Berkeley Ford in Moncks Corner SC.

There was a recall for 203-2014 Ford Escapes (18S20) for the bushing on the shifter cable breaking and requiring repair. However our vehicle is a 2015 Escape and we were told it was not covered by the recall although we experienced a similar issue. Upon putting the vehicle in reverse the gearbox stuck in reverse and was not able to shift to neutral, drive, or any other gear. Since the vehicle was stuck in gear and not able to move until the tow truck arrived it put others at risk. We had the car towed to Merrill Ford in Okemos Michigan where they confirmed the bushing failed however due to Ford's protocol they had to replace the entire shifter cable at an estimated price of $950. I did some investigation and found another cable and requested the dealer remove the bushing from the new cable and install it on the vehicle. I could have purchased just the bushing however the dealership advised against it. In addition, the shifter cable was not available for approximately another week since 1,400 were on backorder which makes me believe this is a bigger problem than just our vehicle. There were no prior warnings to the bushing failure. Although the dealership knew there was an alternative solution of only replacing the bushing they originally refused to do it. I find this practice of not replacing the failed part (bushing) negligent and trying to create more revenue for Ford and the dealership.

AS I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ABOUT 45-50MPH , IT STARTED TO SPUTTER, THEN THE RPMS SHOT UP AND I COULD'T ACCELERATE, LOST SPEED. MY TRANSMISSION FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER AND PUT IT IN PARK. I WAS VERY CLOSE TO HOME SO I TRIED TO DRIVE TO MAKE IT HOME AND NOT BE STRANDED A MILE FROM HOME. IT DID IT AGAIN, THEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. IT ALSO WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE, IT WOULD JUST REV UP. IT WOULD ONLY GO INTO REVERESE AFTER I PUT IT IN PARK A COUPLE TIMES. IF I TURNED THE CAR OFF, THEN ON, I COULD GO A FEW FEET BEFORE IT WOULD JUST REV UP AND COULDN'T ACCELERATE. ITS MAKING A LOUD WINING NOISE. I HAD IT TOWED TO LEONARDTOWN FORD.

In April 2021 I was stranded due to the degradation of the bushings on a cable connected to the transmission. The car was repaired. However, now in September 2021, a “transmission fault service now” error popped up while I was on the way to work. The diagnostics have come in and Ford is telling me I need an entirely new transmission. The car has less than 93K miles and should not be having a transmission issue, especially when a majority of the miles driven were freeway miles. Ford has quoted a repair cost of $6600, but I find it hard to believe that the incident in April is unrelated to the transmission failure today.

At approximately 100,000 miles, the transmission blew out while my son was driving the vehicle on a bridge of a freeway. The engine, sputtered, locked up, would not stay in drive and died. He had to maneuver to safety in the middle of the road on a dangerous bridge. We had the transmission supposedly replaced at Future Ford of Concord. This repair took close to three weeks. Upon return of the car, the same thing happened again. We returned the car to the dealer. It stayed for another four weeks while they ran diagnostics, and supposedly fixed the car. Not more than 100 miles later the car experienced the same thing as the original incident. My son was once again on the freeway, the car lost all power, the transmission light went on and the car is again currently at Future Ford of Concord. Cars should not have transmission problems such as this with only 100,000 miles. And, if the problem was fixed, then we should not have had to take the car back two additional times for the same thing. I believe there exists a significant problem with the transmission of this 2015 Ford EXCAPE.

January of last year I was driving on the highway and the car started shaking and jerking, slipping in and out of gear. It eventually reved to 5000 rpm and wouldn't move. Once at the transmission shop they said it would be over 5,000 dollars to get another transmission from the ford dealer. Now about a week ago I was driving on the highway again and the same thing happened this time with my 7 month old in the car leaving us stranded 20mi from home. Both times the transmission light came on after the car became disabled.

