2008 Ford Escape engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 109 complaints for the 2008 Ford Escape, 5% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 109 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 70,000 miles 101 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 1 and 1
Injuries and deaths: 3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 101 complaints that include mileage. 37% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	7
20k to 40k miles	9
40k to 60k miles	21
60k to 80k miles	21
80k to 100k miles	12
100k to 120k miles	9
120k to 140k miles	6
140k to 160k miles	8
160k to 180k miles	4
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	2

What the data shows

Of the 101 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 37% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

We bought our car used in 2008/2009. We took our car into a dealership when it was under warranty because of exhaust fumes. We often are smelling exhaust but since the dealership dismissed our problem we have been dealing with it all these years as 'normal'. I recently was hearing of police officers with ford vehicles passing out or having damage because of the fumes in their ford SUV.

Reported at 60 miles, May 2018 Injury

Wrench light came on and I immediately took my vehicle to john bleakley ford for a diagnostic test to see what was going on. I noticed that the vehicle was stalling while going uphill and sometimes would not go more than 20. Then when driving in the city the vehicle would sometimes jerk. This is a very nervous feeling!!! I was told that it is a factory problem & told to continue driving it. I was told by the service mgr to contact them in january after he contacts ford.

Reported at 82,000 miles, November 2013

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Ford models