2023 Ford Escape Active: Nice to drive, but PAINFUL to live with…

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Күн бұрын

Today, I come to you from Milwaukee Wisconsin, where I review my rental car, which, for reasons described in the video, has been driving me crazy! Enjoy!
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@TG-cp1in Ай бұрын

Mine works well , wireless apple and android are working perfectly .. and you canturn off the rear seat check alarm lol.. but this guy is great .. i enjoyed the review

@MrFlightman00 4 ай бұрын

You're not wrong about the Apple car play not functioning properly. I rented 2 different Ford Escapes during the time period that my 2013 Ford Focus was getting repaired at the dealership. One of them was the St-Line trim & the other one was the base trim. Long story short, both of them constantly failed to connect properly to my iPhone and when the Apple Car play did work, my music would either suddenly stop and start playing by itself OR the damn screen would begin to flicker and freeze making it completely useless. What makes this even crazy is that both Escapes had less than 5k miles on it.

@freshtowels3917 4 ай бұрын

This video was hilarious. Loved all the reliability shots taken at Ford. "The hood tends to have a lot of space for you to work on the car and that's a good thing because Fords tend to explode." LOL very true.

@Lebowski5000 4 ай бұрын

It looks much better than the previous generation at least!

@theoblongbox4909 3 ай бұрын

Wow. You have basically convinced me not to get this car. I take my apple CarPlay and navigation very seriously. Unreliability in those areas is an instant no for me with cars.

@Benkatz1987Katz-vh7jh Ай бұрын

I love my 2024 ST Elite!!!

@patrickgagnon9662 4 ай бұрын

I'm a CX-5er but an upscale version of the Escape with the best engine is very powerful and can take on my CX-5 turbo .

@eddiepearson7377 4 ай бұрын

I really like mine and was prepared to be annoyed by a negative review but it’s very valid. The tech package with the larger infotainment is a huge improvement and largely addresses all the issues. Happened to get mine around 28k with that package at a small dealer trying to move inventory.

@dylanwanke256 4 ай бұрын

I work in service at a ford dealership and YUP, the infotainment screen is one of the most common things we see with the newer sync systems, its usually solved by replacing the APIM module and then works really well after that! I imagine most rental fleets don't have them taken to the dealer to fix it which sucks because I think the experience would be so much better. but holy cow it'd be nice if it worked well straight out of the box 😭

@chitwngmr Ай бұрын

None of these issues in my our 2024 Active.... 🤷🏾‍♂

@Benkatz1987Katz-vh7jh Ай бұрын

If you get the tech package you get a huge infotainment screen

@jamesrice9768 23 күн бұрын

Typically bad kid review….

@homelessEh 4 ай бұрын

i miss my old 94 geo metro suzuki swift pontiac firefly or what have you with the lil lunchbox 3 cylinder.

@homelessEh 4 ай бұрын

sadly all 3 cylinders have that flaw where the middle cylinder always gets the shit kicked out of it being the one that Gets hottest and rings fail first annnnnd head gasket..goes always ..around the 3rd..

@Benkatz1987Katz-vh7jh Ай бұрын

Again it’s upgrade the instrument panel is all digital and shows everything you need

@Benkatz1987Katz-vh7jh Ай бұрын

If you move to ST you get the fog light

@Benkatz1987Katz-vh7jh Ай бұрын

Nobody listen to this review! I do recommend moving up to the ST line. I love my ST Elite with the B&O stereo!

@juxty3102 4 ай бұрын

Does the 1.5 ecoboost 3 cylinder have a timing belt or chain. If it's a belt is it a wet belt system i.e a rubber belt running in the engine oil?

@the_random_wacky_games 3 ай бұрын

im pretty sure it has a wet belt

@jmc6000 2 ай бұрын

@@the_random_wacky_games Incorrect as it uses a chain and not a wet belt

@the_random_wacky_games 2 ай бұрын

@@jmc6000 alright thank you for letting me know

@adanreyes-fp7wc 4 ай бұрын

It's expensive compared to other crossovers

@rwh_ 4 ай бұрын

The MSRP is high but they hand out big discounts on these at the dealers

@mikestrickland6290 3 ай бұрын

It's a small SUV not a crossover

@baronvonjo1929 4 ай бұрын

I think it looks fine. But I rarely see them. I feel like Ford really has burned upntheir reputation in the past ten years. Had a family friend whose 2016 Escape transmission died at 70k and other Ford owners I knew had issues.

@freshtowels3917 4 ай бұрын

Ford reputation is terrible now. It was never great but the third generation escape was so bad, i don't know how anyone who owned that POS would ever buy another Ford. And Ecoboost engines in general are not great.