# 02 Ford Escape Transmission Failure **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** escape, transmissions, ford, failure\ **Created:** [October 31, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/02-ford-escape-transmission-failure/38871 "2009-10-31T20:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eab2217](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@eab2217](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eab2217)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/02-ford-escape-transmission-failure/38871/1 "2009-10-31T20:04:22Z")
With only 54,000 miles and no history of transmission issues my Escape went from 70 to 0 in a matter of seconds. The transmission suffered a “catastrophic failure” (I’ll say) and needs to be replaced. As this seems to be a common thing with these cars I’m wondering if anyone else has had the same experience and if the second transmission had any problems. ---
**Author:** ![NemoNrnWisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NemoNrnWisc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NemoNrnWisc)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/02-ford-escape-transmission-failure/38871/2 "2010-11-03T02:34:24Z")
The trans in my 2002 Escape died at about 88000 miles, in September 2009. Since it was out of warranty, I took it to a local shop. $2200 and two weeks later, I got my Escape back. In July 2010, it started shifting really hard… It almost gave me whiplash. I took it back to the shop, and got it back after another two weeks. Then, in September 2010, the trans died again. After another two weeks, I got it back again. I took it to a dealer to have them scan the computers, but they found no error codes. So now, I have 2002 Escape with 98000 miles, and I absolutely dread driving it. I used to think it was the greatest vehicle I ever owned, and now I wish it would blow up.