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#228 of 661 Re: 2013 Ford Escape [vdm123] by escapeism

Oct 08, 2012 (6:10 pm)

Replying to: vdm123 (Oct 08, 2012 3:01 pm)
This is the exact reason I ordered my Escape Titanium without Nav and without Parking Tech Package. Only got the roof and tow package. Very happy with mine, and its my first US car since 1983. FYI, if you are plugging in MP3s and they have any corruption or non compatible file types on them they will mess up the system. I found out the hard way and once I formatted and rebooted I have no problems

#229 of 661 Re: 2013 Escape SEL 2.0 AWD Gas Mileage [cbc410] by barney001

Oct 08, 2012 (7:05 pm)

Replying to: cbc410 (Oct 01, 2012 10:22 pm)
We are getting 10 Litres/100kms or just over 23 US mpg in a mix of city and highway driving. The highway portion is a mix of freeway and undulating secondary highways. We just passed a 1000 kms on our Titanium 2.0 AWD.

#230 of 661 Re: Problem with playing through Phone [escapeism] by vdm123

Oct 09, 2012 (7:53 am)

Replying to: escapeism (Sep 29, 2012 5:40 pm)
I have to disagree with the statement that people's "phones are corrupting the Sync system". That's simply not the case. People's phones are not transmitting viruses to the Sync system. What is happening is that the Sync system is not designed to accommodate standard design features of the various phones on the market. In other words, the Sync system has glitches and shortcomings.

#231 of 661 2013 Titanium 2.0---8 weeks and 2500 miles by al63017

Oct 09, 2012 (4:43 pm)

I am sorry to read new owners having problems as there is nothing more exciting than getting a new car and having problems sure takes some of the excitement off the experience. Stick with it and hopefully with some help from the dealer and FORD you will see some light at the end of the tunnel. These problems should be corrected. I think at some point you have to ask to talk to a Ford Regional Manager that serves a region of dealer ships if things do not improve.
 
This forum was so helpful when I first started to consider buying this vehicle. To sum up my experience the vehicle has been flawless. I use my Samsung Note Smartphone daily for all kinds of things. MFT and SYNC both work for whatever I try to do. My back up camera when backing out of parking places has been a huge help. I would not want to own a car without one. I also appreciate the extra help the blind side/cross traffic alert to help with lane changes on the inter state and again would not want a car without this. My mpg over those 2500 miles of 60 per cent highway and 40 per cent city driving is 26.2 calculated with a calculator. Pure inter state trips are a few mpg better and pure stop and go city are a few mpg less. I do not have the leaks, extra annoying alerts and other issues. I am most grateful for that. I drove Honda's for years and they were only change the oil and buy gas vehicles for me. This Escape is as good as any Honda I have ever owned. I add this note for others viewing this board for I certainly had some trepidation after reading this forum and the problems. I also hope this helps owners with problems see that they can get to a problem free vehicle if Ford helps them. I imagine there may be 20 or 30 thousand of these on the road by now and suspect many are problem free. The Honda forum I used to read has their share of problems also. I usually fade away from these forums in a few months after buying a car as most people do not post good news and use these as an outlet to help solve problems and report problems which is very helpful. So parting with some good news. This forum helps you evaluate a car when driving it so you can look for problems before buying vehicles. You would have no clue what to look for if you had not viewed the comments on these forums. Thanks to all of you posters for your help!!! If I had it to do over again I would buy this vehicle again.

#232 of 661 Re: 2013 Titanium 2.0---8 weeks and 2500 miles [al63017] by steve_ HOST

Oct 09, 2012 (6:33 pm)

Replying to: al63017 (Oct 09, 2012 4:43 pm)
Thanks for the report. Maybe you can visit the Ford Escape Real World MPG discussion and repost your mpg findings so far to help seed that discussion with 2013 posts. Thanks!

#234 of 661 Re: 2013 Titanium 2.0---8 weeks and 2500 miles [al63017] by tim156

Oct 10, 2012 (5:46 am)

Replying to: al63017 (Oct 09, 2012 4:43 pm)
Thanks for the positive and optimistic summary. What you wrote is exactly what I've experienced, including the percent freeway/city/mpg's. I couldn't have said it better myself. Happy motoring.

#235 of 661 Re: 2013 Titanium 2.0---8 weeks and 2500 miles [al63017] by flgal07

Oct 10, 2012 (6:29 am)

Replying to: al63017 (Oct 09, 2012 4:43 pm)
Thanks MUCH I was worried as I bought mine manufactured in 9/12. I have had NO problems pretty much sums it up what you said! I had evaluated the Edge extensively and didn't like it. On a whim tried the Escape and fell in love. Bought without much thought to quality issues and it worked out fine despite reading up on it after the purchase. I have had it 3 weeks. Mixed driving. Works great. Don't be scared folks!

#237 of 661 2013 Escape distorted windsheild by titanium2

Oct 12, 2012 (9:50 am)

I bought a new titanium . like the car all but the windsheild has about a 6 inch section through the middle that is distorted. I took back to dealer they acknowlodged it. Brought another new escape around an it had similiar distortion. Ford reply is they all have its the way the car's windsheild is made. I dont agree with that.

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