Complaint 2219198
2018 FORD ESCAPE • ENGINE • incident Jun 23, 2026
Complaint Summary
ENGINE
Owner Narrative
I bought the vehicle used with 98,000 miles. After a few months of driving and reaching 103,000 miles is when the problem occurred. As active duty military I was in the field for 2 days. When I had gotten out of the field I started the car and was sitting there for about 2 minutes and seen the temperature gauge starting to rise. So I turned the heat on full blast and started to drive, then the temperature gauge went all the way to the hot position and went into limp mode. I turned the car off popped the hood and seen it drank all of the coolant. So I refilled the coolant and let it sit for about 24 hours. The next day i turned the key over to supply battery and seen it was still completely hot. Iâve done some research and believe Iâm experiencing the beloved coolant intrusion.
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