1) I haven't had it happen to ours, but it is documented as happening to some people. Ford's fix is to replace the door if you're in warranty. Out of warranty I've seen posts where shops have drilled the spot welds out and used rivets..
2) I've not see this one, the plastic clips holding the hood insulator pop right off, there's nothing special to pulling them.

 

Do yourself a favor and sell the truck. I bought the same SUV and trim package and have had more issues than I can remember. The latest being that all four of the tires that came with the vehicle need to be replaced. Supposedly they're 30,000 mile tires and even though the truck barely has 7,000 miles on it the replacement cost will not be covered under the warranty. I'm selling mine and will never buy another Ford product again. Save yourself the headaches that will surely happen and get rid of the piece of s**t while you can.

 

I have a 2020 Titanium (first year of this generation in which most of the bugs appear) loaded with just about all of the packages/options, and I have had NO problems. I have taken it in for all of the recalls, even though I had not experienced any of the problems. I think you may have just been unlucky and gotten a rare bad vehicle. I have owned Fords for decades and not one was a lemon. Did you invoke your state’s lemon law for these problems? Don’t curse the whole company for one vehicle’s problems.

 

We heard back from Ford yesterday, and they are fixing the door guide problem. It goes to the shop on Dec. 18. The windshield washer hose was a simple fix. All is good.

 

Our 2021 (bought in in December 2021) went through the battery in 2 years and both front doors have the spot welds breaking. I drilled them out and riveted one and getting ready to do the other. Spot welds should not be busting after 2 years. I have had a lot of cars during my life (I'm 62) and this is the first one I have ever had that had spot welds busting. Manufacturer defect that costs $2500 each door for Ford to repair. I chose to spend half a day to repair it myself. Now the shifter puts itself in Park when I back up and come to a stop.

 

Ford fixed our door problem, but I was ready to fix it myself, if they weren't. My neighbor is a retired body guy, and he was going to spot weld it back together. Other than that, this is our 2nd Escape, and we've been very happy.

 

I’m glad it worked out for you. My concern is the spot weld issue is a Manufacturer defect and shouldn’t be happening at all and Ford will only fix it if you’re under 3 years and 36000 miles I hope you continue to have no issues with your vehicle

 

I totally agree about the fact that's it's Ford's defect. I told that to the service guy, he said he'd turn it into Ford, and that same day Ford responded saying they will take of it, even with 48,000. miles. I guess I got lucky, or maybe Ford is getting closer to getting it's head out it's butt, and realizing that perhaps a recall should be done. I won't hold my breath.

 

According to this article, no recall, but a customer satisfaction program is in place. I think that means if you take it in they will fix it for free.

US regulators close investigation into Ford Escape door latches, will not seek a recall

 

I also have a 21. Love the car but because of the problems I've had it's a POS.

 

Not sure how you "Love" a POS?

 

I have a 2021 ford escape titanium…I’m having trouble connecting to the internet so I can update my sync 3…it just keeps spinning

 

What is your latest sync3 version and build?

 

I have no idea…I have never done an update just figured everything was turned on to automatically to update

 

If you have wifi auto updates turned on it will eventually update new versions etc. apart from maps if you have Nav.

When you say it just keeps spinning are you referring to when you are searching for wifi updates on sync or when you initially enter the wifi password to connect?

If it is the former you are probably up to date and it cannot locate anything later causing it to endlessly spin.

You can find the latest update by going to 'settings > general > about sync' or similar and the latest version update is 3.4.23188.