1. Ford Escape
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  3. 2009
  4. Engine And Engine Cooling

2009 Ford Escape Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

34
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.

What owners report

  • lost power · 7 records
  • wrench light · 5 records
  • throttle body · 5 records
  • stalled again · 4 records
  • timing chain · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
30–60k mi11
60–100k mi9
1–30k mi7
100–150k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • June 1, 2011

    Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel System, Gasoline · Structure · Vehicle Speed Control

    Letter from congressman brown on behalf of constituent regarding problems with her 2009 ford escape; she has an arbitration date on june 28 in columbus, ohio; please respond directly to the cleveland office *tgw the consumer stated the vehicle has been to the dealer on five occasions because the vehicle would jump/lunge while engaging it into drive or reverse. Within the last year, the vehicle began to lung/jump…

    ODI 10408259

  • November 1, 2010

    Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling

    2009 ford escape. Consumer states problems with engine randomly shutting down. *tgw

    ODI 10364630

  • October 18, 2010 · 26,000 miles

    Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling

    Got home at 4pm, parked the car in the garage and turned it off. Walked inside and went to dinner at my in laws. About 3am my wife woke up to one of our babies crying. She went down to see what was going on. As she was walking through our kitchen she smelled something that was not right. She woke me up and we all left the house and went to her parents house across the street. We called the gas company and they came…

    ODI 10365014

  • August 29, 2010 · 18,400 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Vehicle Speed Control

    The traffic was light; i was driving on rt. 173 going east between hunt club rd and 41. As i passed over the bridge covering i-94, i let my foot off the gas to cruise which allowed traffic to merge and clear. The road changes from two lanes to one lane at this point. I was driving about 40-45 mph and i slowed down to about 30-35 mph. I was driving straight in the left lane. As i started to accelerate after traffic…

    ODI 10452751

  • July 10, 2010 · 28,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Tl*the contact owns a 2009 ford escape. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph the timing chain cover cracked causing the serpentine belt to come loose. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and who replaced the timing cover. Five months later the vehicle started leaking oil and when the contact took the vehicle back to the dealer they discovered that the timing chain cover had cracked again. The dealer…

    ODI 10369652

  • July 9, 2010 · 13,600 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    2009 ford escape timing chain case cover cracked. This caused misalignment of the attached pulley and subsequent detachment of the serpentine belt. There were 13600 miles on the 4 cylinder engine at the time it occurred. *tr

    ODI 10347754

  • April 8, 2010

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Continuous emission of visible particulate matter of unknown origin from the interior heating/cooling air ducts of 2009 ford escape. Dealer has been unable to resolve. Particulate causes coughing and sneezing. Dealer states that it is just insulation that is non-toxic and not harmful. I do not agree and would like to have samples tested for toxicity and potential harmful effects of continuous inhalation. *tr

    ODI 10348077

  • March 17, 2010 · 500 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    2009 ford escape limited with 4wd and 4 cylinder engine has continued to spew flacky white material from the heating/ac ducts when the system's fan is operating. Upon return to the dealer, i was informed a technical bulletin existed to resolve the problem. The dealer supposedly followed the directions in the manufacturer's bulletin.the dealer also indicated the material was insulation and non toxic and not a…

    ODI 10336109

  • June 18, 2009 · 15,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Tl*the contact owns a 2009 ford escape. The contact stated that after slowing down and accelerating the engine stalled. The dealer was contacted and stated that they could not duplicate the failure. The failure occurred approximately 20 times and the vehicle was taken to the dealer each time. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 2,419. The current mileage was approximately 15,000.

    ODI 10348696