Explain that, please.
I asked whether the 2025 2.5L hybrid in the Escape is still an "issue."
Or is it Ford Hate?
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Explain that, please.
I asked whether the 2025 2.5L hybrid in the Escape is still an "issue."
Or is it Ford Hate?
Negative. It’s merely a cautionary tale that is indicative of the morales of the company OP was considering buying from.
my brother bought a new escape hybrid in o8. its battery died at 44k
Older “hi tech” cars of which I own two would be completely unrepairable without a strong hobbiest group that has hacked and decoded all modules so you can keep the cars on the road.
My comment applies to all modern vehicles, they aren’t repairable and maintainable for the long run without it.
Most 2.5’s are reliable with a few edge cases, Ford 2020-??? Seems to have lots of strange electrical issues.
Several folks on the Maverick forums keep multiple jump start devices in their 2.5 hybrid due to repeatedly having the 12v run down with in some cases the fix not working.
There have also been fire recalls and various other time wasters.
Obviously different model but a similar drivetrain.
How many years old was it when the battery died?
Currently the battery warranty is 8 years or 100,000 miles.
I believe hybrids have a 10/150k in California, which should be a national requirement to force manufacturers to “do better “ considering some of the turds that have sold 2016-2023 (not talking Ford specifically but Nissan would benefit from a mandatory 10/150k on engine & transmission, others should have it on battery/emissions)
I'm sure that requirement will increase the sticker price.
I doubt Nissan fixing its design so they aren’t having to replace 2 transmissions under the current short warranty would increase price.
So It wouldn’t if components were designed correctly. Toyotas before 2010 regularly made it well past that mark using a transmission designed in the 60’s
My $9999 Cobalt has close to 200,000 miles but GM was forced to replace a defective chain early in life.
If that thing can make it one would hope any manufacturer can build a drivetrain that doesn’t fall apart around 100,000 miles, in fact I know they can because they all have at one point or another.
Its honestly unacceptable at this point making vehicles that are trash at the same mileage 70’s era cars were with engine/transmissions that cost more than the car and are non-rebuildable
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The fix worked for me. No more deep sleep issues. The fix was for a parasitic draw issue in the Electric A/C system.
Have you seen a Subaru engine taken apart? I will never buy one. Needless complexity.
The Crown is a sedan to my eye.
The local dealers are very proud of the CRV and they are not great on interior space compared to the competition.
To each his own, I would not buy any of those under any circumstance.
[edit] your second post, CR recommends a Tucson Hybrid with reliability of 44/100 by their own data? what is the world coming to?
There are tons of them outside the US. Even in relatively large vehicles. The automakers are not close to killing them off.