Flywheel cracked/broken on 1.6 liter engine. University Ford North confirmed failure and replaced. They have/had part. Ford Motor Company was contacted on 8-19-2021 regarding this and refused to open a case to investigate. No warning lamps or indications were displayed for this failure. Issue was noticed on approximately August 3rd.

The bushing in the shifter cable fell out or somehow was no longer attached and could not be located. This prevented the vehicle from going into any gear and stranded me until the repairs could be made.

On 5/22/2021 when I was pulling into the parking space in front of my house my 2015 Ford Escape accelerated on its own, jumping the railroad tie at the edge of the parking lot and on to the front yard – fortunately the car stopped when I applied the break only less than five feet from the front of my house. I put the car in reverse and removed my front from the break and the car accelerated on its own again. I applied the break again and it stopped, thankfully there were no other cars in the parking lot at that time. On 5/24/2021 I called the Ford dealership where I purchased the vehicle, the service advisor said they were not aware of this issue. I had the vehicle towed to the dealership that day as I was concerned that the issue would reoccur ($80.00). The service advisor called on Wednesday and stated there were no codes on the computer related to acceleration but there were codes for the transmission. They were able to overhaul the transmission, $3999.41; there was only 38,384 miles on the vehicle, I have always been a responsible owner and maintained all of my vehicles - I have no doubt this was a defect. I had no other issues with this vehicle prior to that day.

