While I was driving on the freeway during traffic times, the vehicle would not accelerate upon pushing the gas pedal at first. All of a sudden it would jerk forward very fast. This could have caused me to unintentionally rear end the car in front of me or get stuck without being able to move with cars coming fast behind me. This could have cause an accident and myself or others could have been harmed. This happened multiple times during one trip. The check engine light came on a few days prior to this incident. The codes were ran for the check engine light and came up for "emissions" issues. The vehicle is currently at Norm Reeves Ford in Cerritos, Ca. They are stating it is a "flywheel issue and pump not properly aligning with the clutch". I am estimated to be charged $4,660 in repairs.

- Burbank, CA, USA

Rear window cracked into a spiderweb. Broken glass could have caused drivers behind to have issues with flat tires. The vehicle was not hit.

- Clawson, MI, USA

While driving a noise and vehicle slowed down. Light and info came on stating drive train problem take to nearest dealer. We drove it 2 miles to Bill Utter Ford. We were told it might be a week to get it back because of parts delay. Unknown cause of transmission failure. About 40,000 miles on vehicle. Consumer received a call from dealer about my vehicle. Dealer stated it was not the transmission, but a failed throttle body. They said it was not covered in the TSB-16-0139.

- Denton, TX, USA

Auto stop/start feature is defective. Engine will turn off when stopping at a traffic light etc.., then engine will not restart. A dashboard message come up saying to shift into park and manually restart the engine. While this is an intermittent occurance it is dangerous in busy intersections. Full transmisision failure at 74,000 miles. The vehicle would not accelerate correctly and gear shifting was very loud and rough. On the way to taking the car into the dealer for service dashboard message"transmission fault service now" came up.

- Point Richmond, CA, USA

transmission failure on 2017 ford escape with less than 100k miles. transmission filed doing highway speed of 55mph. This particular year and model are a problem and has been reported by other vehicles owners. I've only owned this vehicle for 6montths and my vehicles only has 68k miles. there was absolutely no warning lamps or messages prior to or at the time of failure of the transmission.

- Winchester, VA, USA

Receiving auto start stop error and vehicle stalls while in drive. -€œShift to P, restart engine-€. Now vehicle will not shift and battery light also comes on.

- Akron, OH, USA

Swollen lug nuts on all tires

- Kansas City, MO, USA

2017 Ford Escape. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle fire. The consumer stated while completing a road trip and pulling into the driveway, the vehicle emitted a puff of smoke and flames from the hood. The consumer was unable to remove the keys, as they were locked in the igntion. The vehicle was a total loss.

- Shelbyville, TN, USA

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Escape. The contact stated that a plastic guard located on the frame of the vehicle would detach and drag on the road pavement at various speeds without warning. The contact had taken the vehicle to a dealer where they initially repaired the defect; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where they removed the plastic guard but did not replace it. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The vehicle has yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was unknown. The contact stated that the part was replaced twice.

- Terrell, TX, USA

My ford escape has experienced premature transmission failure. I bought my 2017 ford escape brand new in 2017 from Ford Southwest in Weatherford, Texas. On 11/19/2021 the ford was getting rpms, but was not accelerating. We were driving on the highway. The escape would not accelerate compromising our safety. We managed to pull to the side of the highway. The car rested and was turned back on, but it would not move. We had to have the car towed to the southwest ford dealership. We had to leave the car there till they could look at it. On 11/23/2021, an employee named Charlie called from southwest ford. He explained there was converter failure damaging the transmission. The transmission needs to be replaced with a new on. Charlie estimated the cost to be $6,000. The 2017 ford escape only has 80,150 miles on it and I am being told that the transmission is damaged and needs to be completely replaced. Ford has known this to be a problem.

- Fort Worth , TX, USA

Paint around windshield column defective and peeling in multiple spots.

- Belleville, MI, USA

Engine cracks due to design and leaks coolant into cylinders, causing engine to misfire. This is a known issue with Ford in the 1.5L ecoboost engine and they refuse to do anything.

- Lansing, MI, USA

Replacement of all swollen lug nuts. And was told the replacement lug nuts would go bad again, wasn-€™t offered a safer or better choice for my 2017 escape. This is a sad day for Ford. A family generation of Ford owners. I was told my escape is not safe to drive until this is corrected. Ford manufacturers you can do better very unprofessionally. Sad.

- Lexington , NC, USA

I made a left at the light onto 1100 Town East Blvd and a truck side swipe on the passengers side in the back. The other person failed to stop to exchange information. The glass part of my tail light has been busted.

- Mesquite, TX, USA

My car has just reached 60,000+ miles and it began to jerk, as if shifting gears and decelerate while driving, and has even come to a complete stop while driving. This has happened while in motion on the freeway and main streets, posing a risk to both myself and my child to cause an accident. When taken to the dealer, they did not see a problem after running many diagnostic tests, and offered to "reset" my vehicle for almost 200 dollars. This posed a great risk, as it came back again to a complete stop on the Main Street again while my family was in the car. Once this reset was done, it showed a "transmission fault". However, this should have been caught before and how is a transmission at fault at 60,000 miles with excellent maintenance? This incident would occur whether it was 35 mph to 70 mph

- Atlanta, GA, USA

2017 Ford Escape SE paint failure at the windshield (driver side) column.

- El Monte, CA, USA

The rear hatch tailgate does not release open or close properly. It indicates that the hatch is open.

- New Haven, CT, USA

The transmission started slipping out of nowhere with only 81,699 miles on it as we were on I275 South in tampa, fl. I just bought it a month ago

- Kingsport, TN, USA

The paint is peeling off around the window down to the metal it only has 50000 miles on it I have read about 165 complaints on the 2017ford Escape with the exact same problem there definitely should be a recall on this I want this fix now. S

- Belle Vernon, PA, USA

Vehicle keeps overheating. We continue to add coolant. We're able to only drive a short distance at approximately 20 to 30 mph and the vehicle warning lights come on and the vehicle begins to overheat again

- Stafford, VA, USA