2009 Ford Escape Engine

CONTINUOUS EMISSION OF VISIBLE PARTICULATE MATTER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN FROM THE INTERIOR HEATING/COOLING AIR DUCTS OF 2009 FORD ESCAPE. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE. PARTICULATE CAUSES COUGHING AND SNEEZING. DEALER STATES THAT IT IS JUST INSULATION THAT IS NON-TOXIC AND NOT HARMFUL. I DO NOT AGREE AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SAMPLES TESTED FOR TOXICITY AND POTENTIAL HARMFUL EFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS INHALATION. *TR

2009 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED WITH 4WD AND 4 CYLINDER ENGINE HAS CONTINUED TO SPEW FLACKY WHITE MATERIAL FROM THE HEATING/AC DUCTS WHEN THE SYSTEM'S FAN IS OPERATING. UPON RETURN TO THE DEALER, I WAS INFORMED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN EXISTED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER SUPPOSEDLY FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS IN THE MANUFACTURER'S BULLETIN.THE DEALER ALSO INDICATED THE MATERIAL WAS INSULATION AND NON TOXIC AND NOT A CARCINOGEN. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXIST WITH SMALLER PARTICLES BEING SPEWED FORTH WHENEVER THE SYSTEM IS TURNED ON. I AM CONCERNED THAT CONTINUOUS INHALATION OF THIS MATERIAL WILL HAVE BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM HEALTH CONSEQUENCES FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. SINCE THERE IS ALREADY A TECHNICAL BULLETIN OUT, MY SITUATION IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I PLAN TO RETURN TO THE DEALER FOR RESOLUTION BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE IS MORE AT RISK. HOW DO I DETERMINE THAT INHALATION OF THIS MATERIAL IS NOT TOXIC AND DOES NOT IMPOSE A HEALTH RISK?? *TR

2009 FORD ESCAPE TIMING CHAIN CASE COVER CRACKED. THIS CAUSED MISALIGNMENT OF THE ATTACHED PULLEY AND SUBSEQUENT DETACHMENT OF THE SERPENTINE BELT. THERE WERE 13600 MILES ON THE 4 CYLINDER ENGINE AT THE TIME IT OCCURRED. *TR

THIS COMPLAINT APPLIES TO THE 2009 ESCAPE HYBRID MODEL ONLY. WHILE CHANGING OIL IN THE VEHICLE, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE OIL FILLER TUBE IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD (ONE OF THE HOTTEST PARTS OF THE ENGINE BAY). I SPILLED A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL WHILE REFILLING (2 TABLESPOONS) AND NOTICED IT DROPPED ONTO THE MANIFOLD, WHICH HAS SOME CREASES AND FOLDS IN IT THAT CAN CATCH THE OIL AND POOL IT. EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE HAD BEEN OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES, IT WAS STILL HOT ENOUGH TO START SMOKING SLIGHTLY. AFTER WIPING UP WHAT OIL I COULD WITH A RAG, I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND IT BEGAN SMOKING AGAIN WITHIN 20 SECONDS. NO DOUBT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE IN THE ENGINE BAY WITHIN MINUTES HAD I NOT WIPED UP THE POOLED OIL FROM THE MANIFOLD. *TR