8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
42,200 miles
Total Complaints:
6 complaints

Most common solutions:

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problem #6

Dec 202013

Escape

  • Automatic transmission
  • 40,000 miles

The upholstery of all seats stain very easily. Seats all look like crap! I love a clean car and these seats are not cleanable. Ford tells me the fabric is recycled material. So Ford, how about fixing this? Of course, no recall, only fix is to replace the seats, and I can pay for it...oh, yeah, good idea!.!?!* I already paid for the car, I should not have to pay for new seats because Ford used defective material and did not conduct appropriate quality tests before using such pathetic material.

- chrisbie, Grand Rapids, MI, US

problem #5

Apr 232014

Escape XLT

  • Automatic transmission
  • 140,000 miles

I keep having the seats cleaned and they just keep getting worse

- Pamela F., Plant City, FL, US

problem #4

Nov 032008

Escape LXT V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 3,000 miles

A co-worker placed his soda can with condensation on passenger seat. Seat got stained. Several other stains of nothing else but water and are difficult to get out.

- M R., San Benito, TX, US

problem #3

Oct 312008

Escape 3.0L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 17,000 miles

In the 3.5 years that i have owned it, it has quite a few stains on the driver seat. I have been very good about not getting anything on the seats and cleaning them. Now it so bad that i bought seat covers.

- woodtiger99, Munroe Falls, OH, US

problem #2

Nov 012010

Escape LX 3.2L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 35,000 miles

My seats are covered with stains. There are white rings all over the driver and passager seats.When it rains or snows and the seats get wet another white ring shows up on the seat. Spilling anything on the seats, every bottle water, leaves a huge stain .The dealership told me to use carpet clean which makes it worse.The white rings get bigger. I have no idea what to clean these seats with.

- Autumn O., Murfreesboro, TN, US

problem #1

Feb 012009

Escape

  • Automatic transmission
  • 18,000 miles

Ford utilized horrible soy based something in their fabric seats. If anything liquid hits the seats they stain forever. My seats look like something horrendous happened in my vehicle. Gross, nasty stains that cannot be removed. Ford issued a TSB bulletin saying if the stains have a white ring they can be replaced, but the problem is most or all of us tried to scrub them clean - killing the white rings as the seats only got worse. They are disgusting and Ford refuses to do anything about it.

- Dee K., Flower Mound, TX, US