1. Ford Escape
  2. Problems
  3. 2005
  4. Automatic Transmission

2005 Ford Escape Automatic Transmission Problems

28
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 28 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

What owners report

  • failure occurred · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi12
60–100k mi8
30–60k mi5
100–150k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • February 9, 2005 · 500 miles

    Automatic Transmission

    Vehicle has grinding noise while driving in low speeds and reverse. Seems to be getting worse.*ak

    ODI 10110516

  • January 8, 2005 · 1,326 miles

    Automatic Transmission

    Transmission failed. Fortunately it failed before the traffic light turned green releasing the traffic headed toward the vehicle. I was able to drive in whatever gear it was in home. The vehicle ceased going into gear and was towed to the dealership. The vehicle was 15 days old and had 1326 mostly highway miles on it when the failure occurred. The dealership has indicated that the failure was the clutch in the…

    ODI 10107868

  • June 3, 2004 · 4,556 miles

    Automatic Transmission

    Intermittently while driving vehicle seems to go into neutral. Engine revved and clung, then goes back into drive. This failure occurred while reversing. The indicators on the dashboard kept flashing from n to r, the engine revved before finally settling in reverse. The second time this failure occurred while reversing, engine light came on. Dealership performed a diagnostic test in which the failure code read…

    ODI 10081702