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2001 Ford Escape transmission problems

Owners reported transmission problems in 96 complaints for the 2001 Ford Escape, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
96 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
59,000 miles 52 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2001 Ford Escape Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 59,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 15 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 59,000 miles
Based on 52 complaints that include mileage. 52% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles15
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 52 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 59,000 miles, and 52% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Dt: after the contact was pulling out from a highway on october 11, 2005 the vehicle acted like it was losing power. It would slow down, and then it would only go less than 10 MPH. When this occurred the overdrive light started flashed. Three of the children in the car sustained minor injuries. The contact stated that seven months before she had the transmission flushed. There were no problems at that time.

Reported at 132,000 miles, October 2005 Injury

Dt*: the contact stated while driving in stop and go traffic, the vehicle had a rough idle and stalled intermittently. The vehicle was taken to dealer for inspection; however the problem could not be duplicated. After a short period of time the vehicle had the same problems again. The vehicle stalled and was towed to the dealer. The dealer replaced the PCM but this did not correct the problem. The dealer stated the wiring under the dash needed replaced.

Reported at 68,000 miles, March 2006

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