Selling an '01 Escape that has been GREAT for my daughter to drive. Bought her a new 2010 Escape as she is graduation High School in a couple of months.

Bought my older daughter an '05 Escape when she graduated HS. Now has 60,000 miles and raising two kids and a husband...the little truck has held up very well even with poor maintenance.

I always highly recommend them.

 

I found some other people with front in problems with their escapes and their fixes were sway bars. When my husband saw the difference in stock versus after market he ordered some for mine and will change them out. Hopefully that will fix the problem. It is aggravating to me that the dealership lied when I bought it but water under the bridge and they are out of business so......I will let you all know how it works.

 

I bought my wife a 2010 Escape XLT one about 3 months ago and she loves it. The 09 redesign transformed this vehicle. We went with the 3.0l Duratec Flex fuel V6 rated at 240HP, mated to a 6 speed automatic. This thing is quick. They redesigned the suspension,brakes, and steering. We like the way it handles and the overall ride. It has 2 gyroscopes that control the anti-roll with stability control system. No other SUV sold in the US has this feature.

The engine has too many changes to even mention but 240HP out of a 3.0l speaks for itself. We got the sync system by Microsoft. It's a must have item and it isn't standard. Add superb safety features and a pretty cool rugged look and I think the vehicle is a winner.

 

wptski, Are you able to provide a list of the TSB's for the '09 Escapes? I did a quick search here (2009 FORD ESCAPE TSB's (technical service bulletins)) And the one you mention above does not appear. As well, i noticed someone else further along on this thread

mentioning other TSB's that also do not appear on this on this website....

Any possibility of providing such a list?

Cheers,

 

