2023 Ford Escape Active: Nice to drive, but PAINFUL to live with… 

If you get the tech package you get a huge infotainment screen

I love my 2024 ST Elite!!!

If you move to ST you get the fog light

You're not wrong about the Apple car play not functioning properly. I rented 2 different Ford Escapes during the time period that my 2013 Ford Focus was getting repaired at the dealership. One of them was the St-Line trim & the other one was the base trim. Long story short, both of them constantly failed to connect properly to my iPhone and when the Apple Car play did work, my music would either suddenly stop and start playing by itself OR the damn screen would begin to flicker and freeze making it completely useless. What makes this even crazy is that both Escapes had less than 5k miles on it.

This video was hilarious. Loved all the reliability shots taken at Ford. "The hood tends to have a lot of space for you to work on the car and that's a good thing because Fords tend to explode." LOL very true.

Again it’s upgrade the instrument panel is all digital and shows everything you need

I'm a CX-5er but an upscale version of the Escape with the best engine is very powerful and can take on my CX-5 turbo .

I really like mine and was prepared to be annoyed by a negative review but it’s very valid. The tech package with the larger infotainment is a huge improvement and largely addresses all the issues. Happened to get mine around 28k with that package at a small dealer trying to move inventory.

I work in service at a ford dealership and YUP, the infotainment screen is one of the most common things we see with the newer sync systems, its usually solved by replacing the APIM module and then works really well after that! I imagine most rental fleets don't have them taken to the dealer to fix it which sucks because I think the experience would be so much better. but holy cow it'd be nice if it worked well straight out of the box 😭

Wow. You have basically convinced me not to get this car. I take my apple CarPlay and navigation very seriously. Unreliability in those areas is an instant no for me with cars.

It looks much better than the previous generation at least!

i miss my old 94 geo metro suzuki swift pontiac firefly or what have you with the lil lunchbox 3 cylinder.

Does the 1.5 ecoboost 3 cylinder have a timing belt or chain. If it's a belt is it a wet belt system i.e a rubber belt running in the engine oil?

Nobody listen to this review! I do recommend moving up to the ST line. I love my ST Elite with the B&O stereo!

They made the Escape more car like to make the Bronco sport seem more rugged. In 2023, they also took out the drive modes. My 2022 has multiple all terrain and snow modes. There was no reason to do this except to charge more for the Bronco. 2022 also has a better looking front end. Your opinions are just subjective idiocy. Good luck with your channel.

Sorry but you sir are boring!

It's expensive compared to other crossovers

I think it looks fine. But I rarely see them. I feel like Ford really has burned upntheir reputation in the past ten years. Had a family friend whose 2016 Escape transmission died at 70k and other Ford owners I knew had issues.