Ford Escape?

[Dantilla]

My daughter has saved her pennies and wants a small SUV. She has her eyes on a used Ford Escape. Anybody have any experience?

What's the good, the bad, and the ugly?

[porsche4life]

Love my '14 titanium. Coming up on 30k trouble free miles. My parents and grandparents both have them too and love them. Great driving cars.

[schwarz633]

This is what you have to deal with here in the rust belt on a 2004 Escape. Most prevalent on the passenger side.

[yellowperil]

Rusty rear wheel arches, and once it gets a taste for front wheel bearings at $4-5oo each it never stops. I wouldn't recommend it. There are better small SUV's

[69 Soft Targa]

What year Escape would her pennies buy?

[SCadaddle]

Plenty of Ford Escapes running around here in Mississippi, but I've found they have a fairly choppy ride partly due to the short wheelbase. I prefer my Subaru Legacy Outbacks, and any service or repair parts I ever could need are found through online dealerships in the PNW at a major discount vs. the lone Subaru dealer in the State, where OEM parts are typically Retail + 25%.

[lukeh]

Bought a 2009 and wouldn't do it again. My 20001 CRV was better than the 2009 Escape. Rust in the wheel arches and just a cheap feel.

[shinrai]

Rusty... they are Mazdas. A friend has a 2012 and the rear wheel arches are done. CRV is a great vehicle.

[fastfredracing]

They are o.k but here in the rust belt, they do fall apart. I do quite a bit of service work on these, axles, wheel bearings, driveshafts, 4x4 wiring, plugs, coils. Id take a CRV all day over an escape, but the Ford is probably a whole lot cheaper to purchase .