3.3

definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
40,000 miles

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problem #1

Jul 072007

Escape 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 40,000 miles
The steering in my Escape started to become tighter and tighter as I would turn and so, I scheduled a maintenance check through my local Ford service dept. Much to my surprise, they found that the rack and pinion had gone bad. I have 40,000 miles on my vehicle and as you know this exceeds the typical 3yr/36,000 mile warranty. My truck is 13 months old. This is a major component of the vehicle and could have caused me to have an accident.

- Stillwater, OK, USA

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