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 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Power Train
Vehicle will chatter and vibrate when going from reverse to drive mode to go forward, even when totally stopped to go forward. Bangs in when applying gas light or hard trying to get out of way of on approaching traffic in street and parking spots. Bought it brand new in january 2016 started from day 1 with problem, have not token to ford dealer yet but i did call them they know of problem, says cannot fix it because…
ODI 10852761
Power Train
Vehicle will chatter and vibrate when going from reverse to drive mode to go forward, even when totally stopped to go forward. Bangs in when applying gas light or hard trying to get out of way of on approaching traffic in street and parking spots. Bought it brand new in july 2015 started from day 1with problem, taken it to ford dealer 3 times they know of problem, says cannot fix it because they say ford has their…
ODI 10779154
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford escape. The contact stated that there was a strong vibration when driving the vehicle. The contact noticed that an interim solution was to drive in the s gear and, within a few miles, change the gear to drive to prevent the vibration. The dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure and indicated that there was no repair solution. The approximate failure mileage was 0.
ODI 10911300