He spent hours on the side of the road with our toddler and finally had the car towed to autonation Ford union city. It never cranked again for him, he replaced the completely empty coolant compartment and it still did not start. My husband immediately pulled off on the interstate ramp and turned off the car. He was maneuvering from the airport campus driving towards the on ramp when the dash console indicated the engine temperature was too high and to shut it off immediately. On 10/23 we were driving in the Escape on a longer trip (26 miles to drop me off at the airport). In the last two years it has served as a secondary vehicle, taking short trips to the store or park. We took the car in for the myriad of recalls in 2018 when it was no longer serving as our primary family vehicle and we could stand to be without it for an extended amount of time. I really don't understand how Ford motor CO can be allowed to do this. However if it does catch fire I guess that will just be a issue between me and my insurance company. So at this time I have to monitor my coolant levels so my vehicle doesn't overheat and pray the vehicle doesn't catch fire. I've gone from taking my car in to be serviced for what seemed to be something minor to needing a complete motor replacement and Ford motor CO is aware of this problem. My vehicle has a 140k miles and well maintained only to find out it no longer any good because of either a design flaw or just a poor product. I'm sure consumers would like to know that they only have limited amount of miles on their engines. I would like to know what Ford's fix for this is. I'm being told I have coolant leaking into the #3 cylinder and will require a engine replacement. I'm not the original owner however the recall was suppose to be the remedy to fix the problem I'm now having. This recall was completed on my vehicle 23-July-14 by autonation Ford of jacksonville FL at the time of repair the vehicle had 42780. I took my vehicle in to gary smith Ford of fort walton bch FL after researching and finding the vehicle had a recall 13s12. My 2013 Ford Escape continues to lose engine coolant. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. Upon investigation, the contact discovered NHTSA campaign number: 12v431000 (engine and engine cooling) which she linked to the failure. Ted russell Ford Lincoln (8551 kingston pike, knoxville, TN 37919) was also notified of the failure and the contact was informed that there were no recalls on the vehicle. Due to the failure, the contact towed the vehicle to an independent mechanic who confirmed that there was a coolant leak however, the mechanic was unable to determine the source of the leak. Upon restart of the vehicle, the vehicle hesitated to accelerate upon depressing the accelerator pedal. Upon inspection, the contact discovered that the vehicle was overheated and that there was no coolant in the reservoir. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the vehicle began to stall while a warning message to pull the vehicle over appeared on the instrument panel.

My mechanic is able to see the freeze plug recall on other 2013 models of my car my but my certain VIN number is not able to be taken to the dealership and be fixed. If another person is having the same problem why is their car getting fixed but my VIN is getting skipped in all the recalls. So when this does fully fail and either catch fire or stall in traffic and kills my wife who do I sue? I have anther question that I am hoping to get answered also. This car is a fire hazard due to the freeze plugs in the engine now breaking loose and coolant leaking into the cylinders. This is a $3,000 + job that is not just an easy fix. Ford told us they will not fix it until the recall is issued by the national highway transportation safety administration. The car barely has 120,000 miles on it and we are the first and only owners. We get it pulled over and the coolant is just under the min. We can take it to the mechanic and he can top off all the fluids, about a week later the add coolant light comes back on and says to stop car immediately due to engine overheat.

Driving the vehicle over the last 2 or 3 months the engine coolant seems to be disappearing rather fast.

2013 ford escape problems