2016 Ford Escape Power Train Problems
- 53
- 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 53 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- bought brand · 7 records
- reverse drive · 6 records
- even years · 5 records
- transmission mine · 5 records
- shifter cable · 4 records
- sure feel · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 26 |
| 1–30k mi | 11 |
| 30–60k mi | 7 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
I'm not sure but i feel like there might be an issue with my ford escape transmission. I bought the car in not even 2 years ago and now i'm being told that i either need new transmission or to have mine rebuilt and this doesn't seem right'.how is that a car that is barley 3 years old, and bought brand new needs a whole new transmission. I am concern because i have a child and i am currently pregnant and my car is…
ODI 11205259
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
I'm not sure but i feel like there might be an issue with my ford escape transmission. I bought the car in not even 2 years ago and now i'm being told that i either need new transmission or to have mine rebuilt and this doesn't seem right'.how is that a car that is barley 3 years old, and bought brand new needs a whole new transmission. I am concern because i have a child and i am currently pregnant and my car is…
ODI 11205255
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
The car shuts off while driving at any speed. It has done this at highway speed and slower. Cannot pull out into traffic for fear of the engine will shut off without warning.
ODI 11204565
Power Train
While driving the car, there was a sudden loss of control over gear selection. Regardless of shift level position, "d" or "s", gears will not shift above 1st gear, forcing speed to decelerate to only about 10 mph. Parking position became inoperative as well, and the car continued to move forward while in "p". No alarms or warning lights appeared. The car was not able to climb an incline, meaning that even 1st gear…
ODI 11202923
Engine · Power Train
I just bought this 2016 ford escape in october, 2018. It made it until mar. 2019. No warning light, nothing. It has 78,000 miles and the transmission blew. They are telling me at the jensen ford dealership that it will cost 6,508.00 due to all that is wrong with the transmission. When it gets hot it leaks transmission fluid badly. It took only 2 days and no warning and it blew. Now i can't pay for it, ford will not…
ODI 11185678
Power Train
A recent incident with my vehicle, a 2016 ford escape se awd, has left me unhappy and disappointed in ford motor company. Since i started driving in 1984 i have always bought and owned a ford product. I have had no reason to question the quality of ford products until now. The escape had to be towed into the nearest ford dealership, champion ford ' edinboro, pa. Upon inspection of my vehicle the service manager…
ODI 11183906
Power Train
Used 2016 ford escape bought in 2016 with 85000 while driving just stop moving. Gears were moving but no movement in the vehicle. After diagnosis at the dealer it was diagnosed as a transmission fault. With only 85000 miles and about 3 years old, transmission went out, i don't believe that's normal or a semi new vehicle, i believe ford vehicles are been built with faulty transmissions that don't last long.
ODI 11166489
Power Train · Service Brakes · Wheels
Transmission makes wining noise rear brakes go at40000 thou wheel bearings go at 55000 miles trans jerks when you shift
ODI 11115601
Power Train
When bought car heard humming sound at higher speeds. Looked it up and a lot of same reports online but mixed causes. But now the power train components have to be replaced before it breaks completely. I can feel the vibration with my feet on the floorboard. Now it's really loud and i've only had it 5 months. If i continue to drive without fixing the car itself will fail. Potentially causing an accident. I still…
ODI 11165495
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
Driving on the highway car just shuts down with engine fault car stopped responding making it a real safety issue. I see this has a closed recall already but i don't think they have included all the cars affected.
ODI 11104288
Power Train
Transmission fault error message went on twice over the course of 10 days. Then we were driving on the highway and the same message kept going off with an alarm. It wouldn't go off and the car was running rough. We brought the car in to our ford dealer and was told the transmission module was bad and the cost @1k. The car is only 2 years old and this seems to us to be a manufacturer defect. We have had 5 other ford…
ODI 11076817
Electrical System · Power Train · Unknown Or Other
Rear end knocking sound after and during backing up, also during low speed. The electronic radio, sync3, audio screen will not turn on in mildly cold temperatures (20f degrees).
