Our 2014 Ford Escape was recently under repair for the Jan 2018 coolant recall. It was completed on Mar 15, 2019. On Mar 16, 2019. Our vehicle had driven on the freeway for 3 hrs for a distance of 200 miles and upon exiting the freeway and stopping at a stoplight. My vehicle stopped moving and managed to get it onto a gas station parking lot.. I had it towed the nearest car dealership and they had diagnosed it and came back with the transmission and coolant being the issue. They are currently wanting to charge us a large amount of money to fox the repairs and transmission. I noticed that there is a recall for the transmission as of Sept 2018. No recall message has been sent out yet. However. I believe my vehicle is affected as it would make an unusual sound from time to time when shifting from park, reverse, or drive as if it got stuck. I would love to have someone from the Ford assist me with this because it doesnt make sense for me to deal with this if this has been a discovered issue. Please assist me in this matter. Thank you.

- Twentynine Palms, CA, USA

There was a recall on the coolant system, to add a sensor due to Ford having cars blowing motors. After this recall was done, I had the car in the garage on and off for over a month, to find out that th coolant was leaking into the number 4 cylinder. So, they replace the motor, not sure about the heads. Then with in weeks trouble with the transmission.

- West Gardiner, ME, USA

Transmission fail: We were driving our 2014 Ford Escape at time of the fail. Turning into traffic and the car wouldnt go almost caused a car to hint us cause we couldnt go we couldnt get out of the way. Ford is saying its the transmission line not building enough pressure to change gears. We took it Ford one yr ago because it was shifting right from 2nd gear, they changed the fluids said it tested fine at thos time. One yr to the day transmission fails.

- Chuckey, TN, USA

The contact owned a 2014 Ford Escape. While driving approximately 50 mph, the "service the engine" indicator illuminated. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road. The contact exited the vehicle and noticed flames underneath the hood. The contact called 911 and two police vehicles and a fire truck immediately arrived at the scene. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report and a fire report were filed. The vehicle was completely destroyed and towed to a tow yard. There were no injuries. The dealer was not called. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The contact was unaware of NHTSA campaign numbers: 17V209000 (engine and engine cooling) and 18V471000 (power train). The failure mileage was approximately 75,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

- Comfort, TX, USA

Car losses all power while accelerating over 40 mph. Getting on the highway is the worst. Motor will rev up almost redlining before slamming into a random gear with again no power so I'm not gaining any speed. Just rpms are screaming like I'm in neutral. It's very unsettling to have my car practically stopping in the highway.

- Bristol, CT, USA

On Feb 22 2019 I was driving go work on a small hill. I lost all power the rpms shot up and the SUV slowed down.I made it to flat ground and the SUV stopped. I put the SUV in park for a couple seconds then I put it back in drive it wouldn't move so I put it in reverse it still wouldn't move I put it back in park and turned off. I waited a few minutes turned it on it moved enough for me to park it at a gas station.

- Independence, KY, USA

Was driving at 60 mph when vehicle RPM suddenly redlined and vehicle lost power and shut off. Vehicle steering was hard and vehicle went into a ditch.

- Weslaco, TX, USA

The vehicle has 109K miles on it and is consuming too much coolant. It has undergone pressure testing and there are no leaks or cracks in the radiator. The only solution the mechanics can think of is that this may have the same problem as the 2013 models with coolant consumption problems. This has happened three times in the past three months. Upon starting the vehicle engine coolant low appears on the dash. When it appears the coolant is in fact low and each of the three times it has been refilled. It can usually go another 1,000 miles and then coolant has disappeared again.

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

Engine cylinder leak and other recalls. No records on car VIN number to be found. Ford denies recalls but did fix 2 recalls before blocking others. The block was done when I filed lemon law for other problems. Transmission replaced 2 times. Several recalls with no notice or records.

- Lorain, OH, USA

This car has had 13 recalls since manufactured for different mechanical and safety issues some even resulting in spontaneous eruption of fire to the engine bay. While replacing my battery the delearahip notified me of several recalls that required attention, so I had them replace each item that had been recalled, one of which was a sensor within the transmission. After I took the vehicle to have it replaced subsequently, maybe 6 months later I had driving issues while operating it on the expressway. The vehicle would go in and out of gear while driving and I could not control the speed of the vehicle. This occurred the entire drive home to the point where I had to drive with hazard lights on so that I would not get rear ended for having intermittent speed/driving issues. The car would literally over rev the the engine as if I was flooring the pedal when I wasn't even touch the gas at all. The sensor literally took control of the engine as if it was driving itself. I didn't drive it until the next morning then the next day, the only way to drive it was if I slowly transitioned speeds. I had to take the vehicle to have the same sensor replaced. After replacing the sensor it stills seems to need to be driven slower than when I first bought it or it might break again. This is a safety hazard. I'm afraid to drive the vehicle with my daughter in it due to the fact that I might have mechanical issues while driving again & be on the highway to have a high speed collision with a toddler would kill one or both of us. This model in particular has had more recalls than any car I've ever had or even heard of having. I have to continue making payments on it due to my negative equity yet it isn't reliable enough to get me to work everyday. Ford needs to replace this model for all owners.

