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Ford 2012 Escape Problems
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Lang" data-source="post: 992244" data-attributes="member: 65699"><p>I have recently inherited a 2012 FWD Escape which is loaded with a few features (leather, sunroof, heated seats, basic Sync, colored interior lighting) but is equipped with only the NA 4-cylinder engine.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As far as I can tell, this is the same 2.5 NA engine that is in the much smaller and lighter 2012 Fusion.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The problem is that the Escape, with this engine, can NOT get out of its own way. The acceleration on this thing is horrible. Can anything be done about this? I have doubts, I don't even think that an Xcal tune could make a noticeable improvement.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's actually worse than the acceleration of our 2010 4-cylinder RAV4. I didn't know that was possible.:bwahaha: This car, while nice on the inside, is horribly smoked by our "ancient" 2002 Odyssey. It is barely driveable, and having to often accelerate hard (as hard as this car can) to keep pace with traffic is killing its MPG. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Why on Earth would Ford put this underpowered engine into this vehicle? Also, why do they make a FWD SUV, that's almost as backwards as a FWD pickup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Lang, post: 992244, member: 65699"] I have recently inherited a 2012 FWD Escape which is loaded with a few features (leather, sunroof, heated seats, basic Sync, colored interior lighting) but is equipped with only the NA 4-cylinder engine. As far as I can tell, this is the same 2.5 NA engine that is in the much smaller and lighter 2012 Fusion. The problem is that the Escape, with this engine, can NOT get out of its own way. The acceleration on this thing is horrible. Can anything be done about this? I have doubts, I don't even think that an Xcal tune could make a noticeable improvement. It's actually worse than the acceleration of our 2010 4-cylinder RAV4. I didn't know that was possible.:bwahaha: This car, while nice on the inside, is horribly smoked by our "ancient" 2002 Odyssey. It is barely driveable, and having to often accelerate hard (as hard as this car can) to keep pace with traffic is killing its MPG. Why on Earth would Ford put this underpowered engine into this vehicle? Also, why do they make a FWD SUV, that's almost as backwards as a FWD pickup. [/QUOTE]
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