Earlier this year my car began shaking while I was driving it and when it was time for me to park, I couldn't move my shifter. I had to use the emergency break to keep my car in place. I noticed that my shift linkage had eroded and I had to place a temporary one from Auto Zone on there so I could continue driving. Ever since then, my new shift linkage continues to pop off and I am constantly having to use the emergency break to keep my car from going anywhere and placing the temporary shift link back on. I looked up recalls for my vehicle and noticed that other Fords had the same problem and were issued a recall, however, my particular vehicle did not fall under the recall list. There has been no warning signs that come on my dash which is very alarming. The only reason I ever know that the link is about to pop off is because my shifter becomes very loose and wiggles. This incident has happened several times dating back to around April 2021, and the most current time this has happened is today, September 7, 2021.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO REGISTER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BELLINGHAM FORD LINCOLN (1820 JAMES ST, BELLINGHAM, WA 98225; (360) 392-7000) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BATTERY AND THE SHIFTER CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STARTED WHINING, THEN LOST MOST OF POWER AND SHIFTED BY SELF INTO NEUTRAL GEAR ON TRANSMISSION AND CAME TO COMPLETE STOP (NOT THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE SHIFTER) AND WOULD’T DRIVE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED AT THIS TIME. CONTACT THEN PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL VIA SHIFTER AND GAVE VEHICLE SOME GAS AND THEN PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE POSITION AND SHIFTED HARD WITH A BIG THUMP BUT THEN DROVE FOR FEW MOMENTS WHILE TURNING AT A LIGHT BUT WOULDN’T ENGAGE PAST 1st GEAR. AT THAT TIME THE WARNING LIGHT FINALLY APPEARED AND BEGAN FLASHING FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED BACK INTO NEAUTRAL GEAR AND STOPPED. AGAIN CONTACT PLACED VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL GEAR, GAVE SOME GAS AND PUT BACK INTO DRIVE POSITION AND AGAIN TRANSMISSION SHIFTED WITH ANOTHER THUMP INTO GEAR BUT STILL NOT PAST 1st GEAR. CONTACT WAS WITHIN COUPLE BLOCKS FROM HOME SO SAFELY REPEATING PRIOR STEPS GOT VEHICLE HOME SAFELY. VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAIN AND ALL FLUID LEVELS AND INDICATORS WERE UP TO DATE. CONTACT HAD HER HUSBAND CHECK VEHICLE AND DRAINED AND CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. FLUID WAS CLEAN AND NO FOREIGN PARTICLES OR METAL IN FLUID. TEST DROVE VEHICLE AROUND BLOCK AND WHINING WAS STILL THERE AND THEN WOULD ONLY DRIVE FORWARD AND NOT REVERSE. CONTACT THEN HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO TUTTLE-CLICK FORD LINCOLN (43 AUTO CENTER DR, IRVINE, CA 92618) FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. EVEN THE TOW DRIVER STATED HE HAD JUST RECENTLY TOWED SEVERAL OTHERS DUE TO THE SAME ISSUE. CONTACT WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALERSHIP THAT TRANSMISSION CHECK AND MAINTANENCE IS 120K MILES ON THESE VEHICLES. IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE HALFSHAFT CENTER BEARING COMPLETELY WORN, RETAINER TIGHT BUT SINCE BEARING IS WORN, HALFSHAFT SLIDES OUT OF TRANS. THAT COULD EXPLAIN NO ENGAGEMENT IF HALFSHAFT SLID OUT. TORQUE COULD NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER AXLE DUE TO TRACTION CONTROL NOT ALLOWING ONE TO SPIN MORE THAN THE OTHER. DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED FIRST REPLACE HALFSHAFT, THEN MAYBE ADDRESS TRANSMISSION NOISE AND ALSO CLAIMED THIS ESCAPE IS LEAKING COOLANT FROM THE COOLANT TANK AND OIL FROM THE VALVE COVER ALSO UPPER RIGHT TRANSMISSION ENGINE MOUNT IS COLLAPSED. DEALERSHIP STATED COOLANT TANK IS SOLD WITH THE RIGHT UPPER MOUNT. DEALERSHIP ALSO STATED REPAIR HALFSHAFT 1ST BUT WAS MORE LIKELY TRANSMISSION WAS FRIED. THE COLLAPSED MOUNT AND LEAKING COOLANT TANK ETC ARE ALL CAUSED AND RELATED DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE FORD MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY CONTACT AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND ALSO CONTACT IMFORMED THEM OF THIS CONTINIOUS ISSUE FOUND ON CAR FORUMS FROM 2008 TO PRESENT ON SEVERAL THOUSAND FORD ESCAPES AND ALL HAPPENING SUDDENLY AND AT AROUND 81K MILES OR SOONER. THIS IS A MAJOR HEALTH, SAFETY AND HAZARD ISSUE AND COULD CAUSE IF NOT ALREADY, MAJOR ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES THE SCARIEST PART IS IT HAPPENS SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY PRE WARNINGS. THESE TRANSMISSIONS NEED TO BE RECALLED AND MAKE FORD FINANCIALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR REPAIRS DUE TO THEIR POOR MANUFACTURING AND PARTS AND ALLOWING THESE VEHICLES TO PASS QUALITY CONTROL DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES. FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE WARRANTY FOR POWER TRAN IS 5 YEARS/60K MILES AND WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS AND TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA AS THEYRE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN RECALL VEHICLES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 81,000. SAME ONGOING PROBLEM FOR YEARS WITH THE FORD ESCAPES.

TL* THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER OWNS A 2015 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL. THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE SHIFTER CABLE AND BUSHINGS HAD FRACTURED AND DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTACTED ANDERSON FORD LINCOLN OF ST. JOSEPH (2207 N BELT HWY, ST JOSEPH, MO 64506, (866)922-2141) WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CABLE BUSHING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

Yesterday while driving across a 5 mile long expressway bridge, my car started jerking and the RPMs reved up but I was unable to accelerate. It kept shaking and jerking and barely getting above 30 mph. When I was able to get over to the side, it would no longer move forward. I shut the car off, turned it back on, and it moved forward but I could not re-enter the highway speed traffic. My car was flatbed towed to the closest Ford dealer, who today said the transmission has failed. They quoted me $7000 for a new transmission. My car is a 2015 with 85,000 miles on it. The transmission is no longer under warranty and it gave no indications of beginning to fail before this happened. Having the transmission fail at highway speeds on a 4 lane bridge put my life and the lives of those around me in danger.