We used to have a 2005 Ford Escape which was a very good vehicle in winter. It was great on snowy roads and could handle big potholes. The transmission had to be replaced at 65K miles and it had a recurrent problem where the plastic throttle body got stuck and you couldn't accelerate. We traded it in after 12 years.
Now I'm wishing I had that Escape back again, but without those issues. Did Ford ever address them? Is there a good year in that 2005-2012 range?
@mrblint
did you do frequent transmission fluid change when you drove those 65k miles? if you did not, thats why it failed
I am a stickler about having all required services done. Is that your downvote? If so, may I ask why?
a lot of bad transmissions but overall many were decent vehicles but once they get over about 150,000 or so they generally turn into money pits
