2014 Ford Escape: whining or grinding noise

Filed Oct 17, 2024 · Transmission · 107,000 miles · MI

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, a whining type noise was present coming from the transmission, the vehicle would not properly accelerate when pressing the accelerator pedal, and the message "Service Transmission" was displayed. The cause of the failures was not yet determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 107,000.

Filed Sep 15, 2022 · Transmission · WA

Was driving 35mph and car started jerking and lost power to gas pedal. I placed it in park, and then in drive. The speedometer trusted to 110 and then it jerked some more, heard a horrible whining noise. I drove home with same issues, about 6 blocks. Then I got a transmission failure message on my dash. Could put in park. Put my e brake on. Had it towed to the dealership. Car only has 55,000 miles on it. Been meticulously maintained. There were no warnings before this incident. Dealership called and said my transmission needs to be replaced. Well we do t have 6000 to fix it and ar still making car payments. I have seen thousands of these complaints online, why isn't Ford doing something for the consumer. This should be a recall. I am not a happy customer

Filed May 2, 2022 · Transmission · MI

Complaint transmission failure at 108,000 miles. No dash board warning light came on. No issue with transmission noticed before the occurrence. Heard a low whining noise while driving on highway, then without any warning the vehicle lost power. Engine would rev, but not power transferred to the wheels. Able to coast to the highway shoulder. Had to have vehicle towed to repair shop. Repair cost: $5,300. I will share the cost estimate if needed. Done with Fords!

Filed Dec 10, 2020 · Lights, Transmission · 133,295 miles · TX

Torque converter, transmission, warning lights on thursday, 12/3/20, my daughter returned home and explained that she noticed a whining sound as she turned into our neighborhood. About 2 hours later she started the car for me and I could not distinguish any sounds to be concerned with and told her she would be fine to drive it to her volleyball practice'I said''it doesn't sound like anything that will cause it to die on the side of the road.' within 10 minutes after leaving called to say the car was losing power and barely moving on a busy city street. She had to coast across oncoming traffic with no power to get to a street where she could wait for me. Ultimately where she was stranded was a dangerous spot to be for other cars turning onto the street because of a wall blocking their view of her vehicle until they made the turn. When I arrived I confirmed that the car was not driveable. Shifting in and out of gears barely generated any movement. It took 20 minutes driving on a residential street at about 3 MPH to reach a parking lot (it took one minute to get the car over a slight hump turning into the parking lot) where I left the vehicle overnight until I could have it towed to a ford dealership. Ford diagnosed the following 'suspect torqueconverter internal failure sent metal through thepump (whine) and through out the rest of thetransmission.' two repair options new transmission for $5,809.18 or overhaul for $5,181.57. This is a common issue and is dangerous enough to warrant a thorough investigation. Vehicles should not go from running fine to complete failure while driving on busy roadways. Replacing a torque converter is one thing but a failure of a torque converter causing a $5,000+ repair job is another thing. Warning light after failure may also need to be investigated. This vehicle has a record of regular routine maintenance.

Filed Jun 10, 2020 · Transmission · 84,074 miles · TN

My wife was traveling at approximately 45 MPH when the vehicle began to slow suddenly. The transmission began to "whine" and would not shift. The vehicle was taken to the local ford dealer for diagnosis. The dealer claimed that the transmission need to be replaced but gave no reason for the failure. The mileage was 84,074. I then had the vehicle towed to a transmission specialist. A thorough inspection revealed that the converter had failed and blew fluid back through the rest of the transmission. A full transmission replacement was still required. The transmission specialist stated that the transmission was too small for the vehicle.

Filed May 10, 2020 · Transmission · 101,900 miles · VA

My girlfriend was driving at about 40 MPH and noticed a whining noise that corresponded with the acceleration of the vehicle. When she came to the next stop light and the light turned green the escape would not accelerate, but the whining was very loud and would only move about 3-4 miles per hour. She pulled over, shut off the engine. Waited and started again. The escape drove for a few minutes and then she felt it slip out of gear and then the engine would just rev. It slipped back into gear and it started to accelerate as normal but with the constant whining sound. She had to stop again. She called a mechanic who came and listened and attempted to drive it and he said the transmission was shot which was obvious at that time. There were no service messages on the dash, no lights came on the dash to indicate low fluid levels. We have serviced our vehicle regularly following the owners manual recommendations. The transmission information only says to check fluid levels at every oil change and change the transmission fluid at 150,000 miles according to the driving conditions. It has 101,900 miles and we still owe on our loan. We purchased it from a ford dealer in feb. 2017. With all of the complaints and issues with the transmissions failing at random ford needs to issue a recall and fix these lemons!!

Filed Mar 4, 2020 · Transmission · 81,175 miles · KY

As I was driving the car started making a loud whine and then violently shaking as it threw the car out of gear and then back into gear. Then rolled for a bit and came to a complete stop.

Filed Mar 2, 2020 · Transmission · 140,000 miles · MI

As I was driving, the car started to make a whining noise, and then a few minutes later the transmission started to slip and the car started to rev up and loose power until the car couldn't move anymore and only rolled.

Filed Sep 8, 2019 · Fuel system · 85,000 miles · FL

Takata recall while I was driving on 95 my car started to make a whining noise and stalled out on the shoulder of 95. When trying to start the vehicle back up. You can tell the whining noise was coming from the gas tank. I took it to the ford dealership but they are telling me there is nothing wrong. It happened two more times after and since I have stopped driving it until I can find out what is wrong with it

Filed Aug 26, 2019 · Transmission · 68,000 miles · IL

While driving the car was making a high pitched whine. Then after turning corner, it shifted/sliped, then no drive at all. Made it to side street, where car did not have any reverse or drive. Also, no warning lights, and still no lights to indicate that something is currently wrong with car.

Filed Jun 3, 2019 · Transmission · 150 miles · GA

In january 2019 my daughter was driving the vehicle and it stopped in the middle of the street and it would not go backwards or forward and there was a loud whining noise coming underneath the hood. It was towed to a shop where we was told the transmission was gone bad and we hadn't had it a year. I work in a call center on behalf of dealerships and I hear the same problem from customers about the ford escape and ford focus about transmissions going bad skipping gears seems like when you mash the accelarator which is what we experienced as well the vehicle is parked because we can't drive it need a transmission and we dont5have the money.

Filed Jan 10, 2019 · Transmission · 85,000 miles · NY

I was told in april of 2018 by my ford dealership that my vehicle needed a new transfer case. After doing my research, I learned that the escape has had transfer case issues from the model year 2002 until 2014 yet ford has done nothing to rectify the situation. I have emailed and postal mailed the ceo of ford with no response. I do not know how a company can let something as significant as this repair go on for twelve years and not recall the vehicle? Eventually this will be a $3000 repair on a four year old vehicle. That is money I do not have. The car continues to make a whining noise when driving on any terrain at any speed.