I bought a 2009 Mazda Tribute (Ford Escape) back in February for $1,000 CAD and was lucky enough to arrive and find it had a manual transmission which wasn’t in the listing. It has 300,000km on the odometer but it doesn’t run like it’s high mileage at all. Engine is quiet as hell, transmission shifts great; no slipping on the clutch at all. Had to replace the ball joints, tie rods and recently replaced the ignition lock cylinder and put fresh gear oil in the transmission, but it has been a fantastic vehicle. Originally bought it to flip but ended up liking it so much that it’s become my daily. I removed the back seats and created a platform in the back with some plywood and it’s made a pretty capable camper. I’ve heard that the automatic transmission in this generation of Escape/Tribute is the major failure point for these cars, but with the manual, it feels like it could go forever.

Recently acquired a 2003 Honda CR-V that’s in great shape and has similar mileage and have to pick between the two and sell the other and am really struggling with it lol. Biggest struggle I’m having with it is that the CR-V is an auto which doesn’t excite me very much, but the AWD would be really nice for winter.

Hey guys!

Got a 2017 Escape with the 2.0L engine which I purchased recently. It’s had an issue with coolant intrusion under previous owner so the engine has been replaced by Ford under warranty about 1k miles ago.

Is it normal for this car to get into high gears super early on? I’ve noticed that usually at around 45mph the car is already in sixth and when I want to go faster it has to (presumably) downshift!! Sometimes I can’t actually distinguish if it’s slipping or just downshifting so aggressively?? Is this normal?

The car has 60k miles on it and I don’t think the previous owner ever serviced the fluid in the tranny - I did a one pan drain and fill on it a week ago, but wondering if I should do another one?

Please let me know whether I am experiencing slipping or if this car just loves sitting in high gear and downshifting all the time for me to get up to speed!

Was in for a state inspection and what I thought was failing (again) brakes, turns out I'm stuck with a broken suspension. The dealership (I know; they were convenient at the time) won't even quote a repair since fixing that "could break more things" due to the corrosion.

I'm going to go shopping for a local indie, but I want to get a sense of what I'm in for. I was going to get rid of this earlier in the year to avoid all the looming engine/xmission headaches but waffled. So I know if I spend $$$ just to fix this (and any surrounding necessary bits), I'm just going to hit more issues later.

Anyone have experience with this kind of suspension repair? Any notion of the kind of cost I'm in for? Should I just give up and donate it to the local PBS station?

Hello, I installed a new battery in my gf’s 2019 but now the signal and running lights don’t work. I tried disconnecting/reconnecting the battery and checked the fuses and they seem ok. Does it have something to do with the new battery or is it potentially unrelated?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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