Ford Motor Company Transmission Failures Dearborn, Michigan
Complaint : Premature Transmission Failures
Vehicle : 2006 Ford Escape 4 door XL
Date of Purchase : 7/5/05
Since we purchased this vehicle we have had to have the transmission repaired twice as follows:
Date Repair Cost
2/13/2008 Replace converter Assembly $1,715.50
3/3/2009 Replace Transmission $4,193.04
Total $5,908.54
Our next car will be a Honda.
Rasputin
Shawnee, Kansas
U.S.A.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
An Ounce Of Action
Ferndale,Michigan,
U.S.A.
Not a common problem
#2Consumer Comment
Wed, April 01, 2009
I checked the complaints and investigations database at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ (it's part of safercar.gov - the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website). This is not an established problem with 2006 Ford Escapes. As a matter of fact of the handful of reports about powertrains for this vehicle most were not even trans body related - a few shifter problems, mainly.