10-2-10
VIBRATION/STEERING WHEEL NIBBLE - COLD TEMPERATURES
10-2-8
SYNC SYSTEM DEFAULTS TO OR STAYS IN PRIVACY MODE, MULTIPLE VEHICLE LINES
10-1-9
FRONT AND/OR REAR CREAK/SQUEAK NOISE
10-1-7
6F35 TRANSMISSION - DTC P0720, P0722 HARSH ENGAGEMENTS OR SHIFTS, 5TH GEAR DRIVE AWAY - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 11/25/2009
10-1-5
6F35 TRANSMISSION - FLUID LEAK - SEAL - LEFT SIDE HALF SHAFT
10-1-3
HYBRID ONLY - DTCS P0442, P0456 OR P1450 - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 4/6/2009
09-26-12
FRONT GRILLE - CHROME PEEL
09-26-8
SYNC SOFTWARE UPDATE - VARIOUS ISSUES
09-25-3
6F35 TRANSMISSION - HOOT TYPE NOISE AT LOW SPEED - ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM A STOP BEFORE THE FIRST SHIFT
09-25-1
2.5L - 10-20 SECOND EXHAUST NOISE AFTER OVER NIGHT SOAK - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 9/30/2008 (EXCLUDES HYBRID)
09-24-7
EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE DIFFICULT TO OPEN/HANDLE NOT SITTING FLUSH WHEN RELEASED/HANDLE STICKING WHEN OPENING DOOR - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 9/1/2009
09-24-2
CLICK/POP NOISE FROM FRONT STABILIZER BAR END LINK AREA WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 10/9/2009
09-23-5
MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P2135 - BUILT BETWEEN 6/22/2009 - 10/15/2009
09-23-3
CLOTH SEAT STAINS WITH WHITE RING OUTLINE - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 5/14/2009 - (EXCLUDES XLS)
09-22-19
ENGINE NOISE, DRONE/MOAN SOUND 1800-2300 RPM - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 8/10/2009
09-22-18
STEERING COLUMN POP/CLUNK NOISE ON TURNS - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 10/6/2009
09-21-6
WHITE FLAKES COMING FROM A/C VENTS
09-20-16
ALL WARNING LIGHTS ON IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WITH MULTIPLE CODES
09-20-15
WINDOW SQUEAK - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 8/6/2009
09-20-13
6F35 TRANSMISSION - RECREATIONAL TOWING - VEHICLE WITH ALL 4 WHEELS ON THE GROUND - EXPANDED GUIDELINES TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION DAMAGE
09-20-6
MIL ILLUMINATED - DTC P013A - POSSIBLE EXHAUST LEAK - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 6/24/2009
09-20-3
ABS MODULE SELF-TEST CREATING A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN ACCEL/BRAKE PEDAL AT 12 MPH (20 KM/H) AND/OR 42 MPH (68 KM/H)
09-19-15
IGNITION KEY BINDING IN IGNITION CYLINDER WHEN TURNING TO START POSITION ONLY - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 8/3/2009
09-19-5
6F35 TRANSMISSION, DTC- P0770, P0772, P0773, P0774 - BUILT 9/8/2008 TO 9/26/2008 - MIL LAMP ON - ERRATIC SHIFT AND/OR HARSH ENGAGEMENTS
09-18-4
MANUAL TRANSMISSION CLUTCH WEAR - MEXICO ONLY
09-18-3
6F35 - HARSH 3-1 OR 2-1 ROLLING STOP DOWNSHIFT - HESITATION DURING LOW SPEED MANEUVERS - 2-3 OR 3-4 UPSHIFT FLARE COLD STARTS - NO DTCS
09-17-8
3.0L INTERMITTENT CYLINDER HEAD CAMSHAFT KNOCK/THUMP NOISE
09-15-1
TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WITH DTC C1440 - BUILT 6/1/2009-6/10/2009
09-14-3
SYNC FUNCTIONS INOPERATIVE, DTC U3000-41, U0485, OR U0100, AND/OR BATTERY DRAW WITH ACCESSORY PROTOCOL INTERFACE MODULE CONNECTED
09-13-8
3.0L ENGINE MIL ON - DTC P0011, P0012, P0021, P0022 - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 4/22/2009
09-13-5
SYNC - CALL SOUND QUALITY/BACKGROUND NOISE ISSUES AND/OR VOICE RECOGNITION DIFFICULTIES WHILE DRIVING
09-12-16
4WD, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - WHINE NOISE 60-70 MPH (96-112 KM/H
09-12-6
CLIMATE CONTROL TEMPERATURE VARIATION FROM SIDE TO SIDE - BUILT BEFORE 12/17/2008
09-11-10
SATELLITE RADIO (NON-NAVIGATION) - INOPERATIVE WITH BLANK MESSAGE DISPLAY AND NO CODES - BUILT BETWEEN 12/03/2008-5/09/2009
09-11-9
NAVIGATION RADIO - WHEN ON IN CD MODE - TIME DISPLAYS TWICE IN THE FDIM
09-11-8
SYNC WITH 911 ASSIST AND VEHICLE HEALTH REPORT (VHR) DEALER UPGRADE SOFTWARE
09-11-4
6F35 TRANSMISSION - FLUID LEAK - NEW DIPSTICK AVAILABLE
09-10-3
6F35 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER KNOCK - BUILT BEFORE 8/29/2008
09-8-9
RED TRIANGLE ON AND STOP SAFELY NOW MESSAGE - DTC P1A0C
09-8-6
6F35 TRANSMISSIONS BUILT BEFORE 10/6/2008 WITH NO CRANK AND/OR DTC P0706, P0707, P1702
09-6-7
PARKING BRAKE PEDAL WILL NOT FULLY RETURN WHEN RELEASED - INDICATOR STAYS ON
09-6-5
NOISE - FRONT STRUT AREA
09-6-2
2.5L WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - ROUGH IDLE IN DRIVE - COLD ENGINE
09-5-8
ROTATIONAL CLICKING NOISE FROM 17 INCH CHROME WHEEL CLADDING - BUILT BEFORE 2/1/2009 - EXCLUDES HYBRID
09-5-5
LEFT FRONT ABS SENSOR CONTACTING TONE RING - VEHICLES BUILT 10/21/2008-10/31/2008
09-5-1
LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHING INSPECTION PROCEDURE
09-4-4
PTU VENT BOLT LEAK - MISDIAGNOSED AS PTU SHAFT SEAL LEAK
09-1-1
COLD START FRONT END ACCESSORY DRIVE (FEAD) WHINE / WHISTLE NOISE
08-26-10
DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE EVAP DTCS P0442, P0455, P0456, P0457 - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 8/1/2008
08-23-12
FRONT DISPLAY INTERFACE MODULE (FDIM) - OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE DISPLAY TOGGLES BETWEEN FAHRENHEIT/CELSIUS
08-21-2
SYNC SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING SERVICE TIPS
08-21-1
MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0741 AND/OR P1744
08-20-3
MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P013C AND/OR P013A - BUILT PRIOR TO 8/18/2008

