2014 FORD ESCAPE — Complaint #1837851
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:SHAFT:INPUT filed September 1, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1837851 (ODI reference 11482443) concerns a 2014 FORD ESCAPE and was filed on September 1, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 30, 2022. The vehicle had 165,842 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Missouri based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:automatic transmission:internal:shaft:input, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD ESCAPE cohort independently describe similar power train:automatic transmission:internal:shaft:input failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 FORD ESCAPE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. The contact stated while pulling out of a parking spot and approaching a stop sign, she heard an abnormal popping sound. The contact shifted into park(P); however, the vehicle began to roll backwards. The contact engaged the electronic parking brake. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the front axle had detached from the transmission. The dealer replaced the driveshaft seal and bushings, and the transmission fluid; however, while driving a month later, a bystander informed the contact that the vehicle was leaking fluid. The contact veered to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to a second dealer Sunset Ford (11700 Gravois Rd, St. Louis, MO 63127) where it was diagnosed that the front axle had created two holes in the transmission, which caused the transmission fluid to leak. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 165, 842.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1837851 |
| ODI Number | 11482443 |
| Date Filed | September 1, 2022 |
| Failure Date | July 30, 2022 |
| VIN | 1FMCU9G94EU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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