One of the other dads in our Boy Scout troop had an 01 that was pushing 200k last time I talked to him, although I remember he had to have his engine replaced around 100k (Duratec)--reason unknown.

One of my son's friends bought one with over 100k a couple years ago and it looked like a new truck, drove great.

One "secret" of the Escape is that it is based on the last-gen Mazda 626 platform, which means that it does have a good car-based chassis. Kind of like the '91-up Escorts, which were the same chassis as the Mazda Protege. The Focus was based on the old Euro Focus chassis, but the early US Focuses were problematic although they've ironed out most of the issues. Ironically, the current Mazda3 is based on the new-gen Euro Focus chassis (along with the Volvo C30)--whereas our Focus is still the old platform.

So in a sense, the Mazda is a tight joint American/Japanese design, fully built in the US.

George

 

02 Tribute 96,000,3.0L FWD,auto.
Only problems passenger door lock motor went bad and the rear door glass need to be adjusted.

 

GFriend's 2001 has 178,000 miles on it. It is running well - after al lot of little things have been replaced.

 

2007 XLT with 35.000 miles in one year and doin' great. Average 22-23mpg with the V6 auto.

 

08 Limited, 10K mi.
06 XLS, 40K when I got it, 41K now.

 

2002 4cylinder 5 speed escape 145,000 and still strong and we use the thing for everything.

 

2006 xlt v6 with 93000 miles on it and a few minor things pass door actuator went bad and having issues with the cruise but the v6 runs strong nice little suv

 

145,000 on my 2001 XLT V6 4WD. Changed out the factory plugs 2 weeks ago still getting 21mpg on 80 mile per day commute. Pejeeper: the coolant light was always on til I unplugged it. 2 dealers couldn't fix it.

 

I just ignore it and keep the reservior full. Not spending the $$ to replace the whole thing.

 

206,000 on my wife's 2001 6cyl automatic. We replaced the tranny at 130,000, I don't remember the price, might have been $3,000. Otherwise it's been routine.

 

We're approaching 130k miles....and the tranny has been "slipping", it feels like it hangs up for a second between gears while shifting into overdrive after reaching cruising speeds. It has been doing it for atleast 60k miles though and through atleast 2 trans oil flushes. $3k will be better spent on down payment for an '09 in our situation.

 

Ours was sudden and harsh. We had to have it towed to the shop.
The guy who ran the tranny shop was a former Ford mechanic; he told us he had to call his buddies at the local Ford shop several times to figure out how to drop the trans.

 

i am at 51000 with my tranny being replaced at 46500 miles. wife still thinks that it's not going to last and that we are going to have alot of problems with it. other than that i am really happy with it. she has a corolla that is why she tells me that it's going to have alot of problems

 

177,000 with a dead tranny. driving a 94 buick regal now.

saving for a new tranny..or should I.....?

 

2006 XLS 4 popper FWD 33,000 miles