 

Thanks Bill. That's good stuff!!!

I am experiencing all these:

10-1-7
6F35 TRANSMISSION - DTC P0720, P0722 HARSH ENGAGEMENTS OR SHIFTS, 5TH GEAR DRIVE AWAY - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 11/25/2009

09-25-3
6F35 TRANSMISSION - HOOT TYPE NOISE AT LOW SPEED - ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM A STOP BEFORE THE FIRST SHIFT

09-23-3
CLOTH SEAT STAINS WITH WHITE RING OUTLINE - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 5/14/2009 - (EXCLUDES XLS)

09-19-5
6F35 TRANSMISSION, DTC- P0770, P0772, P0773, P0774 - BUILT 9/8/2008 TO 9/26/2008 - MIL LAMP ON - ERRATIC SHIFT AND/OR HARSH ENGAGEMENTS

09-18-3
6F35 - HARSH 3-1 OR 2-1 ROLLING STOP DOWNSHIFT - HESITATION DURING LOW SPEED MANEUVERS - 2-3 OR 3-4 UPSHIFT FLARE COLD STARTS - NO DTCS

09-12-16
4WD, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - WHINE NOISE 60-70 MPH (96-112 KM/H


Along with a leak at the tranny engine as well as my center console now always states that an oil change is required, even though i just had one done last week!!!!.

This will help allot!

 

Maybe they forgot to RESET the oil change? Check your owner's manual on how to RESET it.

 

50,000 miles on my 2007 with no problems at all!

 

I'm not a mechanic, or even close to being one. I bought a 2009 Ford Escape brand new from my local Ford dealer (Holiday Ford, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada), and always had it serviced there. From the end of the second year I started having air conditioning problems (a/c blowing hot). The dealer 'repaired' it and charged me for it, three times over the course of fourteen months. I had to store the vehicle for six months, and then, when it started again, guess what? So back to the dealer we go! (A 40 mile journey...each way!) Now they tell me that there is "a bag of chemicals in the air conditioning system which has degraded...when this happens the chemicals blow throughout the system, damaging everything...the entire a/c system will need to be replaced". Interestingly, Ford put out a service bulletin to the dealers three years ago about this problem. I have a couple of concerns here. The first is that if these chemicals are damaging the air conditioning system to that extent, what have they done to the health of my family and myself? Secondly, I asked the dealer to go back to Ford and get authorization to repair this under the warranty extension...from that point forward, the Service Department got difficult to get through to. I had made the point that they had attempted to repair, and charged me for those 'repairs' on three separate occasions before the vehicle went out of the warranty and the warranty extension, and it wasn't until AFTER that, that they decided that this repair was the "REAL" problem. Several calls were not taken, and messages were not returned over a two week period. There is NO QUESTION that they were avoiding me and hoping that I would go away. Finally, I drove back to the dealership (yeah...ANOTHER 40 miles each way). When I tracked down the service advisor whom I had been dealing with, he said that there was nothing that they could do to help me, because the vehicle was now out of warranty, and that the repair was going to cost $2,100! I called Ford Customer Care, and got the usual scripted runaround, and no help whatsoever! Now I will take the vehicle to a mechanic whom I trust (what choice do I have, really?) and I guess we'll see what he thinks is wrong and what it will cost to fix!!! If you have an a/c problem with an Escape (or for that matter ANY Ford) take it right back to the dealer and DEMAND that they check this chemical pack! At least that way, you'll get their incredibly poor and unsafe design fixed before the car is out of warranty, because they clearly have no intention of issuing a recall or fixing the problem any other way! And if you were considering purchasing a Ford, I would bear my awful lesson here in mind. By the way, I have all of the vehicle's service records and repair documentation to substantiate everything that I've said here, about both the vehicle and my treatment by the Dealer.