ODI 11061060
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
I was waiting for the red light in the road. After the light turned green, i stepped on the gas pedal, however, the car didn't move at all. It stopped there. I had to restart the car to make it move again. It happened on 2017 sep, 11/29/2017 and 11/30/2017. Three times already.
ODI 11053461
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Safety hazard and serious life threatening situation exists when this problem occurs on the highway and especially in front of a semi tractor trailer truck doing the speed limit. Numerous times, (12 times between 14,000 and 15,363 miles) the 2016 ford escape has had complete power loss during acceleration causing vehicle to abruptly begin shaking, lose power, lose steering, lose braking and immediately shudder to a…
1 injury
ODI 11021038
Power Train
3 days in a row, 4/1 - 4/3, i would engage the gear shift and the wheels would not move. Would not move in reverse or drive. After a few minutes, the transmission would wake up and drive normally.
ODI 10970446
Power Train
When shifting from either reverse to drive backing onto a busy state road just over a hill, or drive to reverse the car shutters and struggles to power forward or backwards. As well as the radio buttons do not work 80 percent of the time, you have to use the steering wheel controls to operate the radio. Horrible we bought the escape new with 127 miles on it and still to this day haven't gotten a recall about any…
ODI 11011466
Power Train
Sometimes when the vehicle is shifting it hesitates and other times it shifts hard like it feels like it's gonna break i guess you can say it clunks or jerk's you in your seat a bit i just bought this vehicle on 2/20/17 today is 2/26/17 my wife was driving when the vehicle kinda threw her back when the vehicle was shifting threw the gears this vehicle is a certified pre owned this happens in town or on the…
ODI 10957115
Electrical System · Power Train
While driving around 40mph, vehicle cut off and displayed a message: transmission not in park. After pulling over and restarting vehicle, the volume on radio moved up and down on its own while transmission in the parked position. Later that day vehicle cut off within 30 seconds of using remote starter. Dealer unable to duplicate problem or find any diagnostic codes. *tr
ODI 10945577
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving the ford escape on a main road today the vehicle suddenly started to idle very rough, the orange wrench light came on and i could not accelerate. The car decelerated rapidly as i was going up a slight hill. I was able to coast into a parking lot, where i shut the car off for several minutes, then turned it back on and proceeded home. I have called the ford dealership to bring the car in for service. *tr
ODI 10920396
Power Train · Unknown Or Other
Was driving vehicle at 35 mph then engine died, service engine now light came on, message center said contact dealer. Restarted after put in park. Checked for codes with generic scan tool, obd2 code p2112 in memory. Contacted dealer purchased from for service. Was told no codes, but battery had been disconnected, clock was reset and all radio presets erased and bluetooth erased.
ODI 10892299
Power Train
We went on vacation in our new escape and the transmission started to slip surge and other things that came close to causing 2 accidents. Something should be done about ford being allowed to put out faulty transmissions for years. My transmission had to be rebuild with only being a few months old. Something should be done about this.
ODI 10911003
Power Train
On may 6, 2016 we purchased a 2016 ford escape titanium 2.0 awd. On 6/22/16 i brought the vehicle in for service due to a shuddering when the car is shifted from reverse to drive and gas is applied. The service department of seymour ford of jackson , mi, who have been very helpful, performed a reprogram of the pcm. On 8/15/16 i brought the vehicle in with the same shuddering complaint. Seymour phoned the ford hot…
ODI 10896161
Power Train
Transmission started acting funny around 5 months after getting my escape. I would put it in reverse and it would jerk or not go into gear a few seconds. Then it started shuddering when i would drive it. At first maybe a few times a day. Yesterday it started shuddering and jerking all day. At one point i thought something had hit me or i had hit something as my car literally went forward and a loud clunk was heard…
ODI 10875283
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving at highway speed, the car shuttered and flashed warning lights, the power was decreased, then shuttered again after i pulled over and turned it off
ODI 10874926
Power Train
We have a new 2016 ford escape. After about 1,000 miles noticed a shuddering of the transmission when shifting. It happens when we shift from park to drive, park to reverse, or reverse to drive. Took to ford service station at about 3500 miles as it became a real concern. Tech could not find problem. Checked social media to see if others were having same problem with transmission. There are numerous complaints…
ODI 10875721