FORD ESCAPE HYBRID 2011 DRIVERS
FORD ESCAPE HYBRID 2011 FULL

'Peeling on both rear wheel wells and the tailgate bottom. 'The paint on the hood and above the windshield is cracking and peeling.

FORD ESCAPE HYBRID 2011 FULL

We sent it to the dealership for repair which took them a full week instead of the three days they estimated' 'WE had a couple of small areas on the truck that were beginning to bubble up and crack. Once I finish paying for this crap car I will NEVER buy another Ford' Brakes wore out and Michelin tires wore out before 34000miles.

FORD ESCAPE HYBRID 2011 DRIVERS

'Paint is peeling above wheel on drivers side back. it only covered the wheel wells and not all the stone chips, door dings etc will never purchase the coating again' When vehicle was purchased paid $1000.00 for the clear coat which was supposed to guarantee no paint chips etc. Also severe rusting on the same locations' 'Paint peeled off around bottom of rear passenger doors and rear hatch door. I have seen many many Escapes of various colours with this same issue' Continues to peel off such that you can see pristine primer under the paint that is peeling off. Dealer would not do anything, as it was past warranty period. 'Paint peeling off after 2.5 year, so past paint warranty. Our 2007 Explorer had had no similar problems, despite being five years older in the same environment' We'd rust-sprayed this vehicle annually (Krown). Repair shop said this was common in all Escapes of this vintage. Paint around rear liftgate window had degraded which led to rust underneath and around gasket. 'Paint began peeling from around both real wheel wells leading to surface rust. 'Rust and paint bubbling on tail gate and rear quarter panels' 'paint is chipping off & rust is forming around the tailgate' Mechanical failures are to be expected as it is driven but assembly faults leading to rust are not. There used to be a comment about the Rusty Ford Syndrome from the 70s. Really disappointing that Ford has not conquered premature rust after all these years. Every issue with my Ford has been documented by others online going back to 2008 models. I have more rust on this 2011 than I have on my 2005 Toyota which has basically none. As a mature model line I expected these issues to have been eliminated in manufacture. Paint peeling from rear wheel wells and rust in tailgate within first two years. paint but disappointed that dealer unwilling to correct problem other than charge me like $1200.00 to repair flaking paint.' Other than those two areas no other concerns re. Paint has peeled off the rear door bottom edge. 'Just after 2 year paint warranty had expired, the rear wheel well edges started peeling, and then rusting. Paint (fading, chalking, cracking, or peeling) An X indicates that the vehicle was not manufactured for a specific year. N/A indicates that we did not receive a large enough sample size to provide data for a specific year. Our subscribers provide great insights into their satisfaction by answering one simple question: If they had it to do all over again, would they definitely buy or lease the same model? In addition, respondents also rate their cars in six categories: driving experience, comfort, value, styling, audio, and climate systems. To learn about satisfaction, CR has collected survey data from our annual survey on more than half a million vehicles. Based on this data and further analysis, we predict reliability for the latest year. Extra weight is given to the more serious areas such as major engine or transmission problems. The results are presented relative to the average model that year. Consumer Reports subscribers reported on any serious problems they had with their vehicles during the past 12 months that they considered serious because of cost, failure, safety, or downtime, in any of the trouble spots included in the table below. The reliability charts are based on responses on hundreds of thousands of vehicles from our latest Annual Auto Survey.

Ford escape hybrid 2011