I can remember a time when Ford used to publicly that "Quality is Job 1!" These days, I'm pretty convinced that poor design, dealer honesty and incompetence, and utter indifference to the customer are competing for first place, and I'm really not sure which one is winning.

 

wow, talk about digging one up from the past. how surprised was I when I got a post notification email for this conversation.

I just read my OP and it was nearly 100k ago. Yep, I'm at 219,000 miles in my '02 now and the only thing I've replaced is the lower Cat.

I do have a small oil leak now coming from somewhere, not exactly sure. I'm not really inclined to do anything about it.

The car still pulls strong going up hills, I easily pass people. On the hwy I get about 24mpg, which is a few miles less than when new. My commute is mixed and I get around 19mpg.

Easily the best car I've ever owned, and I've had a few over my driving years.

 

Agree about ancient.

Our '03 V6 was traded for a '12 Fusion at just under 100,000 miles, but at that, possibly one of the best cars we have owned. NOTHING went wrong with it except a $30 idle valve and the front sway bar links. It had one brake job and 2 sets of tires, oil changes 2x or more a year. It had a couple strange but only occasional squeaks that started about Day 30 and were still there 9 years later. We should have kept the car as my 18/20 mpg DD vs the 9/10 mpg F350 V10 but for space considerations, didn't

 

I had an old Chevy Blazer and the AC stopped working. I was the dryer which is like the stuff in little bags that you might find with electronic items. They replaced the dryer, vacuumed the system or pumped it down, refilled and away I went. A few days later after some use the cold air became warm. It would start out great then go bad after a bit.

Back to the gas station I went. Seems that the stuff had plugged up the expansion valve which had what looked like an old carb sintered bronze filter. After that, it worked great till it was stolen years later.

It is a closed system so even if the bag breaks it stays inside and does affect or get into the cabin air. No hazard at all.

 

I have the 08 & 09 3.0 Duratec-
please explain "the 09 redesign transformed"
aside from the 6 speed shifting more, a bit more cruising HP and Torque,
both get the same gas mileage if driven correctly, handle exactly the same on & off road, and valve lift and duration along with a more aggressive computer tune, is pretty much not "too many changes"
LIMHO

PS- my older sister bought the Escape 01, V6, 4WD, brand new- she loves it and won't part with it- she doesn't let others drive it- you don't suppose one person putting on all the miles, expecting it to last, has anything to do with a nice vehicle staying nice- N Michigan
we dive our Escapes easy- they aren't meant to be off road beasts
My 2 have been trouble free, plain and simple- course being a past mechanic I know how to care for a vehicle and drive it right

 

interesting read
could you explain about that flat towing Ford says the 2009 V6, auto, 4WD, is capable of

curious- have you pulled that rear carpet out, the support, and the left side panel out- "wet storage area" that's a new one to me

 

One of the best, if not the best auto I've ever owned. Yes, the seats are stained (the least of my worries), the sunroof leaks off and on, and there is dry rot on the windshield cowling, BUT...the only things I've ever done to it are the brakes, air filters, oil changes, and transmission maintenance, and it's still running great with approx. 155K miles on it. Mileage is still good (25 in city, 29-30 in country), and I would definitely buy another but want to enjoy the "paid for" status just a bit longer. Only other complaint would be the road noise, but a great ride overall. Thank you Ford!