2015 Ford Escape: transmission slipping

Filed Mar 24, 2026 · Transmission · PA

Took care & kept up with car maintenance quite regularly, including oil and transmission fluid drain & fills. No signs of any issues. Going uphill and suddenly transmission starts slipping and pump is suddenly whirring loud. No urgent lights or dash messages. Drove it a little further (i was already super close to my destination) and within a minute the car is violently jerking. Loud metal bangs and clank sounds and lost power. RPMs up but can’t get into gear. It will jerk & move by itself at idle because can’t stay in park either. Still no warning message. Got it towed—dealership found NO transmission codes, but found one code, p0219, engine over speed; most likely from the RPMs spiking due to the slippage. The trans fluid level was ok but it was black and burnt, despite being serviced months ago. They confirmed it will need a total replacement transmission.

Filed Nov 21, 2025 · Engine · MI

The 6F35 transmission in my vehicle is shuddering and it seems like it’s going to possibly mess up my engine or anything else soon. It also jerks a bit forward from 0-25 along with gears slipping. This has almost caused an accident for me.

Filed May 3, 2024 · Transmission · MN

I have 2 ford escapes, a 2015 (referenced in this complaint) and a 2016. Both have experienced catastrophic transmission failure within weeks of each other. The transmission would slip, shudder and eventually disable and indicate service is needed. This happened while traveling highway speeds and the vehicle became disabled on the highway. As it was sudden, there was not time to get it safely off of the road and presented hazards to me and other drives until a tow truck could be engaged.

Filed Jul 29, 2023 · MD

My transmission is slipping and won’t change gears consistently.I bought it in for recall work but it seems like the issue wasn’t fixed 2015 Ford escape

Filed Apr 30, 2023 · Transmission · IN

While driving on rural roads (30-45mph) the vehicle had a sudden loss in power, as though the transmission was slipping. The problem went away as suddenly as its onset, but approximately a week later, a warning 'Transmission Failure, Service Now.' appeared and the vehicle immediately went into limp mode, and would not shift into higher gears. AAA was called to tow the vehicle to the dealer for service. The Ford dealer received the vehicle and reported that the clutch plates had failed. This vehicle had the original transmission fail at 65,000 miles. Ford refused to pay for any parts or labor, as the car was out-of-warranty (by 5000 miles). Customer payed out-of-pocket for diagnosis, parts, and labor to install a new transmission ($5820.86). The second failure noted above occurred at 81,000 miles (only 15,000 miles / 18 months on the new transmission) and was covered under the warranty of the prior transmission.

Filed Mar 2, 2023 · Transmission · 98,400 miles · NV

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Escape. The contact stated that after coming to a stop at a traffic signal, the transmission was slipping. The oil warning light was illuminated. The contact had received notification of the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train). The vehicle was towed to a local dealer to be serviced under the recall. The vehicle was repaired; however, the contact was then informed the vehicle could not be returned and was inoperable. The vehicle remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, and a case was opened. The approximate failure mileage was 98,400.

Filed Oct 11, 2022 · Transmission · NJ

While driving on a multi-lane road going 60mph the Transmission Fault Service Now warning popped up on my dash. Within a minute after I could feel the transmission moving into neutral, causing the RPMs to go very high, then the card would buck violently and it would go back into drive allowing me to continue to try to drive it to safety. This happened 3 or so more times as I had to stop at a traffic light with my hazards and I was unable to get the car to move forward again until the transmission slipped back into gear and I was narrowly able to get off the main road before it completely stopped working. My parking brake had to be engaged to stay still.

Filed Sep 13, 2022 · Engine · OK

Transmission slips and is a safety hazard for my family unknown when it's in p or D no indication

Filed Aug 16, 2022 · Transmission · 102,000 miles · IN

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Escape. The contact stated while he and his wife were driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle was shuddering. The vehicle also was not shifting into gear and had unusual noise from the engine. There was a service transmission warning light illuminated. The contact also stated the transmission was slipping when attempted to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was currently being diagnosed. The dealer did a test drive and indicated was not sure if the failure was related to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 102,000 .

Filed Aug 16, 2022 · Transmission · 133,000 miles · IN

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 MPH and attempting to accelerate, the vehicle was slipping gears. The transmission warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 133,000.

Filed Jul 20, 2022 · Transmission · VA

My Vehicle had no issues prior to the date of 6/02/2022. On this date I was driving in a large city when my transmission kept switching gears by itself slipping. Eventually my transmission went out in whole. It was towed day of and was told that my transmission needed to be replaced fully. I had checked online to make sure no recalls were on my vehicle at that time. This happened to be false information. On 7/15/22 after 6 weeks of being in the shop I received my vehicle back. It is now 7/20/22 and I have received a recall in the mail for my transmission. I have done my research and am I aware that there is compensation involved in the incident that happened with my vehicle. I should have been told 60 days ago that there was a recall before such incident happened like I should have been. I will have a lawyer involved if no contact is made. I have gone through too much stress and turmoil to not have my case filed and looked at.

Filed Jun 17, 2022 · Transmission · MI

I was on my way to work, going about 40 mph, when all of the sudden my car slipped out of gear and a service transmission light came on. I pulled off the road and put the car in park, after that I tried to put the car and drive and it would only go in reverse. There were no warning lights or problems prior to this incident. I had the car towed to my home.