I live in upper michigan and take my escape off road all the time. Mine is all stock, 3.0 v6, and 4x4.....I use mine for serious mud and offraod trails, havent broken anything yet and have nevergotten stuck. All you need is a good set of winter tires for mud and you're fine. Deepest I've gone through is a 2 foot deep mud hole and didnt get stuck...that's no exaguration.
I'd never do anything wet in an Escape or any of it's sibblings. The alternater is mounted down low, and is the first on the scene to get wet if you do any mudding. It well fail prematurely if you keep this up.
Escape is designed as a mommy wagon and soft roader at the very most. Anyone doing anything more than that is asking for trouble.
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Don't worry, I've only gone through a deep one like that once....almost didn't make it out. Otherwise its mainly just climbing muddy hills and bumpy roads, not too many deep puddles.
I'd never do anything wet in an Escape or any of it's sibblings. The alternater is mounted down low, and is the first on the scene to get wet if you do any mudding. It well fail prematurely if you keep this up.
Escape is designed as a mommy wagon and soft roader at the very most. Anyone doing anything more than that is asking for trouble.
After what I've learned about the so-called 4WD system on my '09 Escape, I'm not sure why they call it 4WD! It should be tagged like on the Edge or Fusion, AWD! Your FourWheeling everytime you leave a stop. Don't need any wheel slippage either!
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