- Jax, FL, USA

As I was driving up a hill on the highway, the transmission shifted down harshly. At the next exit, I got to the first traffic light where the transmission shifted down, again extremely harshly. When the light turned green, the car was able to move forward into the intersection but failed to shift up, and would not put any power down in first gear either. The stopped moving in the intersection. I turned off the car, and turned it back on again. There was an extremely jarring motion as it went from park to first, and I was able to get it off the road into a parking lot. In the morning, the car would not shift, and I had it towed to a dealer for repair. The mechanic said that the transmission fluid was burnt and metal shavings had collected in the fluid from a fault internal to the transmission. The new transmission was $5748.19 for a car less than 5 years old and under 100,000 miles. This is a safety issue with the transmission failing with no warning in traffic.

- Storrs, CT, USA

All of a sudden driving down the road my car won't go I give it gas but it won't move I try to put in reverse won't move but it takes the gas but its like you have it in park and you rev up motor but this happens while I was driving on highway no warning of any kind was running fine a few hours before this happened

- Bixby, OK, USA

The vehicle tremors and shudders while driving. It started just a little over 100,000 miles. It feels like you're driving across a rugged or bumpy road, but it's the entire vehicle that shakes. Fords diagnostic was concluded without the transmission fault light or ce light on acknowledging an issue. They kept for days and ran several tests. The mechanic could tell by driving it a few times that is has what he called the 'transmission shudder.' If he knew what it was and mentioned how common it was on my model, then why is it not under a recall? after research, I have read other experiencing the same complaints. Also, why after driving 12,000 miles after the diagnostic not a single light has indicated an issue. It just continually shakes and I have absolutely no trust for it to take my family and I anywhere. It's my daily driver but I only live 4 minute sfrom work and that's already risky to me.

- Northlake, TX, USA

I was told in April of 2018 by my Ford dealership that my vehicle needed a new transfer case. After doing my research, I learned that the Escape has had transfer case issues from the model year 2002 until 2014 yet Ford has done nothing to rectify the situation. I have emailed and postal mailed the CEO of Ford with no response. I do not know how a company can let something as significant as this repair go on for twelve years and not recall the vehicle? eventually this will be a $3000 repair on a four year old vehicle. That is money I do not have. The car continues to make a whining noise when driving on any terrain at any speed.

- Goshen, NY, USA

The torque converter failed and caused the transmission to fail at 76,032 miles. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and repaired at owner's expense.

- Mount Pleasant, SC, USA

The vehicle, when driving it, has stalled out completely on a busy city street. Was able to quickly start it. When merging onto a freeway, I could not gain speed, SUV would not shift into a higher gear and a very loud sound was heard. Again, I could not accelerate in a safe manner when merging onto a us highway. The next day the same problem was noted on a very busy city street. Could not accelerate and luckily was not rear ended. Took to dealership and diagnostic report resulted in internal transmission failure at 68,700 miles.

- Grand Rapids, MI, USA

I was taking my pregnant daughter to the doctor and and was crossing trafficat a light and with no warning I was not able to go, I pushed on the gas and nothing luckily it was going down hill so I coasted to a shop which was very near by and they informed me it was the transmission so I had it towed to a transmission shop and they informed me that the transmission was coming apart and would be very costly to repair

- Lynchburg, VA, USA

Takata recall the tranny will off and on slam into gear this happens in all roads and in town and out of town

- Bemidji, MN, USA

My car doesn't shift right when driving. Sometimes it won't shift into higher gears and sometimes the car lags in power then it will suddenly get a burst of power and the car speeds up quickly. This shifting issue has been happening for several weeks now.

- Paris, ME, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. While driving 50 mph, the vehicle jerked and the gear shifted into first gear independently. All of the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. Once the vehicle was shut off and restarted, it resumed normal operation. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission cables failed and a new transmission was needed. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer (porter Ford, 600 ogletown rd, newark, de 19711, 302-738-0800) was contacted and stated that the VIN was not included in a recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that there were no recalls. The failure mileage was 65,000.

- Newark, DE, USA