

It could have been that those initial issues in the first couple years of ownership were flukes or bad luck. Update: I'm near 3 years of ownership and since the last issues stated above I haven't had any of the same issues. I understand parts go bad, but for 3 parts to fail in the first 2 years and 35k miles worries me. I'm barely at 35k miles on this thing and not quite 2 years of ownership. At this point I'm basically considering my options to escape this Escape. This time however it was only covered under the extended warranty for some reason, so I had to pay a 100$ co-pay. Now this week I took it in for a knocking noise when I back-up and it turns out my front left strut is bad as well. Still it was under warranty so it wasn't a huge issue, but I was starting to worry about the quality of the Ford parts. A couple of months later I had back left strut go bad, and I had to get that replaced.

The warranty covered it no problem, but it was still really strange. I had a bearing go bad in my front right wheel. However! I bought it in Nov 2013 and I've already had a few issues that really … surprised me. The AWD does a really good job in slippery conditions, and I was pretty impressed with it. I average about 24mpg combined (27-28 highway). The fuel economy isn't as bad as some have stated. I really like the design of the vehicle and the interior. I got the 2014 Ford Escape Titanium AWD (2.0 Liter engine).
