2007 Ford Escape consumer reviews

I bought this car used in October 2007. It had 42000 miles on it. Now in 2024, it has over 400000 miles on it and is still running great. It's a true testament to how a quality car with regular maintenance can almost last forever. It's exterior is beat up and so is the interior, but mechanically, it's as good as the day it left the factory.

I have to admit upfront that I recently purchased the vehicle. I have never owned a Ford in the last 50 years. I made Chevy Silverado and Nissan titan/frontier four-wheel-drive guy. I had the opportunity in the last month to purchase a 2007 Ford escape Limited Front wheel drive. It has 93,000 miles on it and is 17 years old. You know the old saying it was owned by a little old lady that drove it to Church in the grocery store. This was true it was owned by an elderly lady whom I knew, and her husband , that drove it as a second car. It has a manual of all of the maintenance and service work. It is literally meant condition. The interior if I would set you in there, blindfolded and take the blindfold off you would swear that it was a new car. No exaggeration. Has new tires on it and I picked it up for a couple of thousand dollars. I feel as though even though I have owned 15 new cars and trucks in my life this might be my best vehicle purchase ever.

This a good little car. Easy to drive & park but the rear section is very poorly designed. You can't lower the back seat with a normal mechanism that every other vehicle has had for 30 years. This ridiculous setup has you trying to pull on straps to get the seats down. I do not have the physical strength to do it. My rear seats have been stuck in a half up half down situation for 2 years. It badly affects the pet barrier because there is nothing solid on the bottom to hold it in place. I cannot change the position at all now.On that basis I would not recommend this vehicle to anyone who needs to be able to get their rear sets up & down. Absolutely apalling & impractical design flaw. It defeats the purpose of a buyoing a car like that.

Local car only. Long runs are not the best. Transmission; had it happen to me. It goes out around 200,000 miles. Have heard this from many people. Overall Escape is not a bad vehicle.

I absolutely loved this vehicle until took it to the shop today I'm a second owner on the vehicle I bought it at 15,000 miles on it it has less than a hundred and seventy thousand miles on it in 2007 Ford Escapes have a notorious problem with Rust in the back shock punching back up through the frame and body of the back of the Escape. Ford has no recalls on this now the car that I absolutely love is no longer Street worthy drivable because of this problem they had a problem they've recalled other vehicles of that year for rust but not to 2007 Ford Escape and that is absolutely mind-boggling and depressing. I paid a lot of money for this vehicle took very good care of it and it didn't matter I just put in $1,600 to have a new muffler put on new brakes the whole nine yards and I have the car back in a week and the rear shock punches through the back wheel well I'm angry I would not recommend this vehicle (and I'm a lifetime Ford customer) at 50,000 miles I had to have the four by four mechanism replaced that was no longer under warranty.

2007 Ford Escape 2.3L XLS. This is the 4 cylinder engine with FWD. I am the second owner. It was always serviced by the first owner an now myself between 6,000 and 7,500 miles (Mobil 1, Wix oil filters). Never any engine or transmission problems (the transmission has only had the fluid changed a couple of times). The exhaust and suspension have both been replaced once. I drive all my vehicles at least to the 300,000 mark and this one I feel will have no problem getting there.

I love this truck it has everything I could ask for and more. With 40,000 miles and 13 years old the truck runs as if it were brand new. I absolutely love how much trunk space it has and I love the glass liftgate. The truck handles like a car it is great around turns and does very well in Slippery conditions

i use mine for work and pulling my small trailer and it has plenty of power the all wheel drive is excellent Annoying you can just about go anywhere .

We bought this car new. Paid off and expected it to go up to 150 to 200,000. Well...the engine could and most of the other parts but the car started rusting at the back wheel wells pretty early on and it was to the point that it was embarrassing. It also had rust on the inside of the hatch door. Last week I started looking at all the Mariners and Escapes in the grocery store parking lot. MANY of these cars have the same rust issue. I LOVED this car/truck...This is my 4th Ford bought from a dealer new. This is the LAST Ford I will buy. I am thoroughly disgusted. Dealer I bought my Chevy from said this is common...and I saw it with my own eyes.

I have a Ford Escape with 100,000 miles with transmission trouble and it is a common problem and Ford hasn’t recalled so it drives the price down of the vehicle because it cost more to fix that they sell it for at the used car lot