# Are ford escapes prone to tranny problems @ 80,000 miles?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-ford-escapes-prone-to-tranny-problems-80-000-miles/6358>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 24, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-ford-escapes-prone-to-tranny-problems-80-000-miles/6358 "2007-10-24T03:12:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![scgregg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@scgregg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/scgregg)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-ford-escapes-prone-to-tranny-problems-80-000-miles/6358/1 "2007-10-24T03:12:19Z")

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'01 escape, family car, automatic, maintained well, rarely in 4wd mode, tranny seems to slip…any experience here?

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-ford-escapes-prone-to-tranny-problems-80-000-miles/6358/2 "2007-10-24T06:23:52Z")

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How many times has the transmission fluid been changed over this 80k miles/ 7 year period?