![]() It is my understanding that cars purchased before the owners manual changes are still covered by warranty (when flat towed), but you're rolling the dice and taking your chances. The owners manuals for the affected cars are now including an insert stating the non-towability, and the cars now being purchased are not covered by warranty if the owners try to flat tow them. My assumption is that since there are still cases of transmission failures, even with the lowering of the fluid level, that Ford has just thrown up their hands and declared these affected cars as non-towable. Ford has even suggested installing a transmission pump to keep the fluid flowing, and therefore cool (Remco has come up with a pump specifically for the Escape and the 6F35 transmission). Many people have had success with this alteration, but there have still been some cases of fried trannys. ![]() Supposedly this would prevent the ATF from foaming, being forced out the dipstick tube (due to heat buildup), and eventually ruining the transmission. It seems that after a number of toasted transmissions, Ford decided (with TSB 11-7-15) that so long as the tranny fluid level was lowered to just above the fill mark, these affected cars were still towable. This is the tranny that has caused all the grief (and confusion) with regards to flat towing. The V-6 Escape (both FWD and AWD) have the 6F35 (6-speed) transmission. But, so was the non-hybrid Escape- and clearly that has been "revisited".Īfter much digging around, on these forums along with others, I think I've got a handle on what the real situation is. I can tell you that the Escape hybrid was originally listed as TOWABLE 4 wheels down. I have no idea (either way) if the hybrid has the same issues as the other Escapes. they don't even have a copy of the Owners Manual Addendum that says some models are not towable)! When you call the Ford Customer Service line, they say all are towable (i.e. All that he said was that Ford people as well as dealer personnel all felt the communications on this was not up to par.īut, he had no idea when/if it would improve. Last week, he was at a meeting in Detroit. I spent 20 minutes on Friday with the Service and Parts Director for one of the metro Houston Ford dealers. I guess I am about as up on this as anyone, and I have NO IDEA. ![]() So, is the 2012 Ford Escape towable or not? I bought a 2012 Escape Hybrid back in December even got it outfitted in March for towing (hitch & wiring) - though I haven't yet tried to pull it yet.
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